Instructor Assignment & Management System

Designed & developed an instructor management tool for client Dreams For Schools.

Client & Project Overview

Dreams for Schools is a non-profit organization that oversees programs and initiatives that contribute to educating youth about STEM. As the organization scaled up its operations, there was a significant increase in the workload required for manually assigning instructors to programs. Our goal was to design and develop an app that allows DFS to easily manage their instructors/programs and create automatic assignments based preference, location, and availability.

During the design process, I worked closely with stakeholders to conduct product definition/research, develop wireframes to high-fidelity designs, and validate the final product with user testing. During the second quarter, I focused on implementing the front and back-end systems for the application.

Feature Set

Ability to import instructor data through bulk CSV upload
Ability to add/edit instructors, schools, programs and classes
Intuitive drag and drop assignment for adding instructors to classes
Auto-assign functionality to assign instructors based on optimal distance and preference

Design Process & Case Study

Live Demo

Tech Stack

React for our front end since it allows for easy modularity and reusable components.
Express and MySql database for our backend.
Used SQL as we needed to define constraints and relationships between students, instructors and programs.
All authentication was handled through firebase. Users must be signed in and front end requests send a token in the header which are being validated in the back end before providing access.