Student Participation/Behavior Tracker

Problem Description

As a teacher, I use several different platforms to run my classes — and honestly, none of them does everything I need. I end up constantly switching between tools, and each switch breaks the flow of the lesson. It's frustrating, and it costs me time and energy that I'd rather spend actually teaching. But beyond that, there are some real classroom management problems that no existing tool seems to address: *I have no reliable way to track participation fairly. I try to call on all my students, but without a system, I inevitably forget some — usually the quietest ones. And if I focus too much on them, the more active students start to feel ignored. *Behavior management is all or nothing. I want to be able to reward students who turn their behavior around mid-period, not just punish those who misbehave. That kind of nuance doesn't exist in current tools. *Shy but hardworking students go unnoticed. Some students never raise their hand but do everything right — great notes, real effort, genuine engagement. There's no way to formally recognize that. *Organizing the classroom is entirely on me. Seating plans, groups, noise management — I handle all of it from memory and gut feeling, with zero data support.

Proposed Solution

What I'm imagining is a single platform that brings everything together — customizable, visual, and actually fun to use. Here's what it would include:

*A smart participation & bonus point system The rules would be fully editable, but by default: 1 point for every 5 participations, 2 behavior points at the start of each period (that students can lose — and win back — depending on how they behave), and 1 merit point to reward the quiet students who put in the work. A live scoreboard to keep everyone motivated.

*A fair student-calling system An algorithm that prioritizes students who haven't participated much, so that by the end of the period everyone has been called on roughly the same number of times — but active students still get called on too, so they don't feel sidelined. And for each call, I can choose whether it counts or not (absent, wrong answer, etc.).

*Data-driven classroom organization A seating plan generator that takes into account academic level, behavior, and how students interact with each other A group creator using the same data Everything adjustable with just a few clicks

*Visual classroom management A visual timer with customizable sounds Noise level indicators: silence / whisper / group work modes, a traffic light system, and a noise meter that triggers a sound alert (also customizable) A dice, a calendar, a countdown to the next test

*Content & display Whiteboard mode — pen or keyboard GIFs and images in any format Embedded URLs Slideshows that can be embedded in other platforms like Pearltrees, with password-protected access and projected multiple-choice quizzes (think Genially, but integrated)