Tech for Growth project | Margin
Margin
Understanding the Product
The platform is an online library created for students, by students, providing easy access to study notes and textbooks. Margin is here not just to create another learning platform but to transform how education is accessed and consumed.
Mission statement of the product
Margin's mission is to empower students, regardless of their financial backgrounds, to learn, grow, and succeed.
Ideal Customer Profiles
The platform is ideal for three major categories of students.
Who? | Aim | |
|---|---|---|
ICP 1 | High school & College students | They are the primary users who love detailed notes and would like to share quality notes with their peers |
ICP 2 | Budget-conscious Students | Students from lower-income backgrounds who can not afford expensive educational materials and need access to affordable study notes and textbooks. |
ICP 3 | Academically Struggling Students | They need easy access to the past exam questionnaires for upcoming exams. |
JTBD of the ICPs
Provide easy and affordable access the study notes, textbooks, and tests for the students.
Technical Breakdown
Features
Feature | What it does? | Layers Included | Tech Stack Used |
|---|---|---|---|
Onboarding Module | - Sign Up / Login Module | Front-end, Back-end | Bubble.io |
Content Discovery Module | - Content Data | Front-end, Back-end | Bubble.io |
Content Management Module | - Upload & manage content | Front-end, Back-end, API (Apryse) | - ReactJS for Front-end |
Content annotation Module | - Highlight, Bookmark, Notes functionality | Front-end, Back-end | Bubble.io |
Analytics & moderation for Admins Module | - Content Management for moderation | Front-end, Back-end | Bubble.io |
Database & Data flow
We are using the NoCode platform 'Bubble.io' for the project. This allows for simple data flow with any custom Structured database. We have the following details within the application:
Understanding Capabilities
JTBD for your Feature
Feature: Goal Setting & Progress Tracking Module
- Learning becomes better with clearly defined goals. This allows students to build a habit and enjoy achieving their goals.
- Progress Tracking keeps the students aware of their progress and gives them a visual boost to continue learning.
Components
Feature | Components | Layers Required | Tech Stack Used |
|---|---|---|---|
Goal Setting & Progress Tracking Module | - Goal Management | Front-end, Back-end, API | Bubble.io, Postmark API |
Tech Layers
- Front-end
- Tech Stack used: Bubble.io - Back-end, Database
- Tech Stack used: Bubble.io - 3rd Party Integration
- Postmark API
Functionality of all the layers
Layer | Tech Stack | Functionality |
|---|---|---|
Front-end | Bubble.io | - User Interface for goal management |
Back-end | Bubble.io | - User interactions & integrations |
Database | Bubble.io | - Storing Goals details |
3rd Party Integrations | Postmark | - to send notifications, reminders, and alerts via email |
Nuances & Trade-off
- The design is Mobile Friendly
- The product is in the early stage. The focus is to launch fast and see how user preferences go.
- Based on the user research, we will launch a native in the future.
- This allowed us to focus on optimal user experience now and continue improving later. - The goal was to launch the product fast to the users. We chose to build the application using the No-Code Platform 'Bubble.io'
Benefits
- Scalable: It allowed us to create a scalable application without compromising on any important features. The platform can also handle a large user base. This means that scaling the platform on it without migrating to a traditional tech stack is possible.
- Ease to maintain in the future: The No-Code Platform also takes care of DevOps, hosting, Servers, and Storage making it simple & faster to launch & maintain.
- Fast Development Cycle: It also makes it faster to deploy any future changes or add new features
- Secure: The platform also offers GDPR compliance security with optimized development.
Tradeoffs
- We do not own the Product Code and have little control over the same.
- Migrating to another Tech Stack can be expensive. - For the emails, we chose to integrate 3rd Party API - Postmark.
Benefits
- Customized Emails: It allows us to use customized Emails which creates a strong brand identity and engaging user experience.
- Secure: Is secure and GDPR friendly
- Analytics: Postmark provides detailed Analytics which is important for early-stage startups.
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