Distanced learning has made it increasingly difficult to find students to work with in classes
Purpose of App
Connects students with one another, as well as their professors in a safe, and moderated environment.
What it Does
Automatically assigns students to required courses based on their program added through the personal profile
Personal profile: students add their program, term, and pronouns
Two main applications:
Connecting students with one another, and with their professors
Can be used to find a study partner, or vet a tutor
Creating a collaborative online environment through virtual study rooms
Inspiration
Adapting to the integration to online learning has taken a toll on our social lives
Studies show students after coming back to school after distanced learning people are more awkward and find it harder to socialize
There are no apps that help us reach out to other students in our very own school family
Finding friends in your classes can remain an ongoing struggle, regardless of your year and
Other social media apps are anonymous and not monitored, and can therefore become dangerous, and unfavourable to an educational environment
Challenges we ran into
Learning how to code
Learning how to push data onto a database
Ending up with a working product
Making a singular, unique app that solves all issues surrounding connecting with students due to online learning
Not reinventing the wheel: After trial and error we chose to link our app to google calendar and meets, rather than creating our own software to compete
How we Built it
Figma
Used as the framework and demonstration of our app
Android App
Android Studio
Accomplishments that we're Proud of
Accessibility friendly app includes large, brightly coloured icons and text, as well as a text to voice feature
Overcoming the challenges we faced
Focusing more on learning new skills such as using Figma, and programming
What we learned
How to work with Figma
With no prior programming knowledge, we build this app using Java on Android Studio
Built signup and login portals
How to connect to the Firebase database to store the data; which we applied to collect real-time from the signup form
Next Steps for Study Studio
Complete the technical aspect of this app and learn how to pull the data from Firebase to complete the automatic matcher system on the app
Implement Study Studio in universities across Canada
Waterloo will be a pilot program that allows us to work out bugs, and add any needed features before investing in large scale
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