From our user research, we discovered that a majority of students have passions outside of computer science, but are passionate about the intersection of technology and such interests.
On our platform, we wanted to allow users to discover projects made by others that align with their interests. Each project is tagged with the technology used to create it, in addition to the topic it pertains to.
Students are able to “follow” topics of interest, then get recommendations of projects to explore.
We believe the ability to learn about what others are working on will expand their understanding of what is possible and inspire them to pursue their own passion projects.
Empowering Self Growth
To encourage our student users to continue pursuing new computer science skills, we added a feature for students to set goals for themselves.
Each goal can be broken down into smaller steps.
This allows students to celebrate their incremental progress and break down daunting tasks into tangible action items.
Highlight Your Work
We want to allow our student users to share their projects for others to view. They can upload the source code, a demo video, and the story of how the project was created. This allows gives them freedom to highlight the various components of their work.
Scroll in the box below to see what a student project case study could look like.
Giving Kudos
To foster a sense of community between students on the platform, we incorporated support for social interactions
Students can celebrate the work of others by commenting or "giving kudos".
