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[FEATURE] Include LITE Grade Distribution Data #5

Closed premk closed 2 years ago

adamwespiser commented 2 years ago

does LITE provide a public API, or can it? Last time I was on it required me to login in via 2FA to get the data. Not the end of the world, but there would be a manual step every semester to update the information.

driscoll42 commented 2 years ago

I would be hesitant to get data that is behind GA Tech's 2FA login to make public without consulting with Georgia Tech first. That's a potential "Shut down or we sue" kind of thing they could go for.

awpala commented 2 years ago

Along these lines, not sure there's a huge value prop in doing what LITE is doing already in terms of dashboards and whatnot. Not totally opposed per se, but it would be complicated to implement (both in terms of legal hurdles, as well as general logistics; I suspect there's no public API exposed, though I'm just speculating here), I think we'd have to build a stronger use case first, before diving into trying to get that data just for the sake of getting it.

baheckman commented 2 years ago

Maybe to start, we could just link to LITE for each course and further discuss if/how we can use LITE data sometime further down the road.

premk commented 2 years ago

I think this is a very useful metric.

For example, Distributed Computing gets a very bad rep because of the harsh reviews, perceived difficulty and effort/week metric in OMSCentral. But the data in CIOS and LITE says otherwise, the drop rate is about 25% which is much less than GIOS or HPCA, the required effort according to CIOS is about 20 hours/week and about 40% of the class gets an A. This is a reasonably difficult course for a Gatech grad student.

If I was a new student planning out my courses based solely on OMSCentral data, I would be scared away from even considering DC.

premk commented 2 years ago

I would be hesitant to get data that is behind GA Tech's 2FA login to make public without consulting with Georgia Tech first. That's a potential "Shut down or we sue" kind of thing they could go for.

Grade Distribution report is public access and doesn't require login. It is just an embedded tableau report, I am unsure if there is a public API.

Edit: https://critique.gatech.edu/ uses grade distribution data, so there probably is an API. We can contact Gatech EDM to get confirmation.

awpala commented 2 years ago

Closing as stale (i.e., lack of interest, ability to develop with current-to-long-term resources, etc.). Please reopen with appropriate justification if still relevant.