EXAMPLES OF USE CASESin the education industry.

#1 Centralize and optimize learning & teaching

PROBLEM

Studens and lecturers uses multiple social apps to teach/learn, supplementing the physical meet-ups.

These results in the information being dispersed and discussions lacking focus. For lecturers, monitoring these discussions is not easy.

Hence, it is hard to optimize learning time for the students.

SOLUTION

qiscus is designed to ensure every discussions, files and links are organized and the key points are able to be retrieved easily for future reference.

This makes qiscus suitable to be used as a centralized tool for learning - dissemination of lecture materials, groups discussions and even tracking of students’ contributions.

#2 Promoting Collaborative Learning in Lessons

PROBLEM

In classrooms, it is difficult for a teacher to follow the discussions of 10 different groups of students.

Groups have to wait for the teacher to reach their desk before being able to ask a question.

As such, students gets distracted during the ‘waiting time’.

SOLUTION

qiscus is able to structure discussions in rooms and topics. This enables teachers to group their students according to the room/topics and addressed their needs instantly without much time wastage.

Students are also able to learn from their teachers’ guidance given to the other groups.

Group 1 Topic

Teacher Teacher Teacher

Teacher

Group 2 Topic Group 3 Topic

LeaderLeader LeaderPossible Structure in a Qiscus Room• Divided into 3

Topics. Each topis is for each group.

• All the groups are able to see and learn from each other by reading the other topics.

#3 Facilitating administration and communication

PROBLEM

Communication between school administration to students on change of class schedule, payment matters, exam schedules are now done via manual means.

Students complained about miscommunications, some of which have significant implications on theirs studies.

SOLUTION

qiscus centralizes all communication on what single platform. Any important matters can be communicated effectively using qiscus @call function and QUIN which sends a notification to the intended recipient.

#4 Facilitating Virtual Lessons

PROBLEM

Because of the lack of time to cover syllabus, lecturers resorts to different applications to coordinate virtual lessons:

Facebook• Google Hangout• Whatsapp• Email• Shared Folder

SOLUTION

qiscus provides an ‘all-in-one’ solution. Equipped with messaging, video conferencing and share folder.

The shared folder in qiscus has unlimited storage space, hence saving costs.

#5 Conducting Text-Based Live Lectures

PROBLEM

Conducting live online lectures are not smooth for most countries in this region.

The low and unstable internet bandwidth disallow for mass online lecture participation.

SOLUTION

qiscus topics enables for lectures to be conducted via messaging. qiscus topics provides structures to the lecture, facilitating content delivery and Q&A.

Best of all, messages can be quickly typed using laptop keyboards and students receive the messages on their mobile devices in real-time.

#6 Facilitating Collaboration between Teachers

PROBLEM #1

Professors have to travel to lecture in different branches of the Universities.

When preparing exam papers, physical meetings are organized and quorum needs to be met - this is difficult to achieve.

More importantly, professors do not have sufficient time to cover the syllabus.

SOLUTION

Professors are able to resort to video conferencing and collaboration within qiscus messaging - without having to meet physically.

#7 Enable Better Management & Coordination

PROBLEM

Head and teachers spend much time on physical meetings, desptite teachers already busy with covering syllabus.

The physical meetings are mainly for updating and sharing of resources.

Student Room

Observer Observer Observer

Leader Observer

Head

Student Room Student Room

SOLUTION

qiscus is designed to enable the presence of passive participants in each room, without being overwhelmed with notifications and content overload.

Physical meetings can be reduced as teachers are able to learn and get updated from each other via qiscus rooms.