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Maestro

The AI-native academic learning platform — Studio, Journey, Pulse and Compass

Read this first

This is the shared reference for Maestro — written so a developer who has never worked in education can build against it. It's organised as topics you can read in order or jump between. The Concept explains how Maestro works and why; The Build is the developer contract — scope, the course-package hand-off, integration, roles, signals, and the timeline. The sidebar is the map.

How to read it

Layered on purpose. Plain-terms lines carry the whole idea; tables are for scanning; the dark “For engineers” call-outs hold the field-level contract. If a term is unfamiliar (it's an education term, not a coding one), it's in the Glossary. Every point raised in the development brief is mapped to a topic below.

The Concept

01
Vision & Positioning
What Maestro is, why it isn't an LMS, transparent adaptivity, and mastery → grade.
02
The Ecosystem at a Glance
Studio, Journey, Pulse and Compass; roles, Dean release, and what's later-stage.
03
Studio · Course Design
The six reviews, sources and grounding, Studio roles, sign and Dean release, the Admin Center.
04
Studio · Lead Designer
Planning, the Lesson Page Standard, the production chain, publishing, tempting errors.
05
Mastery & the Lesson's Check
The Evidence Check, the structured diagnosis, and the learner model.
06
Adaptivity & Routing
The concrete adaptive mechanisms that decide the next step.
07
Academic Integrity
Integrity by design, gaming resistance, the Behavioural Signal Layer.
08
Atlas, the AI Companion
The bounded reflective partner in the live layer.

The Build

09
Scope of Collaboration
In / out of scope, LTI now, and system-of-record from day one.
10
The Published Course Package
The hand-off contract — ten contents, delivery, open items.
11
The Adaptive Learning System
What to build: rendering, delivery, Evidence Checks, grading.
12
Integration — Moodle & LTI
LTI 1.3, NRPS, AGS, enrolment, and the export boundary.
13
Standard LMS & Roles
The LMS foundations, must-haves, and the delivery-side roles.
14
Learning Signals
The full signal inventory and the same-shape principle.
15
Lessons, Checks & Milestones
The defense stack, template-first architecture, tier library, design laws.
16
Architecture & the Trust Layer
Model layer vs. trust layer, ownership, and no runtime dials.
17
Timeline & Roadmap
Phase 1 month by month, anchor dates, and dependencies.

Reference

Ref
Open Questions
The four decisions still open from the brief.
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Glossary
Every education and Maestro term in one place.
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Status: Design vs Runtime
What the design defines vs. what release one implements.
Status

Current as of October 2026. Every chapter reflects the product on its main line today: Course Design and Lead Designer in Studio, the Journey runtime, milestones with a spoken defense, roles and the Dean’s release, and LTI 1.3. Where something is still being built or has been retired, the chapter says so — see Status.