CONFIDANT

What

A secure platform for connecting volunteer mentors and mentees using IPCortex's WebRTC API.

User Epics

• As a mentee I want to be able to speak to a mentor so they can help me with an issue I'm dealing with.
• As a mentee I want to be able to be confident in my anonymity when speaking to a mentor.

See the user stories generated by these epics in the issues

User Flow

Potential user flows:

Home screen to Mentor selection

User can get to choose mentor either by signing up or using the 'urgent chat' feature.

Mentor selection to chat

User can choose specific mentor based on:

• Username
• Specialty
• Gender
• Age

Chat to profile or home page

Where:

• sign up/login process requires several questions to be answered to help mentors respond

Features

Core

We'll be aiming to implement the following features in the near future.

• Mentor profile
  • Public:
    • Details about specialisms, skills, etc.
  • Private:
    • Make and save notes on chats
    • Retrieve old chat notes or chat history
    • Set availability status
• Video chat
  • Between mentors and (possibly anonymous) mentees
  • Support for:
    • (video/video) calls
    • (video/audio) calls
    • (video/text) calls
    • (audio/text) calls
    • (text/text) chats
  • Get help now / 'urgent' button
  • Report conversation button (for safety concerns)

Future

• Panic button
• Scheduling chats

Teams & Roles

Product Owners

• @shouston3
• @JackTierney

Mentor Profile Team

• @oturnermajor
• @andrewMacmurray
• @eleanorreem
• @tas12

Video Chat Team

• @MyPitit
• @JMurphyWeb
• @franzmoro
• @JackTierney

Backend Team

• @shouston3
• @RobStallion
• @katbow
• @Virginie-T

Code Reviewers

• @ivanmauricio
• @eliascodes

Style Guide

Coming soon.

Development

Details about contributing, conventions, etc live in the wiki.