Date Approved
2021
Degree Type
Open Access Senior Honors Thesis
Department or School
Technology Studies
First Advisor
James Banfield
Second Advisor
William Sverdlik
Third Advisor
Phil Rufe
Abstract
To answer the question of whether creating a competitive environment drives students’ engagement while completing class objectives, two EMU Honors students designed and built a web application that creates such an environment. This system allows students to complete assignments that are weighted on a point system and compare scores on an anonymous “Leaderboard”. This system attempts to emulate a competition environment for objective-based learning and is designed to be used for Information Security lab assignments similar to a Security competition environment. Although the primary proof-of-concept labs for this project for this project are in the Computer Science and Information Security realms, such a competitive platform can be used for a variety of disciplines and subjects.
Recommended Citation
Pelletier, Zachariah, "Building a competitive platform for cyber security and computer science technical challenges" (2021). Senior Honors Theses and Projects. 704.
https://commons.emich.edu/honors/704