TorqueMind Docs

Overview

TorqueMind is an automotive diagnostic training platform for CTE programs, instructors, and self-paced learners. It combines realistic fault scenarios, OBD-II reasoning, ASE-aligned workflows, student progress tracking, instructor analytics, and scenario authoring.

Authoring Studio

The Authoring Studio enables instructors to create complete diagnostic scenarios without editing source code.

1. Configure the vehicle.
2. Enter the customer complaint.
3. Add DTCs and freeze-frame evidence.
4. Configure live OBD-II sensor data.
5. Define the diagnostic path and root cause.
6. Map ASE objectives and rubric criteria.
7. Validate the scenario.
8. Preview the student experience.
9. Export JSON.
10. Import JSON for continued editing.

Scenario JSON

Exported scenarios include vehicle data, complaint, diagnostic evidence, live data, diagnostic path, ASE rubric, and validation-ready structure. JSON files can be shared, backed up, imported, or version-controlled.

Instructor Guide

• Instructor Analytics — review class-level performance and ASE readiness.
• Live Session — monitor active classroom events.
• Session History — review and export learner activity.
• Authoring Studio — create, validate, preview, import, and export scenarios.

Student Guide

1. Open the Student Dashboard.
2. Review progress and recommended next steps.
3. Select a diagnostic scenario.
4. Review vehicle, complaint, symptoms, DTCs, and live data.
5. Work through the diagnostic process.
6. Compare reasoning with the expected diagnostic path.

Scenario Validation

• ✓ Vehicle configured
• ✓ Customer complaint entered
• ✓ Diagnostic evidence present
• ✓ Diagnostic path completed
• ✓ ASE rubric configured

Only fully validated scenarios should be published.

Testing and Quality

• 63/63 Jest test suites passing
• 212/212 tests passing
• Playwright E2E and smoke tests passing
• API smoke tests passing
• Auth-aware API smoke tests passing
• CodeQL checks passing
• Vercel deployment checks passing

Release Notes

v0.6 — Authoring Studio

• Vehicle, complaint, DTC, live data, diagnostic path, and ASE rubric editors
• Scenario validation checklist
• Live student preview
• Scenario JSON export
• Scenario JSON import
• Authoring Studio regression test coverage

v0.5 — UI Modernization

• Student Dashboard V3
• Shared UI framework
• Instructor dashboard modernization
• Canonical dashboard routing

Developer Notes

• /dashboard/student — Student Dashboard
• /dashboard/instructor — Instructor dashboards
• /dashboard/author — Authoring Studio
• /theme — Shared UI framework
• /tests — Jest and Playwright regression suite
• vercel.json — Routing, rewrites, and deployment

Roadmap

• v0.7 — AI-assisted authoring, scenario templates, and version history
• v0.8 — Classroom management, assignments, gradebook, and reporting
• v0.9 — Adaptive learning, AI coaching, and instructor recommendations
• v1.0 — Production-ready public release