One-on-One

Inspiration

Education should not be a privilege. During these difficult times, it is difficult to interact with one's classmates, but it is even more difficult to find free accessible tutoring services or opportunities. There have been studies stressing how this pandemic has widened student achievement. As former California Scholarship Federation President in high school, I hosted free weekly peer tutoring sessions and remember the importance of gaining leadership and volunteer experience. Inspired by my background as a first-generation student and parents who struggle with the English language, I decided to make minority groups/first-generation students my target audience and then as I ideated, I expanded my idea to to high school students, especially those who may struggle on a certain topic, are afraid to confront a teacher, or may not be aware of any other academic resources. I performed some research and found that there is no current established free platform to find tutors in my area. Most if not all required money.

What it does

One-on-One remains a free platform that essentially connects high students based on their current high school to receive the necessary academic guidance to excel in their classes by facilitating discussion (via pairing suggestions based on one’s high school, a chat feature, and discussion forum) and additionally provides high school students the opportunity to gain communication skills and volunteering experience. According to MDPI, peer tutoring ended up being more effective than traditional instruction in the subject of biology. One-on-One emphasizes the idea of peers helping peers; high school students or former students of classes can register as a tutor using their school email for authentication, while those who may be struggling on a certain concept can register as tutee. Potential tutors provide the classes they have taken while tutees list classes they currently are taking/have trouble with. Tutors and tutees basically communicate with each other on the app and tutors can get hours for their work as the questions they answer and conversations they have with their tutee are tracked.

How I built it

I used figma and various UX kits. I am still new on coding so did not get a chance and time to build the actual app using Swift code/Unity but I will definitely be using what I have learned in the different language workshops to further pursue this project.

Challenges I ran into

This was my first time pursuing a hackathon on my own using figma and manage my time while attending the workshops and panelists. Although I have had some exposure to figma, it was hard for me to figure exactly how to display the menus when sharing the prototype and add features like scrolling.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I was able to make most of the features that I had planned out for my user flow. The wireframing ended to be pretty smooth and the font choice and color choice, in my opinion, worked out well.

What I learned

I learned how to further use features like creating components and framing my selection of Figma to create decently smooth wireframes. From the UX design workshop, I also learned the importance of color and putting oneself in the user's shoes. Although I was considering of using perhaps echo AR from what I learned in the workshop, I realized I was more passionate about this topic and believed that it would be best used as a mobile app for convenience.

What's next for One-on-One

The mobile app is still in its prototype stage and requires more back-end development involving data structures/algorithms, but after creating the basics of the app using swift code or Unity, I plan on communicating to teachers and staff members at my local high school and other nearby high schools in my district to launch this app since this platform would be based on one's high school. After gaining some user traction, I would love feedback on the app and probably will make changes as needed. Some features I will definitely consider adding though are hosting video tutoring sessions on the app and being able to share one's screen as well as write on a digital/virtual white board. Lastly, One-on-One could also significantly be used by other high schools in other districts around the country so ideally I would try to get a hold of administration in other schools and possibly reach out to sponsors to provide materials and scholarships for students.

Built With

• figma