Please help with this project

Josh said:
Set up Linux on a VMware machine. Or download Apache and PHP for Windows.
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actually, the above choice is mostly guided by the end target platform. if you plan to demo it in a Linux box, then VMWare + FC5 is a good option. However, if the platform choice is upto you, just take the time and configure the required software in Windows. There are always a few quirks, but that shouldnt stop you from figuring it out. Its preety basic actually.
 
megavan said:
okay i'll try going through it again :
Student side:
-Each of the students will have their own account.
-When they login, they'll be able to select from the subjects that they have (different users will have different subject choices depending on their current
semester).
-Once they select the subject, they'll be shown
(i) links to test papers they have yet to write (clicking on which they'll be taken to a new page with the questions and text fields for the answers) and (ii) test papers they have written already but not yet corrected (clicking on
which they'll be taken to a new page and informed about the pending evaluation of that paper) and also
(iii) papers written and corrected (clicking on which they'll be shown their grade and date of submission /correction etc)

Subject side:
-each of the subjects will have an account of its own.
-the professor for a particular subject will login to that subjects account.
-once inside they'll be shown
(i) the ID nos/ names of students whose papers are left to be corrected (newly submitted ones will be added to this list) clicking on which they'll be taken to a new page displaying the answer paper and a field for entering the marks / grade,
(ii) IDs / names of papers already corrected clickin on which they'l be shown the grade and dates of submission / correction and also
(iii) IDs/ names of students yet to submit their papers. They should be able to
send a reminder to these students

My current knowledge base which may be helpful for this : html, javascript, bit of asp, sql, c / c++, java from the top of my head

So where will the Q papers, answer papers, the grades etc be stored (a db i
guess but which one as i'm not aware of sql being able to do all this ) and how will they be retreived and also how will changes be reflected in each of the accounts.

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ok finally got time to reply to the above:

analyzing your situation (a quick read through) it seems to me that a COMMON login system would be quite beneficial for you. You dont have to have multiple login pages and multiple data tables storing duplicate information while a single column depicting the role of the login can serve the same purpose.

some pointers from the top of my head:

- you said "professor for a particular subject will login to that subjects account". so that leads me to believe that a PROFESSOR for a subject is solely responsible for that subject and that subject can only be managed by that professor. IF my assumption is correct, then there are 2 possibilities. We either store the association in the user table (universal, both for students + professors + admins (future possibility.)) or in the subject table.

ok brb with more....
 
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