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K-12 District LMS
Districtwide LMS with OneRoster sync, standards alignment, and parent portals.
Education / LMS Development
LMS Development
Schools, universities and training teams outgrow off-the-shelf LMS platforms when pathways, assessments or reporting don't fit how they teach. Agnotic Technologies builds a custom LMS around your courses and learners, with SCORM, xAPI and LTI support, for your team to own.
LTI 1.3
Tool launches into and out of the LMS
SCORM / xAPI
Content standards native
WCAG 2.2
Accessibility target for every screen
Trusted by global innovators
Industry Overview
What is LMS development?
LMS development is building a learning management system around your own courses, learners and reporting: course delivery, assessments, gradebooks, credentials and roster sync, with standards such as SCORM, xAPI and LTI so content and tools still plug in. Agnotic Technologies builds custom LMS platforms for schools, universities and corporate training teams.
Industry Challenges
Why do teams outgrow off-the-shelf LMS platforms?
Common problems we hear from schools and training teams scoping a custom LMS.
Feature Ceiling: Off-the-shelf LMS platforms plateau when you need competency-based pathways, custom assessment logic, or bespoke reporting.
Content Lock-In: Proprietary authoring and packaging formats trap years of instructional design work inside one vendor.
Performance at Scale: Legacy LMS platforms buckle under concurrent assessment load during exam windows and peak enrollment.
Accessibility Debt: Meeting WCAG 2.1 AA on a retrofit is painful; engineering for it from day one is straightforward.
Our Approach
How do we build a custom LMS?
Engineering choices that keep your content portable and your learners' data protected.
Standards-First Core
SCORM 1.2/2004, xAPI (Tin Can), LTI 1.3, and QTI 3.0 as first-class citizens, not afterthoughts.
Pedagogy-Modeled Data
Your academic model (courses, cohorts, competencies, credentials) expressed in the schema, not shoehorned into a legacy object model.
Composable UI Surfaces
Learner, instructor, and admin experiences built as independent, themeable surfaces that evolve at different speeds.
Capabilities
What goes into a custom LMS?
Capabilities we build into learning platforms.
Course Authoring Studio
Drag-and-drop authoring with branching, versioning, and standards alignment.
SCORM & xAPI Runtime
Reliable playback for SCORM 1.2/2004 packages and xAPI statement recording into an LRS.
Assessment Engine
Item banks, IRT-aware scoring, proctoring hooks, and adaptive testing out of the box.
Competency & Credentialing
Competency frameworks, mastery tracking, and Open Badges / CLR credential issuance.
Cohort & Enrollment
Roster sync, bulk enrollment, waitlists, and cohort-based pacing.
Gradebook & Reporting
Flexible gradebook with weighting, outcomes alignment, and institutional reporting exports.
Mobile & Offline
iOS/Android apps with offline content playback and sync-on-connect.
Enterprise SSO & Roster
SAML, OIDC, Clever, ClassLink, and OneRoster roster sync.
How It Works
How is an LMS structured?
How content, delivery, assessment, identity and reporting fit together.
Content & Authoring
Versioned content store with SCORM/xAPI packaging, import, and authoring tools.
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Delivery Runtime
Content playback, xAPI statement capture, and session tracking.
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Assessment & Grading
Item banking, attempt management, proctoring hooks, and gradebook writes.
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Identity & Roster
SSO, OneRoster/Clever sync, and course roster management.
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Analytics & Reporting
LRS, xAPI analytics, institutional reporting, and Caliper exports.
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Engineering Stack
Technology stack
A pragmatic stack chosen for reliability, speed, and ease of operation.
Standards
SCORM 1.2/2004xAPI (Tin Can)LTI 1.3QTI 3.0CaliperOneRoster
Backend
Node.jsPythonPostgreSQLGraphQLRedis
Frontend
Next.jsReactTailwindReact Native
LRS & Analytics
Learning LockerWatershedSnowflake
Identity
SAMLOIDCCleverClassLinkAuth0
Infra
KubernetesCloudflareAWSTerraform
Measured Impact
What should an LMS measure?
Measures we build reporting around, agreed with you before launch.
Completion
Learners who finish assigned courses
Results
Assessment outcomes by course and cohort
Uptime
Availability during exam windows
Accessibility
Open WCAG issues by severity
Clever Frankie: App for Maths
A gamified mathematics learning app for children, making math fun and engaging through interactive challenges.
Case Study
Use Cases
Who do we build LMS platforms for?
Schools, universities and corporate training teams.
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Higher Education LMS
Course delivery, competency tracking, and research-friendly extensibility.
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Corporate L&D
Role-based learning paths with compliance tracking and skills taxonomy.
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Extended Enterprise
Partner, reseller, and customer training with multi-tenant branding.
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Professional Certification
Exam delivery, credentialing, and continuing education tracking.
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Government & Defense
Air-gap-ready LMS with FedRAMP-aligned controls for sensitive training.
Integrations
Which systems does the LMS connect to?
We connect to the systems your teams already know.
HRIS
Workday LearningSAP SuccessFactors
CRM
Salesforce
Virtual Classroom
Zoom
Collaboration
Microsoft Teams
SSO/Roster
CleverClassLink
Analytics
Snowflake
Compliance-First Development Services Backed by Global Standards
We build secure, scalable products designed for privacy, interoperability, and regulatory readiness from day one across every sector we serve.
General Data Protection Regulation
Implement lawful consent flows, data minimization, and secure processing for global data privacy.
Service Organization Control 2
Verified controls for security, availability, and confidentiality of enterprise data systems.
Information Security Management
Adhering to the international gold standard for managing information security risks.
Our Edge
Why Global Leaders Choose Us
We combine deep technical expertise with industry-specific knowledge to deliver solutions that aren't just functional, but transformational.
Enterprise-Grade Security
We implement rigorous security protocols and compliance standards (HIPAA, GDPR, SOC2) across all industrial solutions to protect sensitive data.
High-Performance Scaling
Our architectures are built to handle massive data loads and user bases, keeping performance steady whether you're serving ten or ten million.
Accelerated Time-to-Market
Using our suite of internal tools and proven frameworks, we cut setup work so your first release reaches users sooner.
Embedded AI Integration
Beyond simple wrappers, we build deep-learning integrations and predictive analytics directly into the core of your industry-specific workflows.
Engagement Model
How does an engagement work?
A scoping call, a fixed-scope first release, then scale and support.
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Scoping call
We map your learners, courses, content standards and the systems the LMS must connect to.
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Fixed-scope first release
One course type with enrollment, playback and a gradebook, working end to end.
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Assessments and reporting
Item banks, credentials and institutional reports added on the same core.
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Scale and support
More learner groups and integrations, with our team supporting the platform.
Facts and sources
Which rules and standards shape an LMS?
Short facts we design around, each linked to its primary source.
Under FERPA, a school must have signed and dated written consent from the parent or eligible student before disclosing personally identifiable information from education records, except in the cases listed in 34 CFR 99.31.
Source: 34 CFR 99.30 (eCFR)FERPA lets a school treat a contractor it has outsourced institutional services to, such as an LMS provider, as a school official only if the contractor is under the school's direct control for the use and maintenance of education records.
Source: 34 CFR 99.31(a)(1)(i)(B) (eCFR)The COPPA Rule requires an operator to obtain verifiable parental consent before any collection, use or disclosure of personal information from children.
Source: 16 CFR 312.5 (eCFR)1EdTech's Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) specification lets a learning management system integrate remote tools and content in a standard way, and LTI 1.3 adds a new security model for message and service authentication.
Source: 1EdTech, LTI Core Specification 1.3WCAG 2.2, a W3C Recommendation, covers a wide range of recommendations for making web content more accessible.
Source: W3C, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2
Voice of success
We don't just build products; we forge lasting partnerships. See how we've helped industry leaders transform their vision into technical reality.
“I can clearly see how Agnotic has a unique way of handling end-to-end development. They are always active on quick chat and provide support quickly.”
Aaron Phelan
Founder, Benchmark
“Agnotic combines deep technical expertise with strong domain knowledge. They understand the business context, anticipate challenges, and make collaboration smooth and effective.”
John Pasmore
Founder, Latimer
“Agnotic is the best technical team we evaluated. Their engineering excellence made our work dramatically easier and allowed us to stay focused on what matters most for maternal care outcomes. They took full ownership of the technical execution, and we are always happy to continue working together.”
Kim Smith
Founder, My Lauren
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Where should you start?
The wider education software work we do alongside LMS builds.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Off-the-shelf LMS platforms are excellent for standard academic delivery. You build custom when your pedagogy, compliance surface, or scale requirements push beyond their config layer, especially competency-based learning, extended-enterprise multi-tenancy, or non-standard assessment logic.
Yes. Both SCORM 1.2 and 2004 runtimes are first-class, plus full xAPI statement capture into a Learning Record Store for downstream analytics.
Yes. We design for peak load, such as exam windows and enrollment days, with autoscaling content delivery and load tests sized to your expected learner numbers before launch.
We design for those rules with role-scoped access to education records, parental consent workflows where children use the platform, regional data residency, and no retention of learner data by third-party AI models.
It depends on how many learner groups and course types the first release serves, the content standards it must play, the SIS, HR and identity systems it connects to, and your accessibility and privacy requirements. We set the plan after a scoping call.
Yes. The first release is scoped to one workflow, such as one course type with enrollment, SCORM playback and a gradebook, and later releases add assessments, credentials and reporting.
Yes. We connect it to your SIS or HR system for rosters, your identity provider for single sign-on, and other learning tools through LTI 1.3.
AI tools help our engineers draft code and tests, but a person reviews every change, and it passes the same automated tests and security checks as any other code. Which tools may see your code or data is agreed with you at the start.
Industries
A Unified Vision that Caters to Diverse Industry Demands
Planning a custom LMS?
Tell us which learners and courses you want to start with, and we will scope a first release with you.
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Partnerships
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