Can the LMS handle video courses without buffering issues?

Yes. We use Mux or Bunny.net for video hosting and delivery. These services handle adaptive bitrate streaming, so the video quality adjusts to the student's internet speed automatically. Videos load instantly because they are delivered from edge CDN nodes close to the student. The player supports playback speed controls, picture in picture, and resume from last watched position. Your video content never touches your own servers.

How does content dripping work?

You configure rules for each lesson: unlock immediately, unlock on a specific date, or unlock when the student completes a prerequisite lesson or achieves a minimum quiz score. The system evaluates these rules when a student navigates to a locked lesson and shows either the content or a clear message explaining what they need to do to unlock it. Cohort based courses can drip content weekly to keep all students on the same pace.

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Courses, Quizzes, Certificates. 2 Weeks.

Learning platforms win when students finish courses, not just start them. We build the course structure, progress tracking, and completion mechanics that drive students from enrollment to certificate. Video lessons, quizzes, discussion threads, and progress bars create accountability. The instructor dashboard shows exactly where students drop off so you can fix the content, not guess.

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What Ships in Your LMS MVP

Course builder, video player, quizzes, certificates, and payment processing. Your first students can enroll and start learning on day 15.

Course builder with modules, lessons, and drag and drop content ordering

Video lesson hosting with progress tracking, playback speed, and resume from last position

Quizzes and assessments with multiple choice, true or false, and free text questions

Student progress dashboard with completion percentage, quiz scores, and time spent

Certificate generation on course completion with student name, date, and unique verification code

Student enrollment with self paced and cohort based course modes

Stripe payments for course purchases, subscription access, and bundle pricing

Content dripping that unlocks lessons on a schedule or based on prerequisite completion

Engagement emails for course reminders, quiz results, and completion celebrations

Downloadable resources attached to lessons: PDFs, worksheets, and code files

Instructor dashboard with enrollment analytics, revenue tracking, and student feedback

Course settings for pricing, access duration, enrollment limits, and discussion forums

LMS Architecture

Next.js serves the course catalog as server rendered pages for SEO and the student dashboard as a client side application. Video content streams from a third party provider (Mux or Bunny.net) with signed URLs that prevent unauthorized access. The progress tracking system records lesson completions, quiz attempts, and video watch positions in PostgreSQL with per student granularity. Content dripping uses a rule engine that evaluates prerequisites (previous lesson completed, minimum quiz score) before unlocking the next piece of content. Stripe handles one time course purchases and subscription access with webhook handlers for payment events. The certificate generator creates PDF certificates from a customizable template using the student name, course title, completion date, and a unique verification code that links back to a public verification page.

Tech Stack

Built for engagement and completion. Video delivery that never buffers, progress tracking that never loses a student's place.

Next.js

Frontend and API

TypeScript

End to end type safety

PostgreSQL

Primary database

Drizzle ORM

Type safe queries

Mux

Video hosting

Stripe

Course payments

Better Auth

Authentication

Resend

Student emails

Vercel

Frontend hosting

Railway

Database hosting

14 Day Build Timeline

Day 1 to 2

Foundation

Discovery call, database schema for courses, lessons, enrollments, and progress. Auth setup, CI/CD.

Day 3 to 5

Course Engine

Course builder, lesson management, video integration, content dripping rules, quiz system.

Day 6 to 8

Student Experience

Course catalog, enrollment flow, video player, progress tracking, quiz taking, resource downloads.

Day 9 to 11

Monetization and Engagement

Stripe payments, certificate generation, engagement emails, instructor dashboard, analytics.

Day 12 to 13

Polish

Mobile responsive player, performance optimization, SEO for course pages, accessibility.

Day 14

Launch

Production deployment, course content upload, monitoring, founder walkthrough.

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$7,499

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LearnPath: an adaptive learning platform that uses progress data to personalize the student experience. Course completion rates jumped 40% compared to static video libraries.

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