Machine Learning Foundations - Learner Account Progress Behaviour

Status: Active standard Applies to: the public course shell with optional learner login

Purpose

The course lessons, notebooks, resources, and downloads remain usable without a learner account. A learner account is required only when the learner wants the site to remember continuation, completion, and badges across visits or devices.

Progress model

For signed-in learners, the course shell may save:

• completed lessons;
• completed checkpoints;
• last visited course location;
• module completion percentage;
• course completion percentage; and
• learner badges.

The course shell must not save:

• phone number;
• payment information;
• private notes;
• uploaded files;
• code content;
• model outputs;
• personal datasets; or
• third-party tracking identifiers.

Storage rule

Progress is saved to the learner account through the Aabha learner progress API. The browser may keep a small sync cache, but signed-out learners must not see continuation, completion, or badge state.

The course key is:

machine-learning-foundations

The saved value must be versioned JSON with module and lesson identifiers, not personal notes, notebook files, or datasets.

Signed-out behaviour

If the learner is signed out:

• all pages must still open;
• all downloads must still work;
• lessons must remain in normal order;
• notebooks must still run;
• progress areas must show a sign-in prompt; and
• the learner can manually continue from the module list.

Reset behaviour

The course shell should offer account-managed reset for signed-in learners:

• clear current course progress;
• clear completion and badges for that course;
• confirm before clearing progress; and
• explain that downloaded notebooks are not removed.

Export behaviour

For this release, progress export is optional. If added, export only a simple text or JSON progress summary. Do not include learner code, notes, datasets, or model outputs.

Privacy copy

Use simple copy near the progress control:

Lessons are open without signing in. Sign in only to save progress, continuation, completion, and badges.

Acceptance checks

Before publication:

• open lessons while signed out;
• confirm progress areas show sign-in prompts;
• sign in, complete a lesson, and refresh the page;
• confirm progress is remembered;
• reset progress and confirm it clears from the learner account;
• block local storage and confirm content still works;
• check keyboard access for progress controls; and
• confirm answer choices, notebook code, notes, and datasets are not sent as progress data.