AI Data Collection System for Educational Institutions

While many educational institutions invest in state-of-the-art software and AI data collection, most of the time it is oriented exclusively towards students and not the teachers. Ergo, the problem of staff assessment and upskilling often remains unresolved. And while schools have many types of data that can be used to fix this issue, there’s an obvious need for a solution that would effectively analyze this information.The system should combine advanced functionality and flexibility to meet the needs of different educational facilities. For that same reason, it should be intuitive and user-friendly so that users won’t experience difficulties during onboarding.The teachers’ assessment is a complex process which implies the involvement of various participants (students, managers, staff members, etc.) and the analysis of different types of data. Therefore, the platform that automates and streamlines multiple aspects of this procedure by introducing AI data collection system is something that would boost the operational efficiency of any school regardless of its size.

Interactivity, security, ease of use, and fail-safeness are the qualities of the system our team focused on the most during the development. That is why one of the key technologies used to bring this project to life is React. Its component-based architecture streamlined the process of complex UI creation, and the virtual DOM helped to optimize real-time interface updates depending on the change in data. This was especially helpful as the platform is heavy on visualization elements that require instant updates according to the user’s latest performance.Being flexible, scalable, and versatile, Python was used by our team to implement the AI-based functionality necessary for comprehensive data analysis. Python not only offers many pre-trained models, which reduced the development time and improved the quality of AI performance, but it also provides numerous additional tools that enhance the system’s overall capacity.The analytical platform for Educational businesses our client opted for is complex, consists of many interdependent components, and is based on different technologies, which essentially influences both the development speed and time-to-market. Light IT Global’s team introduce DevOps methodology to the software development process to ensure the optimal development pace and quality, boost operational efficiency and agility.As the platform is used not only by the school’s board members, Light IT Global had to resolve the issue of data access control to guarantee maximum security for the personal information that is being processed. Our experts achieved that by introducing 3 different user roles: students, teachers, and supervisors. Each of them has different access rights and is able to interact only with specific parts of the functionality.The introduction of a simple and quick communication tool like an online chat was necessary to help the users get the most out of the analysis results presented by the system. By means of a chat, the teachers and supervisors can discuss any performance-related issue like the survey results, personal development plans or improvement strategies.

A modern analytical solution with an AI data collection system for educational businesses our client has received as a result of cooperation with Light IT Global is a web-based SAAS product that can be easily customizable depending on the school’s current needs. The platform includes four different but interconnected modules that perform specific tasks like data gathering/processing, feedback collection (surveys), and audit.Most of the data processing and management work that previously was completed manually is now done automatically by the software. The newly-created platform gathers all the available information about the school and the teachers’ performance from different internal sources, analyzes it and displays the results via simple yet informative visuals (bar charts, circle charts, area charts, polar diagrams).The software also helps the teachers set specific and measurable performance-related goals, track their progress, communicate with supervisors via an online chat, and execute personal development plans with precision. All of the data changes are instantly displayed within the user’s dashboard, so every person has access to relevant information at all times.

An AI-powered analytical platform for the Educational industry developed by Light IT Global helped our client to become one of the major market players in the Netherlands. The product has already been adopted by more than a hundred schools.The system is LECSO-approved, which means that it has demonstrated a high level of effectiveness and quality in supporting the needs of students with disabilities, behavioural problems, and learning difficulties.Organizations that have already incorporated the software into their workflow claim to undergo several positive changes like better productivity, easier student and staff assessment, quicker decision-making, and more.