ECLIPSE PREDICTOR

Jason Carter

WHY USE THIS SOFTWARE

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 Estimates total time spent on an each assignment

 Help me accomplish one of my research goals

 Knows the assignment

ONE OF THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT

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 Automatically predict when students are having difficulty with some aspect of code

Student1 Student2

Notify a TA that the students are having a problem

You are stuck.Student 1 is stuck.

TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL

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Student

int i = 0;

1. Edit line of code

2. Set breakpoint

Log of Programming Actions

Log your programming actions

Monitor how you are doing?

HOW DO WE KNOW HOW YOU ARE DOING?

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We define how you are doing as your status.

Define several types of statuses.

COULD USE HELP

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You think you have an idea that can fix a problem, but you aren't sure how to implement it

STUCK

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You cannot solve a problem and have exhausted most of your resources such as searching the web or asking a student for

help

EUREKA

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You have finally solved a problem or just got out of being stuck

MAKING PROGRESS

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When the software guesses that you are stuck, could use help, or eureka, but you are actually making progress

BACK FROM BREAK

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You have been inactive for a certain amount of time.

Back from break is when you return from inactivity.

EXPLICITLY INDICATE CURRENT STATUS

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TRAINING THE SOFTWARE

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Software will predict your status and give you a notification

Correct the software by pressing the button that corresponds to your status

TRAIN SOFTWARE TO BETTER ESTIMATE TOTAL TIME

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Correct the break time

The default break time is 15 min.

BREAK TIME FEATURE

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Total break time, Average Break Time, Last Break Time

INSTALLATION

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Download plug-in from: cs.unc.edu/~carterjl/comp401/eclipsePredictor.jar

The name of the plug-in is eclipsePredictor.jar

User Manual will soon be available for download.

CONTACT INFO

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Email: jasoncartercs@gmail.com