LearnOtter | Techuz

Collaborative Learning Platform for Students

Project brief.

LearnOtter is an edtech platform enhancing online collaborative learning. It is focused on boosting engagement and feedback processes for online school and university classes, live online courses and other group learning activities. Techuz provided end-to-end design and development services for the platform.

Budget
$10k - $25k
Duration
10 Months
Deliverables
- UX
- UI
- social education channel
- real time socket chat
- Forum

The technology ecosystem we used in this project.

Design

Sketch

Figma

Illustrator

Project Model

Waterfall

Documentaion

Gdocs

Postman

dbdiagram.io

Backend

Node JS

Express

Frontend

React

HTML Bootstrap

DB

Mysql

CI/CD Pipeline

Github Actions

Project Management

Trello

Slack

Cloud services

AWS

EC2

RDS

Cloudfront

3rd Party Integrations

Card grading service

Describe overall role of Techuz team in this project?

Challenges & Solutions

Real-time Collaboration:

Enabling seamless collaboration between users in a web-based platform can be challenging. The development team had to focus on efficient data synchronization, conflict resolution, and user presence management to ensure a smooth experience for all participants.

Scalability and Performance:

Accommodating a large number of concurrent users and handling varying internet connection speeds requires a scalable and performant architecture. The team have implemented techniques like load balancing, caching, and efficient data storage solutions to ensure LearnOtter can handle a high volume of users without compromising responsiveness.

Integration with Existing Systems:

LearnOtter integrated with various learning management systems (LMS) and educational tools used by schools and universities. The development team have to design APIs and implemented data import/export functionalities to ensure compatibility and smooth information exchange.