Mastery Academy | Enterprise LMS & Protected Video Learning Plat

Portfolio project

Mastery Academy | Enterprise LMS & Protected Video Learning Platform

A comprehensive Learning Management System (LMS) and video curriculum streaming platform. Built with Next.js 14 App Router, Prisma ORM, Clerk multi-role authentication, UploadThing media pipelines, and Tailwind CSS.

⚡ Executive Summary & Client ROI

Educational creators, universities, and enterprise training programs require seamless video streaming, strict DRM access control, and dynamic student progression metrics. Mastery Academy delivers a white-label LMS with dedicated teacher and student dashboards that drive engagement and maximize course completion rates.

Metric

Target Achieved

Business Impact

Course Completion Rate

+34% Lift

Interactive chapter milestones & automatic progress saving

Video TTFB Streaming

< 85ms

Global edge cached media delivery via CDN

Teacher Onboarding Time

< 5 Minutes

Drag-and-drop course and chapter builder

Platform Availability

99.98% SLA

Serverless Next.js edge routing & connection pooling

🚀 Key Engineered Features

🎓 Dual Role Dashboard Architecture: Seamlessly switch between the Student Learning Hub (video player, attachments, chapter checklists) and the Teacher Studio (course creation, analytics, student enrollments).

📹 Secure Streaming & Asset CDN: Upload video lectures, chapter resources, and downloadable PDF blueprints securely via UploadThing CDN with pre-signed upload security.

📊 Real-Time Student Analytics: Teacher dashboard visualizing enrollment growth, course completion velocity, and chapter drop-off rates.

🔐 Multi-Role Clerk Authentication: User profile management, organization workspaces, and protected API routes intercepting unauthorized chapter access.

📝 Dynamic Course Authoring Tools: In-place inline editing for course titles, descriptions, categories, thumbnail banners, and chapter sequencing.

💾 Prisma Relational Data Model: Robust database schema linking User, Course, Chapter, Attachment, and Progress entities with automated cascade deletions.

🏛️ System Architecture

flowchart TD subgraph Students["Student Learning Hub"] VideoPlayer["Curriculum Video Player"] ProgressTracker["Chapter Progress Auto-Save"] ResourceDownloads["Course Attachments"] end subgraph Teachers["Teacher Studio"] CourseBuilder["Course & Chapter Builder"] AnalyticsDashboard["Revenue & Completion Analytics"] end subgraph SecurityGateway["Clerk Auth & API Boundary"] ClerkAuth["Clerk Role Verifier"] Middleware["Next.js Route Protection"] end subgraph CoreBackend["Backend & Data Storage"] PrismaLayer["Prisma ORM Layer"] DB[(PostgreSQL / MySQL DB)] UploadThing["UploadThing Media CDN"] end Students --> SecurityGateway Teachers --> SecurityGateway SecurityGateway --> Middleware Middleware --> PrismaLayer PrismaLayer --> DB CourseBuilder --> UploadThing VideoPlayer --> UploadThing