Education is a fast-growing arena in this digital age. Both the teachers and students need to buckle up to meet the huge demand for qualified education. Thus, the online tutoring system serves as the best approach to handling private education requirements. Here, students and tutors can interact with each other in real-time.
In the current times, the parents want to give the best education to their children. So, they can easily keep up with the new age curriculum and job needs. Since students require supplementary counseling to polish their skills, Tecocraft company has come up with the best online tutoring app “YourTime” which can be used on a smartphone to obtain real-time services.
Such home tutor solutions are very well organized and have a good framework that is easy to use. Without any doubt, it can be said that the unorganized sector of home tutoring has become very much organized with the launch of such online tutoring apps.
The client is a UK-based tutoring company that provides one-on-one, private online tutoring sessions for undergraduates and graduates. It mainly covers students who are associated with UK based colleges and universities. It has a huge set of courses and subjects one can choose from.
The client approached Tecocraft company to develop an online tutoring application that can be accessed by both students and tutors. YourTime app also helps experienced and qualified tutors to earn extra income in their leisure time.
Created a feature-packed, friendly, and easy-to-use interface for both students and tutors.
Students with email addresses that are of UK based colleges and universities are only able to register. This makes sure that clientele is UK restricted only.
The students and tutors can register themselves and seek the services for a particular day, time, subject, and price.
The online healthcare app delivers the following features;
1 Enter the email address and password. Then, mention the university you belong to
2 Also, you need to write the year of graduation, contact number, your Facebook & LinkedIn URL
3 For security check, the user receives an email confirmation within 12 hours
4 At the end, the admin has the authority to accept or reject the user
1 Admin has the power to unplug an irrelevant or non-qualified user both for students and tutors
2 All signup requests are directed to admin. He can check their information from the registration pane
3 Moreover, the admin can add colleges and universities which they think are suitable
4 Admin chat panel is accessible by every user to send queries
1 Pre-booking; when a student wants a future date & timing for a particular subject. They can book dates from the calendar. A list of timings and available tutors will be highlighted.
As per the needs, students can send requests to the tutors and wait for their response, that is, whether they accept it or reject it.
1 First, one is LEARN; wherein the user signs in as a student and fills in his details about college & subject, selects the best tutor for him as per ratings, then sends a request.
If the tutor accepts the request there and then the class begins. However, if the tutor rejects the request the student searches for a new tutor.
2 The second option is to EARN; wherein the user himself logs in as a tutor and earns money. He fills the subjects to be taught and the price as per hourly session. Moreover, the tutor
needs to mention his experience, qualification, and college in the form provided. After completing this process, the tutor can receive instant requests from needy students.
1 This app is very spontaneous in giving the users alerts about their interesting sessions
2 One gets notified on the spot, whether their request is accepted or declined
3 Before 5 minutes of every session, you get a notification on mobile
The student & tutor can easily interact with one other during live sessions, with the help of video calls, chat services, etc. This facility is only available during the one-on-one sessions. When a user is offline, no messages can be sent out.
1 Sessions can be different time periods that is, from 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes to 1-2 hours, as per the subject and user availability
2 In case, the student needs extra time for the session. He can request the same from his allotted tutor and pay for that extra time only
3 Even if the booking is for a 1-hour session, but the student attends only 10 minutes of it then the price will be deducted for only 10 minutes
4 You can book the same session, 5 minutes prior to completion
1 The tutor only defines his subject, time, & price of the session
2 Costing is purely based on the time occupied in the session
3 There is a stripe payment gateway system; which can be done through a visiting card or master card
4 Initially, the balance is deposited in the app wallet from a bank account. Then, payment is made through the wallet
5 The user can check his full transaction history, the balance in his wallet, how much he has earned or got charged
Students also get the benefits from special seminars (one-on-one sessions) conducted by highly-qualified professors on different subjects. They can book their slots accordingly.
This app supports the PIP feature. This means a user can attend a live session and use another app simultaneously on the same screen. Only one app at a time can be used with the session.
1 The user also gets a referral code from the app, which he can share with any other user and give them the advantage of discounts.
2 Even the admin can also give special discounts to users on an occasional basis.
There is an authorized OTP verification system in the app linked to the user’s mobile. This mainly happens to validate email verification & payment verification.
Since the app is both for students and tutors, there is a color differentiation made to identify them in the app. Red color identity is for the tutor while grey color identity is for the student.
1 This app also allows students to rate the session as well as give feedback to the tutor. This helps the admin to manage (add or remove) such accounts as per the ratings given.
2 The user gets an instant notification to give ratings, and it leads them directly to the link.