Profs at two universities keep reusing it and it surveys well with students.
I can't figure out how to get a school to pay for it. Admins dismiss it as a toy. The profs say they would pay, but that there isn't a budget. Students don't get a vote.
The application could be massively improved, and is already helping students learn important topics.
How do I figure out how to pay for development?
Admin controls the money
They spend 99% of it on tools they use for their own jobs
The 1% is whatever fad they are supposed to buy into in order to maintain a semblance of legitimacy (“student success” for example)
If you want to make money in education
Get your state legislators to pass a law that requires schools to comply with a new regulation that makes your solution relevant
That’s how the big edtech companies got to $1B+, with only one exception: 2U
Are there other ways an open source approach can help find funding? Our team would really like to work on this idea more, but there isn't a clear road to profitability. Most people just want to join grants with us, which works, but I feel like we shouldn't be funding on grants forever.