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sidecoach

Digital tool for science communication

User Interface

The Project

Role: Primary Investigator

Funding: ASU Herberger Institute/ Conoscente Network

Team: Dr. Thomas Seager (Co-Pi), Bonnie Eckert (Co-PI), Ian Shelanskey (Developer)

Summary: sideCoach is a digital communication tool for coaching public speakers. The tool provides the ability for instructors to instantly send information to a small screen visible by the presenter based on audience feedback being reported on a web application accessible with a smart phone. During a presentation, the audience reports their level of engagement with the speaker by moving a large slider to the right to indicate ‘really engaged’ and to the left to indicate ‘not engaged’. This data is instantly aggregated and made available to the instructor’s tablet which also features a text input tool and a series of customizable buttons that send text and graphics to the speaker.

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