THE PROBLEM

Several students skip classes but give their clickers to others (The incident where 43 students in Dartmouth College skipped classed made the headline in Business Insider – November 2014) .

http://www.businessinsider.com/dartmouth-students-suspected-of-cheating-in-ethics-class-2014-11

THE PROBLEM

7 out of 10 students have admitted to have forgotten their response tool at least once.

Impacts professor’s reputation

CURRENT TECHNOLOGY

Uses RF- Limited Range. Highly Unidimensional in FunctionHigh Initial and Operational costsLimited Personalization

BLUETOOTH ENABLED SOLUTIONS TO CAPTURE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

OUR SOLUTION

LOW ENERGY BLUETOOTH

ENABLED BEACON

TECHNOLOGIES

MOBILE BASED APP

COST EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE

HOW DOES IT WORK?

ENTRY LOGS

RESPONSE LOGS

TIME LOGS

LOW ENERGY BLUETOOTH

Low power requirements, operating for "months or years" on a button cell

small size and low cost compatibility with a large installed base of mobile phones, tablets

and computers

BLUETOOTH 3.0 LOW ENERGY BLUETOOTH

Power consumption 1 W as the reference 0.01 to 0.5 W (depending on usage)

Peak current consumption

<30 mA <15 mA

OUR ADVANTAGE

Personalization Cost Effectiveness Tailor-made Solutions Prevents Academic Cheating Single Frequency Identification of Latecomers/ Students who leave after attendance

check Reminders to turn on Bluetooth

OUR MARKET

NUMBER OF FACULTIES IN UBC 18

TOTAL NUMBER OF FACULTY AND STAFF-15,253

NUMBER OF STUDENTS-59,649

TOTAL NUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES IN CANADA-98

AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS-18,000

http://news.ubc.ca/media-resources/ubc-facts-and-figures/

LARGE MARKET POTENTIAL

REVENUE STREAMS

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION FEES

PARTNERSHIPS WITH SIGNUL

Implementation Timeline

Development • Software• GUI• Prototype

Phase 1• Implementation

Month 0 Month 2 Month 6 Month 12

Funding

REVENUE $1500/DEVICEPROFIT $930/DEVICEINITIAL FUNDING SOUGHT $205,000

TEAM

Elaine FengMitchell AngAzim NoorJiaqi (Teresa) ZhaiDeepak Kumaraswamy