Emily Smith

Partners: Allicyn Crippen, Rachel VanAken, & Connor Vondette

Agora

Background

Agora is an educational driven application that allows students and teachers in poorer communities to have access to a higher level of education.

Concept only.

Research & Discovery

We understand some communities don’t have as good as others, but we wanted to know why and discovered some very unnerving facts.

Goal

Create a place where teachers can improve their skills & connect with students who are struggling and help them “conquer their fear” of a subject in school.

Meet the Monsters

When someone is conquering a fear, it’s like facing the monster in the closet. So, for this concept, illustrations were created to help guide the teachers and students throughout the application while keeping a fun & light experience.

Student Monster
It can only be seen by students, walking them through functions on the app.

Teacher Monster
It can only be seen by teachers, walking them through functions on the app.

Social Studies
It helps improve skills in social studies.

English Monster
It helps improve skills in language arts.

Science Monster
It helps improve skills in science.

Math Monster
It helps improve skills in math.

Connecting Studnets

This would fall under the responsibility of the teacher. Once the teacher has recognized a problem, they can invite their students to join the app via email.

App Icon Design

Since the first step for this application is a teacher inviting a student, the student in result is shaped by the teachers and experts that help them from then on.

Walk-Through

It’s the LinkedIn for Teachers & Students.

A user either picks "Student" or "Teacher"

As the user logs in, there is an automatic search for their student profile for security purposes.

For Teachers, this is the home/news feed page where they can discover the latest techniques.

For Students, this is the home/notifications page. They can only see posts shared by an expert or teacher they are already connected to.

While in the search functions, users can either look up a specific individual or browse in the subjects with help from the monsters of course!

Teachers, while browsing subjects, can look for professionals and even lesson plans.

Students, while browsing subjects, can play games, chat with experts, & get some extra practice.

Profiles & Messaging

As users view profiles for students and teachers, they can see which monsters are popped up. These subjects and specialties determine if a connection is made between teacher, expert, and student.

As the user logs in, there is an automatic search for their student profile for security purposes.

For Teachers, this is the home/news feed page where they can discover the latest techniques.

For Students, this is the home/notifications page. They can only see posts shared by an expert or teacher they are already connected to.

Teacher

Student

Navigation Feature

Since students have notifications on the home page, their navigation is one less direction compared to the teachers. What both of them do have is the help monster key on the left.

Teacher

Student

Contact

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