TutorFinder

Inspiration

Most of our initial ideas were just made on a whim. We didn't try to use any specific app as a guide, we just designed and coded how we thought it should work.

What it does

Our app lets users get academic help, or provide it to others depending on their situation. Names are pre-selected, so they can focus on studying and improving rather than who the other is.

How we built it

We used MIT App Inventor, since the rest of our class learned it together. Most of our group had some prior coding experience, so it wasn't too hard finding ways to program every part.

Challenges we ran into

We had a lot of ideas for features that could have been added. Notifications and drop-down menus would have been very useful, but our platform didn't have them without importing outside extensions.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The most successful part we made was the login system. It's something that can be used in almost any kind of app, and we think it was made very well.

What we learned

We learned that some parts may seem simple to add, but took much more work than we thought. It's very hard to change the approach used, since that includes changing most of the code in a section. Most of the issues came from not making sure every block fit with every other.

What's next for TutorFinder

Our group might want to improve it in the future. We had planned to let tutors select classes they've taken, and let students filter for those classes (need help w/ math, filter for algebra 1 and geometry for ex.) We weren't able to add this in before the deadline, so this might be done later. Though any future changes would likely just be for fun.

Note: There are three members in our group, but the third, Mohammad, couldn't get signed up in time.