EduSmart

Kind of a Google Classroom clone....

Idea

This web application features a online classroom in which teachers can take online classes including posting assignments and taking MCQ tests for separate courses. The website also features a fully custom calendar to track user statuses.

Features

• Authentication using JWT tokens and Google OAuth 2.0
• REST API's to fetch data from a Express.js + Node.js backend server
• Separate login features for teachers and student. You can either sign up as teacher or a student.
• CRUD operations can also be performed on all of the courses, tests and assignments depending on the user's access levels.
• Necessary aggregation pipelines to manipulate data on the backend.
• Student can join / leave courses for specific subjects.

Workflow:

• Signin/Signup with either your email or Google account. Verify your email if its not your Google Account.
• You can sign-up as a teacher or a student.
• You now have access to the Dashboard. Here you can access your courses or join a course by a link send by your teacher.
• Click on a course to access its assginments. You can also submit your assignments here by uploading a file through Google Drive
• You can access your tests through the tests tab.
• Your teacher can access your submitted assignments or tests.
• You have a calendar to get the latest events or to check any due assignments

Tech-Stack:

• TypeScript on the backend, Javascript on the frontend.
• ReactJS on the frontend and ExpressJS + NodeJS on the backend.
• MongoDB as a database with aggregation pipelines to manipulate data.

Installation:

• git clone https://github.com/4molybdenum2/EduSmart
• Run yarn in both the home directory and the frontend directory in the repo to install dependencies.

• Add a .env file with the following paramaters

  MONGODB_URI=  Mongo uri for Mongo Atlas
  JWT_SECRET=  your JWT secret
  CLIENT_ID=  your google oauth client id

• yarn build:live in home directory and yarn dev in the frontend directory to start both frontend and backend
• Server will be hosted on localhost:8000 and frontend on localhost:3000 in DEV mode.