eyWorks
Education
Education with a Robust Mobile and Backend Platform
Evolve Blue supported eyWorks with a mobile and backend platform for nursery schools, including Android and iOS tablet apps, backend architecture, offline sync, and long-term staff augmentation support.
Technology Stack
01 Overview
eyWorks engagement context.
eyWorks needed a tablet-first platform for nursery schools in the United Kingdom. The product had to support daily classroom work, admin workflows, parent updates, and nursery-specific setup needs.
Teachers needed to record child observations, track progress, capture photos and videos, and work even when internet access was limited.
Evolve Blue provided mobile app development, backend development, ERP platform support, staff augmentation, ongoing maintenance, and long-term engineering support for more than seven years.
02 The Challenge
eyWorks constraints to solve.
- Nursery teachers needed a faster way to record observations during sessions.
- Photo and video capture had to fit into the classroom workflow without exposing private student data.
- Limited connectivity could interrupt tablet data capture and uploads.
- The backend had to support multiple nurseries and 15 early learning frameworks.
- Android and iOS tablets created device, vendor, screen size, and OS support needs.
- Parent-teacher updates needed to be more consistent and easier to manage.
03 The Solution
eyWorks solution architecture.
Evolve Blue shaped the solution around tablet use in real nursery settings. Teachers could capture observations, progress notes, photos, and videos during sessions.
The backend used YII PHP, REST APIs, and AWS hosting to support reliable data exchange across nursery apps and admin workflows.
Offline-online synchronization helped teachers keep working without internet access, then upload data in the background with retry support.
Teacher Tablet Apps
Native Android and iOS tablet applications for nursery teachers and early years practitioners.
Observation Records
Observation recording workflows for session notes, progress updates, and classroom evidence.
Progress Tracking
Photo and video capture during sessions, with data handled through the platform workflow.
REST API Layer
REST API-based exchange between mobile apps, backend services, and nursery data models.
Learning Frameworks
Backend support for 15 early learning frameworks and flexible nursery configuration needs.
Long-Term Support
Seven-plus years of staff augmentation, support, maintenance, and platform evolution.
04 What We Built
eyWorks delivery objectives.
Build and maintain native Android and iOS tablet apps for nursery teachers.
Digitize observation recording, progress tracking, and media capture.
Support offline data capture with background upload and retry handling.
Develop a flexible YII PHP backend with REST API-based data exchange.
Support 15 early learning frameworks across multiple nursery workflows.
Provide long-term staff augmentation, support, and maintenance for the platform.
05 Education Platform View
eyWorks nursery ERP platform in focus.
The platform combined teacher tablet workflows, backend services, learning framework support, and parent communication into one education ERP experience.
A platform view showing tablet-based observation capture, progress tracking, parent updates, and backend sync concepts.
06 Implementation Journey
eyWorks delivery journey.
Discovery
Reviewed nursery workflows, teacher observation needs, early years framework needs, tablet use, offline access, and backend data needs.
Design & Planning
Planned a tablet-first teacher experience and a modular backend structure that could support many nurseries and 15 learning frameworks.
Build & Implementation
Built native Android and iOS tablet apps, developed the YII PHP backend, implemented REST APIs, and added offline-online sync.
Launch & Support
Provided long-term support, maintenance, and staff augmentation for more than seven years as the platform continued to operate and evolve.
07 Before / After
From admin-heavy nursery workflows to tablet-based observation capture.
The platform helped teachers record observations on tablets, keep work moving offline, and share updates through a more connected ERP workflow.
Manual nursery workflows
Observation records, media capture, learning frameworks, and parent updates created admin overhead and support complexity.
Connected tablet platform.
Teachers could capture observations on Android and iOS tablets, sync data later, and work within configurable nursery workflows.
Before
- Teachers relied more on manual or less efficient observation workflows.
- Observation recording created administrative overhead.
- Limited connectivity could interrupt data capture.
- Multiple early learning frameworks created backend complexity.
- Tablet screen sizes, vendors, and OS versions created support challenges.
- Parent-teacher updates were harder to streamline.
After
- Teachers could record observations digitally on tablets.
- Photos and videos could be captured during sessions.
- Offline-online sync allowed teachers to capture data without internet access.
- The backend supported 15 early learning frameworks.
- REST APIs helped manage efficient backend data exchange.
- Parent-teacher communication improved through the platform.
08 Impact
eyWorks implementation outcomes.
15 learning frameworks supported
The backend was structured to support 15 early learning frameworks and flexible nursery-specific configuration.
Android and iOS tablet users supported
Native tablet apps helped teachers use the platform across both major mobile ecosystems.
Offline capture with retry support
Teachers could capture data without internet access, then rely on background upload and retry handling when connectivity returned.
Source reported 40% lower admin overhead
The source case study reported a 40% reduction in administrative overhead after digitizing observation and related workflows.
Source reported 100% offline capture reliability
The source case study reported 100% reliability for offline data capture in the tablet workflow.
7+ years of support and maintenance
Evolve Blue provided long-term staff augmentation, product support, and maintenance as the eyWorks platform continued to evolve.
09 Capability Mapping
Capabilities applied for eyWorks.
Build & Modernize
PrimaryNative Android and iOS tablet apps digitized nursery observation capture, progress tracking, media workflows, and parent communication.
Connect Data & Platforms
PrimaryREST APIs connected mobile apps, YII PHP backend services, learning framework modules, and nursery data workflows.
Automate Workflows
PrimaryOffline-online sync, background upload, retry support, and configurable workflows reduced manual admin effort for nursery staff.
Run Cloud & Operations
PrimaryAWS-hosted backend infrastructure supported reliable platform operations and ongoing maintenance.
Staff & Augment
PrimaryEvolve Blue provided long-term staff augmentation, support, and maintenance for more than seven years.
10 Conclusion
Why the eyWorks engagement mattered.
eyWorks needed a reliable education ERP platform that could support real nursery workflows across tablets, backend services, and long-term operations.
Evolve Blue helped the platform support teacher observation capture, offline sync, learning frameworks, parent communication, and ongoing product maintenance for more than seven years.
Build an education platform that works in real classrooms.
Evolve Blue helps education teams build mobile apps, backend platforms, sync-ready workflows, and long-term engineering capacity for products that need to keep improving.