EVT 2026-03-25 - Navigation shell with Global Today Hub and Program Workspace

Session scope

• Discovery root: docs/Domains/DOL English/Product Discovery/
• Lane lock: DOL English V2
• Collaboration mode: autonomous (user explicitly asked to build the UX logic in the new direction)
• Objective: replace flat logged-in shell thinking with a clearer model for cross-program routing, one-program execution, and canonical object ownership.

Confirmed outcomes

1. Logged-in shell model

• Logged-in DOL English should not behave like a mixed portal that simultaneously serves discovery, cross-program portfolio browsing, and deep learning execution in one navigation layer.
• Logged-in shell is split into:
  • Global Today Hub: the only cross-program execution surface.
  • Program Workspace: one real program context at a time.
  • Deep Object: assignment, attempt, result, vocab item, AI feedback, or similar object under an owner section.

2. Global Today Hub boundary

• Global Today is not a program.
• It is allowed to aggregate:
  • continue unfinished work,
  • due today / upcoming classes / deadlines,
  • active programs,
  • weak spots / recommended next step,
  • add-program or discovery CTA.
• It must not act like a pseudo-program execution context.

3. Program Workspace boundary

• Program Workspace operates in exactly one real program at a time (IELTS, SAT, TOEIC, …).
• Program switcher lists real programs only.
• Tất cả chương trình is removed from the role of a peer program context.
• Desktop workspace baseline destinations:
  • Hôm nay,
  • Khóa học,
  • Luyện tập,
  • Từ vựng,
  • Tiến độ.

4. Discovery and naming direction

• Logged-in primary nav should be learner-centric and task-first.
• Khám phá should not remain a primary logged-in destination.
• Admin/system-centric labels should be replaced with task labels:
  • Quản lý khóa học -> Khóa học,
  • Quản lý luyện tập -> Luyện tập,
  • Tổng quan -> Hôm nay when the page is actually a next-action surface.

5. Canonical object ownership

• Shortcut cards can surface objects in Global Today or other summaries, but they do not become object owners.
• Each deep object must carry:
  • program,
  • object_type,
  • source,
  • canonical_section.
• Example:
  • course writing assignment -> canonical home is Khóa học,
  • surfaced on Global Today only as a shortcut with shared completion state.

6. Entry and context-switch direction

• Default entry after login, when no valid returnTo exists:
  • no active program -> onboarding/discovery,
  • one active program -> direct to that program workspace,
  • multiple active programs -> Global Today.
• Notification/search/deep-link can switch to another program only when target object belongs to that program.
• Such switch must be explicit in URL/state and visible in UI context cues.

Open items after session

• Validate how common true multi-program study behavior is before finalizing prominence rules beyond desktop baseline.
• Validate whether Từ vựng should remain a permanent workspace primary destination in all contexts or only in current desktop baseline.
• Validate mobile shell compression and overflow rules.
• Validate backend/content readiness for deterministic program + source + canonical_section ownership on all surfaced objects.