The Vendor is required to provide to identify a digital platform that will serve as a centralized location for delivering, curating, and providing access to statewide educational resources and professional development opportunities.
- This digital platform provides a robust and flexible library of instructional materials and pedagogical resources. It supports both live and on-demand formats to accommodate the schedule needs of adult learners.
- The platform must be able to host new and existing content, offering tools to support the curation and organization of resources from a variety of sources.
- The platform supports statewide distribution of resources as well as the ability to provide limited access to specific groups identified by user domain or other methods.
- A critical function of the platform is the ability to track user engagement and completion of professional development activities in real time.
- This tracking informs the allocation of professional growth points, which are tied to educator licensing requirements via integration with the state licensing platform.
- The platform must be able to track user engagement and completion of activities both statewide and for local entities, providing the necessary report.
- The platform must feature the ability to generate comprehensive data.
- This includes current user counts, roles, and locations, as well as accompanying data trends, insights into page views of statewide and local resources, participation and completion of coursework, and domain-specific engagement with content.
- Provide evidence of successful, large-scale professional learning platform implementation used by up to 500,000 users.
- Onboard as many as 1,000 new users per day - The platform must handle a rapid onboarding rate during key times of the year. This ensures the platform can meet growing educational demand and achieve widespread adoption across Indiana.
- Audit user data weekly by domain - User accounts are audited on a weekly basis to ensure accounts are limited to Indiana users and permissible roles determined by agency (i.e. educators, parents/caregivers, administrators).
- Feature a customized dashboard for each individual user based on interest areas - Personalized dashboards must display the most relevant content for each educator's specific role and interests.
- Host individual resources – Platform content must be able to include agency -created links, existing websites, and workshop recordings as individual resources for user access. The platform must be able to show resource completion by users.
- Host collections of resources – The platform must have the capability to organize individual resources into collections, providing organized access to users. The platform must be able to show collection completion by users.
- The platform should support usage of at least two prior stable versions of the browser software or all stable versions with the prior year.
- The platform should not rely on Flash, Java, or other browser plug-ins.
- The platform should demonstrate an intentional approach to interoperability, including data exchange (with standard protocols and/or frameworks) with other systems, e.g. compliance with Open Badge, Common Cartridge, and Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standards.
- Language Support – The platform incorporates language translation features to ensure access for all users.
- The platform must have online communities to facilitate peer learning and collaborative problem-solving.
- The platform must use streaming technology that enables effective real-time professional development delivery, including the capability for attendees to interact with the presenter, the capability for the platform facilitator to chat privately in written format with the presenter, and the capability for the platform facilitator to chat privately in written format with an agency representative.
- Contract Period/Term: 5 years
- Pre-Proposal Conference Date: January 7, 2026
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: January 9, 2026
