Bite-size contents for Messenger and Whatsapp

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  Challenge definition, including gamification elements, as badges. Links and Qrcodes are automatically created.

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  Screen for interactive sections lead by presenters.

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  Content definition, which can have, besides text, images, videos, url or files.

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  Test definition, using quick replies for participant's responses.

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  A asmple report of responses from tests

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  Notifier definition, for scheduled sending of micro-learning topics. Uses the one-time notification for consentment

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  Example of an interactive session from messenger

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  Example of a scheduled challenge with one-time notification

Inspiration

I attended a specialization course in marketing at Ohio University when a professor held a Kahoot session with the class. I realized that the students were motivated by the challenge, and I thought it might be interesting to have a similar solution compatible with Messenger and Whatsapp. Also, I realized that Micro-learning is an exciting trend, especially concerning the Millenials generation. Thus, the idea of joining both solutions and making them available in Messenger and Whatsapp was born. The challenge was to generate the BOTs without any programming or flow design, to make them accessible to all user profiles. We already have a platform to create chatbots without programming, only with flow design, but it showed confusing to non-technical users.

What it does

It sends Bite-size contents by Messenger and Whatsapp, for Micro-learning courses and engagement of participants of online events, like webinars and online presentations.

How I built it

Using Facebook Graph API in PHP, Mysql, MongoDB, and Node.JS

Challenges I ran into

To make a BOT available, ready to run, absolutely without programming or flow design.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I expect it to be a great tool to support learning support and engagement.

What I learned

It is extremely hard for non-technical users to configure BOTs, even with the flow drawing.

What's next for Bite-size contents for Messenger and Whatsapp

We expect to promote it and make it adopted worldwide. We also expect to be able to get access to the Whatsapp Business API, once we are using an official partner's gateway provider, with costs for session messages, making the adoption more difficult.

Built With

• mongodb
• mysql
• node.js
• php