UniUni – University Management System
A unified student-facing portal and admin dashboard with Blackboard API integration — built end-to-end in Laravel for a higher-education institution.
At a glance
- Client: UniUni (higher education)
- Sector: Education / E-learning
- Region: UAE with European delivery team
- Engagement: Multi-phase build, ongoing support
- Stack: Laravel, Vue.js, MySQL, Blackboard API
- Live URLs: uniuni.ae, admin.uniuni.ae
The Challenge
UniUni's admin team was juggling four disconnected systems — Blackboard for course content, spreadsheets for enrolment, a separate email tool for student communication, and a dated marketing site that didn't reflect the institution. Students experienced the same fragmentation: one login for course materials, another for fees, and physical paper for any official document.
The team needed a single platform that students could use end-to-end, and that admin staff could manage without learning four separate systems — while preserving the Blackboard investment they already had.
What We Built
Student-facing portal
A unified web portal where students apply, enrol, view their course timetable, access Blackboard content (via single sign-on), pay fees, download official documents and message faculty — all behind one login.
Admin dashboard
A separate Laravel admin app for university staff: applicant review, enrolment management, fee tracking, document issuance, course allocation and reporting dashboards — with granular role permissions per department.
Blackboard API integration
Two-way integration with Blackboard: pulling course rosters and assignment grades into the portal, pushing student status updates back. Means staff never have to maintain two systems in parallel.
SSO & role-based access
Single sign-on across the public site, student portal and admin dashboard. Role-based permissions so registrar staff see what they need to and no more — with full audit trails for compliance.
The Outcome
4 → 1
Disconnected systems
consolidated
Single
Login for student
end-to-end journey
Blackboard
Preserved with full
API integration
Live
In production with
ongoing support
"AKTechForce rebuilt our university portal end-to-end. The team understood our Blackboard integration headaches better than our previous agency and delivered a system that actually works for our admin staff and students."
— Operations Director, UniUni
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