How we helped a leading global community build three platforms for a seamless education experience
Our client aims to help traditionally marginalized groups of students get the desired skills, experiences, and networks. They help them grow personally, professionally, and academically. The organization has directly connected with thousands of students on hundreds of college and university campuses and provides scholarship funds.
The challenge: Making global education accessible to everyone
The client has launched several platforms, all aiming to facilitate educational opportunities and deliver equitable access to global education for students.
A platform that unlocks global education opportunities
When the client first contacted us, they had already launched a platform to revolutionize access to global education opportunities for underrepresented student communities. They were looking for a tech partner that would help them add new functionalities and optimize its performance.
Their goal was to create a system that not only facilitated diverse study-abroad opportunities but also provided resources for success in higher education environments.
An all-in-one platform for universities
Soon, the client started working on another platform, with the focus on educational organizations. It includes a seamless access platform that consolidates campus services and opportunities into a single location. That way, it makes it easy for students to navigate campus and engage with recommended resources that are relevant to their interests and needs.
The team: A dedicated team of experienced engineers
Since they didn’t have a team of in-house software developers, the client was looking for a reliable technical partner. A dedicated team with strong technical expertise that would help them develop and implement new features quickly while working on the code base optimization at the same time.
To meet their needs, we composed a team of full-stack developers, DevOps engineers, and QA engineers. Our extensive domain knowledge and technical experience contributed to the project's success on multiple fronts, enabling the client to develop, adapt, and innovate solutions closely aligned with the client’s mission. That helped them build digital products on strong foundations and create a unique value proposition for their future users.
Helping Teach First teach more: building a fast, reliable education platform
For over 16 years, we've worked with numerous educational orgnizations that aim to help students coming from disadvantaged communities. One such example is Teach First, a UK-based charity that recruits top graduates into on-the-job teacher training in schools in undeprivilegged communities.
Learn more about our collaboration with Teach FirstThe solution: A customizable system, built from the ground up
We were a crucial part of the client’s team, acting as their only technical partner working on their codebase. Seeing how our expertise contributed to the further development and optimization of their platform, the client hired us to build the platform from scratch.
Here is what what we achieved:
- Implementing CMS to allow the client’s business team to seamlessly manage their blog posts, as well as FAQ and how-to website sections.
- Platform personalization: Universities can create highly personalized, on-brand profiles. Most importantly, they ensure that their resources meet students’ requirements. That is also enabled through the implementation of the multitenant architecture.
- Improved student experiences: Via their platform for universities, educational organizations can connect students with the desired resources that meet their interests.
- Seamless metrics measurement: Universities can seamlessly track student engagement via a centralized location.
- Increased security: The platform is in line with all security standards, including FERPA and SOC 2.
- The implementation of the multitenant architecture, which allows the platform to separate data from various universities. Each university profile has its own URL and countless branding opportunities. That means that students from one university can only access profiles from these exact universities.
As a technical partner, we acted as an integral part of the client’s development efforts. We were involved in development, problem-solving, and strategizing, often leading project segments.
We implemented iterative development to accommodate the client's evolving needs and industry innovations. The client requested rapid adaptability, and we addressed their needs through continuous communication and the implementation of Agile methodologies.
The result: Building a platform used by prestigious educational institutions
Our team's technical and domain expertise facilitated the development of the client’s all-in-one platform for universities, which is now utilized by many prestigious institutions.
Our work has enabled the client to host regular demonstrations for potential new university partnerships, expanding the platform's reach and increasing adoption.
The full tech stack
Front-end
- Vue.js
- Typescript
Back-end
- Python
Django
CMS
- Payload CMS
Infrastructure
- DigitalOcean
- AWS