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Imparare Studio Practica Italiano

Imparare Studio Practica Italiano: A mobile application supporting the University of Ottawa’s Italian Studies Department

Client Professor Cristina Perissinotto
Professor(s) David Lindsay Mejdi Eraslan
Program Computer Engineering Technology - Computer Science
Students Chris Morrison (Team Lead & Q/A tester), Mahad Ali (Backend Developer), Hanieh Salimian (Developer & Q/A tester), Samuel Omaghomi (Developer), Kadija Adamou Allagouma (Developer), John Vinh (Developer)

Project Description:

Imparare Studio Practica Italiano (ISPI) is a cross-platform mobile application that combines the learning user experience of Brightspace and EdPuzzle all into one electronic learning environment to be used by University of Ottawa students enrolled in the Italian Language and Culture program. The client, Professor C. Perissinotto, proposed a mobile app that provides a convenient, all-in-one resource for University of Ottawa Italian Studies students. This app offers course material from Italian Studies classes, as well as Italian language practice.

The client’s current solution involves using multiple online learning tools to supplement her teaching. These include Brightspace, Edpuzzle, and Book Creator. Students enrolled in Cristina’s courses use the University of Ottawa’s Brightspace platform to complete quizzes, submit assignments, view course materials, and access their grades. Edpuzzle is an external learning platform that helps Cristina create interactive videos with embedded quizzes, and hosts a significant portion of the client’s video content. The limitation of these powerful tools is that they are decentralized, which makes it difficult for Cristina’s students to access and fully engage with the course material in a cohesive manner.

Currently, they need access across multiple platforms to take part effectively. Cristina’s vision is to improve and simplify her students’ learning experience. Cristina devised the idea to create a mobile application that can solve this problem. This mobile application combines the learning tools she employs into one platform, allowing students to find course materials with ease, see deadlines, and view other learning resources.

This mobile app combines various learning resources that the client provides to students, and ultimately, is a companion study resource for the Italian Studies department. The app contains language learning resources, resources related to the Italian Humanities (Literature, Art, etc.), as well as an administration portal for the client to update the content of the app’s database.


Short Description:

Imparare Studio Practica Italiano (ISPI), a mobile application, supports the University of Ottawa’s Italian Studies Department. Students can access lecture materials, interactive videos, and more to supplement their in-class learning.


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Overview of Imparare Studio Practica Italiano, a mobile app supporting uOttawa’s Italian Studies Department. Centralized learning resources. Students can access lecture materials, interactive videos, and more to supplement their in-class learning.
Top features: The interactive videos featured in ISPI serve as an engaging tool for course participation. Administrators have complete control over how content is shown by managing it through the admin dashboard.
The web application provides options to order content, only show at a given time, set due dates, and more to give complete control over the student's experience. Students can only see courses that they are registered in, and administrators control a student's access to a course.


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