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Inspiration

While student participation is heavily emphasized in education and grading, shy or non-verbal students are less likely to participate. Also, large class sizes make it difficult for professors to interact with students. There is no solution to this, but this issue has been around forever.

What it does

It provides a live feed for students to ask questions and raise their hand virtually. For educators, it provides statistics and a way to track student participation in in-person classroom settings such as large lectures.

How we built it

The backend of this program was built off Python and used Tkinter to build a mock up of what the front half display would look like. A UI of what the interfaced would've looked like was created on Figma.

Challenges we ran into

A large challenge we face was how to actually execute this project. There's endless possibility on how to or what to do. We started off by coding a website from scratch, but who does that these days? Eventually we settled with a Python interface along with a UI design.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're proud of our UI and design as we did all of the icons ourselves and learned how to use Figma for the first time. Additionally, we have fully functions back-end code which is always something to be proud of at a hackathon.

What we learned

We all learned a lot! From reviewing Python to trying to code a website in HTML/CSS/JS to trying out UI design. It was really rewarding for everyone as we were able to split up the work and have individual focuses yet contribute to this project.

What's next for Participlant

Up next is fully integrating the data and statistics feature for the teacher dashboard. By being able to access this data in a simple way, it allows educators to understand patterns or trends that occur in their classes. It would be a simple addition, but having the Fact of the Day update every time they log in is happening next too :)