Tutor Sushi

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Inspiration

My inspiration has partly come from a platform I work for called EF EdTech. I have been an online English teacher with them for a year and have been impressed by the quality of their platform. The clean conference call interface has helped me enjoy some of the best online experiences with students.

As I noticed shortfalls with traditional conference calling software, I want to create something that will give an equally rewarding experience for knowledge workers.

The business model will be free for educators and licenced to knowledge workers. The chief goal is to make education funded by industry.

What it does

The platform will be a conference calling interface with a shared collaborative area. This area will provide a note taking pad which all call participants can contribute to. Next to the note pad will be a power point slideshow which can be converted to a shared web page, allowing all users to contribute to the web browsing experience.

The 1st key difference between traditional software will be that all participants can contribute at the same time without the need to share screens or use direct messaging. This will provide an experience that mirrors the real world.

The 2nd key difference is the spaced repetition memory feature. After meetings, this feature will send important information from the meeting in the form of reminders. This could be action points or knowledge points. For productivity, this will help teams remember tasks. For education, this will help users remember and reenforce key information.

The final key difference is that users will have 2 roles, a presenter role and a participant role. Only 1 video will show, this will be the presenter. The presenter can be switched at any time during the meeting and all participants can still participate verbally. This is to ensure the focus of the meeting is sustained and participants avoid interruptions, allowing for better focus and concentration.

How I built it

The MVP will be built with Node JS with limited server load to begin with. This will be to ensure cost effectiveness and organic growth.

Challenges I ran into

My biggest challenge will be to find 50 people to try the software for a 3 month pilot project.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Being able to hold meetings with maximum focus and clarity.

What I learned

I learned that listening skills are extremely important in meetings.

What's next for Tutor Sushi

The development of an MVP and launch of a 3 month pilot project with 50 users, 25 who are knowledge workers and 25 who are school teachers and students.

Built With

• node.js