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About the Client
The client is a global provider of literacy-focused educational resources and digital learning solutions for K–12 institutions. The organization develops instructional platforms, digital products, and curriculum-aligned learning materials used by educators and students across schools and districts. Their digital ecosystem includes multiple web-based learning products that must support accessibility, scalability, and seamless system integrations to serve diverse learners.
Challenges They Faced
As the client expanded its portfolio of digital learning products, it required dedicated engineering support to develop, maintain, and enhance multiple web-based platforms while ensuring accessibility compliance and system scalability.
- Managing Complex Digital Learning Products: The client operated several web-based educational platforms that required continuous development, maintenance, and feature enhancements.
- Ensuring Accessibility Compliance Across Platforms: The organization needed to implement accessibility standards across multiple digital products to ensure inclusive learning experiences for all users.
- Supporting Platform Scalability and Performance: As the user base grew, the platforms needed to support higher traffic volumes while maintaining performance and stability.
- Coordinating Cross-Functional Development Activities: The development process required collaboration across frontend, backend, accessibility, and quality assurance teams to ensure consistent delivery and platform reliability.
Solutions We Offered
Hurix deployed a dedicated cross-functional development team to support the client’s digital learning platforms and implement accessibility-driven product enhancements.
- Dedicated Product Development Team: A team of 12 specialists was deployed to support product development, maintenance, and enhancement activities across multiple web platforms over a two-year engagement.
- Modern Web Technology Stack Implementation: Developed and enhanced platform features using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Angular, PHP (Laravel), and MySQL, ensuring scalable and high-performance web applications.
- Accessibility Implementation Across Platforms: Implemented accessibility best practices and compliance standards to ensure inclusive user experiences across the client’s digital learning products.
- System Integration and Platform Scalability: Supported integration of various system components and ensured that the platform architecture could scale to support expanding digital learning resources.
- Comprehensive Quality Assurance Processes: Conducted structured manual QA testing for product and accessibility validation, ensuring stable releases and compliance with accessibility guidelines.
Results We Delivered
- Operational Scalability: Provided a flexible “Resource Count of 12+” that allowed the client to maintain high-velocity development across multiple product lines simultaneously.
- Compliance Continuity: Delivered a team that achieved and maintained LTI 1.0, 1.1, & 1.3 compatibility, ensuring the client’s products stayed competitive in the LMS ecosystem.
- Reduced Time-to-Market: By providing pre-vetted experts in Grade Passback and System Integrations, we eliminated the learning curve typically associated with new hires.
- Long-term Stability: Maintained a consistent team presence for over 2 years, ensuring project continuity and significantly reducing the risks associated with high staff turnover.
