Welcome to Module 4

Module Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

Justify the need for chatbots. (CLO: 1, 4)
Explore historical approaches to building chatbots. (CLO: 1, 4)
Build rule-based systems for parsing text, add element of personality. (CLO: 1-2)
Use machine learning and libraries spaCy, scikit-learn, and rasa NLU to build chatbots. (CLO: 1-2)
Build chatbots for various purposes - assist in planning a trip, help to order coffee, etc. (CLO: 2-3)

(CLO = Course Learning Outcome)

To Do

Please read/watch all of the module learning materials (readings, presentations, videos, etc.) and complete all assignments/assessments listed below. If you have questions, please contact the course instructor via email: olepsky@quincycollege.edu or ask in the Questions About This Course forum.

You will complete the following in DataCamp.

Week 1 (04/13 - 04/19)

Chapter 1: Chatbots 101
Chapter 2: Understanding natural language

Week 2 (04/20 - 04/26)

Chapter 3: Building a virtual assistant

Week 3 (04/27 - 5/03)

Chapter 4: Dialogue

Week 4 (05/04 - 05/10)

Discussion on Project
Zoom Session #4 Tue 05/06 12:30-1:45pm

Assignments/Assessments:

Complete the following assignments by the date and time indicated on each assignment page.

4 Weekly DataCamp Assignments
Writing Assignment 4: Chatbots
Week 5 Discussion on Project 3
Weekly Status Reports

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