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Catalog, Registration, and Payment

The catalog, registration, and payment component systems are currently under active discovery. As features are crystalized, we will share them. Note that some of the most salient topics in this area are: optimizing the UX/UI, HarvardKey Light integration, flexible payment options and e-commerce functions (e.g., bundling, discount pricing), B2B/E/I scenarios requiring bulk enrollment and provisioning, and customized learning content recommendations.

Multi-Tenancy

The notion of a "tenancy" is core to the LXP. Tenancy functionality means that schools and programs can differentiate and customize aspects of their space within the LXP that allows these users to make the space their own. For instance, tenants will be able to white-label their tenancy such that learners see the tenant's logo and colors.

Note that multi-tenancy also affords a lot of important functionality on the backend of the system. From setting permissions for admins and authors to segmenting data and access to it, the multi-tenancy architecture will enable tenants on the LXP to control, protect, and express their unique elements while still leveraging a centralized platform.

Lead Generation

The lead generation component systems are currently under active discovery. As features are crystalized, we will share them. Note that lead generation and capture functions are being scoped more narrowly to VPAL-specific needs as the near-to-medium term assumption is that tenants on the LXP will either use their own existing lead generation and capture system or will need functionality that parallels VPAL needs.

Virtual Campus

The virtual campus is currently under active discovery. As features are crystalized, we will share them. Initially, the virtual campus will function in a manner closer to what one might expect from a learner dashboard, i.e. allowing a learner to see their enrollments and resume them. The longer-term vision is much larger, with this area functioning as a virtual campus that enables the exploration of a wide variety of learning experiences and resources, as well as opportunities to develop connections and communities among learners.

NFRs (non-functional requirements)

For those more technically oriented readers of this site, if you are interested in some of the exciting things we are working on in the realm of nonfunctional requirements, we are happy to share.

Table-stakes NFRs around things like accessibility, mobile responsiveness, information security, and scalability are core to the LXP project. We are also following best technical practices and taking modern, forward-looking approaches to things like microservices framework and containerization, CI/CD, data streaming services, and infrastructure as code. We are following an Architectural Decision Record process to memorialize many of the decisions and principles around these topics and more.