TutorChat team constists of Cardiff University students
Studying computer science where their second year group project evolves around building a virtual assistant "TutorChat" to help student's with their questions to personal tutors.
With the growth in social networking, mobile devices, and the internet of things, chatbots have become a viable and popular way of delivering services to users. Platforms such as Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, Facebook, Slack and IBM’s Watson offer new ways for organizations to meet the needs of users via conversational interactions. In this context, we pose the question: to what extent can a university provide personal tutoring services to students via a chatbot? Areas to explore include: answering common questions, performing tasks, and providing friendly social interaction. The aim of the project is not to replace human tutors but rather to explore use cases where conversational bot-based services can augment human-provided support.
Here are some features that the bot has at the moment
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Here are some screenshots of the bot and what it can do
Second year computer science students at cardiff university
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Here are some frequently asked questions about TuorChat
TutorChat is simply designed for cardiff university computer science students to use and interact with, in addition to, answering any questions students may ask of their personal tutor.
The chatbot is designed to help University Students with any questions they may ask of their personal tutor. The chatbot can answer questions based on department information, such as who is the module leader for a certain module. The chatbot also offers minimal pastoral support, but if you are experiencing mental health problems, it is suggested you speak to your real personal tutor and utilise the university services.
In order to use the Chatbot, you need a Facebook Messenger account. Once you have an account, search "TutorChat Dev" and say hello to the page. The bot will walk you ask you to read the terms & conditions, once accepted you wil be able to ask the bot anything.
TutorChat does not use any new information that the university didn't already have from you, apart from your facebook profile. For a full list of what data is stored about you, contact the IT service desk.
Here are some of the platforms we used and utilized throughout the development process
