eDoctrina: Leveraging Technology to Transform Assessment and Curriculum Management
eDoctrina, a rapidly growing educational software company, began as a Microsoft Access database back in 2005. Since then, it has evolved into a comprehensive suite of AI-powered educational solutions.
Acquired by Harris Education Solutions, a Fortune 500 company, in 2020, eDoctrina has become an essential tool for over 500 schools across the U.S. The product has garnered multiple awards, including the District Administration Reader’s Choice Top 100 Products award for three consecutive years.
Business Challenge
eDoctrina was born out of a need for cost-effective and efficient assessment software for educators. At the time, existing solutions were expensive and not well-suited to the evolving e-learning landscape. To address these challenges, eDoctrina engaged Itera Research to create a scalable, technology-driven solution that would adapt to both current and future educational trends.
Solution
Itera Research developed a comprehensive, cross-platform solution from the ground up. The team designed a robust initial offering and committed to ongoing enhancements, ensuring that the platform evolves with the latest educational practices and technological advancements.
The highload system utilizes AWS instances, such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) with Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) for dynamic workload management, enabling the system to handle high volumes of traffic efficiently.
We also integrated continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) testing processes to streamline updates and maintain high-quality performance over the years.
This proactive and dynamic approach allows eDoctrina to effectively address the evolving needs of educators, teachers, and students, providing a reliable and cutting-edge educational platform.
Key features
The Data Reporting system, often regarded as the core of eDoctrina, enables educators to gain comprehensive insights into student performance and make data-driven decisions with ease.
- Advanced visualization tools: Utilizes cutting-edge data visualization technology to generate customizable reports in multiple formats, such as interactive graphs and color-coded charts, enhancing performance analysis.
- Dynamic reporting engine: Employs a robust engine for real-time data processing, allowing educators to create and modify reports on-the-fly, ensuring timely and relevant insights.
- User-friendly interface: The Teacher Dashboard simplifies the selection of student groups and tests. Reports can also be instantly posted for students to access.
Tools & Technologies
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Mobile Technology
- Responsive Web design
- Bright Web Development framework
- Mustache
- Networked Copiers
- Custom Reporting Engines
- Curriculum Management Systems
- Data Analytics Tools
- Cloud Computing
- Hosted on AWS cloud, using EC2 instances
- Database Management Systems
- Integration APIs
- CI/CD
- PHP 7.3
- Objective C
- jQuery 1.7.1
- HTML5/CSS3
- Java
Results
Our team successfully developed a comprehensive educational solution that has transformed the way schools manage and deliver educational content:
- Over 1 million users supported by the platform, including educators, administrators, and students.
- eDoctrina is actively used across 20 states and more than 1,000 districts, seamlessly fitting its capacity to serve various educational authorities.
- Over 5,000 schools utilize the eDoctrina solution to facilitate learning process and drive innovation.
By addressing the evolving needs of educators and students, the eDoctrina platform has not only met but exceeded the initial project goals, setting a benchmark for future educational technology solutions.
I have worked with Itera Research for many years on numerous projects. During this time, the team always exceeds my expectations, producing amazing tools for our customers.
Their ability to work with little direction, often with vague specifications, and their amazing work ethic are unmatched in my experience. When I must meet a deadline, the team always does whatever it takes, often working around the clock or on the weekends, to get things done. I sincerely appreciate their help and look forward to working with them on many more projects! Enjoy your day!
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