How the Ascent works

Twenty-four camps up one mountain. At every camp you repeat the same short loop, and your professor bends the route around your goal, your time and what you already know.

The loop at every camp

Learn
Watch and read the camp's resources, then do its exercises.
Practise
Practice quizzes: as many as you like, never posted, with explanations.
Test
8 questions, 12 minutes. 70% passes the camp.
Climb
The camp is passed and your climber moves up the mountain.
Check in
Tell your professor what you did and what confused you.
Re-plan
Your professor sends a plan for what's next. One tap applies it.

Then back to step 1 at the next camp. The summit is a real launch.

YouYou and your professor

Who does what

You

Study the camp and do the exercises
Press ▶︎ to put study time on the clock
Take the practice and the test
Log a check-in each week

Your professor

Reads your progress, hours and test results
Teaches what's shaky and asks you to explain it back
Builds your personal plan, starting at your first chat
Re-plans at the end of each phase

The site

Holds the course, the same for everyone
Lays your plan on top of it
Marks the tests and moves your climber
Keeps your progress in your account

Your climbing partner

Climbs the same mountain at their own pace
Shows up as a climber in their own colour
Tap them to see their climb

The tests

Practice is unlimited, never posted, and shows the right answer and why. Use it before the test.
The test is 8 random questions, 90 seconds each. The clock starts when the first question appears. You can go back and change answers until you submit.
70% (6 of 8) passes the camp. Every test posts its score with the attempt number beside it, and a pass closes that camp's test.
Not passed? A retake opens 24 hours later. After two attempts without a pass, the third waits 72 hours and a session with your professor.
Closing the test doesn't stop its clock: it keeps running on the server.

Your plan, on the map

Everyone shares one course. Your professor's changes sit on top of it, just for you, and show on your mountain. My course lists them under Changed for me.

+Expanded: more depth or a stretch project

−Lightened: fewer resources, more support

Resources added or swapped

A side camp your professor added (no test)

Getting set up

Sign inOn the Ascent page, tap Sign in and open the email link on the same device.
Fill in your profileYour name, start date, end goal and a photo for your climber, on My profile.
Set up your professorAbout five minutes: a Claude Project with the brief. Step-by-step guide.
Connect it (recommended)Lets your professor send plans straight to your Ascent page. On My profile, under Professor connector.
Have your first chatPress Talk to my professor. It asks about your goal and time, then sends your first personal plan.
Start climbingPress ▶︎ to start the clock and open Orientation, the first camp.