AHA Peer Volunteer App
In 2022, working with UNMC's iEXCEL Program we began an amazing partnership with the American Heart Association. The AHA came to us with a request to help them empower stroke survivors with a peer volunteer support system. A large volunteer base of selfless and caring people, most stroke survivors themselves, had already been established but the AHA was seeking to solidify training and provide guidance to these volunteers.
This was a complete learning management module and the beginnings of a learning management system. The AHA wanted to get this app and learning module out by stroke awareness month, so this was a really fast build. In total it took less than 3 months to complete this entire project.
A cloud hosted, scalable, and completely isolated infrastructure to help train peer stroke survivors.
adaptive learning module consisted of 13 educational videos, multiple forms of quizzes and volunteer evaluations to ensure the highest measurable learning objectives were met. The learning modules include videos, resources, and quizes.
Project Design UI/UX Image CDN Cloud Hosted Analytics Video Processing Azure Cognitive Services ADA Compliance Scan User Management Advanced Charting Web Analytics
Angular Material Angular Bootstrap Azure Static Web Apps Azure Communication Services Asp.NET Azure SQL Server Azure Secure Enclave BitMovin Streaming Services MSFT Identity Azure Insights Bicep Azure API Gateway Redis Cache SignalR
Scope of work
The adaptive learning module consisted of 13 educational videos, multiple forms of quizzes and volunteer evaluations to ensure the highest measurable learning objectives were met.
A lot of time was spent a lot of time on the adaptive piece of this application. We wanted to make sure everyone could use it and the workflow was easy from signup to completing the course. The users of this application would be stroke survivors themselves and may have limitations in the technology they can use, so it was important to get this right.
Research
- LMS Design
- Requirements Document
- Project Scope
Course Design
- Videos
- Volunteer Flow
- Feature Requests
MVP Build
- Angular App
- API Gateway
- Azure Services
Research & Design
Utilizing iEXCEL`s onsite video production capabilities, world-class marketing team, and the Data Capture Team’s application development team, the AHA and iEXCEL created the Peer Stroke Volunteer adaptive learning module.
The project scope was used to create wireframes and a user flow for the app. The wireframes were used to create a feature list and a plan for the MVP build.
Wireframe & MVP
Experienced stroke survivors or caregivers provide one-on-one support to stroke survivors who have recently returned home. Sessions are held on a regular schedule, either by phone or virtually. Volunteers have a first-hand understanding of the psychological and physical effects of a stroke. By sharing their experiences, they provide hope, encouragement and emotional support right at the beginning of the recovery process.
We used Angular to build the app and Azure services to host the app. The app is completely isolated and in a secure tenant. The backend uses Asp.NET Core hosted in an API Gateway. The benefits of this setup are that the app is scalable and easy to support.
LMS Design
The entire database is built as a complete LMS so later on Teachers, Staff, and other Educators could add in videos, quizzes, chapters, etc. The Educators could also edit the course, clone the course, and redo quizzes but keep the results from the original quiz before the updates.
The web app was received with praise from both the American Heart Association and the peer volunteers themselves. Using intuitive user interfaces, 100% ADA compliance, and accessibility features like password-less auth and advanced Admin functionality, the Adaptive Learning Module and iEXCEL Learning Management System was able to be utilized with minimal training and support from the AHA.