How to start with a new semester

To be able to see all the admin functions to create a new semester on Knowledge Base you have to log in with your Metamask account that is registered as an admin account.

To create a new semester on Knowledge Base you have to go to the Semester section and click on the button "Create new semester". Then you are asked to type in the following information:

Then press the "Create semester"-Button. The semester is now created, and you can add assignments to it. You should be able to see the new semester in the semester overview. The list is sorted, so that the newest semester is on top.

You can change every parameter of a semester, so name, starting block, end block and coin amount needed for the exam. But please be careful when changing the starting block or the end block of a semester when you already created assignments for it, because, the assignments should still be in the same time slot as the semester. Knowledge Base will give out a notification if you would cause an assignment to be out of the time slot of the semester, once you tried to save the changes. You need to change the timeslot of the affected assignments first, before you can change the timeslot of the semester.

If you want to create a semester with new assignments, there need to be validator contracts that check the solutions that are submitted by the students. To deploy such a validator contract you have to

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If you want to add a new assignment on Knowledge Base you have to go to the section "Assignments" and press the "Add new Assignment"-Button. Then you are asked to type in the following information:

Then press the "Create assignment"-Button. The assignment is now created, and you should be able to see it in the assignment overview.

Keep in mind, that it is not possible to create a new assignment with a validator contract that is already used by another assignment. You can use the same code, but need to deploy it again, so that it has a different address.

You can change every parameter of an assignment, so name, link to the task, contract address, starting block and end block. But please be careful when changing the starting block or the end block of an assignment, because, the assignment should still be in the same time slot as the semester. Knowledge Base will give out a notification if you would cause an assignment to be out of the time slot of the semester, once you tried to save the changes.

To gather the needed student data and comply to the data privacy rules of the University of Mannheim you have to use ILIAS as a data source. To do so, you have to create a survey on ILIAS. The survey should contain the following questions:

Once the survey on ILIAS is completed, you can export the results as csv. Now you can either check the Knowledge of one student or many students at once.

To check the Knowledge of one student, you have to go to the section "Coin overview" and type in the student id (optional) and the wallet address of the student. The student id is optional, but can be used for convenience to have a better overview.

To check the Knowledge of many students at once, you have to upload a csv file with the student data. The csv file needs to have the format "student id,wallet address". You also have the option to download an example csv file. To upload a file, click the "Choose file"-Button and select the csv file you want to upload. Then press the "Check Knowledge of course"-Button. You will get a csv file back with the following information: