Digital Performance Foundation (DPF) - Smarthack 2025

Project Overview

Digital Performance Foundation (DPF) is an educational platform developed for the Smarthack 2025 competition. The project aims to modernize the learning experience by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance teaching materials and student engagement.

Built on the Django framework, DPF provides a robust system for managing didactic resources, generating interactive quizzes, summarizing complex lessons, and facilitating communication between students and teachers.

Key Features

• AI-Powered Content Generation: Utilizes a pre-trained T5 small model for text processing, allowing for:
  • Automatic summarization of uploaded lesson materials.
  • Generation of quizzes (questions and answers) based on the input text content.
• User Management: Dedicated profiles and dashboards for two main user roles:
  • Elevi (Students): Access lessons, take AI-generated quizzes, view progress, and engage in chat.
  • Profesori (Teachers): Upload didactic materials, manage student lists, and communicate with students.
• Didactic Material Management: Supports uploading and viewing lesson materials (e.g., PDF files) organized by subject/topic.
• Integrated Communication: A dedicated chat feature to allow direct messaging between students and teachers.

Tech Stack

The core components of the project are:

• Backend Framework: Django (Python)
• AI/NLP: Hugging Face Transformers (T5-small model fine-tunned for summarization and quiz generation)
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Frontend: HTML5, CSS (with custom styling), and JavaScript

Installation and Setup

Prerequisites

• Python (3.x recommended)
• Virtual Environment Tool (venv or conda)

Steps

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone [YOUR_REPO_URL_HERE]
   cd digitalperformancefoundation---smarthack-2025/DPF

2. Create and Activate Virtual Environment:

   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # On Linux/macOS
   .\venv\Scripts\activate   # On Windows

3. Install Dependencies: Note: The primary dependencies are listed in requirments.txt.

   pip install -r requirments.txt

4. Run Migrations:

   python manage.py makemigrations
   python manage.py migrate

5. Create a Superuser (Admin):

   python manage.py createsuperuser

6. Run the Server:

   python manage.py runserver

   The application will now be running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/.