BetterTA — Better TeachAssist

What is BetterTA?

BetterTeachAssist, often referred to as BetterTA, is an essential app for YRDSB that provides a modern, user-friendly interface for accessing TeachAssist, YRDSB's official student grade portal. BetterTA is built using React Native and Expo on the front end, and a combination of Supabase and custom backend services on the back end.

How does BetterTA work?

BetterTA works by using our own scraper to fetch and parse raw HTML data from TeachAssist's website, and then displaying it in a user-friendly interface. Furthermore, our app offers an optional data sharing mode that allows users to anonymously share their data with us, which we use to provide helpful analytics to users.

Features

• Modern, user-friendly interface
• Optional data sharing mode
• Course-by-course and school-by-school analytics
• Integration with YRAA to show sports rankings and games
• Grade prediction
• Class chatrooms
• iOS and Android support
• Native widgets

My Contributions

• Implemented the scraper in Go to fetch and parse raw HTML data from TeachAssist's website
• Designed much of the app's UI and implemented it in React Native
• Implemented grade prediction and data sharing features
• Implemented a smooth onboarding experience
• Designed website landing page
• Designed much of the app's marketing materials

BetterTA is currently in development and is not yet available for app store download. However, you can try out the app's beta version by signing up for our beta program on the BetterTA website.