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Project - e-paatshala Team Name: Meridio Solution Name: e-paatshala   About the Project: Motive: Build a comprehensive Virtual Classroom which maximizes the utility of all available services including stored videos, whiteboard, lectures, text files, presentations, etc which would contribute to a better overall learning experience. It recreates all the aspects of a regular classroom and the only thing virtual about this is the fact that it is online. In addition, students can download course material. The features can be customized according to the preferences of each student and teacher.   This will facilitate better and transparent communication between teachers and their students at a low cost. It will serve as a classroom with resources which can be reserved in time slots with a certain number of logins. They will be charged accordingly.   Project Description: Services offered: • Ink device enable whiteboard • Real time audio-video transmission • Real time presentations • Reference links to other similar topics • Simple messaging system for receiving questions at the teacher’s end • Inbox for storing unanswered questions • Speech to text conversion. The text can later be downloaded as a resource • Downloadable videos/presentations/recording of lectures • Support for mobile devices by using compatible scripting languages, also resources will be available for download using mobile devices • Completely customizable UI • Teaching using stored patterns without the need of an actual teacher (especially in under-developed areas where few teachers are available) • Online Tests User Interaction: • The teacher interacts by one or more of the following: I. Audio/Video II. Using an ink enabled device (digital pen etc) to write on the whiteboard III. Through animated and informative presentations • The student can interact with the teacher or other students who are currently online. • The student can also type in questions and send it to the teacher using the messaging system available • The students can also opt for any one of video, presentation or whiteboard to be present on the main display area while the other two are displayed on smaller display areas Working: • All users are provided with usernames and passwords. • The users are authenticated and authorized based on their account credentials. • All the users currently online will be displayed. The users can interact with each other • The students can subscribe to the classes they want from the available set of classes • The whiteboard is read-only on the students’ end whereas the teacher can write on the whiteboard using any ink enabled device • All the contents of the whiteboard are simultaneously cast to all the students who have subscribed to this class • The teacher can also use presentations and animations. If necessary the teacher can highlight certain points/formulae which will be displayed in a special area reserved for important information about the topic • Real time audio/video transmission enables the teacher to deliver a lecture or provide explanation of the topic being discussed • All lectures are recorded for future use as resources. Simultaneously all lectures are converted to text using speech to text conversion. The student can use this text as well as resources. • Additional videos and other resources are stored and the student can log in any time and view/download these videos and other resources • The students can also post questions during the lecture. The choice of answering the question immediately or later lies with the teacher. If the teacher chooses the latter, the questions will be stored in an inbox. The teacher can authenticate and authorize himself/herself to access the questions in his/her inbox. • The teacher is also at liberty to provide reference links to other sites where additional information is available • Mobile users can also login and download resources – mostly audio and video – specific to the device they are using • The same system can be ported to rural areas through kiosks, the only difference being the topics being taught. Instead of advanced topics, basics like alphabets, their pronunciation etc can be taught to students at their own pace. This can be achieved by using stored patterns and audio. This also greatly reduces the limitations with education available in rural as students can learn when they want to learn.   Team Members 1. Ankith Kumar Singh   B M S I T 2. Jayakantha V   B M S I T 3. Divya S   B M S I T 4. Kartik Gupta   B M S I T

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