GradeBot.com

Electronic commerce Conference management Distributed learning Document Management Customized Portal Services

• Gradebot.com developed the Web-Basket E-Commerce tool.

• Demonstration WB2000 at the DesignBidBuild

  Demonstration Web-Basket at ACME Computers

  Demonstration One-click shopping at ACME Computers

  On-Line Documentation

  Web-basket is a Linux-based software package for e-commerce on the World Wide Web. This software provides efficient mechanism of for maintaing user accounts, inventory, and orders for orders placed through the World Wide Web. Web-basket maintains user accounts, product catalogs, and directly generates invoices for billing. The Catalog of products, user database, company database, shipping charges, and invoices are all stored in an industry-standard SQL database. The software includes features to automatically compute local sales tax and shipping charges. The Web-Basket server suite includes a complete set of administration tools. These tools implement detailed accounting and billing algorithms to minimize or eliminate traditional paperwork. The catalog, current prices, shipping charges, sales tax rate, and billing information can all be modified by administrators of the site via an intuitive, web-based user-interface.

  Features

  • Transactional: Maintains long-term user account profiles.
    Clients can return to purchase without re-entering thier information.
  • Flexible: A relational database stores your company information, catalog of merchandise, user profiles.
  • Customizable: Suitable for a broad range of e-commerce services.
  • Interoperable: SQL is used to implement the backend database.
  • Web-Based: Straight-forward web interfaces for both clients and administrators.
  • Invoice-Tracking: All orders are tracked as they are submitted by the user, backordered if necessary, shipped, and billed.

Conference Management

• Gradebot.com served as host site for on-line submissions and evaluation of papers for the following technical conferences:

• MSE

  2001 International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education (MSE'01)
  Las Vegas, NV (Co-located with DAC). June 2001.
• 2003 International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education (MSE'03)
  Anaheim, CA (Co-located with DAC). June 2003.

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  • Stanford University, CA. August 2001.
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  • Stanford University, CA. August 2002.
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  • Stanford University, CA. August 2003.

Distributed learning tools

• Gradebot.com hosts automated grading tools and serves
  web-based tools for distributed-learning.
  • Features of the Gradebot include the ability to:
    • Maintain on-line gradebook
    • Automatically grade homework (Use ID=12345)
    • Generate score distribution plots
    • Manage final projects
    • Track student feedback
    • Evaluate Final project scores

  • The Gradebot distance learning tools have been used by over 500 students at:
    • The University of Illinois for ECE291
    • Washington University for CS535 and CS306

  • References:
    • John W. Lockwood, Distributed Learning via the World Wide Web Through Interactive Modules, IEEE Computer Society International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education (MSE'97), Arlington, VA, July 21-23, 1997.
    • John W. Lockwood, Automated Team Project Management and Evaluation Through Interactive Web Modules, IEEE Computer Society International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education (MSE'99), Arlington, VA, July 20, 1999.