Participated · Equity · Sep 2021

Enlight is a web platform that invites students to fill out interest profiles and answer open-ended prompts so teachers can see common denominators across a class. The product bundles student profiles, live polls and feedback into a single dashboard designed to give teachers a holistic view of classroom motivations. Enlight aims to act as a recommendation engine for teachers, suggesting ways to emotionally engage students and tailor instruction at scale. The startup compares its analytics approach to TikTok-style creator analytics and is testing features like a student-of-the-week to keep teachers engaged without onerous 1:1 work. Teachers and students can currently use the basic Enlight product for free while the company experiments with a paid tier that could provide district views or deeper analytics. As it tests the product, Enlight is working with a charter school and is iterating on use cases to ensure teachers act on the insights.