GitCanary: A Tool for Analyzing Student Contributions in Group Programming Assignments

Jan Jaap Sandee; E Aivaloglou

doi:10.1145/3428029.3428563

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Courses in computer science curricula often involve group programming assignments. In this paper, we present the GitCanary tool for monitoring project progress and member contributions using development productivity metrics. The tool is developed to support teachers and students with an overview that they can use during their guidance sessions. Feedback on the tool and its metrics was collected from students and teachers using interviews and questionnaires after utilizing it in a software development course. The results that the tool provides were found to be valuable in project guidance and to promote transparency in work distribution.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Koli Calling '20
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 20th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research
Place of Publication	New York, NY
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	1-2
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450389211
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3428029.3428563
Publication status	Published - Nov 2020
Event	20th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research - Online, Koli, Finland Duration: 19 Nov 2020 → 22 Nov 2020 Conference number: 20 https://dl.acm.org/action/showFmPdf?doi=10.1145%2F3428029

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Conference	20th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research
Abbreviated title	Koli Calling 2020
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Koli
Period	19/11/20 → 22/11/20
Internet address	https://dl.acm.org/action/showFmPdf?doi=10.1145%2F3428029

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Sandee, JJ & Aivaloglou, E 2020, GitCanary: A Tool for Analyzing Student Contributions in Group Programming Assignments. in Koli Calling '20: Proceedings of the 20th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research., 38, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, NY, pp. 1-2, 20th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research
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GitCanary: A Tool for Analyzing Student Contributions in Group Programming Assignments. / Sandee, Jan Jaap; Aivaloglou, E.
Koli Calling '20: Proceedings of the 20th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2020. p. 1-2 38.

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