# 🎓 LMS Platform Project Walkthrough

The LMS Platform project has been successfully built! Below is a walkthrough of the features implemented according to our plan.

## 🚀 Key Features Implemented

### 1. Role-Based Access Control
- **Admin**: Full access to departments, categories, courses, circulars, expenses, and payment approvals.
- **Instructor**: Access to course materials, exam creation, and question management.
- **Student**: Access to purchased courses, materials, and exam attempts.
- **Guest (Public)**: Can view the homepage, latest courses, course details, and job circulars.

### 2. Course & Materials Management
- **Dynamic Content**: Admins can create courses and group them by departments and categories.
- **Rich Subjects**: Instructors can upload PDF notes and embed YouTube video links for different subjects.

### 3. Exam System
- **Two Exam Types**: Instructors can create **MCQ** (Multiple Choice) or **Written** exams.
- **Auto-Grading**: MCQ exams calculate marks automatically upon submission.
- **PDF Uploads**: Written exams allow students to download questions and upload their scanned answer sheets.

### 4. Purchasing Flow
- **Manual Payments**: Students can checkout using bKash, Nagad, or Rocket and submit their `Transaction ID`.
- **Admin Approvals**: Payments remain `Pending` until an Admin approves them from the *Approvals* dashboard.
- **Content Unlocking**: Once approved, course materials and exams unlock on the Student's Dashboard.

### 5. Circulars & Finance
- **Job Notices (Circulars)**: Admins can publish job circulars with PDF attachments and deadlines. These are publicly visible to all visitors.
- **Expense Tracking**: Admins can record daily expenses.
- **Profit/Loss Analytics**: The Admin Dashboard automatically calculates total income (approved payments) vs. total expenses.

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## 🛠️ How to Test It Locally

1. Open your terminal in VS Code and go to the project directory:
   ```bash
   cd "C:\Users\Muhammad Nayem\.gemini\antigravity-ide\scratch\lms-platform"
   ```
2. Start the local server:
   ```bash
   php artisan serve
   ```
3. Visit the site at `http://127.0.0.1:8000`

### 🔑 Test Accounts
- **Admin**: `admin@lms.com` (Password: `password`)
- **Instructor**: `instructor@lms.com` (Password: `password`)
- **Student**: `student@lms.com` (Password: `password`)

> [!TIP]
> Try exploring the "Circulars" page as a public user, then log in as an Admin to see the new Analytics Dashboard!