What kinds of EdTech products have you shipped?

Two production learning platforms: an e-learning product based in Los Angeles serving online learners, and a learning platform based in New York with different course-delivery patterns. Both have full lesson playback, progress tracking, and admin tooling for content authors.

Do you build LMS from scratch, or integrate with existing ones (Moodle, Canvas, Open edX)?

Both, depending on what fits. We have built bespoke learning platforms when the pedagogy is unusual enough that a standard LMS would force the wrong UX. We have also integrated with Moodle and Open edX where the org already had content and just needed a better student experience. We will tell you which one fits in the first conversation.

Can you handle live class delivery (video, real-time collaboration)?

Yes. We have integrated Zoom, Daily.co, and LiveKit for real-time video, and we have built async lesson playback on top of Mux and Cloudflare Stream. Real-time collaboration features (whiteboards, shared documents) usually come from a third-party (Liveblocks, Pusher) plus our integration glue rather than a from-scratch build.

Are you COPPA-compliant if we serve under-13 learners?

We design to COPPA controls when the user base includes under-13 learners: parental consent flows, restricted data collection, no behavioral advertising, no third-party trackers that violate the safe harbor. We are not COPPA-certifying counsel; your privacy lawyer signs off on the final implementation.

How long does an EdTech MVP take?

A self-paced learning platform with one content type, auth, progress tracking, and admin tooling: 10 to 14 weeks. Add live class delivery and instructor dashboards: 14 to 22 weeks. Add assessments with automatic grading or AI-assisted feedback: another 4 to 8 weeks on top. Schools are seasonal customers; we plan engagements around the calendar, not against it.

What does a typical EdTech build cost?

Self-paced learning platform MVP: $40,000 to $90,000. Platform with live class delivery: $90,000 to $180,000. Multi-stakeholder platform with assessments, certificates, and integrations: $180,000 to $350,000. Fixed-price quotes when scope is locked, time-and-materials when the pedagogy is still being designed alongside the engineering.

Do you work with traditional schools, corporate L&D, or both?

Both. The case studies named below are consumer-facing learning products, but the patterns transfer cleanly to corporate L&D (compliance training, onboarding, sales enablement) and to higher-ed (university-branded learner portals on top of an existing LMS).

EdTech

Learning platforms that get taught on.

We build learning platforms, LMS products, assessments, and instructor tooling for EdTech founders, corporate L&D teams, and higher-ed groups. Self-paced, live, multi-tenant. Tampa-based agency, LA and NYC shipped track record.

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EdTech software DesignKey builds - learning platforms and instructor tooling

Production learning platforms shipped since 2020

LA + NY

Where the live products serve their learners

10-14w

Typical self-paced MVP timeline, kickoff to live

2020

First EdTech engagement, live ever since

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What we build

What we build for EdTech teams

Six EdTech surfaces we have shipped at least once in the last five years. Each has a pedagogy, compliance, and instructor-tooling shape worth knowing before you scope.

//course.player

Course progress68%

Module 1 · Intro

Module 2 · Core

Module 3 · Practice

Catalogs, playback, progress.

Lesson catalogs, video playback, reading materials, progress tracking, completion certificates. We have shipped two end to end with full author-side content tooling.

//live.session

Live now

24 in class

Synchronous, on proven rails.

Zoom, Daily.co, and LiveKit integrations for synchronous classes. Attendance, recording, breakout rooms, instructor controls. Built on proven video infrastructure.

//quiz.grade

Question 1Correct

Question 2Correct

Question 3Review

Auto-graded · 2/3

Integrity as a feature.

Quiz authoring, auto-grading for objective questions, AI-assisted feedback for short answers, rubric-based grading for instructor review. We treat assessment integrity as real.

//credential.verify

Certificate of completion

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Built to actually verify.

Generated PDFs with verification URLs, a learner-facing credential wallet, optional Open Badges or Credly. The verification side matters more than the design.

//instructor.console

Cohort A32 learners

Cohort B28 learners

Cohort C19 learners

Both sides, same engagement.

Cohort management, learner progress dashboards, content authoring (text, video, quiz), bulk operations. Most EdTech MVPs ship a learner app and a Google Sheet; we ship both.

//tenant.brand

SchoolSSOBrand

Decided up front.

Org-level isolation, custom branding per tenant, SSO via Google Workspace or SAML, separate billing accounts. The architecture is decided up front; retrofitting is painful.

Why DesignKey for EdTech

What we believe about building EdTech the right way

Two learning platforms, both live

One in LA, one in NYC.

Live platforms2 live

Los Angeles

New York

We design for the instructor

Not just the learner.

Author

Publish

Grade + review

Build vs. integrate, honestly

We will not pad the SOW.

Bespoke buildRight fit

Wrap Moodle / Open edXConsidered

We pick what fits

COPPA, FERPA, a11y from day one

Not optional, not retrofittable.

COPPA

FERPA

WCAG 2.2 AA

School calendars matter

We ship around the term, not against it.

Term plan

Ship before the term starts

Tampa rates, US-time-zone

30-40% below LA / NYC.

DesignKey · Tampa

Los Angeles

New York

Case studies

Two learning platforms we shipped

One based in Los Angeles, one in New York. Different course-delivery patterns, different learner mixes, same underlying playbook for instructor and learner UX.

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EdTech development questions, answered

Questions we hear from EdTech founders, instructional designers, and L&D leaders.

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