LearnSphere — LMS Platform
A learning management platform with a course builder, video lessons, quizzes, certificates and subscriptions — for an education business going digital.
- Timeline
- 8 weeks
- Role
- Full-stack development
- Team
- 2 engineers
- Year
- 2025
course
Builder
video
Streaming
auto
Certificates
Client goals
- ◎Let instructors build courses
- ◎Stream video reliably
- ◎Sell access via subscriptions
Project overview
LearnSphere lets instructors build courses with video, quizzes and certificates, and sell access via subscriptions — a full LMS for an education business.
The client problem
Our solution
A purpose-built LMS with a course builder, Mux video streaming, quizzes, auto-certificates and Stripe subscriptions, with per-student progress tracking.
What we built
Features
Course builder
Modules, lessons and resources.
Video lessons
Adaptive streaming via Mux.
Quizzes
Assessments and grading.
Certificates
Auto-issued on completion.
Subscriptions
Plans and course purchases.
Progress
Per-student tracking.
Under the hood
Technical code
model Organization { id String @id @default(cuid()) name String members Membership[] createdAt DateTime @default(now())} model Membership { id String @id @default(cuid()) role Role @default(MEMBER) userId String orgId String @@unique([userId, orgId])} enum Role { OWNER ADMIN MEMBER }import Stripe from "stripe";const stripe = new Stripe(process.env.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY!); export async function POST(req: Request) { const { priceId, orgId } = await req.json(); const session = await stripe.checkout.sessions.create({ mode: "subscription", line_items: [{ price: priceId, quantity: 1 }], metadata: { orgId, priceId }, success_url: process.env.BASE_URL + "/billing?ok=1", cancel_url: process.env.BASE_URL + "/pricing", }); return Response.json({ url: session.url });}Integrations
APIs & services
Mux
Video encoding and streaming.
Stripe
Subscriptions and purchases.
Resend
Enrolment and certificate emails.
Process
Development workflow
- 1
Discovery
Goals, users and success metrics defined on a free call.
- 2
Planning
Fixed scope, milestone plan and timeline in writing.
- 3
UI/UX design
Wireframes and a clean, modern design system.
- 4
Backend setup
Database schema, auth and core services.
- 5
API development
Typed, documented endpoints and integrations.
- 6
Frontend
Responsive, accessible UI wired to the API.
- 7
Testing
QA across devices plus performance & security checks.
- 8
Deployment
CI/CD, monitoring and a smooth production launch.
- 9
Support
Ongoing maintenance, updates and new features.
Speed & SEO
Performance & SEO
Performance
- ✓Server-side & static rendering for instant first paint
- ✓Image optimisation and lazy loading
- ✓Code-splitting and route-level prefetching
- ✓Edge/CDN caching with smart revalidation
- ✓Green Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, INP)
- ✓Database indexing and query tuning
SEO
- ✓Per-page metadata, canonical URLs and Open Graph
- ✓Structured data (JSON-LD) for rich results
- ✓Programmatic sitemap & robots
- ✓Semantic, accessible HTML
- ✓Clean, descriptive slug URLs
Built secure
Security
Outcome
Results & impact
course
Builder
video
Streaming
auto
Certificates
LearnSphere unified courses, streaming video, quizzes, certificates and billing into one platform — turning a scattered offering into a scalable product.
Build your LMS
Course builders, video and certificates — with payments built in.