Co-curriculum Management Software for Southeast Asia's #1 Private University

We designed and developed SHINE, a web application that automatically tracks student activity, leaderboard scores, and makes activity management a breeze.

Category

Education Management

Time

6 Months

Stack

PHP, Laravel

Work

Design, Development

Team

5 Members

Gamified Co-curriculum Powered by a Robust Points Matrix

Our teams set out to build a web platform with an intuitive UI/UX design to make the platform more engaging for students. We chose Laravel for development to ensure speed, and scalability.

Areas of Improvement

UI Design
Points System
Activity Management
Document Review
System Design
Partner Support

Services Provided

Data Migration
UI/UX Design
Laravel Development
Training

The Problem

Taylor’s University wanted a smart system that eliminates the need to manually calculate points, gamify the student experience, and allow external partners to organize activities for their students.

Manual Points Tracking
No Partner Support
Limited Reporting

The Solution

We built a new system from the ground up with features that makes it easy for partners, university staff, and students to be more involved in co-curricular programs.

New Points System
Dedicated Partner Features
Data Visualization

Tools Used

Apache Jmeter
Laravel
Google Analytics
PHP
Trello
MS Project

What we did

Building a Complex Points Matrix
Generating and Managing eCertificates
Integrating Google Analytics
Dynamic Data Visualisations for Reporting

New features

Leaderboards
Automated Points Matrix
Student Reflections
Digital Badges
Activity Management

How We Made this Project
a Success

Building a Platform with Laravel

After choosing Laravel as the preferred framework for this project, we were tasked with making multiple features like document generation, automatic points calculation, student portfolio management, etc. work together.We designed and develop the platform from the ground up, while using multiple Laravel libraries together.

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Standardised Processes

We combined Agile and Waterfall methodologies to build SHINE. Our process started by creating accurate user requirements which were approved by the client. This was followed by a design and prototyping phase. Each phase of the development lifecycle was extensively documented and shared with the client.

Assuring Quality through Testing

To guarantee a defect-free system and validate the imported data while accommodating activity surges, we implemented multiple testing techniques. Additionally, we facilitated guided testing sessions to conduct self-testing on the new system.

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Testing Methods

User Acceptance Testing
Performance
Testing
Stress
Testing
QA
Testing

Key Features

One of a kind, and highly complex in nature, this feature is based on a custom-made points matrix that assigns, calculates, tracks, and showcases student points on leaderboards. It calculates points according to the level of activity a student participates in.
One of a kind, and highly complex in nature, this feature is based on a custom-made points matrix that assigns, calculates, tracks, and showcases student points on leaderboards.It calculates points according to the level of activity a student participates in.
We integrated SHINE with the university’s CMS which made extracting data super convenient. Secondly, their staff didn’t have to manually calculate points anymore, and now they could share data between different department seamlessly.
Staff members, and admin can view and generate custom reports based on available data sets.

Reports include​
  • Partner involvement
  • Student reflection reports
  • Student status in award programmes
  • Overall activity reports
  • Partner involvement
  • Reflection markers

Highlights of this Project

Customisable Points Matrix
2 Active Directory Integrations
3-tier Server Architecture
20,000 Data Resources Migrated
3000+ Concurrent Users Support
Encrypted URLs

Leader in Multi-disciplinary Learning

A top choice for students, researchers, and academicians,Taylor’s University offers multi-disciplinary education, has been aleader in providing high quality learning since 1969, and currentlyeducates over 22,000 students.

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Trine Nielsen
CEO of BoomBiz (formerly Base of Branding)
It was clear that they invested themselves into their software development process and most importantly, they stuck to their price estimates and delivered the system we requested on time.
🇩🇰
Trine Nielsen
CEO of BoomBiz (formerly Base of Branding)
It was clear that they invested themselves into their software development process and most importantly, they stuck to their price estimates and delivered the system we requested on time.
🇩🇰
Trine Nielsen
CEO of BoomBiz (formerly Base of Branding)
It was clear that they invested themselves into their software development process and most importantly, they stuck to their price estimates and delivered the system we requested on time.