Discord Mentorship Robot

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  Bot's Discord PFP

We are a beginner team.

Inspiration

Discord is a social platform that all of the team is familiar with. When deciding what to create, we thought of ways we could use Discord to connect people in a Mentor - Mentee setting. We realized that for women in particular, it can be difficult to connect with other women in male-dominated fields of study. Discord is a very popular and accessible platform that would make a great vehicle for helping connect mentors with mentees and people with others who want to network and who may share their interests. Discord bots are incredibly creative and useful for Discord users and provided a way that made connecting with others simple, accessible and fun.

What it does

The Mentorship Bot provides a means of connecting potential mentors and mentees, and those who are interested in networking and connecting with others who share their interests.

/new-info: allows users to upload their info (name, age, contact info, mentor/mentee status, and a brief description) into a searchable database.

/search: allows users to supply a few words that will check descriptions in the database for matching terms and return user profiles that match your search criteria

/notify-me: users can set up a notification when someone creates a profile that matches their search criteria

/surprise-me: returns to the user a random profile for making random connections

/motivation: returns a random inspirational quote to user

/funfact: returns a random fun fact about female innovator in STEM to the user

How we built it

We brainstormed to find a concept with which all team members were familiar. Then we used an iPad to sketch the project's basic functionality and requirements. After we had a more concrete project idea, we divided tasks amongst team members, and, as we worked to complete our tasks, we helped each other

Challenges we ran into

It was very difficult to divide work evenly; one member did not have a working laptop, and we all had different workshops that we wanted to attend. Additionally, we all went to sleep at different times, which made it hard to collaborate late at night.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We learned a lot about data structures, with which we were relatively unfamiliar with implementing in a practical project. Finishing our first Hackathon.

What we learned

We learned more about utilizing github within a team setting, how to practically use hash maps, and how to make discord bots.

What's next for Discord Mentorship Robot

Using an actual database on the cloud, marketing, extension into a website, and security for verifying user data.

Built With

• discord
• java
• jda