tuteering!

Landing page
Sign Up page
Tutor Sign Up
Tutor Portal
Family Page
Message Overview Page
Message Show Page

Inspiration

Unrepresented youth are often unable to receive the right amount of academic assistance due to cost and location of tutoring services. We wanted to bring something to the community and help create a platform where volunteers can easily donate their time and parents can easily gain access to tutoring services for their children!

What it does

We allow the user to be register as a parent, or a tutor. The parent would fill out children profiles for each of their children specifying the grade, subjects required, and general information. The tutor would fill out the same forms when signing up. The parent could then filter through the tutors offering their services, and find the perfect "tuteer" from the area around them based on relevant subjects.

How we built it

We build the application using the Ruby on Rails web framework. Ruby on Rails is a web framework that utilizes models, views, and controllers. We created a simple postgresql database to store all user information and created all the necessary REST end points to make the app running smoothly.

Challenges we ran into

The biggest challenge was getting all team members on the same platform (Ruby on Rails). There was a learning curve that haunted us during the first half of the hackathon as only one of us had experience using Ruby. Using a front-end framework (Bootstrap), we had trouble getting some jQuery modals to cooperate.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We had completed a working prototype of our idea! We fleshed out much of the UI for a simple experience for parents and tutors to use, created full-functioning tutor and family profiles, and a messaging service.

What we learned

24 hours is not a lot of time for creating a web application. We all learned about working cooperatively in a group and improved our skills in Bootstrap and Ruby.

What's next for tuteering!

We intend to implement a maps function (Google) to display the general vicinity of tutors to create even easier access to resources. There can be certain events and calendar synchronization.