Umar Alkafaween

Software Engineer, University Lecturer
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Edraak is the largest Arabic MOOC provider in the world serving over 8 million users.
I contributed significantly to improving Edraak's performance and the user's learning experience. I was also the Technical Advisor for Edraak's Micro-credential for Fullstack Web Development.

Highlights

  • More than 8 million users
  • More than 100k monthly active learners
  • Reduce Edraak's LMS loading times by more than 800%
  • Increase Requests per Second (RPS) for the LMS by 1500%
  • Decrease database hits on Edraak's marketing website by 88%
  • Built a rubric grading system for Edraak's Open Response problems
  • Built a cohorting feature to allow dividing learners into cohorts
  • Make Edraak's LMS SCORM friendly
  • Build scripts for load testing
  • Conduct hiring interviews

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Content management system (CMS) page
Supported question types in CMS
Grading using Rubrics
Student view for grades
Test component in Edraak's LMS
Video component in Edraak's LMS