Shield your Coursera studies: Session-timed notifications around your focus blocks.
Coursera students are distracted from focused learning by overwhelming and irrelevant mobile app notifications.
Schedule study sessions; StudyShield syncs with your Coursera courses and sends protective notifications only before/during/after sessions – like 'Quiz in session tomorrow'. Users disable app notifs for a clean mobile PWA experience with session timers.
Coursera students using the mobile app for online courses
Session-centric notifications tied to Pomodoro/study calendars, preventing mid-focus interruptions.
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Calendar for study blocks per course.
Assign courses to sessions.
Pushes at session start/end + alerts.
Built-in Pomodoro during sessions.
Upcoming sessions & alerts overview.
Track completed time per course.
Weekly session templates.
Google Cal sync.
Group study alerts.
Streaks & badges.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| push_subscription | jsonb | Yes |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| course_id | uuid | No |
| start_time | timestamp | No |
| duration_min | int | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| session_id | uuid | No |
| completed | bool | No |
| actual_duration | int | Yes |
Relationships:
/api/sessionsCreate session
/api/sessionsUpcoming list
/api/coursesAdd course
/api/timer-startStart session timer
/api/logsSession history
/api/push-alertSession notifications
1 course
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| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 120 | 1.5% | $27 | $324 |
| Month 6 | 900 | 3.5% | $315 | $3,780 |
Notifications timed to your calendar – pure focus.
Target Coursera Discord servers for beta; $30 FB ad to study groups; personal outreach to 10 Reddit posters seeking study tips.
Pomodoro + tasks
No course integration
Coursera session linking
Tab sessions
Browser-only, no notifs/timer
Study-specific with pushes
Network of shared session templates + user session data for recommendations.
Hybrid learning rise demands structured session tools amid notification wars.
PWA notification quirks
Multi-browser support
Low session adoption
Onboarding nudges
Success: 50 interested
Success: 40% mo2
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