Skip to main content

Use-case descriptions

New Student​

  1. User Story: As a new student using the attendance face recognition system for the first time, I want to access the attendance.

Use Case:

  • If the user is a new student, they login to Canvas using their credentials
  • They click on attendance from the navigation menu on the left
  • They authorize the access of the AFR application
  • They then upload a few pictures of themself to add to the data set
  • Once finished, they can go to home and click on take attendance
  • The student gives permission for the application to use the camera and record their attendance
  • Once the attendance is recorded, they can exit out of the application

Known Student​

  1. User story: As an enrolled student, I can access AFR from Canvas and use it to take attendance.

Use Case:

  • If the user is a student, they login to Canvas using their credentials
  • They click on attendance from the navigation menu on the left
  • The student clicks on take attendance
  • The student gives permission for the application to use the camera
  • The student looks at the camera
  • The system matches the face
  • The system marks the attendance as present
  1. User Story: As a student, if I’m unable to get my attendance recorded after multiple attempts, I want an alternative method to verify my presence and let the instructor know that I'm in class.

Use Case: If the user is a student, they login to Canvas using their credentials

  • They click on attendance from the navigation menu on the left
  • The student clicks on take attendance
  • The student gives permission for the application to use the camera
  • Then the student looks at the camera to record the attendance
  • The system has trouble recognizing the student and displays an error message
  • The system allows the student to attempt to take attendance again using another random emotion
  • The student attempts to take attendance again
  • After 5 attempts, the system stops the student from submitting any more attendance attempts
  • After 5 attempts, the student can click the "Report Issue" button to report an issue to the instructor
  • The student fills in the issue's subject and body and clicks the "Submit Issue" button
  • The student is returned to the AFR Home page
  • The instructor receives the issue and can view it in their AFR Home page

Instructor​

  1. User story: As an instructor, I want to have attendance taken automatically at a specific class time.

Use case:

  • An instructor signs in to AFR through Canvas
  • They click on "Course & Sections" to view the courses and sections they are teaching
  • They click on "Add Schedule for Class" to add a schedule
  • They select the section, weekday(s) the class is held, class start time, and class end time
  • The system then opens attendance automatically to each student enrolled in that section at that time every time class is held
  1. User story: As an instructor, I want to have real time access of students' attendance and get a report of the students’ attendance.

Use case:

  • An instructor signs in to AFR through Canvas
  • They click on attendance from the navigation menu on the left
  • As they are redirected to the home page and once the class is finished, they click on the 'Reports' tab
  • Then they select a specific class to view the report
  • Once selected, the report can be seen
  • If they want to make any adjustments, they can click on ‘Record manually’ to make changes
  1. User Story: As an instructor, I want to be notified/informed if any student has issues taking attendance.

Use Case:

  • An instructor signs in to AFR through Canvas
  • As they are redirected to the home page, they can see all issues reported by students from different classes and sections
  • They can choose which issues to accept (marking the attendance as present) and which issues to reject (marking the attendance as absent)
  • The system removes the issue once it has been accepted or rejected
  1. User Story: As an instructor, I want attendance grades in Canvas to be automatically updated when attendance is taken.

Use Case:

  • An instructor signs in to AFR through Canvas
  • As the instructor is signing in, AFR will automatically create attendance assignments for all courses the professor is teaching if they did not exist already
  • Once a student has taken their attendance through AFR, their attendance grade will automatically be updated in Canvas
  • The instructor can view the gradebook in Canvas to see attendance grades without having to import anything themselves
  1. User story: As an instructor, I want to be able to import a section for a course I am teaching, and the corresponding students, into AFR.

Use case:

  • An instructor signs in to AFR through Canvas
  • The system automatically imports their course, section, and students into AFR
  • The instructor can set a schedule for that imported section, allowing students to take attendance during those days and timeframe