User Documentation
This is documentation to guide potential users of our tutoring system to get started.
The android frontend contains only a subset of the features of our system, providing users with the ability to register, login, manage current sessions and book new sessions.
Upon opening the application, there is a prompt to put in login credentials to enter the application.If the username and password do not match, an error will indicate a failure to LOGIN.
If it's the initial visit, click on REGISTER to create a new student account.
Enter name, username, email, and password in the Name, Username, Email, and Password must be at least 8 characters long prompts respectively. Retype the password in the Confirm Password prompt. After filling everything, click on Register. If there are any errors upon registration, an error will be shown above.
Enter both username and password in the respective textbox and press the login button to enter the app into the dashboard page.
This page is the dashboard which will serve as the main page. Three buttons are presented, MANAGE SESSIONS, BOOK SESSION, and LOGOUT. Click on MANAGE SESSIONS to view their current sessions' details.
Upon the refreshing of the new page, choose which session to view by clicking on the first dropdown under Select a Session. Pick the one for which a more detailed description is wanted among the whole list of current sessions.
By clicking the session in question, the rest of the page will automatically refresh to show the details of the session: the date, the start time, the end time, the tutor, the course, the room, and if the session was confirmed by the tutor or not. Click on the first dropdown again to pick another session. To leave the page, click on the back button.
Click on BOOK SESSION to request a new session.
First, click on the dropdown for Select University to choose the university at which the course in which tutoring is wanted.
Second, click on the dropdown for Select Course to choose the course in which tutoring is wanted.
Third, click on the dropdown for Select Tutor to choose the tutor wanted among all the tutors for the specific course.
Fourth, click on Select Date with the 01-02-2020 prompt to choose an adequate date for the session
On the calendar prompt, click on the appropriate date for the session. If needed, use the arrows around the month to navigate through the months. Click OK to submit the date.
Fifth, click on Select Time to choose the right time for the start and end time for the session.
On the hour prompt, click on the right hour, then the right minutes to select the appropriate time. If needed, click on AM and PM to switch between morning and afternoon. Click on the keyboard button to manually use the keyboard to enter the time if needed.
Sixth, click on BOOK SESSION to finalize the booking and it will redirect to the dashboard, if the user goes to the manage sessions screen and selects the newly created session, they can see the session details.
After booking a session, the page will show all the details of the just booked session: the date, the start time, the end time, the tutor, the course, the room 13, and whether or not the tutor has confirmed the session yet.
The web frontend provides users with all the features of our application. These include registering an account, logging in, managing current sessions, booking new sessions, viewing tutor profile, reviewing tutors and cancelling pending sessions.
This is the landing page of our web app and a user has the option to login with an existing account using their username and password or register a new account by providing their credentials.
