This platform was built by a team of 6 members led by me and a freelance lead developer based in Bangalore.
It uses PHP in the frontend and MongoDB for the backend content.
The web application was hosted on Amazon AWS.
This is the first ‘one stop’ online interactive learning portal for civil services examination preparation in India. The subscriber interacts with the system and the content is developed as a dialogue between the subscriber and the system. Based on the inputs provided by the subscriber, the system decides the next move.
The content, as of now is available in English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. Subscribers need not have to pay additional charges for content in other languages. The default language can be set by the subscriber. Content can be studied in any of the above mentioned five languages during the course of the study. Such an option is provided based on the assumption that some things are best understood in regional languages or mother tongue. The vision is to make the content available in all the languages mentioned in the 8th schedule of Indian Constitution.
Our team provides unlimited e-mail support for any queries that the subscribers may have in the course of their preparation. Asking questions is just a matter of clicking an icon and the said question will be attended to in 2-3 working days.
Technology allows us to monitor the preparation behavior of the subscriber. Limited statistics is available to the subscriber on his/her dashboard. The experts from our end will intervene and guide the subscribers if they find any anomaly in the preparation behavior.
Once the subscriber has covered a particular percentage of the content, we activate the simulated tests that the subscriber can take at his/her own leisure.
To refresh the minds of the aspirants, motivational talks by relevant personalities, some form of entertainment and personality development talks will be available in the form of audio embedding. In future, we plan to arrange live and recorded webcasts.
Standard books, magazines, online resources and experts have been used to develop world class content enriched through audio visual cues wherever necessary to help subscriber understand the concept without any hassles.
A picture is worth thousand words and hence, our content is enriched with animations, graphics and audio embedding to help the subscribers understand the concepts and also appreciate the facts. This also enables the subscriber to develop his or her visualizing capacity.
During the course of the subscription, a subscriber will receive limited telephonic support. The telephonic call will be made by our experts and will last up to 15-20 minutes during which an expert from our team will discuss the progress of the subscriber and also clear any other generic or specific doubts that the subscriber may have.
Time management is as important as preparing for a competitive exam. We make use of novel techniques to make a subscriber feel the length of a minute while answering a question.
These all India tests will go live on a particular date and time and will be available for both subscribers and non subscribers. Results will be published immediately and the subscribers will get to know their positions among other aspirants.
During the learning mode, students understand the facts and concepts. This learning is supplemented by testing them through multiple choice questions. In the revision mode which gets activated once the subscriber has gone through the learning mode, the subscriber is given only multiple choice questions which also comprise of previous years' questions. The other questions are framed so as to meet the UPSC standards. When a subscriber errs in answering a question in the revision mode, he or she is directed to the related content to revise. This repeats until the subscriber has understood the concept to the level that he does not make any mistakes.
A view of the online content development portal