A web service for creating and using MOOClets.

A MOOClet is a digital component – like an explanation in an online course or problem – designed using the MOOClet technology. This technology enables instructors and researchers to engage in a wide range of A/B experimentation, crowdsourcing, real-time data analysis, and personalization.

The term MOOClet is used because this technology was first developed for MOOCs – the framework can be used to redesign any digital resource – this webpage, emails, components of smartphone apps.

See http://www.josephjaywilliams.com/mooclet for a comprehensive definition.

This application, built with Python Django, provides a web service that a user or application can interact with via a RESTful API, enabing the creation and use of MOOClets.

Install required packages for local development:

  # Install from requirements file
  pip install -r requirements_local.txt

Fill in the required Django settings in mooclet_engine_app/settings/secure.py based on the template files.

Start up the application:

  # Start the web server
  python manage.py runserver

Create an AWS account and install the Elastic Beanstalk Command Line Interface (EB CLI) if needed.

Fill in the necessary settings in mooclet_engine_app/settings/secure.py and .ebextensions/secure.config based on the provided template files.

Deploy the application:

# Initialize the Elastic Beanstalk project
eb init
# Create a new envrionment and deploy
eb create

See AWS's guide to Deploying a Django Application to Elastic Beanstalk for more details.

See this spreadsheet for a list of supported API endpoints and examples.

Note that the API uses token authentication, as decribed in the Django REST Framework's TokenAuthentication documentations