Case Study: King Khalid University delivers seamless mobile e-learning with Raccoon Gang's custom Open edX app

King Khalid University delivers mobile e-learning to 60,000 students with Raccoon Gang

Raccoon Gang partnered with King Khalid University, a major public university in Saudi Arabia, to address a key challenge. The university's KKUx online learning platform, built on Open edX, served millions of visits monthly, with 80% of learners using mobile devices. They needed a custom iOS and Android app that could replicate their platform's advanced features, support Arabic localization with right-to-left orientation, and be developed under tight deadlines while coordinating with another vendor working on the web application.

Raccoon Gang conducted a thorough discovery phase and decided to build a custom mobile app from scratch rather than customizing the default Open edX application. This solution allowed for quicker delivery of required features, including custom UI animations, and ensured cost-effective synchronization with future web app updates. The result was a successful application that received positive feedback from the university and the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Education, achieving the goal of revolutionizing eLearning for the Arab community and setting the stage for a new mobile-first platform.

King Khalid University