LearnPulse is a fully functional ed-tech platform that enables users to create, consume, and rate educational content.
The platform is built using the MERN stack, which includes ReactJS, NodeJS, MongoDB, and ExpressJS.
The front end of LearnPulse includes all the essential pages required for an ed-tech platform:
- Homepage 🏠: A brief introduction to the platform with links to the course list and user details and a random background.
- Course List 📚: A comprehensive list of all available courses, including descriptions, ratings, and filtering options.
- Course Details Page 👀: Detailed view of individual courses with descriptions, instructor information, reviews, and ratings.
- Cart Management 🛒: Add/remove courses from cart, view cart with course details, subtotal, and checkout functionality.
- Course Content 🎓: Presents detailed content for specific courses, including videos, sections, subsections, and related materials.
- Video Player 🎥: Video streaming functionality with play/pause, progress tracking, and quality settings.
- Quiz/Assessments ❓: Interactive quizzes with multiple-choice questions, instant feedback, and score tracking.
- Wishlist 💖: Save courses for later viewing with easy access and organization.
- Ratings & Reviews ⭐: View and submit course ratings and written reviews.
- Discussion Forum 💬: Engage with other students and instructors through course discussions and Q&A.
- Learning Progress 📊: Track course completion percentage, section progress, and learning timeline.
- Certificate Download 🎓: Download completion certificates upon course completion.
- Notification Center 🔔: View announcements, course updates, payment confirmations, and system notifications.
- User Profile 👤: View student profile with enrolled courses, learning history, and account statistics.
- Edit Profile ✏️: Update personal information, profile picture, and account settings.
- About Page 📖: Learn about the platform, its mission, and values.
- Contact Page 📞: Send inquiries and contact the support team.
- Authentication Pages 🔐: Sign up, login, email verification, password reset, and forgot password functionality.
- Payment Processing 💳: Secure checkout with Razorpay and Stripe integration.
- Dashboard 📊: Comprehensive overview of all courses, student enrollments, ratings, and feedback.
- Instructor Insights 📈: Advanced analytics showing course views, clicks, conversion rates, and revenue metrics.
- Course Management 🛠️: Create, update, delete, and publish courses.
- Course Builder 🏗️: Intuitive interface for structuring courses with sections and subsections.
- Section Management 📑: Organize course content into logical sections with descriptions.
- Sub-section Management 📄: Add video lectures, resources, and materials to subsections.
- Video Upload 🎬: Upload and manage course videos with Cloudinary integration.
- Course Pricing 💰: Set course prices, discounts, and promotional offers.
- Quiz Builder ❓: Create quizzes with questions, options, and correct answers.
- Course Approval Status ✅: Track course submission status and approval by admin.
- View & Edit Profile 👀: Manage instructor profile, bio, credentials, and avatar.
- Revenue Tracking 💹: Monitor course sales and earnings analytics.
- Student Interactions 💭: Respond to course discussions and student inquiries.
- Admin Dashboard 📊: Overall platform analytics, user statistics, and system health monitoring.
- Category Management 📂: Create, update, and delete course categories.
- Category CRUD 🔧: Full control over category organization and hierarchy.
- User Management 👥: View all students and instructors with detailed profiles and account status.
- User Approval ✅: Approve or reject new instructor registrations.
- Course Approval 📚: Review and approve courses before they go live to students.
- Coupon Management 🎟️: Create, manage, and track promotional coupons and discount codes.
- Analytics & Reports 📈: Advanced metrics on platform usage, revenue, student engagement, and course performance.
- Financial Tracking 💰: Monitor payments, refunds, and revenue distribution.
The back-end of LearnPulse is built with NodeJS and ExpressJS, providing robust APIs for the front end to interact with:
- User Authentication & Authorization 🔐: Complete authentication system with sign-up, login, email verification, OTP verification, password reset, and JWT-based session management.
- Role-Based Access Control 👮: Granular permissions for Students, Instructors, and Admins with middleware-based authorization.
- User Management 👥: CRUD operations for user profiles, profile pictures, account settings, and user preferences.
- Course Management 🛠️: Complete CRUD operations for courses with detailed information, descriptions, pricing, and status tracking.
- Section & Sub-Section Management 📑: Hierarchical organization of course content with sections and video subsections.
- Video Hosting & Streaming 🎥: Integration with Cloudinary for video uploads, storage, and streaming capabilities.
- Quiz System 🎯: Full quiz functionality with question management, multiple-choice options, scoring, and result tracking.
- Course Progress Tracking 📊: Track student progress through courses, sections, video completion, and quiz attempts.
- Rating & Review System ⭐: Allow students to rate and review courses with average ratings and review display.
- Discussion Forum 💬: Enable course discussions and Q&A between students and instructors.
- Wishlist Management 💖: Students can add/remove courses from wishlist and view saved courses.
- Cart Management 🛒: Shopping cart functionality with add, remove, and checkout operations.
- Payment Integration 💳: Multi-payment gateway support:
- Stripe Integration: International payment support with card processing and payment intent handling.
- Payment Management: Track payments, refunds, invoices, and transaction history.
- Coupon System 🎟️: Create and apply discount coupons with validation and tracking.
- Email Notifications 📧: Automated emails for:
- Account verification
- Password reset
- Course enrollment confirmation
- Payment receipts
- Course updates and announcements
- Cloud-based Media Management ☁️: Cloudinary integration for secure image and video uploads, transformation, and delivery.
- Analytics & Reporting 📈: Comprehensive analytics for:
- Course performance metrics
- Student engagement data
- Revenue analytics
- Platform-wide statistics
- Certificate Management 🎓: Automatic certificate generation and distribution upon course completion.
- Data Validation & Error Handling: Robust input validation and comprehensive error responses.
- Admin Controls 🔧: Administrative endpoints for managing categories, users, courses, and coupons.
