Edutask

What Edutask is

Edutask is a learning management system sold as a PHP script by bdtask, a software company with offices in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. bdtask files it under education in its catalog with the tagline "Online Course Selling Marketplace". A buyer installs Edutask on their own domain and runs a course marketplace: instructors, called faculty, upload courses, and students and other learners buy them.

The product page describes Edutask as "mainly an open-source learning management script", a PHP script that a buyer can organize in a customized way, and says it can be used by educational institutions, organizations or individuals. It consists of three panels: an admin panel, a faculty panel and a student panel. bdtask itself is a broad software house: its homepage says it has 12+ years of experience and more than 45 ready-made software solutions, from ERP and hospital systems to restaurant software, and Edutask is one of two education products next to Quizguru, an online exam script.

How the marketplace works

The commission model is the core of Edutask. The admin creates course categories and sets a fixed commission for each category. A faculty member who agrees to those terms registers, and after registration can upload courses. The FAQ is explicit on the rules: only faculty can upload courses, and only the admin can fix the percentage of commission. The page says every faculty member gets a fixed amount of commission according to their course.

Faculty registration is built for vetting. A faculty profile collects basic information, credentials, social profiles, a payment method, educational qualifications and working experience, and the page says the system "strictly follows the validation procedure for all members". Students also register before they can learn, with basic, credential, social and payment information.

Courses are organized into several sections and lessons. The category system nests sub-categories under parent categories, and the commission is set per category. Learners buy a course and it is saved in their profile, where they can open it at any time and from anywhere. The page adds that the platform sometimes offers free courses and discount prices to encourage learning.

The learner side

For students the flow is simple. A learner registers as a student, browses the categories, adds courses to a wishlist or cart, buys, and then finds every purchased course in their profile. The page pitches this as learning at whatever time suits the learner, at low cost and without timing hassle, and stresses that not only enrolled students but anyone can learn on the platform. On a phone, the apps add document downloads, so course materials can be kept for later. The admin can also upload courses, which lets the operator seed the catalog before outside faculty join.

Administration and reporting

The admin side is where most of the listed modules sit.

• Dynamic dashboard: graphical reports with bar and pie charts, including a revenue report, a course overview report, monthly sales and a day-wise sales report.
• Software configuration: application setup, language settings, email and SMS configuration, payment gateway settings, terms and conditions, team member information and a homepage slider.
• Role permissions: the admin can add users, create roles and assign them, so others can share the workload.
• Sales reports: monthly revenue, monthly total earnings, monthly faculty earnings, a course overview and a list of purchased courses, again with charts.
• Account management: payment history for faculty and for the admin, to track money coming in and going out.
• News and events: event categories and a list of educational events and news posts for learners.

The page stresses that calculations and account histories are worked out automatically, which matters in a marketplace where every sale has to be split between the platform and the faculty member.

Mobile apps

bdtask offers two mobile apps that connect to an Edutask installation, listed on the page as add-ons. On Android, students can create an account, browse the course categories, use a wishlist and cart, study course lessons in the app, download documents and set up their profile, while the admin can upload courses and faculty commissions can be configured. The iOS app covers the same student functions: account creation, categories, wishlist and cart, lessons, document downloads and profiles, with course upload for the admin. Both are described as fully customized systems, and demo apps are available to check before buying.

Licensing, pricing and support

Unlike a hosted course platform, Edutask is bought once under a license. The page lists two:

• Regular License, $139: lifetime updates, 6 months of support, permitted on one domain for personal use only, email support with a one-business-day response, Skype, AnyDesk/TeamViewer and WhatsApp support, and free installation on cPanel.
• Extended License, $325: lifetime updates, 6 months of support, permitted on one domain for commercial use, email support with a one-business-day response, an hour each of Skype, AnyDesk/TeamViewer and WhatsApp support, and free installation on cPanel.

The FAQ adds that the system can run on only a single domain at a time. A buyer who wants to run a commercial marketplace therefore needs the Extended License, and a buyer planning several sites should note the one-domain limit. bdtask invites questions about the Extended License or a custom project by email, Skype, WhatsApp and Telegram, and it offers two demos, an admin and user demo and a website demo, so a buyer can see the panels and the public site first.

Because Edutask runs on the buyer's own hosting, the buyer is responsible for the server, the domain and any changes to the code after installation. bdtask's free cPanel installation covers the first step, and both licenses include 6 months of support.

Who it suits

Edutask suits an individual, training business or institution that wants to own a course marketplace outright, pay once instead of a monthly subscription, and run it on its own domain. It fits best where several instructors sell courses under one brand and the operator wants control over category commissions, faculty vetting and payouts, with Android and iOS apps available for students. A buyer comfortable with PHP hosting, or with a developer on hand, gets a working marketplace at a low one-off price.

It is a weaker fit for a creator who wants a hosted service with no server to look after. The feature list centers on selling and administering courses rather than on teaching tools inside the course, so an operator who needs quizzes or certificates should check the demo to see what is included.