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Any subject, taught five ways. This card is a sample lesson.

Sample lesson · not in the catalog

Why do we have seasons?

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Standard is the lesson in its own words.

Earth’s axis stays tilted about 23.5°. It keeps pointing the same way all year. It does not flip toward the Sun and back. In June the northern hemisphere leans toward the Sun, so it gets more direct light and longer days: summer there, and winter in the southern hemisphere. In December, Earth is on the other side of its orbit, so the north leans away and the seasons swap. The closest pass is January, during northern winter.

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The problem

The course is split across separate bills.

An e-book, a cloud lab seat, and a practice bank do not share a gradebook. A missed check stays on the same page.

  • E-bookOne login, one invoice
  • Cloud lab seatA virtual machine, rented per student
  • Practice bankScores that never reach the lesson

The product

Teach it once, in the browser.

Five courses: IT Support, Basic Networking, Operating Systems, Security, and Advanced Networking. Read a lesson more than one way, then practice it on the student device.

  1. 01 Read it five ways

    Standard, Plain English, Analogy, Visual, or Try-It. The student switches on the lesson.

  2. 02 Practice in the browser

    Real Linux. Windows and Cisco panels are labeled simulations. Networking labs include a map.

  3. 03 See the gap first

    Practice Exams show the weak objective before anyone buys a voucher.

Platform specs

Schools can import their own courses (SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, cmi5, and xAPI). An imported course opens in the browser and records progress in the gradebook.

The proof

Spend less around the course.

The saving is the software you stop renting beside the course.

  • No cloud lab bill

    Labs run on the student device. You do not rent a virtual machine per seat.

  • Less re-teaching

    The next explanation is already in the lesson, before office hours.

  • Exam Readiness

    A study gate before a paid sitting. It is not a promise about an outside exam.

Billed monthly, $49 is $588/year — more than a typical $460 tool stack. The annual price is $429, about 7% lower than that stack.

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Pricing and pilot

30 seats free. Then a seat price.

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Pilot

$0 for 30 days

30 seats for 30 days. Then lessons and labs lock until a code extends them.

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Academy

$49 / seat / month

$429 / seat / year

Monthly billing is $588 a year. The annual seat is the one under a typical $460 tool stack. Lessons, labs, practice exams, and gradebook sync are included. No card form on this page.

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100 or more seats, single sign-on, and a gradebook export.

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A campus LMS, a hosted catalog, or a course shop can look cheaper when the course, the lab, and the practice exam are still separate bills. See how it compares.

A personal account stays open. A school pilot locks after 30 days. Have a pilot code? Redeem it.