Development of a Scalable Digital Curriculum Platform with Community and Authentication Features

The client aims to develop a next-generation digital curriculum platform capable of serving over 100,000 users across multiple universities and schools. Existing systems face issues with technical debt, limited scalability, and insufficient user management capabilities, hindering educators' ability to make impactful content changes and manage access effectively.

A large educational institution or consortium seeking to modernize its digital learning environment, supporting numerous courses, institutions, and user roles.

• Create a scalable, horizontally distributed platform capable of handling large user volumes and content loads.
• Implement robust user authentication and Single Sign-On (SSO) for institutional access management.
• Develop a payments processing module to facilitate transactions and subscriptions.
• Design an intuitive user interface to enhance educator and student experience.
• Enable community and access rights management for institutions to oversee provided courses and resources.
• Establish maintainable codebase by addressing technical debt and adhering to best coding practices.

• Distributed Elixir & LiveView-based backend architecture for horizontal scaling.
• Integration of Single Sign-On (SSO) support for multiple institutions.
• Payment and subscription management module.
• UI/UX redesign to improve navigation and overall user experience.
• Community management system to control access and rights over courses and content based on institution associations.
• Housekeeping functionalities like bug fixes, codebase cleanup, and technical debt reduction.

• Single Sign-On (SSO) providers for institutional authentication
• Payment gateway services for processing transactions
• Institutional access control systems for community and rights management

• Support for over 100,000 users with seamless user experience
• System scalability to handle increased load without degradation
• High security standards for user data and transaction processing
• System uptime and reliability suitable for educational environments

The new platform is expected to empower educators to implement impactful changes easily, deliver a scalable and reliable educational experience to over a hundred thousand users, streamline institution-specific course management, and facilitate secure transactions—ultimately enhancing learning outcomes and operational efficiency.