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eLearning integration tool for K-12

Content publishers selling educational materials to K-12 and Higher Education.

LMSSIS
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Challenge

We built an LMS Ecosystem for content publishers. Popular LMS like Canvas are perfect for schools, but terrible for curriculum publishers. We built all-in-one publisher’s platform.

It’s integration-friendly. The more platforms publishers can reach, the bigger their market. But popular LMS are surprisingly poor at exporting curriculums. They are only good at importing courses. For example, Canvas can’t import via LTI Deep Linking – we can.

It has powerful authoring tools. Our ecosystem is not just an integration tool. We developed a strong course builder for robust course creation. Import, create, store or export courses here.

It takes care of the finances, too. With strong subscription management and secure Volt checkouts, publishers can handle hundreds of school districts.

Here are the LMS issues that keep a publisher’s sales low:

  • Limited access to clients. Various districts use different LMS/ SIS. To expand the Total Addressable Market, publisher’s LMS needs more software integrations. The more integrations there are, the more clients can publishers get.

  • Content is hard to reach. Learning content is often not adapted for younger students. Storing passwords is a hassle for everyone, especially so for a first-grader. To avoid unnecessary logins, the LMS should have a Single Sign On or Deep Linking.

  • Manual enrollment. Teachers shouldn’t waste time on manually enrolling students to courses. The LMS should automatically pull up the enrollments from the SIS.

  • Manual grade transfer. Once the student finishes an assignment, the grades should automatically go to the SIS.

  • Confusing subscription management. This feature is for the publisher’s convenience, not the end-client’s. When you handle tens or hundreds of districts, it’s difficult to keep track of permissions. Reliable software should take care of that.

Solution

We made a versatile ecosystem. Whether you already have an LMS or not, we can make your workflow simpler.

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    Ecosystem with LMS

    Publishers can use Aristek eLearning as their core EdTech software. They can create, sell, and manage courses. Software integrations with client’s LMS and SIS are also included.

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    Tool to connect several 3rd party LMS

    If your LMS is not compatible with the client’s, we can still make them work together. Create courses in authoring tools and display them in the client’s LMS.

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    Tool to connect LMS with SIS

    If your LMS is not compatible with your client’s SIS, they have to enter grades and rosters manually. We take a load off teachers’ feet by automating the routines. With Aristek eLearning, student data like grades or enrollments is passed automatically.

Dedicated interfaces for each user role

Interfaces to manage, teach, learn, and pass assignments:

  • Control Panel for Publishers

  • Organization Control Panel for Administrators

  • Teacher Suite

  • Student Suite

Content integration with any LMS

Reach clients, regardless of their LMS. Provide manual or automatic access to your courses. Read more about LMS content integration.

  • Single sign on (SSO)

    Learners log into your platform with a single button. They use credentials from the main LMS to access your content. This keeps data secure.

  • File sharing standards

    The ecosystem supports industry standard file formats. Upload or download learning content via:

    • SCORM
    • Common Cartridge
    • H5P.

  • LTI deep linking. Both provider & consumer

    Deep linking is the most seamless way to deliver learning content. Students can access your content directly from their main LMS. Your curriculum is synchronized with the client’s LMS.

    All major LMS work as LTI consumers, but not LTI providers. They can import courses, but not export them. We can do both.

Curriculum authoring tool

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    Content builder

    Create custom courses and assignments. Everything is customizable, from fonts to layouts. Insert any materials, from videos to interactive 3D models.

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    Content hub

    Store courses on Aristek eLearning to integrate with other LMS. Upload content from 3rd party LMS in Common Cartridge or SCORM.

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    Course versioning

    Keep previous course versions and edit when necessary.

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    Certification platform

    Issue custom certificates for passing any course.

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    Academic standards

    Comply with academic standards: Common Core or state-specific standards. Ensure that your educational materials match with the right grade level.

    Import standards or create custom ones.

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    Subscription manager

    Publishers can track subscriptions and accept payments. You can manage which users have access, to which content, and for how long.

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    Analytics & dashboard

    Understand engagement levels to improve your courses. Districts can track student progress and content engagement thanks to xAPI support.

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Customer support

  • Publishers don’t need to be tech experts. We’ll set up everything for you and your clients. Our support will take care of onboarding and solving any tech-related issues.

Customizations

  • Our ecosystem is scalable. If your new client has an SIS/LMS we don’t yet support, we can build a custom integration. Reach your clients, regardless of software compatibility.

Integrations

LMS

Any LMS that supports LTI, SCORM, Common Cartridge, or H5P:

  • Canvas
  • Schoology
  • D2L Brightspace
  • Google Classroom

Any SIS that supports OneRoster:

  • Aeries

  • PowerSchool

  • Infinite Campus

  • Skyward

Tools & technologies

The beauty of Aristek eLearning Ecosystem is in customization.

Need a similar solution, but with a different tech stack? With our expertise, we can create you one – cheaper and faster than competitors.

PostgreSQL
Redis
TypeScript
Figma
Gitlab
Jenkins
Jira
TestRail
AWS(RDS, ALB, CodeDeploy, S3)
Terraform
Packer
GitLab

Roadmap

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January 2022 - Now. Active development

  • Development of different suite for each user role: Control Panel for Super Admin, Organization Control Panel for Organization Admin, Teacher Suite, Student Suite.
  • Development of Content Builder and Additional Functions connected with it: Course Versioning, Certification, Standards.
  • User Functionality Development: Subscriptions, Manual and Auto Grading, Grade Book, Analytics.
  • Post-Release Integrations: LTI Integration, ClassLink Integration, Command Cartridge Integration, SCORM Integration.
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January-February 2023. Release

  • Released 4 types of platform for each role: Super Admin, Organization Admin, Teacher, Student.
  • Released fully working curriculum authoring tool (Builder + Additional Functions connected with it).
  • Released other User Functionality.

Team

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    Back-end engineers x4

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    Front-end engineer x3

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    DevOps Engineer x1

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    QA engineer x2

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    Business analytics x1

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    UX/UI designer x1

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Results

Our tool is built with content publishers in mind.

With this eLearning Integration Tool, publishers can deliver content to school districts without worrying about LMS/SIS compatibility.

  • Content is easy to access

    We integrate content through Deep Linking or allow easy access with Single Sign On (SSO).

  • Master schedule is synched with the courses

    Whether you create content in Aristek eLearning or a 3rd party authoring tool, we’ll connect the SIS to it.

As we continue supporting the ecosystem, we’ll add new software integrations. In the meantime, we can develop custom solutions.

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