Create sessions for the learning interface

[mustefa]

How are sessions created?

• Users will log in and create a session with a unique ID that is shared
• Users can share this ID with their friends
  • we can have copy this ID
• other users can join sessions by entering this session ID ... they do not have to log in
  • Any extra trying to get them to create accounts is out of the scope of this issue
• Once a user clicks on create a session they should be inside of the learning interface with the whiteboard and all. They can have time to draw on it and type text in the chat.
• The share this session information should be available on the top right of the page, I'll update the interface design for that
• After a user selects the answer for the session, they can end the session
  • For V1, only the user that created the session can end the session
• Sessions are persistent
  • Users that entered the session have a 5 minute timeout, if they close the session without 'leaving' it
  • If they don't return to the k network's session within the timeout, they will be logged out of the session
  • The user that created the session also has a 5 minute timeout. If they don't return, the session is ended.

Sessions can be ended by the user that started the session (Get Help user) with the click of the "End Session" button.

• This button is disabled by default
• It can be activated via a check box 'toggle' which answers the question:
  • Answered?
  • Unanswered? Store this information in a model per session. We'll use it for UX research
• Users that are collaborators in the session (all users except the "Get Help" user) do not have an end session button
  • They have a leave session button

[hasghari]

For our initial integration with twiddla, the sessionid will be used to create a new twiddla session for the interactive whiteboard.

Since the learning interface view requires a topic, the user creating the new session should supply the name of topic for which the session is being created.

[harshpatel]

@hasghari Are we still doing what you described in the above comment?

From @mustefa 's V1 sketch, is it possible to have a "create new session" button that links directly to a new twiddla? I'm imagining students coming into the first twiddla, then pairing off into a new twiddla that they can create and invite the other student to join. Thoughts?

[ghost]

@harshpatel It's in our plans to do and can be done as soon as whats currently on our plate is finished