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Changelog

Everything that’s changed in LearningCues — what shipped, what got sharper, what stopped misbehaving. Each entry comes with the context behind it, not just a label.

·2 days agoLatest

Articles & onboarding polish

Public weekly publication launches, and onboarding gets a complete personality rewrite.

Added5

  • Articles section

    Added

    A weekly publication on memory, learning, and how to study better — accessible from the top nav at /blog. Six topical categories (Fundamentals, Study Methods, For Students, Research Notes, Writing & Recall, Spaced Repetition), each with its own dedicated page. Posts are grounded in peer-reviewed research and cite sources in APA 7. Published every Monday at 8 AM.

  • Help & Q&A moved into Articles

    Added

    The old Help Center is now /blog/help-qa — same content, searchable across all 34 questions, with the contact form folded in at the bottom. Old /cue-qa links redirect automatically. Cleaner surface, fewer top-level routes.

  • Onboarding intro scene

    Added

    New users now meet Cue properly before any flashcards appear. The intro walks through the learning philosophy with a slower, more readable typewriter pacing (60 fps, ~16ms/char) and gradient word highlights on key concepts. Less front-loaded, more inviting.

  • 14-day free trial via Stripe

    Added

    New users who hit the upgrade flow from onboarding now start with a 14-day trial — no immediate charge. The Stripe back arrow returns them to the trial step (not the cold upgrade page) if they cancel, so they can rejoin the flow without restarting.

  • Course picker in onboarding

    Added

    Replaced the long course dropdown with a search bar, category pills, and chip-style multi-select. Faster to scan, easier on mobile, and you can pick multiple courses without scrolling a 200-row list.

Improved2

  • Cue's voice

    Improved

    Rewrote the dialogue throughout onboarding to be warmer, more direct, and less performatively sarcastic. "CueBot" became simply "Cue" across the app — the mascot is the same, but the name no longer feels like a robot is talking at you.

  • Better error states

    Improved

    Onboarding now shows a real error page if something fails mid-flow, instead of leaving you stuck on a loading spinner with no way out. Recovery options (retry, restart, contact us) are all on the screen.

Fixed1

  • Various small reliability improvements

    Fixed

    Several small input-handling and reliability improvements across the app.

·1 week ago

Teacher tools & classroom analytics

Per-student visibility, targeted restudy assignments, and a faster classroom dashboard.

Added4

  • Student Drawer

    Added

    From any classroom view, tap a student to open a slide-over drawer with four tabs: Overview (retention, study volume), Forgetting Curve (their personal memory decay), Weak Cards (what they're consistently missing), and Focus (their AI-generated study plan). Designed for a 30-second check-in, not a full report.

  • Targeted restudy push

    Added

    Teachers can push a restudy session to a specific student straight from the drawer. The student gets a notification, the session lands on their classroom page, and they can start it in one tap. Useful for catching someone before a quiz without re-assigning the whole class.

  • Restudy banner on Home

    Added

    Students see pending restudy assignments at the top of their dashboard with a one-tap start button. No hunting through notifications or classroom pages.

  • Pending restudy on /classroom

    Added

    The classrooms page now consolidates every pending restudy assignment across every classroom you're enrolled in, so nothing falls through the cracks if a teacher pushes work between class periods.

Improved2

  • Faster teacher dashboards

    Improved

    Streamlined how per-student analytics are loaded — the same data, but visibly faster. Most teacher pages now feel instant even with large classes.

  • Drawer contrast & positioning

    Improved

    Drawer header text contrast was too low against the gradient backdrop — boosted it. Fixed a bug where the drawer would scroll with the page instead of staying pinned.

Fixed2

  • Notifications for newly-signed-in users

    Fixed

    Notification fetch was occasionally failing silently for users who'd just signed in. Now reliably picks up the auth state and starts loading immediately.

  • Mnemonic hints

    Fixed

    Fixed an edge case where hint generation could fail for certain cards. Hints now work consistently across every card source.

·2 weeks ago

Multi-block study sets

Custom study sets are now compositions of four block types — not just flashcard piles.

Added4

  • Study Set blocks

    Added

    A single custom study set can now mix four block types in any order: flashcards, a reading passage, an ICAP quiz, and a written-quiz with rubric grading. Build a single set that walks you through 'read this → answer questions → review flashcards → write a summary' — exactly the structure of a strong study session.

  • Block builder

    Added

    New AddBlock menu, inline editing per block, and reorder controls. Reuses the same UI on create and edit, so building a set and tweaking it later feel identical.

  • Written-Quiz block

    Added

    A new block type: rubric-graded short-answer. Students type a response, get scored against the rubric, and see the breakdown immediately. Zero AI tokens per submission — grading is rule-based.

  • Study Set Runner

    Added

    Walks through ordered blocks one at a time, reusing the existing step components from passages and sessions. Progress is saved between blocks so you can pause partway and come back.

Improved1

  • Legacy single-deck sets migrate on first edit

    Improved

    If you open an old single-deck study set to edit it, it automatically becomes a block-based set behind the scenes. No migration step, no data loss, no extra clicks.