Development and Design of E-Learning Platform
The client
Apps for Good is an NGO that works with educators to deliver technology learning courses to young people aged between 8 and 18, reaching teachers through an e-learning platform of its own.
As part of its growth plans, the leadership decided to overhaul the core software behind it.
The challengeWhat the teams actually needed
The project had been running at scale since 2012 and had passed through several different teams over the years, which is its own kind of complexity.
Challenge 01New features, including public voting
The People’s Choice Awards had to be designed and built — a platform where the general public votes on students’ projects.
Challenge 02A CMS for the courses platform
The right content management system had to be chosen, designed around and implemented in several country-specific versions.
Challenge 03A dashboard on inherited code
A student dashboard had to be implemented on top of code written previously by others.
What we did
A platform where teachers, students and volunteers meet
Netguru was chosen to develop the platform that lets teachers, students and volunteer experts engage with each other and make technology teaching work.
Full-stack, after scoping
An initial scoping session was followed by a full-stack development team working jointly on the platform and on improving the application’s interface.
Alchemy, suggested and shipped
Alchemy was proposed as the content management system for the platform and subsequently implemented.
Reorganised with BEM
The frontend code was reorganised using the BEM approach, with a custom Bootstrap style structure implemented over it.
Country-specific versions
The courses platform went out in several versions tailored to particular countries, which is what lets an NGO of this size scale at all.
Client testimonial
Netguru’s designers understood our user needs and their developers were passionate, skilled and conscientious about the work and project goals. Total partner engagement!
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