Chat with Native Speakers From Around the World ORF401 Final Project Hillary Ford, Jon Hezghia, Sookyung Kim, Nathan Keyes

 About Us ◦ Connect via video with other users around the world ◦ Practice communicating fluency in your target language and help others do the same  Our Mission ◦ Provide opportunities to improve speaking and conversing skills ◦ Offer a more realistic and affordable way for users to practice foreign language skills

 Create an account ◦ Username ◦ address ◦ Password ◦ First and last name ◦ Birthday ◦ Profile photo ◦ City and country ◦ Native language ◦ Target language(s) ◦ Topic(s) of interest  Data stored in MySQL database

 Choose langauge and topic ◦ Point system  Matching algorithm finds the optimal match  Video Chat ◦ TokBox library ◦ AJAX/JavaScript  Evaluation system ◦ Thumbs-up / Thumbs-down ◦ Report the user

 User Statistics ◦ Pulled dynamically from the database  Map ◦ Google Maps API ◦ Each user is displayed as a Marker ◦ Different Marker for logged-in users  User Information Window ◦ User’s name ◦ Location ◦ Profile image ◦ [Connect Later] button ◦ Link to the user’s profile page

 Public profile page  User rating  Online status  Native and target languages  Interests  [Connect Later] button  Sends an to both parties  Contains a link to TokBox session

 List of registered users whose native language is one of the user’s target languages  Click [Connect Later]

 Provides material for beginners  Introductory-level courses  French  Spanish  Chinese  German  Syllabus with links to the BBC Language Center