SharkValidatorGame

Kalbouneh, Omar; Marshburn, Madison; Carroll, David

SharkValidatorGame

dc.contributor.author	Kalbouneh, Omar	en
dc.contributor.author	Marshburn, Madison	en
dc.contributor.author	Carroll, David	en
dc.date.accessioned	2022-05-10T00:22:46Z	en
dc.date.available	2022-05-10T00:22:46Z	en
dc.date.issued	2022-05-08	en
dc.description.abstract	The team was provided with a platform to update and implement new design changes to the original website for a project led by Dr. Francesco Ferretti, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation. His research interests include studying the impact of humanity on the Earth’s oceans and conservation efforts. The website is built using WordPress with frontend CSS and HTML. RShiny provides the backend support to implement the Validation Monitor. We were tasked with converting the static framework of the website to a more dynamic and responsive framework and with improving on the current gamification scheme through a refined point rewards system and incentives. The team was able to refine the current point reward system by integrating functionalities that will motivate users to validate sharks and support SharkPulse’s research for the ecology and taxonomy of shark populations. These functionalities include awarding users who are able to recognize rare shark species, and if the shark species are labeled as “endangered” or “vulnerable” or “critically endangered” according to the IUCN red lists of ecosystems and threatened species. Most of the completed changes were on the backend for the validation monitor and on the frontend for the identification guide. The team has also improved the identification guide to be a more suitable web page to educate users about sharks. It was updated by adding more questions and adding an option to let the users select “I can’t see” if they are unable to see shark characteristics from an image. Overall, the backend changes for assigning points based on if the user recognizes rare or threatened species is deployed. However, the project is still not complete, as the website still needs to be updated from being a static website to being a dynamic one. The rare species functionality could also be updated to improve the program’s performance.	en
dc.description.notes	SharkValidatorGameReport: End of semester report that is written to explain the work completed by the team. Details for the developer manual and user manual are covered. Both .pdf and .docx versions are included. SharkValidatorGamePresentation: End of semester presentation that summarizes the completed work. Both .pdf and .pptx versions are included of the PowerPoint slides.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/109976	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
dc.subject	sharks	en
dc.subject	rare sharks	en
dc.subject	identification guide	en
dc.subject	SharkPulse	en
dc.subject	validation	en
dc.subject	conservations status	en
dc.title	SharkValidatorGame	en
dc.type	Presentation	en
dc.type	Report	en