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+# Finals Club 
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+This is the source code repository for [finalsclub.org](http://finalsclub.org/).
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+FinalsClub.org is a 501(c)(3) non-profit open education project dedicated to
+helping college students collaborate, learn, and share their knowledge freely online.
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+# Overview
+
+FinalsClub.org consists of 3 main parts:
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+- The collaborative, real-time editor
+- The back channel
+- The surrounding website
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+## The Collaborative Real-time Editor 
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+The real-time editor is an embedded editor called
+[Etherpad-Lite](https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite) (EPL).
+It provides the ability for multiple people to simultaneously edit a single document.
+The documents in Finals Club are the notes for a specific lecture.
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+## The Back Channel (BC)
+
+The back channel portion of Finals Club is called ["BC"](https://github.com/FinalsClubDev/BC).
+BC allows the note takers, or anyone else who is just observing,
+to suggest questions for the lecturer, and vote on each other's questions.
+It also allows people to post commentary.
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+## The Surrounding Website
+
+This is the Finals Club website, which brings together the other two elements into
+a single website that serves it's stated purpose (above).
+This would be the home page, privacy policy page, the page that lists the participating
+schools, the sub pages containing lists of lectures and note taking sessions, and the
+core page where EPL and BC are both found along side each other. 
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