Admin Panel - Features

This page summarizes the main features and where to find them in the Admin Panel.

Course system (Courses → Modules → Chapters)

• Courses: Title, description, thumbnail, intro video, instructor, status (Draft / Published / Archived), optional marketing fields (price, duration, level, etc.).
• Modules: Belong to a course; have order; contain chapters.
• Chapters: Belong to a module; have title, video URL, duration, optional PDF URLs, order, status.

Access

• Admins: Full CRUD on all courses, modules, chapters, and categories.
• Instructors: Full CRUD on their own courses and related modules/chapters.

Routes (typical)

• Manage courses: /manage-courses/courses (list), /manage-courses/courses/add, /manage-courses/courses/[id], /manage-courses/courses/[id]/edit.
• Manage modules: /manage-courses/modules, /manage-courses/modules/add.
• Manage chapters: /manage-courses/chapters, /manage-courses/chapters/add.
• Categories: /manage-courses/categories (list/add/edit).
• Instructors: /manage-courses/instructors.
• Questions: /manage-courses/questions (if used for quizzes/assessments).

Students view and take courses under /courses, /dashboard, etc., with progress tracked via enrollments.

Categories

• Course categories are used to group courses (and exposed to the marketing site via the public API).
• Managed under Manage courses → Categories.

Blogs

• Blogs: Posts with title, content, status, optional category, etc.
• Blog categories: Used to group blogs.
• Public API: GET /api/public/blogs, GET /api/public/blogs/categories (published only).

Routes

• /manage-blogs/blogs (list), /manage-blogs/blogs/add.
• /manage-blogs/categories (list/add).

Enrollments & progress

• Users enroll in courses; progress is stored per chapter (e.g. completed, time spent).
• APIs under /api/enrollments, /api/progress (or similar); used by the student dashboard and course player.

Events

• Events (e.g. workshops) can be managed and displayed; routes under /events.

Notifications

• In-app notifications; list and mark-as-read under /notifications and via /api/notifications.

Media

• File uploads (e.g. images, PDFs) via Manage media and upload API; may use Vercel Blob or similar.

User management & roles

• Manage roles: List users and change role (admin only); typically /manage-roles.
• My account: Profile/settings at /my-account; users can update their own profile.

Invoices & orders

• Invoices: List at /invoices; create manual invoices; download PDFs. Admins see all; users see their own.
• Orders: List at /orders; order details and refunds at /orders/[id].
• See Payments & Razorpay for checkout and accounting.

Accounting

• Accounting view aggregates transactions from payments and manual invoices; typically under /accounting.

Chat

• Admins: Chat with users and instructors.
• Instructors: Chat with students enrolled in their courses.
• Users: View and reply to chats with admins/instructors.
• Real-time via Server-Sent Events (SSE). See Chat System.

CSV upload

• Bulk operations (e.g. users or courses) via CSV upload; route usually under /csv-upload and /api/csv/*.

Email manager

• Send or manage emails (e.g. templates, logs); under /email-manager.

Public API (for marketing site)

• GET /api/public/courses – published courses.
• GET /api/public/courses/[id] – single course (with modules/chapters if needed).
• GET /api/public/categories – course categories.
• GET /api/public/blogs – published blogs.
• GET /api/public/blogs/categories – blog categories.

See Marketing API for response shape and usage from the marketing homepage.