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-I don't expect that these will necessary work without
-modification. It's a good idea to go line-by-line through these to
-make sure they are doing what *you* want and that you agree with the
-assessment logic built into this.
+Setting up the Discord Bot
+======================================
+
+I run the Discord boy from my laptop. It requires the discord Python
+module available in PyPi and installable like:
+
+    $ pip3 install discord
+
+I don't have details on how I set up my own Discord bot and/or invited
+it to my server but I hope you'll add to this file as you do this and
+figure out what needs to happen.
+
+Using the Cold Call Bot
+======================================
+
+1. All students must have the role "Student" in Discord. If they do
+   not have the roll, they will not be called upon.
+
+2. The "classroom" is the "Classroom Voice" channel. This is currently
+   hard coded.
+
+3. The bot has only one command: "$next" which calls a person and
+   records this information in the logs. You can run this command in
+   any channel that the bot has access to (e.g., #bot-commands) but I
+   do it a public channel called "#classroom-questions" so that
+   students can watch it operate.
+
 
 Daily Process
 ======================================
 
+You need to start the bot from the laptop each day. I do that by:
+
+  $ ./coldcallboy.py
+
+The bot will run in the terminal, print out data as it works including
+detailed weights as it goes, and it will record data into files in the
+/data/ directory.
+
+
 After class, you will have two new files created that will be named
 like this (with today's date):
 
@@ -30,10 +62,13 @@ immediately after class.
 I keep my entire data directory in git and I'd recommend that you do
 too.
 
-Other Notes
-======================================
+I don't expect that these will necessary work without
+modification. It's a good idea to go line-by-line through these to
+make sure they are doing what *you* want and that you agree with the
+assessment logic built into this.
 
-1.
+Assessment and Tracking
+======================================
 
 These scripts rely on a file in this repository called
 `data/student_information.csv` which I have set to be downloaded
@@ -50,17 +85,13 @@ full header, in order):
     Preferred pronouns
     Anything else you'd like me to know?
 
-2.
-
 The scripts in this directory are meant to be run or sourced *from*
 the data directory. As in:
 
     $ cd ../data
     $ R --no-save < ../assessment_and_tracking/track_participation.R
 
-3.
-
-There are three files here:
+There are three files in that directory:
 
 track_enrolled.R:
 
@@ -98,8 +129,7 @@ compute_final_case_grades.R:
     `myuw-COM_482_A_autumn_2020_students.csv`) which is described
     above.
 
-4.
-
-A bunch of things in these scripts assumes a UW 4.0 grade scale. I
-don't think it should be hard to map these onto some other scale, but
-that's an exercise I'll leave up to those that want to do this.
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+One final note: A bunch of things in these scripts assumes a UW 4.0
+grade scale. I don't think it should be hard to map these onto some
+other scale, but that's an exercise I'll leave up to those that want
+to do this.