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+# SYSC 4806 Project - Opinion Owl
+
+Build Status: ![Build Status](https://github.com/bardia-p/OpinionOwl/actions/workflows/maven.yml/badge.svg)
+
+Deployment Status: ![Deployment Status](https://github.com/bardia-p/OpinionOwl/actions/workflows/main_opinionowl.yml/badge.svg)
+
+### Group Members:
+- [Bardia Parmoun](https://github.com/bardia-p)
+- [Max Curkovic](https://github.com/maxcurkovic)
+- [Dorothy Tran](https://github.com/dorothytran)
+- [Anthony Massaad](https://github.com/Anthony-Massaad)
+- Cassidy Pacada
+
+## Description:
+A mini version of SurveyMonkey in which surveyors can create a survey with a three categories of questions. These include open-ended questions with a text-based answer,
+questions where a user is asked to select a number within a range, and multiple choice questions.  The surveyor can close the survey at any point which would prevent new users from responding.
+Closing the survey generates a response form that contains a compilation of all the answers given in the survey. Text answers are displayed as written, answers to ranged questions are
+displayed as a histogram, and answers to multiple choice questions are displayed as a pie chart.
+
+## Milestone 1
+For milestone 1 of the project, the survey creation functionality was implemented. This includes the creation of a survey with any combination of questions, saving the survey, and
+retrieving it so that users can access it and fill out information. This milestone contains the app's initial structure and also included setting up the processes and
+workflows to be used throughout the project.
+
+## Plan for Next Milestone
+All open issues and planned work can be found on our [kanban board](https://github.com/users/bardia-p/projects/2). The current issues in backlog are listed below.
+- [Issue 17 - Add CSS Styles to the web pages](https://github.com/users/bardia-p/projects/2?pane=issue&itemId=44211716)
+- [Issue 18 - Edit Surveys](https://github.com/users/bardia-p/projects/2?pane=issue&itemId=44211831)
+- [Issue 20 - Fill Surveys](https://github.com/users/bardia-p/projects/2?pane=issue&itemId=44212227)
+- [Issue 21 - Close survey and display the results in the charts](https://github.com/users/bardia-p/projects/2?pane=issue&itemId=44212259)
+- [Issue 22 - Register users](https://github.com/users/bardia-p/projects/2?pane=issue&itemId=44212259)
+- [Issue 23 - Login users](https://github.com/users/bardia-p/projects/2?pane=issue&itemId=44212340)
+
+## Dependencies:
+* Java JDK 17
+* Spring Boot
+* JUnit
+* Project Lombok
+* Maven
+* Ajax
+
+## Installation
+1. Clone the project from the repo and open the project in IntelliJ.
+2. Ensure that the dependencies listed above are all installed and configured properly.
+3. Go to the class *OpinionOwlApplication* in src > main > com.opinionowl.opinionowl and run it. (either with green arrow or by right clicking)
+4. Open your browser of choice and type in 'localhost:8080'
+
+## Usage
+1. Opinion Owl can be accessed through https://opinionowl.azurewebsites.net/
+2. From here you can act as a surveyor to add text questions, multiple choice questions, or numeric range questions by clicking the respective 'Add Question' buttons.
+3. Click on 'Form Title' to edit the survey name or click on the text associated with each question to edit the content.
+4. For multiple choice questions, click the '+' sign to add choices as needed. These can also be removed.
+5. To save the survey, click 'create form'.
+
+## Diagrams
+- [UML diagram](diagrams/Milestone1_UML_class_diagram.png)
+- [Schema](diagrams/Milestone1_ER_Diagram.png)