Aakash Educational ServicesDelivers Top-Ranked Exam Prepusing WizIQ

Case Study

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INTRODUCTION

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Expanding to provide live online learning

Leverage real-time online learning technology that mimics thetraditional, face-to-face classroom environment

Maximize student engagement with live communicationenabled through seamless audio and video streaming

Deliver complete learning experiences on all devices, with full mobile functionality that allows them to adapt to the modern age

Gain insights into student behavior, performance, and progress using analytics tools that assess and compareparticipation, test scores, and more

Maintain archives of class recordings and course materialsthat are easily accessible when learners want to go back forreview, or for use in future classes

Enjoy expert assistance with a company that provides 24x7expert support via phone, email, or live online chat

Protect their brand with a learning platform that allows themto create a personal Online Academy at their own URL, orchoose a white-label solution

The Challenge

The Solution

The Benefits

Aakash needed a powerful online teachingplatform that provided:

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WizIQ’s comprehensive teaching solution hashelped Aakash create a live online programwith success. Since launching Aakash Live in mid-2015, Aakash has successfully providedlive online exam prep courses for two batchesof medical students, with more than 30students per batch. They also plan to launchmore Aakash Live classes in the future.

WizIQ enables Aakash to:

Real-time audio and video streaming

Full mobile connectivity and functionalityacross devices

Analytics tools for gaining insights intostudent learning

Archives of class recordings and coursematerials

Around-the-clock tech support

Enterprise brand protection

Provide quality learning services to studentsat home

Deliver live online exam prep courses on aweekly schedule

Easily upload and share PPTs, PDFs, anddocuments stored in WizIQ ContentLibrary Offer students the ability to attend classfrom any device

Share live session recordings with absenteestudents for review and download

Create a branded virtual classroom solution

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Founded 26 years ago in India, Aakash Educational Services Pvt. Ltd currently offers 40,000 selections in medical and engineering entrance exams. They have a country-wide network of more than 110 study centers, with over 150 exam centers and a collective annual base of over 100,000 students.

In 2014-15, students repeatedly dominated the competition by bagging top ranks in a range of exams. An Aakash student even ranked #1 throughout India on the 2015 AIIMS Entrance Exam. Such high student performance speaks to why Aakash has emerged as a benchmark in the arena of providing quality exam coaching and guidance.

Aakash Live is a recent initiative to provide students with expert faculty that deliver classroom learning to students at home—so they don’t have to waste time, energy, and money with an unnecessary commute. Students can now get high-quality Aakash Educational Services while studying at home.

As pioneers in their field, going online was an obvious next step forAakash. Developing their own solution, deploying a play-and-pluginsolution, or using a software as a service (SaaS) solution were some of their first options. But Aakash’s leadership team decided it was better that they focus on what they do best, teaching, rather than spending the time and money to build their own solution. They also considered using a learning management system (LMS), but they needed to be sure it was a reputable provider—and that it was cost-effective, accessible to all, and built just for education.

Specifically, Aakash was looking for an education platform solution that helped them:

Finding the right fit in WizIQ's e-Learning Platform

Live, Interactive Sessions via WizIQ Virtual Classroom: The award-winning software behind WizIQ Virtual Classroom mirrors the physical energy of the traditional classroom. Aakash instructors are able to deliver engaging, intensive, online exam prep sessions to students in real time using WizIQ’s multi-way audio and six-way video capabilities, so students can see each other as well as the teacher. In addition, they enjoy other WizIQ teaching tools such as:

Seamless Mobile Functionality: Aakash instructors and administrators and instructors love the fact that WizIQ is device-agnostic. Learners can attend classes from any device—desktop, laptop, tablet, or mobile—with the full platform’s features and tools available. This includes iOS and Android devices.

Cloud-Based Content Library: WizIQ’s integrated, cloud-based library allows Aakash instructors to store course content where it can be easily accessed during class. Instructors can upload a wide range of file types to the WizIQ Content Library before class begins, including Word docs, PowerPoint presentations, spreadsheets, PDFs, and more. They can then easily access the files in the live classroom, with just a click. This saves time in streaming content, and enables smooth delivery of a live online classes. Plus, they know their content is safe with WizIQ’s industry-standard measures.

White-Label Solution: With WizIQ’s white-label solution, Aakash has been able to co-brand their virtual classroom with their own logo, look, and feel, to match their website. This allows Aakash to customize WizIQ’s world-class technology with their own identity—an important criteria as they continue to grow and firmly establish their brand.

Expert Technical Support: When Aakash administrators, instructors, or learners need help, they enjoy 24x7 live, human support from WizIQ experts—24x7. This includes live technical support during sessions, and around-the-clock student support for their technical difficulties (if any).

Polling Tools: Aakash instructors can conduct polls during online sessions in real time, to gain instant feedback and responses from students. This enables them to stay abreast of student comprehension and progress. It also allows the instructors to refine their pedagogy as needed to get better results.

Multiple Interactive Whiteboards (not limited to color ‘white’ only): Aakash instructors use the interactive whiteboards to keep students engaged while presenting course material. Students and teachers can use whiteboard writing tools such as the pen and text tools to write notes and highlight important points in classes. Instructors also often use multiple whiteboards inside the virtual classroom at a time for writing notes and another for opening PowerPoint presentations or YouTube and Media Player videos, and switch effortlessly between them as needed.

Chatting Functions: Using WizIQ’s text chat tools, Aakash instructors can assess students’ understanding and encourage participation by asking questions in real time during live class sessions. Students can quickly type their answers in the comments box to respond. This allows Aakash’s online environment to mirror the interaction of the traditional classroom. Besides text chat, WizIQ’s live audio and video chat enables real-time, audiovisual collaboration with students.

Course Discussion Forums: WizIQ offers an activity feed that gives students to participate in asynchronous discussions outside the classroom, an especially valuable tool for students who are less likely to express themselves in class. Aakash instructors can respond in the course feed or, when more detailed explanation is needed, they can bring it up during live sessions for the benefit of the whole class.

Recording Capabilities: For Aakash, perhaps one of the most useful WizIQ tools is the recording feature—so Aakash students never miss a class. The recordings include every audio/video input and multiple, interactive online whiteboards used -during class. Learners who have missed a session or want review can view the recordings online, or download them to their computer for offline viewing.

WizIQ's e-Learning Platform matched Aakash’s needs and goals completely. In particular, Aakash finds these WizIQ features to be the most effective and useful:

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Even more, WizIQ's e-Learning Platform empowers education service providers like Aakash to set up their own customized academy within minutes. This evolutionary leap in education technology is designed to increase learner engagement with its cutting-edge features like mobile learning, video streaming, live online classroom, discussion boards, assessments, and insights and analytics tools.

By eliminating the complexities of development and the burden of setup costs and server infrastructure, WizIQ's e-Learning Platform dramatically reduces total cost of ownership. Besides, the built-in eCommerce capability enables them to monetize their services and rapidly expand their reach to newer markets.

The Aakash Live launch marks an important milestone in our ongoing efforts to provide expert faculty to students anywhere in the

country. The live online sessions completely mirror the energy you find in an Aakash

classroom, and our students can choose to use any device—desktop, laptop, tab, or

mobile—for seamless learning experience. I love the fact that students are fully engaged during the classes.

—Aakash Chaudhry, DirectorAakash Educational Services —Aakash Faculty

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