MERN Learning Management System (LMS)

A full-stack Learning Management System built with the MERN stack. This application features user and admin roles, OTP-based registration, course and lecture management, progress tracking, and payment integration.

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📺👇👇👇 Click on Preview Image to see the demonstrative video👇👇👇

🎥 Click the thumbnail above to watch the preview video on YouTube.

• Screen Shots:

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🔐

user and password: ansarahemad1220@gmail.com user1@1234
mohammedafzal1213@gmail.com admin@1234 please use it only to see the functionality

🚀 Features

• ✅ OTP Email Verification on Registration
• ✅ Role-Based Login: User / Admin / SuperAdmin
• ✅ Admin: Create & Delete Courses, Add & Remove Lectures
• ✅ Razorpay Payment Integration
• ✅ Track User Progress per Lecture
• ✅ JWT Authentication
• ✅ Nodemailer for Password Reset
• ✅ Modern React Frontend with Vite
• ✅ Toast Notifications

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Layer	Tech
Frontend	React, Vite, React Router
Backend	Node.js, Express.js
Database	MongoDB, Mongoose
Auth	JWT, Bcrypt
Email	Nodemailer
Payment	Razorpay
Uploads	Multer

🧾 .env Configuration (Backend)

Create a .env file in the server directory:

RAZORPAY_KEY_ID=
RAZORPAY_KEY_SECRET=
DB=
PORT=
Activation_Secret=
Jwt_Sec=
Gmail=
Password=
Forgot_Secret=
frontendurl=http://localhost:5173

⚠️ Never commit this file. Use environment variables securely.

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📦 Installation

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/mern-lms.git
cd mern-lms

2. Install Backend Dependencies

cd server
npm install
npm run dev

3. Install Frontend Dependencies

cd client
npm install
npm run dev

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🔐 User Roles

Role	Permissions
User	Enroll, Watch Lectures, Track Progress
Admin	Manage Courses and Lectures
SuperAdmin	Reserved for future enhancements

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📄 Mongoose Models

User

• name, email, password
• role ("user"/"admin")
• mainrole
• subscription: [course refs]
• resetPasswordExpire

Course

• title, description, image, price, duration, category, createdBy

Lecture

• title, description, video (URL), course ref

Progress

• user ref, course ref, completedLectures [lecture refs]

Payment

• razorpay_order_id, payment_id, signature

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📌 Future Enhancements

• Admin Analytics Dashboard
• SuperAdmin Control Panel
• Certificates on Course Completion
• Discussion Forum

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🤝 Contribution

Pull requests and suggestions are welcome. Fork the repo and open a PR!

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📝 License

MIT License. © 2025 Md Afjal Ansari