1 Getting Started

Your Learning Journey

2 Creating an Account

Step-by-Step Registration

1. 1 Click "Get Started Free" or "Sign In" button in the top-right corner
2. 2 Select the "Create Account" tab
3. 3 Enter your Full Name, Email Address, and Password
4. 4 Click "Create Account" button
5. 5 Complete the persona selection step during onboarding
6. 6 You're now logged in and ready to start!

3 Persona System

MHLE personalizes your entire experience — AI analysis depth, UI labels, quota rules, and weekly digest emails — based on a user persona that describes who you are as a learner. You select your persona during onboarding, and the system also infers it automatically from your usage patterns. You can update it at any time in Settings.

The 9 Personas

What Your Persona Changes

4 Understanding the Dashboard

Main Navigation Tabs

5 Creating Courses

How to Create a Course

1. 1 Click "New Course" button in the header
2. 2 Enter Course Title (e.g., "Advanced Microeconomics")
3. 3 Paste your Syllabus Text (optional but recommended)
4. 4 Add Learning Outcomes (comma-separated)
5. 5 Click "Create Course"

Course Limits by Plan

6 Adding Notes

Authority Levels Explained

File Upload Options

Daily Upload Limits

7 Understanding AI Analysis

The Four Analysis Lenses

Epistemology Tags

Monthly AI Analysis Limits

8 Semantic Search

1. 1 Locate the search bar in the Synthesis Panel
2. 2 Type your query using natural language
3. 3 Click "Semantic Search"
4. 4 Review results ranked by relevance

9 Fact Verification

The Verify Claim feature checks factual claims against the internet using AI-powered research.

1. 1 Click "Verify Claim" button
2. 2 Enter the claim (e.g., "Einstein published relativity in 1905")
3. 3 Click "Verify"
4. 4 Review results with verification status and sources

Monthly Verification Limits

10 Wicked Problem Simulations

1. 1 Click the "Simulations" tab
2. 2 Select a course (optional) for context
3. 3 Click "Generate Wicked Problem"
4. 4 Read the scenario carefully
5. 5 Write your solution in the textarea
6. 6 Click "Submit for Review"
7. 7 Receive "Reviewer 2" critique and feedback Pro

11 Knowledge Graph

Relationship Types

12 Gap Hunter & Study Recommendations

Gap Hunter analyzes your notes against the course syllabus to identify areas that need more study. In collaborative contexts, it also cross-references your gaps against topics covered by classmates in your study group.

1. 1 Select a course from the dropdown
2. 2 Click "Gap Hunter" button
3. 3 Review Coverage Gaps tab for analysis
4. 4 Switch to Study Recommendations tab for guidance

13 Weekly Pulse

Weekly Pulse automatically verifies factual claims in your notes on a regular basis, ensuring your knowledge base remains accurate. It is a Pro and Enterprise feature.

1. 1 Click "Weekly Pulse" in the header
2. 2 Review verification status of recent claims
3. 3 Click "Run Pulse Now" for manual verification

14 Learning Artifacts Generator

Generate personalized study materials based on your notes using evidence-based learning science. The system creates artifacts tailored to your learning profile and preferences.

What You Can Generate

How to Generate Artifacts

1. 1 Navigate to a note or course you want to study
2. 2 Click the "Generate Artifacts" button
3. 3 Configure your learning profile (or use defaults)
4. 4 Review generated summaries, visuals, practice questions, and study plans
5. 5 Download or save artifacts for offline study

15 AI Podcast Generator

Turn your notes into a commute-ready audio podcast. MHLE generates a narrated script that walks through your note's content via all four analysis lenses — Financial, Ethical, Engineering, and Skeptic — and delivers it as a listenable audio file.

How to Generate a Podcast

1. 1 Select a course from the course dropdown
2. 2 Click the "AI Podcast" tab in the main navigation
3. 3 Choose which notes to include (all course notes, or select specific ones)
4. 4 Choose a voice (Alloy, Echo, Fable, Onyx, Nova, or Shimmer) and target duration (5–60 min)
5. 5 Click "Generate Podcast"
6. 6 Wait for generation — typically 30–90 seconds depending on note volume
7. 7 Play directly in the browser or download the MP3 for offline listening

What the Podcast Covers

16 Collaborative Podcast Playlists

Collaborative Podcast Playlists let a study group pool their individually-generated AI podcasts into a shared, ordered playlist that every group member can listen to — like a shared study queue. Playlists live inside a Study Group and can be exported as RSS feeds or embedded players.

Creating a Playlist

1. 1 Open your Study Group and navigate to the Playlists tab
2. 2 Click "New Playlist", enter a name and optional description
3. 3 Add your own previously-generated podcasts using the "Add Episode" button
4. 4 Other group members can also contribute their own podcasts to the playlist
5. 5 Drag and drop episodes to reorder the playlist

Listening & Sharing

17 Knowledge Synthesis Papers

Transform your knowledge graph into a structured, publishable-quality synthesis document. MHLE traverses your concept connections and organizes them into a formatted paper with sections, citations from your notes, and cross-lens analysis — ready for grant proposals, literature reviews, or research reports.

Paper Sections Generated

How to Generate a Synthesis Paper

1. 1 Ensure your Knowledge Graph has at least 10 connected nodes across your course
2. 2 Navigate to the "Synthesis Papers" tab
3. 3 Select the course(s) to draw from
4. 4 Click "Generate Synthesis Paper"
5. 5 Review the generated document — edit sections, then export as PDF or Markdown

18 Living Portfolio

Your Living Portfolio is a shareable, public page that showcases your complete intellectual journey in MHLE — every course mastered, concept synthesized, knowledge graph connection made, and analysis run. It updates automatically as you learn, showing growth over time.

What Your Portfolio Shows

How to Access & Share Your Portfolio

1. 1 Click "Living Portfolio" in the main navigation bar
2. 2 Enable your portfolio using the toggle if it's your first visit
3. 3 Customize your display name and visibility settings
4. 4 Copy your unique public portfolio URL
5. 5 Share on LinkedIn, with your advisor, to your lab group, or on college applications

19 Social & Collaboration

MHLE includes a full social layer for peer collaboration — study groups, note exchange, and an activity feed — all built with academic integrity controls so instructors can set sharing rules per course.

Study Groups

Study groups let you organize with classmates around a shared course. Each group has its own leaderboard, shared note pool, collaborative playlists, gamification tree, and — for graduate-level groups — Case Study Collaborative Workspaces (see Section 23).

Creating a Study Group

1. 1Click "Groups" in the main navigation
2. 2Click "New Group"
3. 3Enter a name, optional description, and link a course
4. 4Choose privacy settings and maximum member count
5. 5Share the invite link or code with classmates

Note Requests & Peer Exchange

Request notes from a specific classmate for a concept you haven't covered yet. The note provider approves or partially approves the request, then the content is shared with a watermark preserving authorship.

Activity Feed & Notification Center

The Activity Feed shows real-time group activity — new notes shared, badges earned, streak milestones, and knowledge tree growth. Privacy settings let you control what you broadcast to the group.

20 Gamification & Growth

MHLE gamifies your learning progress through a group Knowledge Tree, achievement badges, study streaks, semester wrap-up summaries, leaderboards, and a referral hub — all designed to sustain motivation over a semester.

Knowledge Tree

Every study group grows a shared Knowledge Tree that advances through six stages as group members record study activity. The tree is visible in the group dashboard and can be shared to the Activity Feed.

Achievement Badges

Badges are earned for milestones across five categories. Earned badges can be shared to the Activity Feed or exported as social-media cards.

Study Streaks & Streak Freeze

Your streak counts consecutive days of study activity. Each day you add a note, run an analysis, or record any activity, your streak advances. You can freeze your streak once (e.g., for a planned break) to protect your progress.

Group Leaderboards

Weekly leaderboards rank group members by activity within each course. Leaderboard data refreshes weekly every Monday. Exam Challenge mode lets a group set a target coverage score for a specific exam date and tracks progress toward it.

Semester Wrap-Up

At the end of each semester, MHLE generates a shareable summary of your progress: notes uploaded, groups joined, achievements earned, and longest streak. Access it from Gamification → Semester Wrap.

Referral Hub

Share MHLE with peers and earn points for every successful referral. Points unlock rewards in the Reward Catalog. Referrers also earn a unique discount code that gives the new user 20% off for 3 months.

Reward Catalog

Ambassador Tiers

21 Instructor & Coach Tools

Instructor Dashboard

The Instructor Dashboard gives faculty a bird's-eye view of every enrolled student's learning health — without reading their notes. Instructors access it at /instructor/dashboard.

Coach Dashboard

The Coach Dashboard is designed for learning coaches, mentors, and program directors who need to compare knowledge graphs across a cohort of learners. It requires verified Enterprise access and an explicit access grant from each participant.

22 Persona-Specific Toolkits

Certain features are unlocked only for users with specific personas. These are accessed from within the main app once your persona is set correctly.

🎓 PhD Exam Focus Mode & Defense Countdown Pro — Graduate / Doctoral Persona

Users with the Graduate / Doctoral persona (phd_candidate) have access to a dedicated progress summary and defense countdown dashboard.

💼 MBA Reimbursement Letter Generator Pro — MBA / Working Professional Persona

Generate a professionally formatted PDF letter addressed to your employer's HR department, documenting your MHLE subscription as a qualifying professional-development expense for reimbursement.

📄 Bulk PDF Upload Pipeline Persona-Gated — Graduate / Doctoral & Research Scientist Personas

Upload up to 50 PDFs (max 50 MB each) in a single batch. MHLE processes them in parallel and adds them to your note library with full text extraction. Designed for literature review ingestion workflows common to PhD students and research scientists.

23 Master's Module

The Master's Module is a discipline-specific experience layer for graduate-level students across six fields: Business, STEM, Public Policy, Humanities & Education, Law, and Nursing. It adapts AI analysis depth, exam preparation, simulation scenarios, and social collaboration to the rigor and conventions of your specific graduate program.

Persona-Scaled Exam Focus Mode

Every Master's persona unlocks a persona-aware Exam Focus Mode that generates discipline-appropriate practice questions from your notes. The question type, count, and framing adapt to your field:

Discipline-Specific Wicked Problem Simulations

When you run a Wicked Problem Simulation with a Master's persona, the scenario is framed in your discipline's domain using real-world stakeholders, constraints, and theoretical frameworks:

Case Study Collaborative Workspace

The Case Study Workspace lives inside your Study Group and provides a structured, multi-phase environment for collaborative case analysis — designed specifically for graduate-level group work. It supports role-based contributions, phase-gated progression, and an instructor audit trail.

The Four Phases

Workspace Roles

Creating a Workspace

1. 1Navigate to your Study Group and open the Workspaces tab
2. 2Click "New Workspace" — you must be a group admin (owner or admin role)
3. 3Enter a Case Title and paste the case text (up to 50,000 characters) or upload a PDF/audio file for AI extraction
4. 4MHLE auto-assigns roles to all members. Admins can re-assign roles at any time.
5. 5The workspace opens at the FRAME phase. Start contributing.

Role Rotation

To ensure every member experiences every perspective, group admins can trigger a Role Rotation at any time. MHLE suggests a fair rotation that balances past role assignments. Rotation history is stored and visible to all members.

MBA Reimbursement Letter Generator

Master's students in Business and Public Policy personas can generate a professionally formatted PDF reimbursement letter addressed to their employer's HR department, documenting MHLE subscription usage as a qualifying professional-development expense.

Master's Persona Quota Benefits

All Master's personas receive the same 2× daily PDF upload multiplier as Graduate/Doctoral and Research Scientist personas. This means 10 daily PDF uploads on Free, 40 on Pro, and unlimited on Enterprise — critical for literature review and case material ingestion workflows.

24 Usage Dashboard & Plans

Plan Comparison

25 Troubleshooting