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SIMSYS REU Summer Research 2014

    5/28/2014
         A majority of the time spent was going over the previous senior design team's golden test cases 
         and seeing how the preview tool they created works, as well as going through the code of the game generator 
         to get an idea of how it works.  I also spent time touching up on some XML skills.  We had a our first meeting
         from 2-3 to figure out what objectives we should focus on for this week.

    5/29/2014
         We spent more time learning more about XML and how it is used in our project, specifically JAXB.
         We also looked at eAdventure to see what the competitor is doing compared to us.
         We have looked through the code for the game generator to try and see what we need to do to 
         update to the latest schema.  We have compared the "golden" test cases to the newest XML
         schema provided by Dr. Cooper.

    5/30/2014
         Today we spent a lot of time comparing one of the "golden" test cases to the new schema. We have noticed that the 
         new schema and "golden" test case correlate quite well which is good news.  There may be some small changes that 
         are necessary in order to get them to match perfectly, but the test cases look very well done.  We also spent time
         trying to adjust and organize the "golden" test case to make it easier to view and compare based on the new schema.

    6/2/2014
         We began by running and looking at the new code for the Game Generator.  We also had a meeting  with
         Dr. Longstreet at 12 to discuss our role in the project and how the wizard will work.  We also met with
         Dr. Brylow to discuss some technical aspects of the project.  We also received the latest test cases.
         We went to the discussion on prostate cancer, to achieve a better understanding on how to present
         research properly.  We finished the day by looking and trying to find the repository and see what 
         is inside and whether or not we will have to add more to that.

    6/3/2014
         We began working on the wizard tool.  We came up with an idea of what it should look like and actually 
         writing the code to make it work.  A lot of the time spent today was on figuring out a design for the 
         code and writing the code for the wizard.
    
    6/4/2014
         We continued working on the wizard tool.  We designed a preliminary design for Dr. Longstreet and Dr. Cooper 
         for our meeting.  We then got advice on how to better display the tool and continued modifying it.
    
    6/5/2014
         We continued working on the wizard tool.  We were able to change the background of the JPanel to incorporate
         SimSys avatars in them.  We also made drop down boxes for the users first selections that will take them through
         a step-by-step process in answering the questions.  We did some user
         error checking as we began making the tools as well.

    6/6/2014
        We continued working on the wizard tool.  We implemented a table into the tool to present the various learning 
        objectives.  The table contains a check box so the user can check which learning objectives they would like to 
        keep.  We also developed some more error checking.  We also played around with the tree to make it more
        user friendly.  We created a class to better input backgrounds into the panel as well.

    6/9/2014
        We continued working on the wizard tool.  We began by fixing all of what Dr. Longstreet asked us to change.
        We made continue buttons take the user to the next screen.  We made the avatars bigger, changed the font,
        thickened borders, increased font size, changed location of the table, and completed some more error checking.
        We made the avatar sad when the user made a mistake. Overall, we made the aesthetics of the wizard tool much
        nicer.

    6/10/2014
        We met with Dr. Longstreet to show him our updated work on the wizard tool.  We also got advice from him on
        our next steps.  We changed the introduction/user first selection page.  The comboboxes now change based 
        on previous comboboxes.  We also created the GitHub for us and the students at University of Texas-Dallas.

    6/11/2014
        We added a table and a pop-up table to the learning objectives panel.  When the user clicks a check box
        another window opens up and they are able to select from a list of sub-learning objectives.   We have hard
        coded this for now but plan on importing it from the repository.  We also have our weekly meeting/demonstration
        with everyone to show our current work and ask any questions.

    6/12/2014
        We adjusted the table of the Wizard tool so that there is no longer a pop-up window, as Dr. Longstreet asked for.
        The table is very clear on main learning objectives and sub-learning objectives as we adjusted the font of them
        The table is much clearer for the user to use now.  We also had a meeting with Dr. Brylow on how to give a good
        research speech.

    6/13/2014
        We continued working on the table, changing fonts and such. We also created a summary page complete with error 
        checking for Learning Objectives. We also a made a collection of screen shots for Dr. Longstreet and Dr. Cooper
        to use in their paper.

    6/14/2014
        We continued development of the Wizard tool, moving on to learning taxonomy selection. After completing this we started the 
        challenge selection portion of the tool.

    6/17/2014
        We finished up the challenge selection screen.  There is also some error checking we have included so they must select a type
        of challenge.  We added a game conditions screen where the user can select how challenges are implemented.
        There is also error checking on this page. We made a summary screen of all of the lower level of the meta-model components
        of the tool.  We have essentially finished the lower level of the meta-model.

    6/18/2014
        Finished our first draft of covering the lower portion of the meta model. We also worked on fixing some error checking. 
        The weekly meeting provided with us with some problems with our current implementation.

    6/19/2014
        We started finishing up the lower level of the meta-model and the changes that Dr. Longstreet wanted.  We had a meeting
        about good research ethics.  We also met with the team from UT Dallas to talk about the project.

    6/20/2014
        We finished up the lower half of the meta-model today.  We finished all of the changes Dr. Longstreet suggested.  We fixed 
        some bugs in the program and changed some features.  We added some tables to the program as suggested by Dr. Longstreet.
        Overall, we have finished the lower half of the model and will now begin the upper half.

    6/23/2014
        We finished up all error checking on the tree of the wizard tool.  We began the upper-half of the meta-model today. We added
        a scrollable character panel that allows the user to select which characters (protagonist, antagonist, etc.) they want in the 
        game.
    
    6/24/2014
        We worked on the upper level of the meta model. Specifically the character selection page and the location selection we worked
        on. We also went to Dr. Corliss' lecture on LaTeX.
   
     6/25/2014
        We had our weekly meeting. We continued working on the upper level of the meta model and starting working on a restructuring
        of learning objectives in the tool.

     6/26/2014
        We began preparing for our mini-presentations.  We also updated everyone with our latest screen shots and asked a few questions 
        on what our next steps should be. We also implemented new error checking on the new version of the learning objective table
        as well as changed our tree around to better reflect the new addition.  The new table is more specific and also gives specific 
        errors to the user if they do not complete the table correctly.

    6/27/2014
        We finished our PowerPoint and began preparing for our mini-presentations.  We did an overhaul of our character selection.

    6/30/2014
        We started doing error checking.  Added tree nodes for learning objectives.  Completed tree listener for character and location.
        We tried to formulate a plan for the next steps in the tool and implement them.

     7/1/2014
        We had our mini-presentations that we prepared for.  We had a short meeting with Dr. Brylow.  We began the design of some additional
        work on the upper-level of our tool.

     7/2/2014
        We had our weekly meeting at 2.  We worked more on the upper level of the meta-model.  We included number of act selection.  This 
        involved making some new coordinated arrays depending on the number of learning objectives selected.  User can now select 
        number of acts for each learning objective.
    
     7/3/2014
        Created an XML template for acts that the user can see.  Began work on the repository.  The user is now displayed a template for the
        way the game is created.

     7/7/2014
        We created a few more XML templates to import information to use.  We also added a screen so the user can select the theme they want.
        We then show them the characters associated with that theme.  We then show them the general layout of the acts and scenes for that 
        learning objective.  We also created a screen that asks the user if they wish to add an act or duplicate the previous set-up.

     7/8/2014
        We allowed the user to add acts or duplicate the original template and showed them their new updated acts/scenes/screens set-up.
        They can continue to add acts to the middle are or continue to duplicate the original.  We allowed an option for the user to go back
        to the original template.  We also fixed the tree to work with the second half of the wizard tool.

     7/9/2014
        We were able to update the template so that the user could add scenes and add another set of acts as before.  The user
        can add as many acts and scenes as they would like.  We began planning our next steps.  We also fixed the tree
        so that it worked properly.  We had a meeting with Dr. Brylow at 2:00 pm.    

     7/10/2014
        We finished the questions so that they are now numbered.  The user is now given a table with a list of the questions.  They can
        select the condition and challenge for each question they have created.  We finished some error checking for the tree and added
        a last page so that the user can save their game.  Next step is creating an XML file to fit the standard.  The GUI of the tool
        should be complete with some minor modifications.

     7/11/2014
        We made the save button open up a save window option so the user can save their game in XML format.  We began figuring out 
        how to properly create the XML file.

     Week of 7/14/2014
        We began creating the XML file and testing it on the preview tool.  We completed our posters for the poster session next week.
        We added some components to the GUI as well.

     7/21/2014
        We began to fit our XML to the test case that UT Dallas sent.  We also updated our tool to have a final summary page.
        We also made the question table more user friendly.  We added methods and started cleaning up our code.  We also created 
        another XML template. 

     7/22/2014
        We continued working on the XML and were able to test it with the preview tool.  We have also touched up some error checking on the
        Wizard tool.