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When one considers Facebook’s origins as a college-exclusive social network, one could say that the college environment is the birthplace of modern social networking and digital life.  Facebook leveraged college’s social scene to make mass communication easier.  What if an entrepreneur leveraged the social nature of college to help students with the real purpose of universities—education?  Entrepreneur and cool person in tech Jack Tai founded OneClass to attempt exactly that.  OneClass is an online resource for post-secondary school students that crowdsources study materials and class notes to form a large database of helpful tools for students.  OneClass sources course notes on a wide variety of subjects from students across North America.  It also stores organized study packets and video tutorials for many of those subjects.  OneClass focuses on offering study material provided by other students rather than formal textbook-style material provided by teachers or institutions.  In theory, this makes a lot of sense, as students would likely understand other students’ way of explaining things.  Anyone who has trouble accessing the notes or videos on OneClass should find remote tech support for help with a solution.

Interestingly, it wasn’t that long ago that Tai was a college student himself.  He spent a short period of time working as an assistant at RBC Dominion Securities after graduating in 2010.  He then broke off to go down the entrepreneurial path that same year.  He originally named his company NoteSolutions, as it focused on crowdsourcing class notes from real college students.  However, when the site expanded to other content, including tutorial videos, Tai decided to rebrand his company as OneClass.  Since rebranding, he has also instituted several outreach programs to college students.  One such initiative features partnering with other companies to provide a series of micro-scholarships that OneClass users can apply for if they meet specific qualify.

Tai’s recent experience as a student himself probably aided him in his decision to make sure that OneClass material was available and readable in mobile sites for tablets and smartphones.  Tai likely realized that mobile devices were more and more common on college campuses and implemented a company strategy on becoming accessible on mobile.  Those who have trouble navigating OneClass’s mobile site should get mobile IT support to help them access content.

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