EdTech Platform DevOps
Scale Learning.
Scale Learning.
Never Fail Exam Season in 90 Days.
Scalable LMS architecture for 10 million students, FERPA-compliant SIS migration, auto-scaling assessment platforms handling 100K concurrent exams, and 99.9% uptime built for universities, K-12 districts, and online learning platforms that cannot afford downtime when it matters most. 60% faster deployments in 90 days.
60%
Faster Feature Deployments
99.9%
Exam Season Uptime
10M+
Students Served Daily
100K+
Concurrent Exams Supported
FERPA
and COPPA Compliant
40%
Infrastructure Cost Savings
The Transformation
What Stonetusker Delivers
Production-grade DevOps for EdTech platforms worldwide. Exam season cannot tolerate downtime and student data cannot survive breaches. We build infrastructure that scales from 10,000 to 10 million students without performance degradation, passes every FERPA audit, and ships features weekly. Every engagement starts with a comprehensive platform capacity assessment.
01
Scalable LMS Architecture
Microservices architecture for content, assessments, grading, and analytics with independent scaling per service, CDN for global video delivery, and mobile-first design with offline capability.
02
FERPA and COPPA Compliance
Automated access controls, comprehensive audit trails, parental consent workflows for K-12, encryption at rest and in transit, and third-party vendor management with Data Privacy Agreements.
03
Assessment and Proctoring Platforms
Online proctoring with AI-powered monitoring, secure browser lockdown for high-stakes exams, adaptive assessment engines with dynamic difficulty, and instant automated grading with NLP.
04
SIS Cloud Migration
Zero-disruption student information system migration, role-based access control for students, parents, teachers, and admins, automated lifecycle management from enrollment to graduation.
05
AI-Powered Personalisation
Personalised learning paths with content recommendations, early warning systems for at-risk learners, engagement analytics with dropout prediction, and competency-based education tracking.
06
Multi-Tenant EdTech SaaS
White-label customisation per institution, auto-scaling for exam traffic spikes, FinOps optimisation delivering 40 percent cost savings, and team enablement with LMS architecture training.
Days 1 to 30
01
Scalable LMS and Cloud Foundation.
Build infrastructure that scales from thousands to millions of concurrent learners without performance degradation. Auto-scaling microservices, global CDN for video content, and mobile-first architecture with offline capability for students in low-connectivity areas.
- Complete EdTech platform audit covering LMS performance bottlenecks, peak enrollment capacity, and regulatory compliance gaps to identify every scalability issue preventing 10x growth. 15 plus scalability issues identified. Roadmap to 10x concurrent student capacity.
- Scalable LMS deployment with microservices architecture separating content delivery, assessment engine, grading workflows, and analytics enabling independent scaling and updates per service. Independent scaling per service. Assessments updated without touching content delivery.
- Cloud infrastructure optimisation for exam season with predictive auto-scaling handling 100,000 plus concurrent exam takers and automatically scaling down post-exams to save 40 percent on costs. 100K plus concurrent exams supported. 40% cost savings post-exam season.
- Content delivery network for course videos and learning materials delivering sub-second video start times worldwide and reducing bandwidth costs by 60 percent through intelligent edge caching. Sub-second video start times globally. 60% bandwidth cost reduction achieved.
- Mobile-first LMS with offline capability enabling students in low-connectivity areas to download courses for offline study and automatically sync progress when connection is restored. Offline study enabled. Progress syncs automatically when online.
- Video conferencing integration with Zoom, Teams, and WebEx for virtual classrooms providing single sign-on for students and automated recording with cloud storage of every class session. SSO for virtual classrooms. Class recordings automated and stored.
- Learning analytics pipeline with real-time student engagement and performance tracking identifying struggling students early and triggering automated intervention workflows based on engagement patterns. Struggling students identified early. Interventions triggered automatically.
- Assignment submission and plagiarism detection with Turnitin integration running automated plagiarism checks on every submission and providing instant feedback to maintain academic integrity. Plagiarism checks automated on submission. Academic integrity maintained.
- Discussion forums and collaborative tools with real-time moderation automation using AI-powered content filtering to maintain a safe learning environment without manual monitoring overhead. AI-powered moderation automated. Safe environment without manual monitoring.
- Accessibility compliance with WCAG 2.1 for inclusive learning experiences including screen reader compatibility, automated closed captions, and full support for students with disabilities. WCAG 2.1 compliance achieved. Students with disabilities fully supported.
Days 31 to 60
02
SIS and FERPA Compliance Automation.
Zero-disruption student information system migration with FERPA compliance automation, role-based access control for every stakeholder, and comprehensive audit trails for every regulatory inspection. Student data protected and student lifecycle automated from enrollment through graduation.
- Cloud SIS migration with zero academic disruption during the transition migrating student records for 50,000 plus students safely with parallel run validation ensuring complete data accuracy. 50K plus students migrated safely. Parallel validation ensures data accuracy.
- FERPA compliance automation with access controls, comprehensive audit trails, and consent management workflows ensuring automated enforcement of student data privacy with complete regulatory audit logs. Student privacy enforced automatically. Complete audit logs for regulators.
- COPPA compliance for K-12 platforms with automated parental consent workflows collecting and verifying consent for students under 13 and maintaining compliance with children's privacy regulations. Parental consent automated for under-13 students. COPPA compliance maintained.
- Role-based access control with separate permissions for students, parents, teachers, and administrators enforcing least privilege and preventing unauthorised access to student records automatically. Least privilege enforced automatically. Unauthorised access prevented by design.
- Third-party EdTech vendor management with Data Privacy Agreement automation tracking all 100 plus vendors with student data access and ensuring contractual FERPA compliance across integrations. 100 plus vendors tracked. FERPA compliance ensured contractually.
- Student information encryption at rest and in transit with comprehensive key management providing end-to-end encryption for all personally identifiable information and protecting against data breaches. End-to-end PII encryption. Student data protected from breaches.
- SSO integration with Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Canvas, and Blackboard providing single login across all education tools and reducing password fatigue for students and staff. Single login across all tools. Password fatigue eliminated.
- Student lifecycle management with automated enrollment, registration, and graduation workflows managing the complete student journey and reducing registrar workload by 60 percent through self-service portals. Complete lifecycle automated. Registrar workload reduced 60%.
- Grade book integration with automated grade calculations and transcript generation providing real-time grade updates for students and parents with transcript generation in seconds instead of days. Real-time grade updates. Transcripts generated in seconds.
- Parent portal with real-time access to student attendance, grades, and teacher communication keeping parents informed proactively and reducing teacher communication overhead with self-service access. Parents informed proactively. Teacher communication overhead reduced.
- Financial aid and tuition management with automated billing and payment processing streamlining student accounts with automated payment plans and reducing accounts receivable by 40 percent. Billing and payment automated. Accounts receivable reduced 40%.
Days 61 to 90
03
Assessment, AI Learning, and Elite Performance.
AI-powered proctoring for 100,000 concurrent exams, adaptive learning reducing time-to-mastery by 30 percent, early warning systems predicting dropout risk 8 weeks ahead, and the team enablement that sustains EdTech excellence at global scale indefinitely.
- Online proctoring platform with AI-powered exam monitoring and integrity verification administering 100,000 plus concurrent proctored exams and detecting cheating with 95 percent accuracy automatically. 100K plus concurrent exams proctored. Cheating detected at 95% accuracy.
- Secure browser lockdown for high-stakes assessments with anti-cheating controls preventing tab switching, screen capture, and external resource access during exams without any manual enforcement required. Tab switching and screen capture blocked. No manual enforcement required.
- Adaptive assessment engine with dynamic difficulty adjustment based on student performance providing personalised testing experiences and accurate skill measurement with 50 percent fewer questions. Personalised testing experience. Accurate measurement with 50% fewer questions.
- AI-powered personalised learning paths with content recommendations based on mastery providing every student with a customised curriculum and achieving 30 percent faster skill acquisition through adaptation. Every student gets custom curriculum. 30% faster skill acquisition achieved.
- Automated grading for multiple choice, fill-in-blank, and short answer questions with NLP-powered evaluation providing instant feedback to students and reducing teacher grading time by 80 percent. Instant feedback for students. Teacher grading time reduced 80%.
- Learning outcome analytics with competency-based education tracking measuring skill mastery instead of seat time and demonstrating learning outcomes for accreditation bodies with verifiable data. Skill mastery measured not seat time. Accreditation outcomes demonstrated.
- Multi-tenant EdTech SaaS with white-label customisation per institution serving 1,000 plus schools from a single platform with institution-specific branding and features isolated securely per tenant. 1000 plus schools served from one platform. Branding isolated per tenant.
- Student engagement analytics with early warning systems for at-risk learners predicting dropout risk 8 weeks in advance and triggering automated retention interventions before students disengage. Dropout risk predicted 8 weeks ahead. Retention interventions triggered automatically.
- Gamification and badge systems with achievement tracking for student motivation increasing course completion rates by 40 percent and issuing micro-credentials and digital badges automatically. 40% increase in course completion. Digital badges issued automatically.
- Virtual labs and simulation environments for STEM education scaling lab experiences to 10,000 plus students simultaneously with cloud-based compute for science simulations and experiments. 10K plus students in labs simultaneously. Cloud compute for simulations.
- Custom DORA metrics for EdTech tracking deployment frequency, system uptime during exam periods, and student satisfaction scores ensuring engineering velocity and learner experience are measured together. Weekly feature releases shipped. 99.9% uptime during exams maintained.
- Library system integration with course reserves and digital textbook management providing seamless access to course materials and reducing textbook costs through automated digital lending. Seamless course material access. Textbook costs reduced via digital lending.
- Alumni engagement platform with lifelong learning and continuing education tracking maintaining relationships post-graduation and offering alumni access to professional development courses. Post-graduation relationships maintained. Professional development offered to alumni.
- Internationalisation with multi-language support and localised content delivery serving global students in 50 plus languages with timezone-aware scheduling for international cohorts and distributed teams. 50 plus languages supported. Timezone-aware scheduling for global cohorts.
- Team enablement through scalable LMS architecture training, FERPA compliance workshops, and assessment platform optimisation building expertise that ships EdTech features 3x faster independently. Engineers master EdTech stack. Features shipped 3x faster independently.
- Full handover with LMS scaling playbooks, FERPA compliance runbooks, SIS operations documentation, and a 12-month optimisation roadmap enabling self-sufficient EdTech operations at global scale. Self-sufficient operations achieved. Global scale deployment ready.
Proven Results
Delivered Worldwide
60%
Faster Feature Deployments
99.9%
Exam Season Uptime
10M+
Students Served Daily
100K+
Concurrent Exams Supported
FERPA
and COPPA Compliant
40%
Infrastructure Cost Savings
Ready to Build
EdTech That Scales to Millions?
Start with a free EdTech platform audit. We will review your current LMS capacity, FERPA compliance posture, and exam season readiness in the first conversation, at no cost and with no commitment required.
No long-term contracts
Pilot-first engagement
Results in 90 days
NDA from day one