Overview

In support of our B2B partnership with NCSA, we built the Self-Study product. Self-Study is Revolution Prep's self-paced exam prep product. It's a 12-week guided program for the SAT and ACT that lives as a dedicated tab on the student dashboard. Students set a target score and an exam date, then work their way through a weekly lesson tree, challenging themselves on practice questions and taking full-length practice exams along the way.

The product is built around momentum. A countdown to the next official exam sits at the top of the dashboard. Each week unlocks a new set of lessons that students can check off as they go. A best-score and improvement graph shows how their practice exams have trended. And when a student wants more help, a "Claim Free Strategy Session" CTA puts them in touch with an advisor, a natural upgrade path from self-paced to live tutoring.

The Challenge

• Self-paced products live or die on whether the student actually keeps going. The lesson tree, weekly cadence, and progress indicators had to be designed to make returning feel rewarding instead of like homework.
• The upgrade path to live tutoring needed to be present but not pushy. The strategy session CTA had to feel like a helpful next step.

Motivation

• Live tutoring is a high-touch, premium product. Many families want test prep but aren't ready for that price point. Self-Study gives them a real study aid instead of being told "we don't have anything for you."
• Self-Study also unlocks new bundling opportunities with partners who want to provide a study option for students upon initial login.

Goals

• A genuinely useful test prep product that doesn't require a tutor to be effective.
• A clear path from self-paced study into a strategy session, and from there into live tutoring when the family is ready.

Product Walkthrough

Setting Goals

Self-Study starts with the student setting a target score and an exam date. The exam date drives the countdown and the weekly cadence, and the target score gives the student something concrete to measure their practice against.

The Course Page

The course page is where students spend most of their time. A countdown to the next official exam sits at the top, and below it the weekly lesson tree unlocks a new set of lessons each week. As the student completes each lesson, their completion status and score (if applicable) are rendered. On the right side of the page a best-score and improvement graph shows how their practice exams have trended over time. The whole page is built to make returning each week feel rewarding.

Quiz Integration

Each lesson challenges the student with practice questions woven directly into the flow. We manage quiz content and handle scoring in our Typeform integration. Their progress is saved to our backend via a webhook from Typeform.