The role of educational portals in creating an interactive learning environment is unquestionable. To provide exceptional learning experience, we consider the following factors while developing educational portals:

Analyzing the basic infrastructure required for the portal, based on the following    factors:

Remote students
Accessibility of the course content to the learners
Administrative policies and procedures governing the use of    infrastructure and learning modes

Planning the portal
Designing the portal, considering the following factors:

Structuring the components, such as the Web pages
Ensuring consistency of the Web pages
Standardizing the layout of the Web pages
Analyzing the hardware and software implications of the proposed    design

Planning and implementing deployment strategies and procedures