Daffodil helps one of the largest FMCG companies in India to automate and organize the training of their 5,000+ sales employees through a custom LMS

The project began with our business analytics and software architects outlining the optimal architecture of the video content management solution. They refined the functional requirements and developed a complete product vision and its development roadmap. Once the strategic plans were mutually finalized, Daffodil’s team mapped the requirements onto the technology landscape. Daffodil’s UI experts applied design thinking techniques and role based user stories in order to build an easy to use user interface for the application. We developed a web based admin panel for role based access for uploading the training material in the form of videos, photos, text or quizzes.

Daffodil also built a video streaming application framework that was integrated with Moodle. Moodle is a learning platform designed to provide educators, administrators and learners with a single robust, secure and integrated system to create personalized learning environments. Technologies such as caching, Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABS), etc. were incorporated to automatically shift bandwidth to higher/lower levels according to the users’ bandwidth availability, and network conditions in real-time. We also enabled low latency streaming capabilities and zero buffering using less streaming resources to deliver an optimized and seamless video streaming experience for all the users.

To strategically plan the gamification process, well-defined goals were identified for the trainees and corresponding rewards were set to award the goal-achievements. Our developers integrated a feature of awarding points to the trainee for every action performed and badges for accomplishing specific milestones such as video views, quiz completion etc. The accomplishment of specific tasks was to be rewarded with bonus points or higher levels of awards. Clear metrics were identified to track the progress. Numerous gamification features such as real-time contests, badges, points, prizes, real-time leaderboards, etc were intuitively blended with the overall UI/UX of the application which not only made it more user-friendly but also motivated the trainees to improve their performance.

Daffodil also created a custom module to manage the training material in the application. This role based module allows the admin to assign training material to company managers and company managers can further assign the training to their team members. Further the company managers can assess the training and assign scores to the trainees. Some of the other features that we incorporated in the LMS were:

Build lessons and courses: Custom course building modules to enable administrators to Combine all the content elements such as text, video, images and practice questions to build rich and engaging courses.

Gamification Engine: Badges, points, levels, rewards and leaderboards to bring courses to life and make the training process more engaging and rewarding.

Custom Learning Paths: Enables admin to restrict the way that courses can be completed or course content can be viewed.

Certifications: Admin could easily design custom certifications that are valid for predefined periods of time. Supports a variety of compliance scenarios that might require a re-certification.

Reporting: Extensive reporting about everything within the eLearning environment. A timeline of all system actions for access to what happened, by whom and when is maintained in the system.