Engag-ed

An intelligent classroom suite for an AI powered experience

Inspiration

Classrooms are just a bit outdated. Even after the many revolutions in information technology, our classrooms remain structurally outdated. We decided to harness the benefits of lean web-app based development and build out a holistic classroom suite that adds value to both the students and instructors.

What it does

We present a suite of tools that actively monitor the classroom, facilitate communication, and provide instant feedback for each session.

• Presentation dashboard for instructors
• Facial-recognition based attendance system
• Polling feature - interactivity between students and instructor, as well as for collecting feedback
• Sentiment analysis - visually identifying students in the classroom, analyzing time-based engagement to provide feedback for the instructor
• Session analysis - historical records of past lessons and engagement levels

Next steps

• Scaling - optimizing for larger groups (eg. >50)
• School based management system
• Tracking engagement levels of individual students across sessions
• Live Q&A system
• Sentiment analysis applied to instructors

Machine Learning components courtesy of Microsoft Cognitive Services

Built With

• bootstrap
• chart.js
• express.js
• microsoft-project-oxford
• mongodb
• mongoose
• node.js