Repo containing files for a career-advising chatbot utilizing AIML, created using PandoraBots
Instructions on how to run the chatbot are detailed below:
- Navigate to the PandoraBots website
- Log in to the website and go the dashboard. On the left-hand side click the plus icon next to "My Bots" to provision a new bot.
- Give your new bot a name, select the preferred language of the bot, and ensure that "Blank Bot" is selected in the Content field before clicking "Create Bot."
- Select the new bot and click on "Edit" below the bot's name--this will bring up several options for editing. Select "Code Editor" to bring up the editor.
- Upload the files from the files directory in this repo.
- After uploading, select the orange icon in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen to begin interacting with the bot.
This chatbot helps career advisors by providing a reference to computer science/IT jobs to students. The bot helps students in one of two ways: providing a top ten list and guiding the student through a questionaire. Career information is provided by linking to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the student and choose to learn more about a field by clicking on a button corresponding to the field in question. If the student isn't quite sure what field they are interested in, they can go through a guided questionaire where the chatbot goes through a list of questions. The student can interact by answering "yes" or "no," or by clicking on buttons when prompted.