Raccoon Gang

Talk Coaches is an eLearning company with an innovative solution for the world's online learning professionals. It is an interactive and adaptive competency-based learning and assessment tool. We have developed an engine that chats with a user and delivers competencies intelligently and adaptively.

Solutions and features implemented:

• Two types of scenario-based learning
• Assessment process with a chatbot
• Feedback with text, images, video, PDFs, audio
• Audio-based assessments

Applied Materials is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to make virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We implemented their employee engagement and training system using eLearning Gamification.

Solutions and features implemented:

• Gamification management tool to create configurable rules for awarding rewards
• Tools to create personalized badges
• Learning statistics with scoreboards, graphs, pie charts, etc.
• Various social interactions and leaderboards
• API to ensure smooth integration of Gamma with various software

KKU is one of the prominent public universities in Saudi Arabia. The university has nearly 60,000 students. KKUx is the online web learning platform of King Khalid University. It offers courses and programs for individuals aged 16 to 45+.

King Khalid University has chosen RacoonGang as an experienced partner to fulfill its requirements for developing a mobile application.

Solutions and Implemented Features:

• Mobile Application Development: A mobile application has been developed for KKUx's existing e-learning platform. This enables students to access KKUx's advanced e-learning features and experiences through mobile apps.
• Ongoing Improvement and Customization: The mobile app undergoes continuous improvement and customization to enhance its functionality.
• Positive Feedback: A basic test version of the mobile app was launched at the beginning of the 2021 academic year, receiving positive feedback from both KKUx and the Ministry of Education of Saudi Arabia.

The University of Southern Denmark is highlighted as an institution with a long history of delivering exceptional education since its establishment in 1966. The university has a growing campus in Odense and regional campuses in Slagelse, Kolding, Esbjerg, and Sønderborg.

Solutions and Implemented Features:

• Project Scope and Implementation: The project entailed configuring and branding a learning platform to meet specific requirements. A basic flow was implemented, enabling learners to progress through courses at their own pace.
• Gamification and Badges: To foster ongoing engagement, the solution incorporated RG Gamification to establish badges within the courses. This allowed learners to earn achievements or badges as they advanced through the courses.
• Adaptive Course Configuration: The solution provided RG adaptive course configuration, offering personalized course recommendations based on learners' knowledge. This demonstrated a commitment to tailoring the learning experience to individual learners.
• LTI Configuration for Videos: The solution included LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) configuration to seamlessly embed videos from Kaltura hosting into the learning platform. This facilitated the integration of multimedia content into the learning environment.

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for humanity's benefit, and inspires the world through discovery.

NASA released its free Open Science 101 curriculum to empower researchers, early career scientists, and underrepresented communities with the knowledge and tools necessary to embrace open science practices.

Solutions and Implemented Features:

• Curriculum Development: Raccoon Gang created a five-module curriculum on Open Science principles, offering structured learning paths.
• Platform Hosting: Hosted modules on the Branded Open edX platform for a seamless learning experience.
• Deep Learning Analytics Integration: Integrated RG Analytics to track learner progress.
• Deep Learning Analytics Integration: Integrated Credly for badge issuance, showcasing achievements.
• Post-launch Support (L1): Provided ongoing support for curriculum and platform success.

The EBRD’s Policy Academy (“PA”) e-learning program stands as an immersive learning initiative aimed at equipping stakeholders with comprehensive operational knowledge across investment and policy domains that are of strategic importance to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD”).

Solutions and Implemented Features:

• Enhanced Knowledge Accessibility: EBRD Policy Academy's wealth of knowledge is now easily accessible to all staff and nationals from EBRD shareholders, fostering continuous growth.
• Seamless Transition to E-Learning: Political Academy modules smoothly transitioned to electronic formats, ensuring accessible learning.
• Knowledge Improvement: Existing course materials underwent comprehensive improvements for more engaging experiences.
• Expert Assistance: Raccoon Gang provided expert assistance in course development on the Open edX platform.
• Comprehensive Instructional Design: The project established thorough course plans for re-formatted e-modules, creating a robust framework.
• Secure Hosting Infrastructure: A robust hosting infrastructure ensures ongoing data security and seamless access.
• Engaging Learning Experiences: Integration of gamification elements enhanced engagement, with personalized monitoring for customized learning paths.
• Content Quality Assessment: A rigorous quality assessment process ensured course content relevance and impact.

Salmon Thrust is a leading training provider for banking and financial professionals working in large corporations and government agencies. Salmon Thrust provides classroom and eLearning corporate training programs ranging from fundamentals to complex topics.

Solutions and Implemented Features:

• System Setup, incorporating custom theming and company logos.
• Creation of shared sub-sites for multiple organizations with white-labeling capabilities.
• Implementation of manual registration and bulk enrollment processes.
• Synchronization of courses on sub-sites with the primary platform.
• Development of custom reports and dashboards tailored to specific business verticals and B2B clients.
• A user-friendly admin dashboard with the capability to track team progress and statistics will be provided.
• Personalized certifications for individual learners.

HarvardX Adaptivity is Harvard University's project to measure the effectiveness of adaptivity in eLearning. We've solved the problem with the "Adaptivity Bridge", which uses elements of infrastructure such as LMS, an adaptivity engine, and a learning content database.

Solutions and implemented features:

• "Adaptivity Bridge" connects LTI-compatible content sources, adaptivity engines and LMSs
• Connects easily modifiable content sources and adaptivity engines
• The interface can connect different LMSs and content sources can be changed with a few clicks.

The customer is a nationwide organization engaged in large-scale educational, sports, and civic projects since 2003. Their mission is to equip adolescents, parents, teachers, and activists with 21st-century skills and empower them to become ambassadors of change in their communities. The customer approached us to create a unique interactive eLearning platform.

Solutions and Implemented Features:

• High Load Capacity: The platform is designed to withstand high loads, enabling successful distance learning during quarantine measures and the online mode of all schools.
• Free Access: The platform provided free access to the national educational program for children and teachers in temporarily occupied territories or abroad.
• Enhanced Inclusivity: With expert support from UNICEF in Ukraine, the platform includes key inclusive features, such as sign language translation and audio descriptions of tracks.
• Consultant Guidance: The consultants played a crucial role in guiding the creation of the solution, facilitating a smooth transition from the initial stages to deployment.

Cybint provides customized cybersecurity training for various businesses and companies. It helps its customers create a safer digital world through education and training.

Solutions and Implemented Features:

• The possibility to create course catalogs and assign them to defined teams
• Cascading course updates
• Ability to deliver a custom user experience
• Each team member has their level of access
• Ability to assign teams and departments to specific course collections automatically
• Ability to separate the reporting data on a course and sub-site level
• Custom metrics and custom dashboards for new custom entities

The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) is an independent educational foundation. It promotes the study and utilization of nonmilitary strategies by civilian-based movements to establish and defend human rights, social justice, and democracy.

Solutions and Implemented Features:

• The versatile platform accommodates various customizations, server operating systems, and updated programming language versions, fulfilling all customer requirements.
• The learning content for the new platform was structured according to the course requirements.
• Customized Mobile App enables intuitive content preloading for offline learning (text, video, HTML, PDF, SCORM).
• RG Analytics reports have been generated using essential experience data provided by ICNC.
• Implementation of Two-factor Authentication for enhanced security.
• Integration of a custom video conferencing tool (Jitsi) with the Learning Management System (LMS).

Harrow is one of Britain's world’s top international private school networks. It unites thousands of teachers and learners in different regions, including China, Japan, Singapore, and Thailand. Harrow Innovation Leadership Academy provides life-changing bilingual education that integrates the best of the East and West.

Solutions and Implemented Features:

• A bespoke Learning Management System leveraging advanced technology.
• Our RG Analytics module integrates actionable and real-time reports into the LMS, aiding instructors in gathering statistics on student progress within specific courses.
• The RG Gamification module fosters sustained engagement, competition, and motivation at a high level.