COVID-19 has reshaped our lives for the long-term, affecting everyone. Transitioning to online learning has led to a disconnect in our school life and has negatively impacted productivity and mental health. 

 

Our solution, Engage is a PE extension for existing video call platforms which encourages kids to participate in PE at home. The goal for our design is to create an online classroom with a game-like feel, inspired by Just Dance and Jump Jam as well as Zoom and Discord.

 

Engage is an extension platform which will allow teachers to set a PE activity theme, for example, ‘In the Jungle’. When activated by the teacher, the selected extension theme will set goals in a narrative for the students to complete. Such as 10 jumping jacks to fight the snake. 

 

The extension software will track the student’s movement through gesture recognition. Teachers can dynamically assign challenges to students based on performance feedback reports. If the exercises are too challenging, the teacher can customise them to meet individual needs and make sure every child is engaged at the right level of difficulty. 

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