Short exec summary to discuss our project idea
What
SaaS solution to create and to customize e-learning platforms for universities, high schools, schools and enterprises; Scalable low code solution

First project: E-Learning Platform for Students and Alumni of DCI Digital Career Institute

Hashtag #DesignNewThinking

Why
Hybrid learning is one of the main trends in the digitization for each, younger students and working adults. Our low code SaaS solution enables drivers of universities, high schools, schools and even every kind of enterprise or even non-government organizations to setup, design and manage individual platforms for e-learning.

Who
The very first try is created by the 'Digital Evangelists' Ferdinand Mbucha, Lead Backend Developer Karin Yahud, Lead Frontend Developer Carsten Hennig, Digital Strategist

How
We create a very first 'beta' e-learning platform for students and alumni of DCI, while structuring and preparing all frontend and backend elements for a low code SaaS solution.

Business case
The core platform for DCI will be created and curated by the 'Digital Evangelists' team for free. It's an open platform, means: We provide API and support for new developed solutions.

The business model is focussed on - open low code solution for basic monthly fees - enhance new functions and business cases with new developed solutions and app connected via two-way real-time API - web project development for individual solutions and specialized business apps for custom fees

Discussion / Design Thinking
Meta Platform ‚How to learn‘ Create and mix your individual learning modules:

Blog publishing (text module)
Video tutorials (video module, video playlist)
Explaining podcasts (audio module)
Peer-to-peer learning (chat module)
Tutorials for creating e-learning content (how to guidelines for texts, videos, podcasts, didactics, principles of user-generated content)
Open Source Solution with beta version (including basic modules) -> DCI community is invited to develop new modules, improve modules, create specific business apps and using the solution for a topic-focussed e-learning platform (i.e. SEO Basics, React Development tbc)

First steps of project management following design thinking process:

Defining target groups
Designing market research (web crawl) AND survey
Defining unique selling propositions (USP) and main purpose for our target groups
To do:

Create presentation of project idea
Create very first raw UI

Project plan example

Messaging
As a user, I am able to send messages to other users
As a user, when I receive a message, I will get a notification on the current page I am on
As a user, when I click on a message notification, it will send me to the main page
As a user, when I log in, I will see my messages on the main page
As a user, I am able to get messages from other users and also the system itself
Language switcher
As a user, I am able to switch the language of the user interface between german and english
User accounts
As a user, I am able to register into the system
As a user, I am able to login using my email and password
As a user, I am able to edit my account details
Administration
As an administrator, I have access to administration tools
As an administrator, I can see a listing of all the users
As an administrator, I can delete and individual user (which also deletes that users podcasts)
As an administrator, I can reset a users password
Notes
At the mom

npm install
npm i jsonwebtoken mongoose express validator dotenv cors bcrypt
npm run start

create .env file with
PORT=9000
DB_USER=
DB_PASS=
DB_HOST=
DB_NAME=
SECRET=

URLs to access backend

PUT http://localhost:9000/posts/writePost to write a post

GET http://localhost:9000/posts/getPost to get all users posts

POST http://localhost:9000/users/login to login a user

POST http://localhost:9000/users/register to register new users

"http://localhost:9000/uploads" to upload a single image

"http://localhost:9000/" + filename to retrieve an image from Database

Regarding web research / benchmark -> I found an interesting e-learning software
https://www.absorblms.com/lp/enterprise-lms

I requested a demo.

We can already have a glimpse in it while using the automate demo -> https://showcase.myabsorb.com/#/dashboard

https://showcase.myabsorb.com/#/login

Username: Carsten.Hennig
Password: CfZsq0gH

https://hpi-academy.de/design-thinking/was-ist-design-thinking.html

Adding all tasks of project plan into GH project

Project database

https://app.swimm.io/workspaces/LmOanS9GDXqMscbjYqOf

With props

name tags in registration:
repassword
password
email
firstName
lastName

(There will be NO user name)

https://docs.github.com/en/issues/organizing-your-work-with-project-boards/managing-project-boards/about-project-boards

Single sentence description

Detailed description

List all features (need vs. want)

Extra ideas

Team roles

Joel recommends https://apidocjs.com/

Adding all tasks of project plan into GH project

New brand name / working title -> YouLearn or LernStube

npm i express router gridfs-stream multer multer-gridfs-storage react-bootstrap sass

blog title
content (WYSIWYG editor)
select category
button - click to publish

cd frontend
(npm install)
npm run start

Done