8billionideas

Since our product is intended for several groups of users, we had to understand which difficulties each of them may face. Taking into consideration various age categories of the users and their different levels of technical knowledge, we suggest them two authentication methods: standard password authentication and innovative passwordless login via magic link.

Thus, we have done our best to find an approach for everyone. At the same time, it was important to stick the general visual style and concept. In order to create an intuitive and simple interface for mentors and admins, we used our own unique components combined with Material Design library. This has helped us save time for front-end development and UI design.

There is one target audience that deserves special attention: children. To provide a creative learning environment, we've dressed up the interface with bright illustrations and soft colors.

But our main goal remained the same: to help our young users improve their skills and create memorable user experience. While working through courses or videos, a child can send a question to a real person using such a function as ‘Chat with mentor’ - and get a quick answer!

Futhermore, with the help of the Elasticsearch engine we have simplified search for study materials, so now the children can easily browse the library by choosing a topic, a type of content and applying filters.

One of the best features of the 8billionideas platform is interactive Experiences - online webinars that allow children to take part in learning activities guided by trained facilitators. Thanks to the in-app Mailchimp’s notifications the child will be informed in time about an upcoming event and won’t miss it.