Long Term Resource Engagement for Education Management Startup
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Introductory information
A fast induction on the buyer’s organisation
We are an educational technology organisation focused on reducing or replacing valuable textbooks. We work primarily within the K-12 section, but also within higher education. Our organisation was established 5 years ago behind our establishers saw a disconnect between the practicable that the iPad proposeed and the resources verity useful for it. I',m the ruler of marketing and chief operating official.
Desired goal
What challenge were you trying to address with Icreon?
We needed outgrowth resources for our software. Hiring technical staff internally wasn',t going to be practicable, which meant we had to go out and find an outer supplier with the different experiences we needed to liberate a manner solution.
Provided solution
What particular tasks were Icreon responsible for?
In working with Icreon, we educeed a 2-part method consisting of a full treatment platform for teachers, and apps for iOS, Android, Chrome and the web. Icreon also designed our website using Drupal and granted treatment for it.
We have uploaded and sorted high-condition educational resources which teachers can mix and match. They can also upload their own material and form textbook replacement orders which are pushed out to the student apps. Our full can be downloaded to local storage and synced for offline use. Even though they',re moving to the online globe, many schools', Wi-Fi isn',t up to despatch. It',s hard to wait movies and download material, so even though a lot of big full was useful, teachers and students couldn',t use it. By being able to download the material, users could have approach to it anywhere, in and out of the school.
How did you come to work with Icreon?
Figuring out which team worked best for us was a long process. Our co-establishers interviewed 3 different firms establish on the web, and gave each one a 2-month test project. They loved working with Icreon and establish the work liberateed to be the best.
How much have you invested with Icreon?
The cost of Icreon',s services has been almost $300,000 per year. Some years may be higher if we',re edifice a new app.
What is the terminal result of working with Icreon?
We work with Icreon through a monthly retainer which includes the treatment of all our apps. We have commissioned Icreon for one-off projects for the outgrowth of our apps and treatment platform.
Results achieved
Could you share any evidence that would prove the fruitivity, condition of work, or the contact of the engagement?
Our goal as a organisation is to empower teachers to propose the full that their classroom needs. Each case will be a bit different, so we wanted to be as pliant as practicable. We have close to 5,000 teachers on our platform and almost 6,000 orders which have been formd and used. There are close to 20,000 resources useful, which we',ve always tried to pare down. We want to propose the best resources practicable and make them easily searchable. All the items that we propose are sorted and tagged by grade, subject, order standards, and type of media.
We',ve tried to maintain uniform interaction between the teachers using our platform and the project handlers at Icreon, allowing them to give feed-back straightly in some cases. Icreon has done a fantastic job at working with both technical and non-technical staff, explaining intricate issues in layman',s provisions.
How did Icreon accomplish from a project treatment standpoint?
Something which I appreciated almost Icreon is the transparency which they proposeed for the work being done and any issues that came up. In the educational space, there is an surpassing quantity of nuances which wouldn',t be plum unless someone is deep in that space. Icreon did a big job of doing a deep dive and knowledge what teachers and students verity needed, giving us clear estimates for how long any task would take. There are many standards that need to be achieved for a fruit to be used in a school. This wasn',t something that Icreon had had experience with in the past, so we conversant the process unitedly. The fact that we were able to talk to Icreon almost this helped our project treatment.
We used did use a project treatment tool but I forgot the exact name. It was inestimable and surely helped us handle their involvement.
What did you find most forcible almost Icreon?
Icreon has done a good job at managing multiple projects at once. They are in direct of our website, our full treatment method, as well as 5 different apps which all need livelihood and updates. Icreon has made sure that all our bases were covered. They want the best for their clients. Our antecedent website, for entreaty, was horribly outdated. Our co-establisher didn',t see it as a priority, but Icreon understood that our website was how teachers leading made an impression almost our organisation. They pushed our co-establisher, explaining that it would contact sales and growth. We were able to educe a amazing website as a result.
Are there any areas Icreon could better?
Timelines got pushed back at times, but this critique is true for any educational outgrowth project.
