View your documents on a smartphone

As your EdTech AI Assistant, Dr. Jane looks out for the environment by encouraging paperless learning. So you can transfer all your academic documents to your smartphone (or tablet) and view them there. Dr. Jane will always try to create your academic document as a PDF file type.

Let Dr. Jane train you - learn as you go

Dr. Jane has a lot of knowledge about 21st century education, so Dr. Jane can provide you with tips and best practices as you go. Click on the Dr. Jane button and Dr. Jane will provide you with a tip, a suggestion or a guideline that will help you improve what you're about to do. All that you need to do is to apply Dr. Jane's suggestion.

Samples*

See samples of high-quality academic documentation that you can mimic

e-Lesson Notes

Create PDF e-Lesson Notes you can share with your students

Process Overview

Learn about the process or what you need to do with the academic documents you've created

Feedback

Create confidential feedback to share with your students using a feedback sandwich technique

Academic Letters

Quickly create various type of academic letters to share with parents/guardians and students

Classroom iNSight

Effectively manage your classroom. Manage special needs students and help underperformers

Training

Find sources of free teacher training, record your training, lessons learned and where to apply it

SWOT-Self Check

Reflect on your strengths and weakness from time to time, identify new ways to expand your teaching

Sports Manager

Keep track of the best students in sports (e.g. football, table tennis & sprinting) in your classroom

Assignment Briefs

Create various types of assignments briefs (i.e projects, classwork, group work) & specify a deadline

Artificial Intelligence

Deep knowledge of EdTech, data and 21st century education. Mimics and simulates human intelligence

Quiz

Create various types of activites for your students - case studies, multiple choice questions, debates etc.

End of Term Results

Create a results document for your students for up to 9 subjects, with A* - U grading scale

Deadline Manager

Keep track of all your deadlines and things to do, get a reminder when a deadline is getting near

Referencing

Improve your referencing skills via Harvard-style Referencing. Reference books, journals, videos etc

Speech Manuscript

Create a speech manuscript quickly and learn how to bring your speech to life

Presentations

Effectively prepare for presentations and learn what you need to do every step of the way using the 5Ps

Rest of the World

Learn what's happening around the rest of the world, see the tools, technology and infrastructure available

CV

Create a professional CV. Identify your key skills and learn about the qualities that define you as a teacher

Long Term Plan

Plan your career and reflect deeply on what you want to do in the future, identify how you will get there

League Table*

Compare the schools in your city and see some of their key statistics e.g. student/teacher ratio etc.

21st century Teaching

Promotes key elements of 21st century teaching practices and use of technology in teaching

Who is Dr. Jane?

Dr. Jane is the name we've given to the EdTech AI we've developed for teachers in Africa. Dr. Jane helps teachers with normal everyday tasks related to teaching such as creating academic documents, managing the classroom, training teachers, improving their teaching skills and providing academic advice. 

Dr. Jane encourages paperless learning and makes 21st century academic tasks easier faster and simpler.

What type of resources can Dr. Jane create?

Dr. Jane can create numerous academic resources. For example, e-Lesson Notes, Assignment Briefs, Academic Letters, Case Studies, Multiple Choice Quizzes, Debate documents, Feedback documents for students, Marking Schemes, CVs, End-of-Term Results and so on.

What do I need to install Dr. Jane?

At the moment you'll need – a Windows computer, Microsoft Word 2007 onwards and Adobe Reader DC. These components are essential for the best experience.

An Android version, will hopefully be available soon.

Where can I download Dr. Jane?

Please download Dr. Jane here. You'll just need to enter a few details to confirm that you are a teacher in Africa.

How will I get Dr. Jane software updates?

Please check – www.porgiesoft.com/products from time to time, but we'll send you an email whenever there's an update. 

However, Dr. Jane will be able to automatically check for updates in the future

Do I require a connection to the internet for Dr. Jane to work?

No, Dr. Jane works without an internet connection.

In fact, we deliberately designed Dr. Jane that way due to the internet infrastructure in Africa. So once you download and install Dr. Jane, you’re good to go.

How can I install Dr. Jane?

1. Download a copy of Dr. Jane
2. Double-click Dr. Jane’s installation file (e.g. drJaneInstallationFile.exe) in Windows Explorer
3. Run through the installation process (i.e. click “Yes”, click “Next” ….)

How can I uninstall Dr. Jane?

1. Navigate to Control Panel on Windows
2. Look for “Programs” section
3. Click on “Uninstall a program”
4. Select Dr. Jane from the list and click “Uninstall”

Is Dr. Jane a real doctor?

Erm, nope

Where are my documents saved?

Any academic documentation that Dr. Jane creates for you is saved on your local machine somewhere on your Desktop. Just click on the folder icon 📂 to quickly access your academic documents.

If I have problems using Dr. Jane, what can I do?

1. Contact us via Facebook
2. Send an email with the details of the problem to drjane@porgiesoft.com
3. Say (1) the problem
   Show (2) a screenshot of the problem
   Summarise (3) what you originally expected to happen.

What's the format of the academic documents that will Dr. Jane help me create?

1. *.PDF documents
2. *.RTF documents (if Dr. Jane detects that you don’t have Microsoft Word installed or if there is an issue with Microsoft Word).

What do I need to tell Dr. Jane, to get started?

In Settings [tab] in the software, you’ll need to tell Dr. Jane a few things about yourself, such as your first name, last name, your school etc.

What are the restrictions on my use of Dr. Jane?

These are detailed in the Software License Agreement, but you must (1) be a teacher in Africa, (2) be at least 18 years old, (3) comply with local laws, (4) not use the software for any fraudulent or illegal activities (5) not use the software in any way that a reasonable person would consider to be in bad faith.

Will Dr. Jane process my data?

Yes, Dr. Jane will need to locally process your data on your computer to be able to help you – but Dr. Jane will not send your details to anyone. To fulfil your requests Dr. Jane will need some details from you and will obviously process these details.

EXAMPLE
If you ask Dr. Jane to help you create a e-Lesson Note, then Dr. Jane will need to know your name, your school, details about the lesson notes etc. Dr. Jane will then help you to add these details to your e-Lesson Note.

Where can I find PORGiESOFT’s privacy policy?

1. Please visit www.porgiesoft.com and check the footer of our website
2. Click on “Privacy Policy”

Are there any Dr. Jane tutorials?

We have some very basic tutorials - please send an email to Dr. Jane if you have any specific training needs for your school or university. Also, Dr. Jane was designed to be able to help teachers independently and was designed in a very simple way - so we've not noticed a massive need for tutorials. In the near future though, we will be producing short videos showing how to use each major feature of our EdTech AI Assitant Dr. Jane.

Why should Dr. Jane become my assistant?

Well, we say why not? Having Dr. Jane as your EdTech AI Assistant will

1. help you improve as a teacher
2. introduce you to the use of technology in your teaching
3. make tedious academic tasks easier/faster for you
4. encourage you to update your teaching methods
5. help you standardise/modernise your academic documentation
6. really assist you to bring your teaching in line with the latest standards
7. automatically work behind the scenes to help you figuratively dot the i's and cross the t's
8. provide you with training on areas of teaching you didn't previously consider
9. lighten your workload as a teacher

You'd now have the opportunity to focus on other more important tasks. Lastly, don't forget that Dr. Jane encourages paperless environment-friendly learning.