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What the dashboard is for

The student dashboard is the main entry point for day-to-day use. Its job is to help you find the right class quickly, surface your recent activity, and route you into focused study rather than making you browse a generic content library. In the code, class access is already scoped to the user cohort. That means the dashboard should only show classes that are relevant to the group you belong to.

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How classes are organized

Each class belongs to:
  • a cohort
  • a semester
  • a code
  • an order value that controls display order
This means LearnTerms is not just listing random courses. It is presenting a semester-aware, cohort-specific course set.

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What students see on a class card

The class view is designed to answer a few practical questions quickly:
  • What class am I in?
  • Which module should I study next?
  • How much progress have I made?
  • What should I resume?
Depending on the current app state, students may also see recent module activity or quick routes back into in-progress work.

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Entering a class

Once a student selects a class, LearnTerms switches from the class list into the module list for that class. That transition matters because the rest of the study experience becomes class-scoped:
  • module queries are filtered by class ID
  • custom tests are built for a specific class
  • tags are class-scoped
  • question generation destinations are module-scoped

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How modules are used

A module is the unit of actual study. Each module has:
  • a title
  • a description
  • an order
  • a status
  • an optional emoji
  • a question count
Students should think of modules as the practical study unit, not just a folder. Module-level progress is what the app uses to make studying resumable and measurable.

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Why modules matter

Modules are where LearnTerms becomes useful. They let the app:
  • keep practice sets smaller and more focused
  • track progress in a way that matches course organization
  • support targeted custom tests
  • attach generated questions to the right study destination

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Good student workflow

For most students, the best default path is:
  1. Open the dashboard
  2. Enter the right class
  3. Pick one module
  4. Finish a clean first pass
  5. Revisit flagged or incomplete questions
That path fits the way the app is built. It uses the existing class and module structure instead of fighting it.