ReaderBench

ReaderBench is a fully functional automated software framework, designed to provide support to learners and tutors for comprehension assessment and prediction in various educational scenarios. The system makes use of text-mining techniques based on advanced natural language processing and machine learning algorithms to deliver summative and formative assessments using multiple data sets (e.g., textual materials, behavior tracks, self-explanations).

Aim

ReaderBench targets both tutors and students by providing an integrated learning model approach including individual and collaborative learning methods, cohesion-based discourse analysis, dialogical discourse model, textual complexity evaluation, reading strategies identification, and participation and collaboration assessment. By using natural language processing techniques, the main purpose of this framework is to bind traditional learning methods with new trends and technologies to support computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL). ReaderBench, by design, is not meant to replace the tutor, but to scaffold both tutors and learners towards continuous assessment, self-assessment, collaborative evaluation of individuals' contributions, as well as the analysis of reading materials to match readers to an appropriate level of text difficulty.

Build

• Version: 4.0.0
• Demo available online at: http://www.readerbench.com/
• Repo owner: mihai.dascalu@cs.pub.ro

mvn clean install

• Build without tests' running

mvn clean install -DskipTests

Prerequisites

• Maven and JAVA_HOME environment variable

Project structure (technical aspects)

ReaderBench is a Maven project with 7 modules:

• Datasource Provider Module
• Core Services Module
• Textual complexity Module
• Comprehension Model Module
• Reading Strategies Module
• Processing Service Module
• Parallel Processing Service Module

Dependencies between modules

• Each module uses Datasource Provide Module and Core Services Module.
• Processing Service Module uses Reading Strategies Module and Textual complexity Module
• Parallel Processing Service Module uses Processing Service Module

Versioning

Change the version number and propagate it in all modules with the following command:

mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=x.y.z

Versioning

Change the version number and propagate it in all modules with the following command:

mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=x.y.z

Deploy

Allowed only for admins. If you need a new version on artifactory, please send an email to readerbench@lists.cs.pub.ro

Deploy on ReaderBench Artifactory: http://artifactory.readerbench.com:8081/artifactory/webapp/

mvn clean install deploy

The command above will deploy all modules if it is launched from the folder parent. If you want to deploy only a specific module, launch the command from the folder module.

Dependencies:

Datasource Provider Module

• Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.readerbench</groupId>
    <artifactId>datasource-provider</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0</version>
</dependency>

• Ivy

<dependency org="com.readerbench" name="datasource-provider" rev="4.0.0">
    <artifact name="datasource-provider" ext="jar"/>
</dependency>

• Gradle

compile(group: 'com.readerbench', name: 'datasource-provider', version: '4.0.0')

• Sbt

libraryDependencies += "com.readerbench" % "datasource-provider" % "4.0.0"

Core Services Module

• Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.readerbench</groupId>
    <artifactId>core-services</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0</version>
</dependency>

• Ivy

<dependency org="com.readerbench" name="core-services" rev="4.0.0">
    <artifact name="core-services" ext="jar"/>
</dependency>

• Gradle

compile(group: 'com.readerbench', name: 'core-services', version: '4.0.0')

• Sbt

libraryDependencies += "com.readerbench" % "core-services" % "4.0.0"

Textual Complexity Module

• Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.readerbench</groupId>
    <artifactId>textual-complexity</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0</version>
</dependency>

• Ivy

<dependency org="com.readerbench" name="textual-complexity" rev="4.0.0">
    <artifact name="textual-complexity" ext="jar"/>
</dependency>

• Gradle

compile(group: 'com.readerbench', name: 'textual-complexity', version: '4.0.0')

• Sbt

libraryDependencies += "com.readerbench" % "textual-complexity" % "4.0.0"

Comprehension Model Module

• Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.readerbench</groupId>
    <artifactId>comprehension-model</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0</version>
</dependency>

• Ivy

<dependency org="com.readerbench" name="comprehension-model" rev="4.0.0">
    <artifact name="comprehension-model" ext="jar"/>
</dependency>

• Gradle

compile(group: 'com.readerbench', name: 'comprehension-model', version: '4.0.0')

• Sbt

libraryDependencies += "com.readerbench" % "comprehension-model" % "4.0.0"

Reading Strategies Module

• Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.readerbench</groupId>
    <artifactId>reading-strategies</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0</version>
</dependency>

• Ivy

<dependency org="com.readerbench" name="reading-strategies" rev="4.0.0">
    <artifact name="reading-strategies" ext="jar"/>
</dependency>

• Gradle

compile(group: 'com.readerbench', name: 'reading-strategies', version: '4.0.0')

• Sbt

libraryDependencies += "com.readerbench" % "reading-strategies" % "4.0.0"

Processing Service Module

• Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.readerbench</groupId>
    <artifactId>processing-service</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0</version>
</dependency>

• Ivy

<dependency org="com.readerbench" name="processing-service" rev="4.0.0">
    <artifact name="processing-service" ext="jar"/>
</dependency>

• Gradle

compile(group: 'com.readerbench', name: 'processing-service', version: '4.0.0')

• Sbt

libraryDependencies += "com.readerbench" % "processing-service" % "4.0.0"

Parallel Processing Service Module

• Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.readerbench</groupId>
    <artifactId>parallel-processing-service</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0</version>
</dependency>

• Ivy

<dependency org="com.readerbench" name="parallel-processing-service" rev="4.0.0">
    <artifact name="parallel-processing-service" ext="jar"/>
</dependency>

• Gradle

compile(group: 'com.readerbench', name: 'parallel-processing-service', version: '4.0.0')

• Sbt

libraryDependencies += "com.readerbench" % "parallel-processing-service" % "4.0.0"