###I create this desktop app for the following use case:

• large number of students in the session (in my session: 500+ students)
• the assignment is submitted on dropbox
• students must upload pictures, and only pictures
• the grading is "pass or fail": I just need to visualize the pic, see if it meets the standards, and grade accordingly.

###Grading from the Brightspace website is too slow because:

• pics take some time to load
• some pics can be seen directly in preview (jpeg format), but others need to be clicked on to be opened (png format). This is enough to make grading for a very large number of students, for several assignments, a nightmare.

###Solution:

• I download all assignments as a zip file
• a desktop app opens the pics one by one, with the name of the student below it, and with 2 buttons: "pass" and "fail".
• clicking on a button writes the grade in an Excel file, and moves to the next picture.
• When done with all the pics, I will just upload the grades of the Excel file on Brightspace.

###Technical aspects of the solution:

• I will take this opportunity to develop a JavaFX app for Windows and Mac.
• I should add a connection to the api of Brightspace to skip the manual download and upload, that's planned.

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###License: Copyright 2016 Clément Levallois

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