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Formbar is a classroom management tool that allows students rich and automated interaction. The core of the Formbar is access to a LED light bar or online virtual bar where information about the class can be displayed. This is normally the answer to a teacher prompt, be it Good/Bad/Neutral, one of four selections, or a short essay.

Features

Login and Logout: When logging in to the Formbar, the user will be sent to a screen with three different options. Log In, New Account, and Use as Guest.

• Log In

This option shows two boxes to input you username and password to log into the Formbar.

• New Account

Like the Log In page, the New Account page has two text boxes where you can input your username and password. After you have chosen them, you can click "Create Account" and be registered onto the Formbar.

• Use as Guest Unlike normal users, guests do not require a password. All you need to do is enter a name and press the "Go" button underneath the text box to enter the Formbar as a guest account.

Students:

• Polls (/poll)

Polls are used to take responses from students and use different letters to allocate said responses. Polls can also take a text based response alongside a letter. This allows not only from student teacher interaction, it allows allows students to be fully anonymous to their classmates when saying their response.

• Chat (/chat)

The Chat feature allows students to interact with each other through messages. It can be useful for class-wide collaboration with disrupting the natural flow of the class.

• Virtual Bar

The virtual bar allows for the use of the formbar without the LEDs, and allows teacher to easily access the formbar lessons while being up to terms with the students. This allows for better communication, as well as control from the teachers end, seeing which students co-operate, and who doesn't.

Teachers:

• Control Panel (/controlpanel)

The control panel is used as a way to start polls and manage student permissions. As time goes on teachers will gain more features to improve their and the student's classroom experience.

###New Class Creation

Creating a Class

• /createclass

Creating a class involves the use of our database to store class data and create a class object. We use this class object to store the data of each classroom as it's own entity. This will allow the formbar website to be used in multiple classrooms around the globe.

Choosing a class as a student

• /selectclass

By just entering your classes' name you will be able to join it, eventually we will add a way to verify if you're supposed to be in that class, via a class key.