chore: ai, public course and other ui improvements
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# Public Courses PRD
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## Purpose
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Enable course creators to publish "Public Courses" - a new course type where lesson content is fully accessible without signup, while interactive features (quizzes, exercises, progress tracking) require authentication. This creates a low-friction entry point for learners and a lead generation channel for organizations.
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## Problem Statement
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Currently, all courses require signup before accessing any content. This creates friction:
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- Learners abandon at signup gate before seeing course value
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- Organizations can't use courses as top-of-funnel content marketing
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- No way to offer "try before you buy" experiences
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- SEO discoverability is limited (landing pages only, not deep content)
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Enable course creators to publish **Public Courses** — a new course type where content is fully accessible without signup. Public courses treat every visitor as a guest: there is no "sign in to unlock" flow, no progress tracking, no submissions sent to the server. The goal is a low-friction, SEO-indexable surface that creators can use as top-of-funnel content marketing.
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## Product Goals
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1. Create a third course type: **Public Course** (alongside Live Class, Self Paced)
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2. Allow anonymous browsing of full lesson content
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3. Gate interactive features behind authentication (soft nudge, not hard wall)
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4. Drive conversions through value demonstration, not forced signup
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5. Maintain clear UX distinction between guest and authenticated modes
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1. Add a third course type: **Public** (alongside Live Class and Self Paced; Compliance stays unchanged).
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2. Allow anonymous browsing of a public course's full tree (sections, lessons, exercises) with clean readable URLs.
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3. Keep the implementation deliberately small: no auth gating on public courses, no server-side submissions, no analytics, no donations, no live viewer counts.
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4. Give creators a single customizable **Callout** to drive viewers somewhere (main site, sign-up, paid course, etc.).
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5. Design the lesson surface as a focused, distraction-free reading/watching experience.
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## Non-Goals (v1)
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- Partial lesson locking (first X lessons free)
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- Per-lesson public/private toggles
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- Anonymous quiz attempts with delayed signup
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Everything below is explicitly out of scope for this PRD:
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- Guest vs authenticated distinction on public courses (everyone is treated the same)
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- Progress tracking (server, database, or localStorage)
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- Server-side exercise submissions and scoring
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- Guest-to-account conversion / progress merge
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- Analytics, guest events, conversion funnels
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- Live viewer counts / "people learning now"
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- Donations / Stripe payment links on public courses
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- Public-courses directory or landing-page tab
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- Feature flag / phased rollout gating
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- Downloadable asset gating
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- Discussion / community for public courses
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- Per-lesson public/private toggle beyond the existing lock state
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- Public course certificates
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- Revenue sharing for public courses
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## User Roles & Permissions
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## User Roles
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### Anonymous/Guest User
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- View all lesson content (video, text, embeds)
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- Navigate between lessons
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- See course outline/structure
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- **Cannot:** Take quizzes, submit exercises, track progress, bookmark
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Public courses have **one** viewer role: everyone. Authentication state does not change what a viewer can do on a public course — a logged-in user visiting a public course is treated identically to an anonymous visitor.
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### Authenticated User
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- All guest capabilities PLUS:
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- Take quizzes and exercises
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- Track progress (lessons completed, quiz scores)
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- Bookmark/save courses
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- Participate in discussions (if enabled)
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### Course Creator/Admin
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- Choose course type at creation: Live Class | Self Paced | **Public Course**
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- Convert existing courses to Public (with warning about implications)
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- View analytics: guest views vs authenticated engagement
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### Course Creator / Admin
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- Selects course type at creation: **Live Class | Self Paced | Public** (Compliance remains a separate flow).
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- Can convert an existing course between types (behavior of conversion is not changed by this PRD).
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- When the course type is `PUBLIC`:
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- The question-type picker is filtered to **only auto-gradable** question types.
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- Per-item slugs (lesson / exercise) are editable; otherwise they are auto-generated from the title.
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- A **Callout** settings panel is available (title, description, button label, button URL).
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## Functional Requirements
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### 1. Course Type Selection
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#### At Course Creation
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`COURSE_TYPE` enum today is `['SELF_PACED', 'LIVE_CLASS', 'COMPLIANCE']` with default `'LIVE_CLASS'`. This PRD changes it to:
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```
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Create New Course
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[○] Live Class - Scheduled sessions with instructor
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[○] Self Paced - Learner progresses at own pace
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[●] Public Course - Open access, signup required for quizzes
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[Continue] → Course Setup Wizard
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enum COURSE_TYPE = ['SELF_PACED', 'LIVE_CLASS', 'COMPLIANCE', 'PUBLIC']
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default = 'SELF_PACED'
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```
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#### Course Type Indicator
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- Public courses show "Public" badge on cards (landing page, dashboard)
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- Icon: `Globe` or `Unlock` to signify openness
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- Color: Distinct from Live (red) and Self Paced (blue) - suggest green or teal
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Changing the default from `LIVE_CLASS` to `SELF_PACED` is intentional.
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### 2. Anonymous Content Access
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A public course must still have `isPublished = true` to be reachable at its public URL. An unpublished public course behaves like any other unpublished course (not accessible).
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#### Lesson View (Guest Mode)
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### 2. Only Auto-Gradable Question Types in Public Courses
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Public courses are graded **entirely on the client**. The question-type registry already exposes an `autoGradable: boolean` flag on every question type.
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- When the course type is `PUBLIC`, the question-type picker only shows question types with `autoGradable === true`.
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- The API rejects attempts to attach a non-auto-gradable question to an exercise belonging to a public course.
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- If a course is converted **into** `PUBLIC` and it already contains non-auto-gradable questions, the conversion is blocked with a clear error listing the offending questions. (No silent data loss.)
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### 3. Lock State (reuse existing)
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Public courses reuse the existing `lesson.isUnlocked` flag (and the existing `exercise.isUnlocked` flag) as the gate for "free vs gated" content.
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- `isUnlocked = true` → content renders normally.
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- `isUnlocked = false` → the content area is replaced by the course's **Callout** (see §5). The sidebar row for a locked item still renders, with a lock icon next to the number.
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Since every visitor is treated as a guest, there is no "sign in to unlock" path. A locked item is a call-to-action surface for the creator's callout.
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### 4. Public URLs and Slugs
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#### Routes
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```
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ Course: Introduction to Python [Sign In] │
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│ │
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│ ┌──────────────┐ ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ Lesson 3/12 │ │ Video Player / Lesson Content │ │
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│ │ │ │ │ │
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│ │ ◉ Lesson 1 │ │ [Full content accessible] │ │
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│ │ ◉ Lesson 2 │ │ │ │
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│ │ ◍ Lesson 3 │ │ │ │
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│ │ ○ Lesson 4 │ │ │ │
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│ │ ... │ │ │ │
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│ └──────────────┘ └─────────────────────────────────┘ │
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│ │
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│ ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ 💡 Sign in to: │ │
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│ │ • Track your progress │ │
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│ │ • Take practice quizzes │ │
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│ │ • Earn a certificate │ │
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│ │ │ │
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│ │ [Create Free Account] │ │
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│ └───────────────────────────────┘ │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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(org-site)/course/[courseSlug] # course overview: tree of sections/lessons/exercises
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(org-site)/course/[courseSlug]/lesson/[itemSlug] # a single lesson or exercise page
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```
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#### Access Rules
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| Feature | Guest | Authenticated |
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|---------|-------|---------------|
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| View lesson content | ✅ | ✅ |
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| Navigate lessons | ✅ | ✅ |
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| See course outline | ✅ | ✅ |
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| View quiz content | ✅ (read-only) | ✅ |
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| Submit quiz answers | ❌ | ✅ |
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| Submit exercises | ❌ | ✅ |
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| Progress tracking | ❌ (localStorage only) | ✅ |
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| Bookmark/continue | ❌ | ✅ |
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| Discussion forum | Read-only | Read + Write |
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The URL segment is always `/lesson/` whether the item is a lesson or an exercise. The `itemSlug` resolves to one or the other.
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### 3. Conversion Nudges (Soft Gates)
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#### Slug storage
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- Add `slug VARCHAR` to `lesson` and `exercise` tables.
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- Slugs are **unique per course** across both `lesson` and `exercise` (they share the same URL segment).
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- On lesson / exercise create, slug is auto-generated from the title (kebab-case, collision-resolved by appending `-2`, `-3`, ...).
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- On title rename, slug is **not** automatically updated (URLs are stable).
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- When the course type is `PUBLIC`, creators can edit the slug from the lesson / exercise settings UI.
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- When the course type is not `PUBLIC`, slugs are still generated and stored (so converting a course to `PUBLIC` later works) but are not surfaced in the UI.
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#### Contextual Prompts
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1. **On Quiz View** (guest):
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```
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┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ 📋 Practice Quiz: Variables & Types │
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│ │
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│ [Question content visible] │
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│ │
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│ ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ │ 🚀 Ready to test your knowledge? │ │
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│ │ │ │
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│ │ Sign in to take this quiz and │ │
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│ │ track your progress. │ │
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│ │ │ │
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│ │ [Sign In to Continue] │ │
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│ └────────────────────────────────────┘ │
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└────────────────────────────────────────┘
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```
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#### Slug format
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- 1–80 chars, `[a-z0-9]` with single `-` separators, no leading/trailing `-`.
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- Validated on both client and server with a shared Zod schema.
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2. **After Lesson Completion** (guest):
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```
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Nice work completing this lesson! 🎉
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[Sign in] to save your progress and pick up
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where you left off next time.
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[Continue as Guest] [Create Account]
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```
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### 5. Data Loading Strategy
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3. **Progress Persistence Banner** (guest, after 2+ lessons):
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```
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⚠️ You're making great progress! Sign in to save
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your place before you leave.
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[Dismiss] [Save My Progress]
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```
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- `GET (org-site) /course/[courseSlug]` loads the **full tree** server-side: course metadata, sections, lessons, exercises, slugs, titles, order, and `isUnlocked`. No lesson bodies, no exercise question bodies.
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- `GET (org-site) /course/[courseSlug]/lesson/[itemSlug]` loads the **content** of the single item server-side (video URL, lesson body, or exercise questions with answer keys). This render is SSR for SEO.
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- The tree is not re-fetched when the client navigates between lesson URLs — it is passed down through the shared `+layout.server.ts`.
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#### Nudge Strategy
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- **Never block content** with modal on page load
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- **Inline prompts** within context (quiz area, lesson end)
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- **Dismissible** - guests can continue browsing
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- **Frequency cap** - max 1 prompt per session per nudge type
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### 6. Lesson Page Layout
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### 4. Anonymous Progress (localStorage)
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Reference designs in `prd/public-courses/design/`:
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- `lesson-page-reference.png` — overall layout
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- `lesson-page-full.png` — full composition (hero video + title + body)
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- `sidebar-active-state.png` — active lesson state in the sidebar
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Two-column, non-collapsible layout. No hamburger toggle, no accordion on the sidebar, no hide/show. Sidebar is always visible on desktop.
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#### Left sidebar (navigation)
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- Grouped by the course's **sections** (existing `courseSection` / lesson-section concept).
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- Each section renders:
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- A small, muted section heading (e.g. "AI Foundations"). Plain text — not a button, not collapsible.
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- A vertical list of that section's lessons and exercises, in their existing `order`.
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- Each row contains:
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- A **square number badge** on the left with the per-section index (1, 2, 3, …). Numbering resets at the start of each section and is shared across lessons + exercises (they interleave by `order`).
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- The item title to the right of the badge.
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- If the item's `isUnlocked === false`, a lock icon replaces the number badge or sits next to it (final placement: TBD with design).
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- The active item (matching the current `itemSlug`) renders with:
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- **Primary color** (the app's `--primary` token, *not* the hard-coded orange in the screenshots) filling the number badge background, white number text.
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- **Primary color** title text.
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- A subtle primary-colored vertical accent bar on the far left edge (outside the sidebar content area, aligned with the row).
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- Hover state (non-active rows):
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- Number badge gets a slightly darker muted fill.
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- Title text gets a subtle color shift (muted-foreground → foreground).
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- Cursor is pointer.
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- No icons on normal rows, no progress rings, no status dots. Keep it text-first.
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#### Right content column
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Vertical order, top to bottom:
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1. **Video** (if the item has one) — full-width within the content column, rounded corners, single centered play affordance. Omitted entirely if no video (no empty placeholder).
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2. **Section label** — small, muted text above the title (the name of the section this item belongs to).
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3. **Item title** — large, prominent heading.
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4. **Body** — prose / rich text for lessons, or the rendered question UI for exercises. Readable line length, generous line-height.
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5. **Callout** (see §7) — rendered as an inline card at the bottom of the body, only if the course has a callout configured.
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If the item is **locked** (`isUnlocked = false`), the body and video are replaced by the callout card rendered in a larger, centered variant; steps 1–4 above are skipped.
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No top banner, no hero image above the video, no breadcrumb. Minimal page chrome.
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#### Responsive
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**Desktop (≥ `lg`)**
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- Two columns: sidebar fixed width on the left, content column fluid on the right.
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- Sidebar is always visible (not collapsible).
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- No bottom navigation bar.
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**Mobile / tablet (< `lg`)**
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- The left sidebar is **hidden**.
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- A **fixed bottom navigation bar** is pinned to the viewport. It has three regions:
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- **Left**: previous-item button (arrow-left icon). Navigates to the previous item in the flattened, section-ordered sequence. Disabled visually at the first item.
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- **Center**: large tap target. Shows the current item's position (e.g. the per-section number badge + the item title, or "3 / 12"). Tapping opens a bottom sheet.
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- **Right**: next-item button (arrow-right icon). Disabled visually at the last item.
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- The bottom sheet (built on `@cio/ui/base/drawer` — vaul-based) slides up from the bottom and contains the **full sidebar tree**: every section with its heading and every numbered row. The sheet supports the native drag-to-dismiss gesture ("swiper from bottom up"). The current item is visually active in the sheet. Tapping a row navigates and auto-closes the sheet.
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- The content column takes the full viewport width minus the bottom bar's height. The page adds bottom padding equal to the bar's height so the callout / body never sits under the bar.
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- The bottom bar uses `--primary` for the center button's accent (matching the sidebar active state) and solid surface background with a top hairline border.
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**Shared**
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- "Prev / next sequence" is the flat `ORDER BY sections.order, items.order` across all items (lessons + exercises interleaved). Locked items are part of the sequence — tapping prev/next into a locked item still navigates; the locked state is then rendered in the content column as described in §6.
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- Keyboard shortcuts on desktop: `←` / `→` also move through this sequence (nice-to-have, not required for v1 acceptance).
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#### Colors
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All accent colors in the sidebar must resolve to the app's **primary** color token (`--primary`), not the hard-coded orange visible in the reference screenshots. The screenshots are from Cursor Learn and are included purely as a layout reference.
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### 7. Creator Callout (per-course setting)
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Each public course has an optional **Callout** configured by the creator:
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#### What We Track (Guest)
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```typescript
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// localStorage key: `guest_progress_{courseId}`
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{
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courseId: "course_xxx",
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lastVisitedLessonId: "lesson_123",
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completedLessons: ["lesson_001", "lesson_002"],
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totalTimeSpent: 1847, // seconds
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firstVisit: "2026-02-19T10:00:00Z",
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lastVisit: "2026-02-19T14:30:00Z"
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}
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type CourseCallout = {
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title: string; // short, 1 line
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description: string; // 1–3 lines
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buttonLabel: string; // e.g. "Read more on my site"
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buttonUrl: string; // absolute URL, validated
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} | null;
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```
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#### Conversion to Authenticated
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- On signup/login, prompt: "Continue course from where you left off?"
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- Merge localStorage progress into authenticated account
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- Clear localStorage after successful merge
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- Stored as a nullable JSONB column on `course` (e.g. `callout`).
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- Configured from the course settings page (only visible when course type is `PUBLIC`).
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- Rendered on the public lesson page:
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- As an inline card at the bottom of the lesson/exercise body (on every item).
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- As the full replacement when an item is locked (larger centered variant).
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- Opens `buttonUrl` in a new tab (`target="_blank" rel="noopener"`).
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### 5. Landing Page Integration
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When `callout` is `null`, no callout is rendered anywhere (lesson still reads cleanly without it; locked items show a plain "This lesson is locked" state).
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#### New "Public Courses" Section
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```
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Our Courses
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### 8. Client-Side Grading
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[Live Classes] [Self Paced] [Public Courses]
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For exercises on a public course:
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- The server ships full question data including answer keys to the client.
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- Grading happens entirely in the browser — correctness, explanations, and "you got X / Y correct" all computed locally.
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- No submission is sent to the server.
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- No attempt history is recorded.
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- Refreshing the page resets the exercise state.
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Explore free courses - no signup required to start learning!
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This is an intentional trade-off: public courses are marketing surfaces, so answer keys are not considered sensitive.
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┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐
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│ [thumbnail] │ │ [thumbnail] │ │ [thumbnail] │
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│ │ │ │ │ │
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│ Python │ │ Web Design │ │ Excel │
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│ Basics │ │ Fundamentals│ │ for Work │
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│ │ │ │ │ │
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│ 🌐 Public │ │ 🌐 Public │ │ 🌐 Public │
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│ ⭐ 4.8 (234)│ │ ⭐ 4.6 (189)│ │ ⭐ 4.9 (512)│
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│ │ │ │ │ │
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│ [Start │ │ [Start │ │ [Start │
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│ Learning] │ │ Learning] │ │ Learning] │
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└─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘
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```
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### 9. SEO
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#### Course Card Badges
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- **Live Class**: "📅 Live" badge (red)
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- **Self Paced**: "📚 Self Paced" badge (blue)
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- **Public Course**: "🌐 Public" badge (green/teal)
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- Public course lesson URLs render server-side (SvelteKit SSR).
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- Each lesson page sets:
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- `<title>` = item title + course title
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- `<meta name="description">` = course description or first ~150 chars of the item body
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- `<link rel="canonical">` = the public URL
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- `og:type=article`, `og:title`, `og:description`, `og:image` (course banner)
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- Locked items still render meta tags but the body is replaced by the callout; the `<description>` falls back to the course description.
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- No `robots` meta restrictions beyond what the org already sets globally.
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### 6. URL Structure
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## Data Model Changes
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### `course` table
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- `type` enum: add `'PUBLIC'`, change default to `'SELF_PACED'`.
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- New column `callout JSONB NULL` (shape described in §7).
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### `lesson` table
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- New column `slug VARCHAR NULL`.
|
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- Backfill existing rows with kebab-cased titles (collision-resolved per course).
|
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- After backfill, `slug` becomes `NOT NULL` in a follow-up migration.
|
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- Existing `public BOOLEAN` column is deprecated — not referenced in new code. Column is **not** dropped in this PRD (to keep the migration small).
|
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|
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### `exercise` table
|
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- New column `slug VARCHAR NULL`, same treatment as `lesson.slug`.
|
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|
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### Slug uniqueness
|
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- Enforced at the application layer: a slug is unique per-course across the union of `lesson.slug` and `exercise.slug`.
|
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- A DB-level constraint is not added in v1 (would require a materialized view or a trigger across two tables); application code must check before insert/update.
|
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|
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## API Changes
|
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|
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### New / modified endpoints (high level)
|
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|
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```
|
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# Public course lesson (accessible to all)
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/course/{courseSlug}/lesson/{lessonSlug}
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GET (public) /org-site/course/:courseSlug
|
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→ Returns course metadata + tree (sections, lessons, exercises with slugs, titles, order, isUnlocked).
|
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→ No auth required when course.type === 'PUBLIC' && course.isPublished === true.
|
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|
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# Same URL works for both guest and authenticated
|
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# Server renders content based on auth state
|
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# No separate /public/ prefix needed
|
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GET (public) /org-site/course/:courseSlug/item/:itemSlug
|
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→ Returns either a lesson content payload or an exercise payload (with answer keys).
|
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→ Response is a single shape with a discriminator field (e.g. `kind: 'lesson' | 'exercise'`).
|
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→ No auth required under the same conditions as above.
|
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|
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PATCH (authed) /courses/:courseId/lessons/:lessonId
|
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→ Accepts `slug` field (validated against slug regex and per-course uniqueness).
|
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PATCH (authed) /courses/:courseId/exercises/:exerciseId
|
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→ Accepts `slug` field (same validation).
|
||||
|
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POST (authed) /courses/:courseId/exercises/:exerciseId/questions
|
||||
PATCH (authed) /courses/:courseId/exercises/:exerciseId/questions/:questionId
|
||||
→ Reject non-auto-gradable question types when the parent course is PUBLIC.
|
||||
|
||||
PATCH (authed) /courses/:courseId
|
||||
→ Accepts `callout` object (nullable).
|
||||
→ Accepts `type` (validates transition, including the "no non-auto-gradable questions exist" check when converting to PUBLIC).
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### 7. SEO & Sharing
|
||||
Per the repo's single-response-shape rule: the item endpoint returns one response shape with a `kind` discriminator; client narrows on `kind`.
|
||||
|
||||
#### Meta Tags for Public Courses
|
||||
```html
|
||||
<meta name="description" content="Free course: Learn Python basics. No signup required.">
|
||||
<meta property="og:type" content="article">
|
||||
<meta property="og:availability" content="public">
|
||||
```
|
||||
## UI Components Needed
|
||||
|
||||
#### Social Sharing Card
|
||||
```
|
||||
┌────────────────────────┐
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ [Course Thumbnail] │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
├────────────────────────┤
|
||||
│ Python Basics │
|
||||
│ Free course - start │
|
||||
│ learning instantly! │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ 🌐 classroomio.com │
|
||||
└────────────────────────┘
|
||||
```
|
||||
- `PublicCourseShell` (layout wrapper: sidebar + content)
|
||||
- `PublicCourseSidebar` (the numbered, sectioned nav — reusable for any item count)
|
||||
- `PublicCourseSidebarRow` (number badge + title + lock state)
|
||||
- `PublicLessonView` (video + section label + title + body + callout)
|
||||
- `PublicExerciseView` (exercise questions rendered for client-side grading)
|
||||
- `PublicCourseCallout` (inline + locked variants)
|
||||
- `CourseCalloutSettings` (creator settings panel, only visible when course is PUBLIC)
|
||||
- `LessonSlugField` / `ExerciseSlugField` (editable slug inputs in item settings, only visible when course is PUBLIC)
|
||||
|
||||
## Technical Requirements
|
||||
Existing components (`QuestionRenderer`, `QuestionList`, etc.) are reused for exercise rendering, configured with the client-grading mode.
|
||||
|
||||
### Data Model Changes
|
||||
## Storybook-First Build
|
||||
|
||||
#### Course Table
|
||||
```typescript
|
||||
// Add to existing course schema
|
||||
type CourseType = 'LIVE_CLASS' | 'SELF_PACED' | 'PUBLIC';
|
||||
The public course UI is built as a set of Storybook components and consumed by the `(org-site)` routes. Stories are the primary development + review surface — reviewers test desktop and mobile layouts in Storybook before the routes are wired up.
|
||||
|
||||
interface Course {
|
||||
id: string;
|
||||
name: string;
|
||||
slug: string;
|
||||
// ... existing fields
|
||||
|
||||
// NEW
|
||||
type: CourseType; // default: 'SELF_PACED'
|
||||
isPublic: boolean; // computed: type === 'PUBLIC'
|
||||
|
||||
// Analytics (NEW)
|
||||
guestViews: number; // counter
|
||||
authenticatedViews: number; // counter
|
||||
conversionCount: number; // guests who signed up and enrolled
|
||||
}
|
||||
```
|
||||
Required stories (at minimum):
|
||||
- `PublicCourseShell` — desktop and mobile viewports, with and without callout.
|
||||
- `PublicCourseSidebar` — default state, with a locked item, with many sections.
|
||||
- `PublicCourseSidebarRow` — default, hover, active, locked variants as individual stories.
|
||||
- `PublicCourseBottomNav` — first item (prev disabled), middle item, last item (next disabled).
|
||||
- `PublicCourseMobileSheet` — closed and open states (open state is the default story for review).
|
||||
- `PublicLessonView` — with video, without video, long body, short body.
|
||||
- `PublicExerciseView` — unanswered, mid-answer, after-grade (client-side).
|
||||
- `PublicCourseCallout` — inline and full (locked) variants, and "no callout configured" fallback.
|
||||
- `PublicCoursePage` — composed story showing the full page; run with Storybook's viewport addon to verify desktop and mobile side-by-side.
|
||||
|
||||
#### Enrollment Handling
|
||||
- **Guest**: No enrollment record, localStorage tracking only
|
||||
- **Authenticated**: Auto-enrolled on first authenticated interaction (quiz attempt, etc.)
|
||||
- No explicit "Enroll" button for public courses - just start learning
|
||||
All stories must resolve colors through the app's theme tokens (`--primary`, etc.), not hard-coded values.
|
||||
|
||||
### API Changes
|
||||
## Open Items (non-blocking)
|
||||
|
||||
#### New/Modified Endpoints
|
||||
```typescript
|
||||
// GET /courses/:slug/lessons/:lessonId
|
||||
// Response changes based on auth:
|
||||
// - Guest: lesson content + "requiresAuth" flags for interactive elements
|
||||
// - Auth: lesson content + user's progress + full interactivity
|
||||
|
||||
// POST /courses/:slug/enroll (auto-triggered for public courses)
|
||||
// Called implicitly when authenticated user first interacts
|
||||
|
||||
// GET /courses/public
|
||||
// List public courses for landing page
|
||||
// No auth required
|
||||
|
||||
// POST /analytics/guest-event
|
||||
// Fire-and-forget guest activity tracking (privacy-safe)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### Permission Matrix
|
||||
|
||||
| Action | Guest | Authenticated | Admin |
|
||||
|--------|-------|---------------|-------|
|
||||
| View lesson content | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
|
||||
| View quiz questions | ✅ (no answers) | ✅ | ✅ |
|
||||
| Submit quiz | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
|
||||
| Submit exercise | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
|
||||
| See "correct answers" | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
|
||||
| Post in discussion | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
|
||||
| View progress stats | ❌ (local only) | ✅ | ✅ |
|
||||
| Download resources | Configurable* | ✅ | ✅ |
|
||||
\* Depends on `allowGuestDownloads` setting |
|
||||
|
||||
## Analytics & Success Metrics
|
||||
|
||||
### Key Metrics
|
||||
1. **Guest to Auth Conversion Rate**: % of guests who sign up
|
||||
2. **Guest Engagement**: Avg lessons viewed per guest session
|
||||
3. **Time to Signup**: How many lessons before conversion
|
||||
4. **Public Course Traffic**: % of total site traffic from public courses
|
||||
5. **SEO Impact**: Organic search traffic to course pages
|
||||
|
||||
### Tracking Events
|
||||
```typescript
|
||||
// Guest events (anonymous, privacy-safe)
|
||||
- public_course_viewed
|
||||
- public_lesson_completed
|
||||
- conversion_prompt_shown
|
||||
- conversion_prompt_clicked
|
||||
- guest_signup_initiated (from course context)
|
||||
|
||||
// Post-conversion
|
||||
- guest_progress_merged
|
||||
- public_course_enrolled (after signup)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
## UX Considerations
|
||||
|
||||
### Clear Communication
|
||||
- Banner on first visit: "You're browsing in guest mode. [Sign in] for full features."
|
||||
- Persistent subtle indicator: "👤 Guest Mode" in header
|
||||
- Tooltips on locked features explain why signup is needed
|
||||
|
||||
### Seamless Transition
|
||||
- After signup, return to exact lesson/position
|
||||
- Preserve scroll position
|
||||
- Auto-merge localStorage progress
|
||||
|
||||
### No Dead Ends
|
||||
- Every "locked" feature has clear path forward
|
||||
- Alternative actions for guests (e.g., "Preview quiz questions" instead of "Take quiz")
|
||||
|
||||
## Future Enhancements (Post-v1)
|
||||
|
||||
1. **Course Previews**: Any course can have first lesson public
|
||||
2. **Anonymous Quiz Attempts**: Try once, see score, signup to save
|
||||
3. **Public Course Analytics Dashboard**: Creator insights on guest engagement
|
||||
4. **Email Capture**: "Get notified when new public courses launch"
|
||||
5. **Paywall Option**: Public → Paid conversion for premium tier
|
||||
- Precise placement of the lock icon in a sidebar row (inside the number badge, replacing it, or beside it) — design review later.
|
||||
- Center button content in the mobile bottom bar — "3 / 12" vs "Section • item title" vs both — finalized during Storybook review.
|
||||
|
||||
## Success Criteria
|
||||
|
||||
1. Guest users can view full course content without any signup friction
|
||||
2. Conversion prompts appear contextually without being intrusive
|
||||
3. Public courses appear on landing page with clear distinction
|
||||
4. Post-signup experience seamlessly continues from guest session
|
||||
5. No significant bounce rate increase on public course pages
|
||||
6. Measurable conversion rate from guest to authenticated user
|
||||
|
||||
## Open Questions (Resolved)
|
||||
|
||||
1. ✅ **Downloadables** - Configurable per course (creator decides: public or gated)
|
||||
2. ✅ **Live viewer count** - Yes, show "X people learning now" for social proof
|
||||
3. ✅ **Donations** - Configurable Stripe link for "support this course"
|
||||
4. ✅ **Revert to private** - Yes, creators can convert public → self-paced (with warning)
|
||||
|
||||
## Additional Course Settings for Public Courses
|
||||
|
||||
### Creator Configuration Options
|
||||
|
||||
When creating/editing a public course, creators can configure:
|
||||
|
||||
```typescript
|
||||
interface PublicCourseSettings {
|
||||
// Access control
|
||||
allowGuestDownloads: boolean; // default: true
|
||||
|
||||
// Social proof
|
||||
showLiveViewerCount: boolean; // default: true
|
||||
|
||||
// Monetization
|
||||
acceptDonations: boolean; // default: false
|
||||
donationLink?: string; // Stripe payment link
|
||||
suggestedAmount?: number; // e.g., 5, 10, 25 USD
|
||||
|
||||
// Conversion
|
||||
showConversionNudges: boolean; // default: true
|
||||
nudgeFrequency: 'low' | 'medium' | 'high'; // default: 'medium'
|
||||
}
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
#### UI: Public Course Settings Panel
|
||||
```
|
||||
Public Course Settings
|
||||
─────────────────────────────
|
||||
|
||||
☑ Allow guests to download resources
|
||||
[?] When checked, PDFs and files are downloadable without signup
|
||||
|
||||
☑ Show live viewer count
|
||||
[?] Displays "X people learning now" on course page
|
||||
|
||||
☐ Accept donations via Stripe
|
||||
Stripe Payment Link: [____________________]
|
||||
Suggested Amount: $[10] USD
|
||||
[?] Add a "Support this course" button
|
||||
|
||||
Conversion Nudges
|
||||
(•) Low - After 3+ lessons and quiz views
|
||||
( ) Medium - After 2+ lessons and at quizzes
|
||||
( ) High - After every lesson and on all interactive elements
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### Live Viewer Count Display
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
|
||||
│ Python Basics 🌐 Public │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ 👥 24 people learning now │
|
||||
│ ⭐ 4.8 (234 reviews) │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ [💝 Support $10] [Start Learning →] │
|
||||
└────────────────────────────────────────┘
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Implementation:**
|
||||
- WebSocket or polling for real-time count
|
||||
- Count unique sessions in last 15 minutes
|
||||
- Fallback to "Popular" badge if count < 5
|
||||
|
||||
### Download Access Control
|
||||
|
||||
| Resource Type | Guest (allowed) | Guest (blocked) |
|
||||
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
||||
| Video lessons | ✅ Always | ✅ Always |
|
||||
| Text content | ✅ Always | ✅ Always |
|
||||
| PDF resources | ✅ Download | 🔒 Sign in to download |
|
||||
| Code files | ✅ Download | 🔒 Sign in to download |
|
||||
| Worksheets | ✅ Download | 🔒 Sign in to download |
|
||||
|
||||
### Reverting Public → Private
|
||||
|
||||
Creators can change course type, but with safeguards:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
⚠️ Change Course Type
|
||||
|
||||
You are about to convert "Python Basics" from Public to Self Paced.
|
||||
|
||||
This will:
|
||||
• Require login to access all content
|
||||
• Preserve existing enrolled students' access
|
||||
• Remove course from Public Courses listing
|
||||
• Break any shared public links (will redirect to login)
|
||||
|
||||
[X] I understand this affects [1,247] guest learners
|
||||
|
||||
[Cancel] [Convert to Self Paced]
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Grace Period:**
|
||||
- Existing guest sessions get 7-day grace period
|
||||
- Show banner: "This course is now private. Sign up to continue."
|
||||
- After 7 days, all guest access revoked
|
||||
|
||||
## Updated Data Model
|
||||
|
||||
### Course Table Additions
|
||||
```typescript
|
||||
interface Course {
|
||||
// ... existing fields
|
||||
type: 'LIVE_CLASS' | 'SELF_PACED' | 'PUBLIC';
|
||||
|
||||
// Public course settings (nullable for non-public)
|
||||
publicSettings?: {
|
||||
allowGuestDownloads: boolean;
|
||||
showLiveViewerCount: boolean;
|
||||
acceptDonations: boolean;
|
||||
donationLink?: string;
|
||||
suggestedAmount?: number;
|
||||
showConversionNudges: boolean;
|
||||
nudgeFrequency: 'low' | 'medium' | 'high';
|
||||
};
|
||||
|
||||
// Analytics
|
||||
currentViewers: number; // real-time-ish count
|
||||
totalGuestViews: number; // lifetime
|
||||
donationTotal?: number; // if accepting donations
|
||||
}
|
||||
```
|
||||
1. A creator can set a course's type to `PUBLIC` and the course becomes reachable at `(org-site)/course/[slug]` with no sign-in required.
|
||||
2. The question-type picker hides non-auto-gradable types when the course type is `PUBLIC`.
|
||||
3. Lesson and exercise slugs are auto-generated and editable (for public courses).
|
||||
4. Locked items on a public course render the creator's callout in place of content; unlocked items render normally.
|
||||
5. Exercises on public courses are graded entirely in the browser with no server submission.
|
||||
6. The lesson page layout matches the reference designs: non-collapsible sidebar, per-section numbering, content column order (video → section label → title → body → callout).
|
||||
7. All accent colors resolve to `--primary`, not a hard-coded orange.
|
||||
|
||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user