The first thing you show is a signup page. Why would I sign up if I find no value in the site?
"Where the world comes to learn"
If it's a forum, learn from stackoverflow, reddit, 4chan, etc: give everyone your content, and if people find value and want to contribute, they'll sign up.
Yeah, I was pretty fuzzy on what exactly the software is/does.
A video would be awesome. I would understand them wanting to provide some layer of security for students/teachers by not allowing open access, but a demo area or even some screenshots would solve the "What am I signing up for?" problem.
true, thanks for the feedback! I agree it is hard to understand the product simply from looking at the first page, we have an about page at http://www.homeroom.me/about and screenshots at https://angel.co/homeroom, but we'll definitely create some sort of video or demo where we can show teachers how exactly the website is used.
A site with free, open, community driven practice problems and solutions. Sort of like a wikipedia for questions. I could imagine this being a key ingredient in the future of OER. Would be cool to see something like this integrated with http://metacademy.org
Good point, actively contributing answers certainly helps practice a skill area. But I can't imagine thinking, "I need to practice tree traversal algorithms: to Stack Overflow!"
"Where the world comes to learn"
If it's a forum, learn from stackoverflow, reddit, 4chan, etc: give everyone your content, and if people find value and want to contribute, they'll sign up.