Education Technology

Education Technology Company

From weeks-long manual homework review to instant AI-powered feedback

$56K
Annual salary savings
$15K
Total investment*
3 Weeks
To full ROI

*Design partner rate. Standard pricing starts at $25K.

The Problem

Three people spent their days reviewing student homework.

Review cycles took 2-3 weeks. Senior staff answered the same questions over and over. Knowledge lived in people's heads, not in systems.

The Knowledge Problem:

  • Years of rubrics, standards, and review criteria-all documented, but scattered
  • Senior reviewers had internalized the standards, but couldn't scale their expertise
  • New hires took months to train because the knowledge wasn't truly accessible
  • Every review required manually cross-referencing multiple documents

The business cost: Delays frustrated students, senior staff couldn't scale to other work, and growth was limited by reviewer capacity.

The Fix

We built a system that knows their standards, rubrics, and review criteria. Now it reviews homework in minutes-flagging issues, suggesting scores, citing the relevant standards. Anyone on the team can ask questions and get expert-level answers instantly.

The Foundation: RAG System

We indexed their entire knowledge base:

  • Assessment rubrics and grading standards
  • Historical student submissions and reviews
  • Teaching materials and course documentation
  • Quality assurance checklists
  • Brand guidelines and style requirements

What We Built On Top:

  • 1

    AI Homework Assistant

    Students get real-time guidance based on standards

  • 2

    Automated Review System

    Evaluates submissions, generates feedback, flags issues

The Stack

Vector DB:Pinecone
LLM:Claude (Anthropic API)
Framework:Custom with LangChain
Deployment:Client's AWS
Frontend:React + Next.js
Integration:Student portal, admin dashboard

Security:

Private deployment. Student data never leaves their infrastructure. No external model training. Role-based access controls.

The Results

Weeks → Minutes
Review cycle time
3 → 0
Reviewers for routine work
100%
Standards now queryable

Concrete Impact:

  • Three roles redeployed to curriculum development and student support
  • Students receive immediate feedback, improving learning outcomes
  • Institutional knowledge accessible to entire organization
  • Consistent quality across all reviews (no reviewer variability)
  • Company can scale student capacity without adding reviewers

The Investment

Total Cost
$15,000

Design partner rate

Timeline
4 weeks

Discovery to launch

Payment
50% / 50%

Kickoff / Delivery

"Review time: weeks → minutes. Three roles redeployed. The system paid for itself before the first invoice was due."

What They Own Now

Full Ownership:

Complete source code
Private deployment
Full documentation
Admin controls
No vendor lock-in
Foundation for future AI features

What They Can Build Next:

The RAG system is infrastructure. Now they can add:

  • AI teaching assistants for different course topics
  • Automated content generation for course materials
  • Student progress analysis and recommendations
  • Onboarding assistant for new instructors

Have institutional knowledge trapped in documents and people's heads?

Let's automate it.

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