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ABM Technologies

EdTech development services

Learning platforms that hold together across the student experience

ABM Technologies helps universities, community colleges and education technology companies implement, migrate, integrate and operate the platforms that carry teaching and student support.

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Who we work with
University CIOs and CTOs, digital-learning leaders, student-success teams, LMS administrators, online program providers
Typical engagements
Open edX implementation, LMS migration, LMS–SIS and LTI integration, managed LMS, student-success data
Audience pages
Public Universities · Community Colleges · Online Program Providers

Main challenges

What slows down education technology teams

  • Platforms adopted separately

    LMS, SIS, CRM and support tools arrived at different times, so course, enrollment and student records diverge.

  • Migrations that stall

    Course content, grades, integrations and faculty workflow all have to move together, inside an academic calendar.

  • Student data governance

    FERPA obligations shape what student support tools — including AI assistants — are allowed to see and keep.

  • Small teams, permanent platforms

    A handful of administrators operate systems the whole institution depends on, every term.

Relevant capabilities

Capabilities applied to learning platforms and student success

Audience pages: Public Universities · Community Colleges · Online Program Providers · Student Experience & Intelligence

Common use cases

Where engagements usually begin

  • Standing up Open edX for a new online program portfolio
  • Migrating from a commercial LMS to Open edX, or between commercial platforms
  • Rebuilding LMS–SIS integration so rosters and grades stay synchronized
  • Adding LTI tool integrations without breaking existing course structures
  • Building an early-alert view for advising and student-success teams
  • Taking on managed operation of an LMS a small internal team currently carries

Delivery approach

How we run the work

  1. Understand

    We map the systems, the people who depend on them and the constraints you actually work within — procurement, policy, budget cycles.

  2. Design

    We agree the target architecture and the user experience, then prove the risky parts early with prototypes rather than documents.

  3. Build & Integrate

    Delivery happens in reviewable increments, with integration to existing systems treated as part of the build, not a final step.

  4. Operate & Improve

    We monitor, support and keep improving what is live, and we document it so your team can run it without us.

Security, privacy & accessibility

How we handle student data, FERPA and accessibility

What we practice today, described plainly, as working standards rather than formal certifications.

  • FERPA-aware data boundaries

    Define which student records a tool may access, how long it retains them and who reviews automated output — before build starts.

  • Accessibility for learners

    Course experiences and administrative interfaces tested by keyboard and screen reader, with WCAG 2.2 AA as the target.

  • Integration safety at term start

    Roster and grade integrations are load-tested and monitored around the dates when failure is most visible.

  • Institutional continuity

    Runbooks, upgrade notes and handover documentation so platform knowledge does not sit with one person.

Relevant case studies

Work in EdTech

  • Diverse adult learners collaborating on a global digital learning platform spanning five regions
    EdTech

    Starbucks Global Academy

    Problem
    Deliver a consistent global learning platform across five regions (US, Canada, EMEA, Latin America & Caribbean, Asia Pacific) — each with different URLs, LMS links, languages and content availability — without fragmenting the brand or duplicating engineering effort.
    Verified result
    5 regional website variants live from one codebase, 10 build/staging environments, and 139 content-pipeline scripts delivered.
    Read the Starbucks Global Academy Case Study
  • Prospective student using a unified digital experience to search degree, event and newsroom content
    EdTech

    ASU / EdPlus

    Problem
    Static, fragmented content across events, degree and newsroom pages made program discovery slow for prospective students and every update manual — compounded by integrating dynamic content from multiple databases and APIs, including merging events from three separate sources and adapting a Vue/Bootstrap form to run on Drupal.
    Verified result
    Faster, searchable degree discovery and automated content/form workflows, delivered in support of ASU’s enrollment goals.
    Read the ASU / EdPlus Case Study
  • University content managers reviewing a secure global academic repository
    EdTech

    Cintana (ASU)

    Problem
    ASU’s academic content platform faced performance bottlenecks as users and data grew, weak role-based access that caused security gaps and admin overhead, manual AWS deployments that bred delays and errors, disorganized content with weak tagging and search, and security/compliance risk around authentication and encryption.
    Verified result
    1,951+ learners supported, 91% active user engagement, 3,169 courses managed, and 40 partner institutions (93% actively participating).
    Read the Cintana Case Study
  • Prospective student exploring personalized degree recommendations on a laptop
    EdTech

    DegreeMe (ASU Online)

    Problem
    ASU Online’s degree catalog relied on manual upkeep, producing duplicate and stale listings that eroded recommendation trust; legacy serverless APIs struggled with long AI request times and inconsistent manual deploys; and config-driven forms created keyboard-focus and mobile-rendering failures.
    Verified result
    143,999 total degree-search users, 8,826 qualified conversions (RFI + app starts), 92,730 organic search clicks, and an 80.1 customer satisfaction (CSAT) score.
    Read the DegreeMe Case Study
  • Media engineer monitoring a lecture-video transcoding workflow across devices
    EdTech

    ESHE DASH Transcoder (ASU)

    Problem
    ASU’s ESHE platform had a maximum video file size of 350MB, restricting large-scale video processing for course content.
    Verified result
    Enabled seamless transcoding and storage across video formats with automated processing, reduced storage overhead through automatic cleanup, and improved system stability through better error handling.
    Read the ESHE DASH Transcoder Case Study
  • Student practicing spoken language through an AI-supported video conversation
    EdTech

    Language Buddy (ASU)

    Problem
    Traditional language courses inside Canvas lacked scalable speaking practice, and manually reviewing spoken assignments was slow and time-consuming for instructors.
    Verified result
    Faster feedback and unlimited speaking practice for students.
    Read the Language Buddy Case Study
  • University students using a connected digital-services hub on campus
    EdTech

    Arizona State University

    Problem
    ASU’s digital touchpoints grew faster than the systems behind them: a dozen standalone corporate-partner landing pages (including the MLB, Uber/UberEats and Pearson programs) were duplicated and maintained by hand at roughly 30 hours/week with a 5.0-second load time; assigning a course designer took 48 hours with duplicated resources and slipped deadlines; and students juggled a dozen logins across services, filling support queues and scoring only 72 on ADA accessibility.
    Verified result
    Landing-page load time fell from 5.0s to 2.0s (−60%) with bounce down 38% and enrollment conversions up 47%; course-designer assignment fell from 48 hours to 4 hours (−91%) with resource reuse up 65% and course launch time down 42%; and the student hub cut support tickets 52%, cut time-to-find-a-resource 64%, and raised accessibility from 72 to 98 (ADA).
    Read the ASU Digital Experience Modernization Case Study

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