Dear Dean Loew,
The kind of project you have here isn't quite an Inkscape project, but it could make a very good website project.
Students can use inkscape to write/draw, and the files can be submitted for marking to a website. It's even possible to have an extension written in python that would submit the work quickly to such a website from the student's computers.
SVG is Inkscape internal format. SVG is also a first class web standard, you can view SVGs created in Inkscape directly in a web browser. Embedding SVGs in this way is something I've done for my clients a number of times.
There's no need to customise Inkscape, mostly because the cost of it would be VERY expensive and also because it's not necessary.
Good luck!
Best Regards, Martin Owens Inkscape Developer and Contractor
On Fri, 2017-11-24 at 19:13 -0600, Dean Loew wrote:
Hello all.
I need a much-simplified, bare-bones version of inkscape for a small home school project I am starting.
Our students will write handwritten essays / short answers, and submit those homework images (they are jpgs, gifs, etc). I need a program to help "mark up" those images, and then save the image, and store the grades in a MySQL database.
"Marking up" the image: I need to quickly be able to add grading marks to the image, such as "SP" (spelling error), "GR" (grammar error). I can easily add these marks now by adding custom symbols to inkscape and then dragging them onto the image. But, I would prefer instead to be able to this via custom tools in the toolbar. Whenever I add one of these marks, I want to subtract the appropriate number of points from the "perfect score" (e.g. every time I add an "SP" for a spelling error, the grade goes down by 1 point, etc). So, there needs to be shown a little box with the current score. If I make a mistake and add one of those marks by accident, and delete it, the score goes back up. I need to have the screen split into two parts (with two images showing): the top image is the student image being graded; the bottom image is the "official answer" (also an image). I need to have a little list of images to correct - that is, a list of all images that need to be corrected. As I click on the list, it will load that student image. When an image is done being graded, there will be some simple button to "Save" All unnecessary options and features will be disabled (or at least hidden) - unnecessary tools, the main menu, toolbars, etc. I want a very simple interface. MySQL: The list of images needs to be loaded from the database. When each image is done being graded, the score needs to be stored in the database; the next student image in line needs to be auto-loaded, etc. Thanks! Dean
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