📝 Assignment Assistant – PDF Upload App

This is a starter Flask web application that allows users to upload two PDF files:

• A student assignment
• A grading rubric

These files will later be processed using OCR and LLMs for automated grading and feedback.

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🚀 Features

• Upload two PDF files via a simple web UI
• Validates file types (PDF only)
• Stores uploaded files in a local uploads/ folder
• Ready for integration with PDF text extraction and AI processing

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📁 Project Structure

assignment-assistant/
├── app.py               # Flask backend
├── templates/
│   └── index.html       # Upload UI
├── uploads/             # Stores uploaded PDFs (ignored by Git)
├── requirements.txt     # Python dependencies
├── .gitignore           # Excludes uploads, cache, env files
└── README.md            # Project documentation

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/assignment-assistant.git
cd assignment-assistant

2. Create a Virtual Environment (Optional but Recommended)

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run the App

python app.py

Then open your browser and go to: 👉 http://localhost:5000

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📦 Dependencies

• Python 3.8+
• Flask 2.x

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🔒 Security Notes

• Uploaded files are stored locally in uploads/ and are ignored by Git.
• Make sure to sanitize and validate all user inputs in production environments.

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📄 License

MIT License – feel free to use and modify.

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🙋‍♂️ Author

Built by Ler-Kuan, Chan – [lkchan@sc.edu.my]