Yearup Connect

Inspiration

The two remaining team members are Yearup students themselves so it hits home for us. We know first hand how important this mentor, mentee matching program is to trainees. We wanted to make this process not just better for ourselves but better for future Yearup trainees. Yearup has helped us so much and this our way to give back.

What it does

Matches Yearup trainees to mentors based on certain traits gathered from surveys. Selected Yearup staff are then able to look at this data and find specific points so that they can decide who to pair with whom. After they have been matched allows the trainee to stay in contact with mentor. It also allows selected Yearup staff to over see and mange the process, in a sense be the admins.

How we built it

We used Justinmind prototype to make a prototype to the best of our ability.

Challenges we ran into

Half of our team left after the first day leaving only 2 people who didn't know much coding. The challenge was trying to find away to still present something good without really having a coded demo product.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Sticking it out till the end despite half our team leaving. Making a good presentation and trying our best with what we had.

What we learned

How to use Justinmind to make a prototype. We learned different techniques to improve our presentation skills and slide making.

What's next for YearUp Connect

To continue to build lasting relationships between trainees and mentors. To improve ease of use and accessibility of the application. To improve data management. To continue to ensure security and privacy. To lower the margin of error in the matching system and to fully automatize the process.

Built With

• justinmind
• prototyper