AssignTrack

AssignTrack is a Django-based web application designed to manage and assess academic assignments efficiently. This platform facilitates a streamlined process for user authentication, assignment submission, and grading, enhancing the academic management experience for both educators and students. It serves as a comprehensive solution that bridges the gap between students and educational staff by providing a centralized platform to manage coursework, feedback, and evaluations transparently.

What is AssignTrack?

AssignTrack was developed to tackle common challenges faced by educational institutions in managing and evaluating student assignments. The traditional methods that involve paper-based assignments or disparate digital solutions can be cumbersome, error-prone, and inefficient. AssignTrack provides a unified approach to handle assignments from creation to completion, ensuring that all stakeholders—students, teachers, and administrative staff—have a seamless interaction with academic workflows.

Key Challenges Addressed by AssignTrack:

• Accessibility: Ensures that assignments are accessible anywhere, anytime, thereby accommodating remote learning environments.
• Efficiency: Reduces the administrative burden on educators by automating submission tracking, deadline management, and grading processes.
• Transparency: Offers real-time updates on submission statuses and grades, which helps in maintaining clear communication between students and educators.
• Scalability: Capable of handling multiple classes and assignments simultaneously, making it suitable for both small classes and large educational institutions.

Features

• User Authentication: Secure registration and login functionality, along with JWT token management for API interactions.
• Assignment Management: Teachers can create, update, and delete assignments.
• Submission Handling: Students can submit assignments digitally through a user-friendly interface.
• Assessment Features: Teachers can assess submissions and provide grades and feedback.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

• Docker
• Python 3.x
• Django

Installing

A step by step series of examples that tell you how to get a development env running:

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Blockment/AssignTrack

2. Navigate to the project directory

cd AssignTrack

3. Build the Docker containers

docker-compose up --build

4. Create and apply migrations

docker exec -it <container_id> python manage.py makemigrations
docker exec -it <container_id> python manage.py migrate

5. Start the server

docker-compose up

Now, your server should be running on http://localhost:8000/.

Maintainers

• Soroush Jahanzad