TutoBee

Where it's from

This was built for the iSkolar hackathon in response to the theme "Promoting Inclusive and Accessible Education for the Next Generation of Learners"

The Team

Rephael Raagas (rtraagas@clc.pshs.edu.ph) - Project Manager and Lead Developer
Gin Dela Cruz (gldelacruz@clc.pshs.edu.ph) - Graphic Designer and Frontend Developer
Hague Garcia (hgarcia@clc.pshs.edu.ph) - UI Designer

About

TutoBee is an online learning platform centered on catering to the needs of all types of learners with accessibility-oriented visual design and functionality. TutoBee follows a more modern student-oriented learning philosophy revolving around creating an online learning environment that caters to every learner's needs and promotes inclusivity through a personalized profiling system that directs Hive TutorBees (class moderators) and learners to their own safe space in a small, extensive, and focused learning group called Hives where they can start their self-paced learning journey. It also features various specialized curricula for students with different needs derived from a needs assessment questionnaire, as well as optional fun and educational elective courses that fit students' interests and hobbies.

Problems being solved

Problems with the diversity and inclusivity of students
- Challenges with large class sizes
- Diversity of learning abilities and mechanisms of students
Lack of access to mainstream and quality education
- Scarcity of student-centered and relevant curricula
- Absence of specialized teaching due to educators' gaps in training
Problems with student support
- Challenges with peer-to-peer relationships, specifically harassment, bullying, and rejection
- Lack of accountability and support with people in learning environments

The Name

TutoBee roots the meaning of its name from three words. Tuto - the knowledgde that we learn, Bee - the busy class masters and developers that help make students' experience specialized and engaging, and tutubi, a Filipino word which, when translated to english, is dragonfly, which come in a myriad of different colors embodying the app's spirit that tutobee is for all types of learners.

Features

Fully responsive
Dyslexia font
Dark mode
Text-to-speech
Speech-to-text for chat
Accessibility-oriented functional UI
Easy-to-read text
Safety features including reporting and suspension
Personalized mentorship with Hive TutorBees
Help function with HiveHelp
Personalized curriculum with elective courses

What I learned

Developing the website helped me understand web accessibility more, especially web accessibility rules, and formulate solutions for accessibility and inclusivity problems. This will help me keep accessibility in mind in the future when working on other projects.