EdTech · AhaClass (US)
Turning textbooks into a live classroom experience
A US EdTech company needed to convert licensed textbook content into interactive, game-like sessions teachers could run live, while serving bursts of concurrent classrooms.
Concurrent classroom sessions
Publisher-licensed content
Built end to end
The challenge
What was actually broken
Educational publishers wanted their content used in class, but engagement required live, competitive, low-latency sessions that a static web app could not support on the infrastructure in place.
- Client
- AhaClass (US)
- Industry
- EdTech
- Duration
- 2023 – 2024
- Team
- Senior engineer-led
- Stack
- DjangoReactPostgreSQLTailwind CSSVultrDokku
What we did
The approach
- Architected the web application that turns textbook chapters into interactive presentations
- Built the real-time session flow for competitive classroom activities
- Managed infrastructure on Vultr with Dokku for burst concurrency
- Worked directly with publishers to integrate licensed content
What changed
The results
Live classroom sessions supported with burst traffic
Publisher content integrated under licence
Platform used by educators for assessment and engagement
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