From 859c41ab2bdfeaafa97a2d349bfda5a69104d05d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:09:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] Revamp Module 1: add exercises, worksheet, quiz depth,
 and answer review
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Every Module 1 lesson now has a "Your turn" decision exercise where it
was missing (1.2-1.4), plus a running Profitability and Max-CPC
worksheet learners fill in across all five lessons, and fact cards on
the lessons that lacked one. The module 1 quiz grows from 8 questions
to 12, adding decision-level scenarios instead of pure recall/calc.

The quiz result screen now shows a per-question review (learner's
answer, correct answer, explanation) pulled from the latest attempt —
previously the explanation field was stored but never rendered, so a
wrong answer only ever produced a score with no feedback.
---
 ...1.1-read-ppc-data-before-you-change-it.mdx | 35 +++++++++++
 .../modules/1-foundations/1.2-cpc-ctr.mdx     | 29 +++++++++
 .../1.3-acos-tacos-profitability.mdx          | 42 +++++++++++++
 .../1.4-roas-measuring-return.mdx             | 40 ++++++++++++
 .../1-foundations/1.5-metrics-in-practice.mdx | 42 +++++++++++++
 content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json        | 42 ++++++++++++-
 .../lessons/[lessonSlug]/quiz/page.tsx        | 62 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../lessons/[lessonSlug]/quiz/quiz.module.css |  8 +++
 8 files changed, 297 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.1-read-ppc-data-before-you-change-it.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.1-read-ppc-data-before-you-change-it.mdx
index 05cd58f..c2ce5d4 100644
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.1-read-ppc-data-before-you-change-it.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.1-read-ppc-data-before-you-change-it.mdx
@@ -142,6 +142,28 @@ Answer these before reading further:
 
 Your written answer should name the campaign objective, the data window, the maximum-CPC or break-even logic, and the next review date, not just the four calculations.
 
+## Your worksheet: start your Profitability and Max-CPC Sheet
+
+Open a blank note or spreadsheet. This is Part 1 of a sheet you'll build across all five lessons in this module, the Profitability and Max-CPC Sheet. You don't submit it anywhere. It's yours to keep and reuse the next time a real client asks "is this campaign working."
+
+Fill in these fields for one real or practice product:
+
+```text
+Product: ____________________
+Price: ____________________
+Campaign objective (launch / mature / branded-defense): ____________________
+This week's impressions: ____________________
+This week's clicks: ____________________
+This week's ad spend: ____________________
+This week's orders: ____________________
+This week's ad-attributed sales: ____________________
+This week's total sales: ____________________
+Data window (start date to end date): ____________________
+First question to investigate: ____________________
+```
+
+Lesson 1.2 adds max CPC to this sheet. 1.3 adds break-even ACoS. 1.4 adds minimum ROAS. By 1.5 it's a complete one-page read on a real product.
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this structure when you explain a performance issue:
@@ -159,3 +181,16 @@ Use this structure when you explain a performance issue:
 ## Key takeaway
 
 Metrics are a diagnostic system, not a scoreboard. Read the path from impression to order, confirm the objective, and choose the smallest safe action that fits the evidence.
+
+## Fact card
+
+```text
+Product or feature: Sponsored Products campaign performance reports (the report columns behind the Big Six)
+What the learner can do: Pull impressions, clicks, spend, orders, and sales at the campaign, ad group, and keyword level, and use them to calculate CPC, CTR, CVR, ACoS, and ROAS
+Who can access it: Any Sponsored Products advertiser, through Campaign Manager or bulk report downloads
+Retailer or marketplace scope: Amazon Advertising Console (US marketplace examples used in this lesson)
+Official source URL: https://advertising.amazon.com/help — specific report-column article not verified; content owner to confirm and link at rewrite time
+Last verified: pending content-owner review
+Next review due: pending content-owner review
+Owner: Ryan Roland Dabao
+```
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.2-cpc-ctr.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.2-cpc-ctr.mdx
index 56ba92b..d4a7b41 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.2-cpc-ctr.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.2-cpc-ctr.mdx
@@ -103,6 +103,35 @@ Ad relevance signals connect CPC and CTR. Amazon doesn't publish a single inspec
 
 When you see high CPC and low CTR together, the most common root cause is keyword relevance: the targeting is too broad for the product. Fix targeting first. Raising the bid to compensate for poor relevance usually just buys more of the same low-quality clicks.
 
+## Your turn
+
+Work this before checking the answer.
+
+You manage a listing for a $22 kitchen thermometer. It converts at 9%, and the client's target ACoS is 28%. This week the keyword "instant read thermometer" spent $84 and got 70 clicks.
+
+Answer these before reading further:
+
+- What's the maximum CPC this target can support?
+- What's the actual CPC this week?
+- Is the actual CPC above or below the maximum?
+- If it's above, what should you check first, the bid or the targeting? Why?
+
+**Work it through:** Maximum CPC = $22 × 0.09 × 0.28 = $0.55. Actual CPC = $84 ÷ 70 = $1.20, more than double the maximum. Before touching the bid, pull the search-term report: a CPC this far above the ceiling is more often a sign the keyword or match type is too broad for this product than a sign the bid itself is wrong. Lowering the bid without fixing targeting risks losing the clicks that do convert along with the ones that don't.
+
+## Add to your worksheet
+
+Part 2 of your Profitability and Max-CPC Sheet from Lesson 1.1. Add these fields and fill them in for the same product:
+
+```text
+Product's CVR: ____________________
+Target ACoS: ____________________
+Maximum CPC (price × CVR × target ACoS): ____________________
+Actual CPC this week: ____________________
+Above or below maximum?: ____________________
+CTR this week: ____________________
+If CPC is above maximum, is the first check the bid or the targeting?: ____________________
+```
+
 ## Fact card
 
 ```text
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.3-acos-tacos-profitability.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.3-acos-tacos-profitability.mdx
index fb4e657..ffcbe5e 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.3-acos-tacos-profitability.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.3-acos-tacos-profitability.mdx
@@ -116,6 +116,48 @@ When a client is worried about high ACoS during a launch, the useful question is
 
 **Expected result:** lowering average CPC from $1.40 to $1.15 (about an 18% cut) while holding clicks at 150 drops spend from $210 to $172.50. With ad sales unchanged at $540, ACoS falls to about 32%, now profitable.
 
+## Your turn
+
+Work this before checking the answer.
+
+Product: a travel pillow, $27.99, 32% margin. This week: ad spend $340, ad sales $680, total sales $1,020.
+
+Answer these before reading further:
+
+- What is the break-even ACoS for this product?
+- What is the actual ACoS this week?
+- Is the campaign profitable?
+- What is the profit or loss per ad sale at this ACoS?
+- What is the TACoS, and does it look healthy?
+
+**Work it through:** Break-even ACoS is the margin itself, 32%. Actual ACoS = $340 ÷ $680 × 100 = 50%, above the 32% break-even, so the campaign is losing money on every ad sale. Profit per ad sale = $27.99 × 0.32 − $27.99 × 0.50 = $8.96 − $14.00 = −$5.04. TACoS = $340 ÷ $1,020 × 100 = 33.3%, high for a product that's losing money on the ads driving it. The first move is finding out why ACoS is so far above margin, CPC, CVR, or an aggressive objective, before deciding what to change.
+
+## Add to your worksheet
+
+Part 3 of your Profitability and Max-CPC Sheet from Lesson 1.1. Add these fields:
+
+```text
+Manufacturing + shipping + fees (total cost to sell): ____________________
+Profit margin before ads (price − total cost, ÷ price): ____________________
+Break-even ACoS (same number as the margin): ____________________
+This week's actual ACoS: ____________________
+Profit or loss per ad sale at that ACoS: ____________________
+This week's TACoS: ____________________
+```
+
+## Fact card
+
+```text
+Product or feature: Seller fees behind a product's break-even ACoS (referral fee, FBA fulfillment fee)
+What the learner can do: Look up a product's actual referral fee percentage and FBA fee in Seller Central to calculate a real break-even ACoS, instead of assuming this lesson's example percentages apply
+Who can access it: Any seller with Seller Central access (Revenue Calculator, fee schedules)
+Retailer or marketplace scope: Amazon Seller Central, US marketplace. Referral fee percentage varies by category, and FBA fees vary by size tier and weight
+Official source URL: https://sellercentral.amazon.com/help — specific fee-schedule article not verified; content owner to confirm and link at rewrite time
+Last verified: pending content-owner review
+Next review due: pending content-owner review
+Owner: Ryan Roland Dabao
+```
+
 ## Quick check
 
 1. Your product sells for $40 and costs $18 to make and sell, before ads. What's the profit margin and break-even ACoS?
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.4-roas-measuring-return.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.4-roas-measuring-return.mdx
index aa51b3c..72fd2e5 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.4-roas-measuring-return.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.4-roas-measuring-return.mdx
@@ -78,6 +78,46 @@ Campaign A has both the lower ACoS (25.4% vs 28.6%) and the higher ROAS (3.94x v
 
 Don't optimize for the highest ROAS in isolation. A 5.0x ROAS on $50 in ad spend ($250 in ad sales) is worth less than a 3.5x ROAS on $1,000 in ad spend ($3,500 in ad sales). Profitable volume beats a small edge in efficiency at a much smaller scale.
 
+## Your turn
+
+Work this before checking the answer.
+
+A client's candle product has a 38% margin. Campaign C spent $150 and generated $525 in ad sales this week.
+
+Answer these before reading further:
+
+- What is the ROAS for Campaign C?
+- What is the minimum ROAS this product needs to stay profitable?
+- Is Campaign C above or below that minimum?
+- If you were reporting this to the client instead of a PPC colleague, which number would you lead with, ROAS or ACoS? Why?
+
+**Work it through:** ROAS = $525 ÷ $150 = 3.5x. Minimum ROAS = 1 ÷ 0.38 = 2.63x. Campaign C's 3.5x is comfortably above the 2.63x minimum, so it's profitable with room to spare. Reporting to the client, lead with ROAS: "For every dollar you put in, you got $3.50 back" reads as a return, the frame most business owners already think in. ACoS reads as a cost, which is the frame you use when you're the one optimizing the campaign.
+
+## Add to your worksheet
+
+Part 4 of your Profitability and Max-CPC Sheet from Lesson 1.1. Add these fields:
+
+```text
+Product's profit margin: ____________________
+Minimum ROAS (1 ÷ margin): ____________________
+Target ROAS with a safety cushion: ____________________
+This week's actual ROAS (ad sales ÷ ad spend): ____________________
+Above or below minimum?: ____________________
+```
+
+## Fact card
+
+```text
+Product or feature: ROAS visibility in the Amazon Advertising Console
+What the learner can do: Know that Sponsored Products dashboards report ACoS by default; ROAS is either a derived or toggleable view depending on the report, not always a standing column, so confirm how to surface it in the account you're working in
+Who can access it: Any Sponsored Products advertiser
+Retailer or marketplace scope: Amazon Advertising Console (US marketplace)
+Official source URL: https://advertising.amazon.com/help — specific article not verified; content owner to confirm and link at rewrite time
+Last verified: pending content-owner review
+Next review due: pending content-owner review
+Owner: Ryan Roland Dabao
+```
+
 ## Quick check
 
 1. You spend $300 and generate $900 in ad sales. What's your ROAS?
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.5-metrics-in-practice.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.5-metrics-in-practice.mdx
index 4d9f5d9..54a7473 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.5-metrics-in-practice.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/1-foundations/1.5-metrics-in-practice.mdx
@@ -122,6 +122,35 @@ For the kitchen scale at week 6: average order value $24.99, CVR 11% (0.11), tar
 
 Treat $0.69 as the maximum average CPC this product can support at a 25% target, not a hard per-click cap: your entered bid, placement adjustments, and bid strategy settings decide what any single click actually costs, and dynamic bidding can push individual auctions higher. What matters is your realized CPC over time. If Amazon's suggested bid range is $0.80 to $1.20, treat that as a signal to compare against your maximum, not a bid to accept by default.
 
+## Your turn
+
+Diagnose this pattern before reading further.
+
+A protein shaker bottle, $18.99, 34% margin. This week: CTR 3.1% (strong for the category), CVR 2%, ACoS 68%.
+
+Answer these before reading further:
+
+- Which of the four patterns above does this match?
+- Is the fix more likely a targeting fix or a listing fix?
+- What would you check first?
+- What should you not do first?
+
+**Work it through:** This is Pattern 1: high CTR, low CVR, high ACoS. The clicks are relevant enough to earn a strong CTR, but they're not converting, so pull the search-term report first to confirm the traffic really is relevant, then look at the listing itself: main image, price against competitors, reviews, and whether the product matches what a shopper searching this term expects to find. Don't lower bids or pause the keyword before checking the listing. If the traffic is relevant and the listing still isn't converting, the keyword isn't the problem.
+
+## Complete your worksheet
+
+Part 5, the last piece of your Profitability and Max-CPC Sheet from Lessons 1.1 through 1.4. Add this final section:
+
+```text
+This week's pattern (1, 2, 3, or 4 from this lesson): ____________________
+Bottleneck metric: ____________________
+Root cause to check first: ____________________
+One action to take this week: ____________________
+Next review date: ____________________
+```
+
+Your sheet now has five parts: the raw metrics and objective from 1.1, max CPC from 1.2, break-even ACoS from 1.3, minimum ROAS from 1.4, and this week's diagnosis from 1.5. Keep it somewhere you can find it. It's your evidence you can do this math on a real product, not just this lesson's examples.
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when handing off a weekly read to a client or teammate:
@@ -137,6 +166,19 @@ Use this when handing off a weekly read to a client or teammate:
 
 **Answers:** (1) Likely a listing fix, but confirm it with the search-term report first: if the terms triggering the ad are genuinely relevant, the page isn't converting them. (2) A launch campaign is still building search-term data and reviews, so day-one metrics reflect the learning phase, not steady-state performance. (3) $35 × 0.12 × 0.20 = $0.84. (4) Changing everything at once makes it impossible to know which change caused which result, so you can't repeat what worked or undo what didn't.
 
+## Fact card
+
+```text
+Product or feature: Minimum-data guardrails before acting on a keyword (referenced across this lesson's diagnostic framework)
+What the learner can do: Treat "pause after 30+ clicks with no conversions" as a teaching heuristic to adjust with account history and category norms, not an Amazon-stated rule to quote to a client as official policy
+Who can access it: N/A — this is guidance, not a platform feature
+Retailer or marketplace scope: General Amazon Advertising practice; no official minimum-data policy is published
+Official source URL: No single official source (teaching heuristic, not a documented Amazon policy)
+Last verified: pending content-owner review
+Next review due: pending content-owner review
+Owner: Ryan Roland Dabao
+```
+
 ## Module 1 complete
 
 You've built the vocabulary and the read: CPC, CTR, CVR, ACoS, TACoS, and ROAS, plus the diagnostic framework for reading them as a pattern and the maximum-CPC formula for setting a defensible bid. Module 2, Keyword Research, is next. That's where you turn this reading skill into the target list a campaign actually runs on.
diff --git a/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json b/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
index 3723f4f..4a41bad 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
+++ b/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
           "optionC": "They measure the same thing — TACoS is just the newer name",
           "optionD": "TACoS measures click cost while ACoS measures revenue",
           "correctAnswer": "A",
-          "explanation": "TACoS = Ad Spend / Total Revenue (organic + ads), while ACoS = Ad Spend / Ad Revenue only. TACoS gives you a holistic view of how ads impact your total business, not just the direct ad-attributed revenue."
+          "explanation": "TACoS = Ad Spend / Total Revenue (organic + ads), while ACoS = Ad Spend / Ad Revenue only. TACoS shows how ads impact your whole business, not just the direct ad-attributed revenue."
         },
         {
           "order": 5,
@@ -147,6 +147,46 @@
           "optionD": "CTR only affects ad placement, not CPC",
           "correctAnswer": "B",
           "explanation": "Amazon's algorithm uses CTR as a quality signal. Higher CTR indicates relevance, which can lead to better placements at lower costs, creating a virtuous cycle of better performance."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 9,
+          "question": "A campaign has a strong 3.2% CTR but only a 1.5% CVR, and ACoS is well above margin. What's the most defensible first action?",
+          "optionA": "Lower the bid immediately to cut spend",
+          "optionB": "Pull the search-term report to confirm relevance, then inspect the listing",
+          "optionC": "Pause the keyword since it clearly isn't working",
+          "optionD": "Raise the bid to get more data faster",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "High CTR with low CVR usually points to a listing problem once you've confirmed the traffic is relevant, not a targeting or bid problem. Cutting the bid or pausing the keyword first risks losing traffic that would convert if the listing were fixed."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 10,
+          "question": "A campaign launched 8 days ago is running a 65% ACoS on a product with a 35% margin. What's the most useful next question?",
+          "optionA": "Is this campaign a failure that should be paused?",
+          "optionB": "Is ACoS trending down week over week as the campaign gathers data?",
+          "optionC": "Should the bid be doubled to win more auctions faster?",
+          "optionD": "Is 65% ACoS acceptable forever since it's a new product?",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "New campaigns often run high ACoS while they build search-term data and reviews. The useful question isn't whether today's number is high, it's whether the trend is moving toward break-even. Judge launch campaigns on trajectory, not one day's number."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 11,
+          "question": "TACoS has risen from 15% to 22% over the past month while ACoS stayed flat. What should you check before telling the client organic sales are falling?",
+          "optionA": "Nothing — a rising TACoS always means organic sales are falling",
+          "optionB": "The actual ad-sales and organic-sales split behind the total",
+          "optionC": "Whether the client's return policy changed",
+          "optionD": "The campaign's placement adjustments only",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "A rising TACoS with flat ACoS can come from falling organic sales, but also from total sales staying flat while ad spend grows, or a seasonal dip. Pull the ad-sales and organic-sales split before naming a cause."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 12,
+          "question": "Amazon's suggested bid range for a keyword is $0.90 to $1.30. Your calculated maximum CPC for the target ACoS is $0.60. What should you do?",
+          "optionA": "Bid within Amazon's suggested range since Amazon knows the auction best",
+          "optionB": "Treat the suggested range as a signal to compare against your maximum, and bid at or below what your numbers support",
+          "optionC": "Split the difference between the suggested range and your maximum",
+          "optionD": "Ignore your maximum CPC calculation since Amazon's suggestion is more current",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "Amazon's suggested bid reflects what tends to win the auction, not what your margin can afford. When the suggested range sits above your maximum CPC, hold your bid near your own ceiling and investigate targeting or listing fixes instead of chasing the suggestion."
         }
       ]
     },
diff --git a/src/app/(dashboard)/courses/[courseSlug]/lessons/[lessonSlug]/quiz/page.tsx b/src/app/(dashboard)/courses/[courseSlug]/lessons/[lessonSlug]/quiz/page.tsx
index 53f20a8..17f8fbd 100644
--- a/src/app/(dashboard)/courses/[courseSlug]/lessons/[lessonSlug]/quiz/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(dashboard)/courses/[courseSlug]/lessons/[lessonSlug]/quiz/page.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { notFound } from 'next/navigation';
 import Link from 'next/link';
 import { requireAuth } from '@/lib/auth';
 import { db } from '@/lib/db';
-import { Card, CardHeader, CardTitle, CardDescription, Badge } from '@/components/ui';
+import { Card, CardHeader, CardTitle, CardDescription, CardContent, Badge } from '@/components/ui';
 import { Icon } from '@/components/ui/Icon';
 import { submitQuizAction } from '@/app/actions/progress';
 import { evaluateCourseAccess, listActivePricingTiers } from '@/lib/tier-gate';
@@ -62,8 +62,21 @@ export default async function QuizPage({ params, searchParams }: PageProps) {
   if (scoreParam !== undefined) {
     const score = parseInt(scoreParam, 10);
     const passed = passedParam === 'true';
+
+    // The submitted answers aren't in the URL, so pull them back from the
+    // attempt just written by submitQuizAction — the freshest row for this
+    // user+quiz — to build a per-question review with the explanation each
+    // question already carries but that the quiz form never shows.
+    const attempt = await db.quizAttempt.findFirst({
+      where: { userId: user.id, quizId: lesson.quiz.id },
+      orderBy: { createdAt: 'desc' },
+    });
+    const submittedAnswers: Record<string, string> = attempt
+      ? (JSON.parse(attempt.answers) as Record<string, string>)
+      : {};
+
     return (
-      <main className="container" style={{ padding: 'var(--space-8) 0', maxWidth: '640px' }}>
+      <main className="container" style={{ padding: 'var(--space-8) 0', maxWidth: '720px' }}>
         <Link
           href={`/dashboard/courses/${courseSlug}/lessons/${lessonSlug}`}
           style={{ color: 'var(--ink-500)', fontSize: 'var(--text-sm)' }}
@@ -108,6 +121,51 @@ export default async function QuizPage({ params, searchParams }: PageProps) {
             )}
           </div>
         </Card>
+
+        <section style={{ marginTop: 'var(--space-6)' }}>
+          <h2 style={{ fontSize: 'var(--text-lg)', marginBottom: 'var(--space-4)' }}>
+            Answer review
+          </h2>
+          <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 'var(--space-4)' }}>
+            {lesson.quiz.questions.map((q) => {
+              const options = { A: q.optionA, B: q.optionB, C: q.optionC, D: q.optionD };
+              const learnerLetter = submittedAnswers[String(q.order)];
+              const isCorrect = learnerLetter === q.correctAnswer;
+              return (
+                <Card key={q.id} padding="md" className={styles.reviewCard} data-correct={isCorrect}>
+                  <CardHeader>
+                    <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 'var(--space-3)' }}>
+                      <Badge variant={isCorrect ? 'success' : 'danger'}>
+                        {isCorrect ? 'Correct' : 'Not quite'}
+                      </Badge>
+                      <CardTitle>
+                        <span style={{ color: 'var(--ink-500)', marginRight: 'var(--space-2)' }}>
+                          {q.order}.
+                        </span>
+                        {q.question}
+                      </CardTitle>
+                    </div>
+                  </CardHeader>
+                  <CardContent>
+                    <p style={{ margin: 0 }}>
+                      Your answer: <strong>{learnerLetter ?? '—'}. {learnerLetter ? options[learnerLetter as 'A' | 'B' | 'C' | 'D'] : 'Not answered'}</strong>
+                    </p>
+                    {!isCorrect && (
+                      <p style={{ margin: 'var(--space-2) 0 0' }}>
+                        Correct answer: <strong>{q.correctAnswer}. {options[q.correctAnswer as 'A' | 'B' | 'C' | 'D']}</strong>
+                      </p>
+                    )}
+                    {q.explanation && (
+                      <p style={{ margin: 'var(--space-3) 0 0', color: 'var(--ink-500)' }}>
+                        {q.explanation}
+                      </p>
+                    )}
+                  </CardContent>
+                </Card>
+              );
+            })}
+          </div>
+        </section>
       </main>
     );
   }
diff --git a/src/app/(dashboard)/courses/[courseSlug]/lessons/[lessonSlug]/quiz/quiz.module.css b/src/app/(dashboard)/courses/[courseSlug]/lessons/[lessonSlug]/quiz/quiz.module.css
index 60c302f..f486f93 100644
--- a/src/app/(dashboard)/courses/[courseSlug]/lessons/[lessonSlug]/quiz/quiz.module.css
+++ b/src/app/(dashboard)/courses/[courseSlug]/lessons/[lessonSlug]/quiz/quiz.module.css
@@ -59,4 +59,12 @@
 }
 .ctaSecondary:hover {
   background: var(--accent-soft, var(--surface-2));
+}
+
+.reviewCard {
+  border-left: 3px solid var(--danger);
+}
+
+.reviewCard[data-correct="true"] {
+  border-left-color: var(--success);
 }
\ No newline at end of file

From 28a662cd573c7a9d4f24b4a72a0d60b084954f72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:24:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] Revamp Module 2: keyword map worksheet, fact cards,
 deeper quiz
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Module 2's lessons already had "Your turn" exercises. Added the
missing pieces: a running "Keyword Map" worksheet built across all
four lessons (match-type starting points, research/scoring log,
negative list, finished ad group themes), a fact card per lesson, and
three more quiz questions covering ad group theming and match-type
separation — topics the 5-question quiz didn't test before.
---
 .../2-keyword-research/2.1-match-types.mdx    | 26 ++++++++++++++++
 .../2.2-keyword-research-workflow.mdx         | 24 +++++++++++++++
 .../2.3-negative-keywords.mdx                 | 23 ++++++++++++++
 .../2.4-keyword-grouping.mdx                  | 25 ++++++++++++++++
 content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json        | 30 +++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 128 insertions(+)

diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/2-keyword-research/2.1-match-types.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/2-keyword-research/2.1-match-types.mdx
index 0025d87..1afb15e 100644
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/2-keyword-research/2.1-match-types.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/2-keyword-research/2.1-match-types.mdx
@@ -181,6 +181,32 @@ Before reading further: what do you do with each of these two search terms, and
 
 **Work it through:** "Stainless steel water bottle" is proven and specific. Move it to its own exact-match campaign so you can bid it up without paying broad-match rates for a term you already know converts. "Water bottle" alone is broad, low-converting, and has had three weeks to prove itself; it hasn't. Add it as a negative in the broad campaign (exact or phrase, depending on how much of that broader traffic is worth keeping) so the broad-match budget goes to terms still worth discovering, not one that's already shown its hand.
 
+## Add to your worksheet
+
+Part 1 of your Keyword Map. You'll build this across all four Module 2 lessons.
+
+```text
+Product: ____________________
+3 candidate keywords, and the match type you'd start each at (broad / phrase / exact):
+1. ____________________
+2. ____________________
+3. ____________________
+Why each one starts at that match type: ____________________
+```
+
+## Fact card
+
+```text
+Product or feature: Phrase match close variants (Amazon's 2022 update)
+What the learner can do: Know that phrase-match keywords also match Amazon's close variants (plurals, misspellings, and similar phrasing), not only the literal phrase, since Amazon's 2022 change
+Who can access it: All Sponsored Products advertisers using phrase match
+Retailer or marketplace scope: Amazon Advertising Console
+Official source URL: https://advertising.amazon.com/help — specific match-type-update article not verified; content owner to confirm and link at rewrite time
+Last verified: pending content-owner review
+Next review due: pending content-owner review
+Owner: Ryan Roland Dabao
+```
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks why you're splitting one campaign into three:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/2-keyword-research/2.2-keyword-research-workflow.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/2-keyword-research/2.2-keyword-research-workflow.mdx
index bbd9795..33bae0a 100644
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/2-keyword-research/2.2-keyword-research-workflow.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/2-keyword-research/2.2-keyword-research-workflow.mdx
@@ -231,6 +231,30 @@ You've pulled 150 candidate keywords for a $22 silicone oven mitt from the searc
 
 **Work it through:** Start with intent and relevance. Remove research-intent terms ("how to clean oven mitt," "oven mitt vs pot holder") since they rarely convert in the same session, and remove anything outside your actual product category (for example "kitchen gloves," if your listing is mitts only). Volume and competition matter, but they're prioritization criteria for what survives the first cut, not the first cut itself. Filtering by intent and relevance too late means you waste scoring effort on keywords that should never have made the list.
 
+## Add to your worksheet
+
+Part 2 of your Keyword Map from Lesson 2.1.
+
+```text
+Research sources checked (circle): Search term report / Brand Analytics / Auto-campaign mining / Amazon search suggest
+Candidate keywords found: ____________________
+Keywords remaining after the Analyze step (relevance + intent filter): ____________________
+Top 3 high-priority keywords after scoring: ____________________
+```
+
+## Fact card
+
+```text
+Product or feature: Search Frequency Rank in Amazon Brand Analytics
+What the learner can do: Read Search Frequency Rank as a relative ranking (rank 1 is the most-searched term that period), not an absolute search count, and know it requires Brand Registry to access
+Who can access it: Sellers and vendors enrolled in Brand Registry
+Retailer or marketplace scope: Amazon Brand Analytics, US marketplace
+Official source URL: https://advertising.amazon.com/help — specific Brand Analytics article not verified; content owner to confirm and link at rewrite time
+Last verified: pending content-owner review
+Next review due: pending content-owner review
+Owner: Ryan Roland Dabao
+```
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks why keyword research takes a full session instead of "just picking good keywords":
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/2-keyword-research/2.3-negative-keywords.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/2-keyword-research/2.3-negative-keywords.mdx
index 1bb48be..607612d 100644
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/2-keyword-research/2.3-negative-keywords.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/2-keyword-research/2.3-negative-keywords.mdx
@@ -191,6 +191,29 @@ Before reading further: what do you do with each term, and at what level?
 
 **Work it through:** "Baking mat 3 pack" is converting; leave it alone, it isn't a negative candidate at all. "Microwave splatter cover" has real spend, zero sales, and describes a different product entirely, not just a loose match. Add it as a negative phrase (so it also blocks variants like "silicone microwave splatter cover") at the campaign level, since the irrelevance isn't specific to one ad group's theme, it's wrong for the whole campaign.
 
+## Add to your worksheet
+
+Part 3 of your Keyword Map from Lesson 2.1.
+
+```text
+Pre-emptive negatives (before launch): ____________________
+Negatives found in the search term report so far (term, exact or phrase): ____________________
+Which negatives are campaign-level vs. ad-group-level, and why: ____________________
+```
+
+## Fact card
+
+```text
+Product or feature: Negative match types (negative exact, negative phrase)
+What the learner can do: Know Amazon supports only negative exact and negative phrase for negative keywords — there is no negative broad match
+Who can access it: All Sponsored Products advertisers
+Retailer or marketplace scope: Amazon Advertising Console
+Official source URL: https://advertising.amazon.com/help — specific negative-keyword article not verified; content owner to confirm and link at rewrite time
+Last verified: pending content-owner review
+Next review due: pending content-owner review
+Owner: Ryan Roland Dabao
+```
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks why you're blocking search terms instead of just lowering bids:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/2-keyword-research/2.4-keyword-grouping.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/2-keyword-research/2.4-keyword-grouping.mdx
index 83f0c4b..66959ac 100644
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/2-keyword-research/2.4-keyword-grouping.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/2-keyword-research/2.4-keyword-grouping.mdx
@@ -205,6 +205,31 @@ Before reading further: which of these belong together in one ad group, and whic
 
 **Work it through:** "Yoga mat," "extra thick yoga mat," and "yoga mat for beginners" share the same general-shopper intent (buying one for themselves, based on product features), so they can sit together. "Yoga mat gift set" is a different shopper, buying for someone else, likely more price- and packaging-sensitive, and belongs in its own "Gift" group. "Eco friendly yoga mat" reflects a values-driven shopper who may deserve a different bid; even without per-group ad copy, that's a distinct enough theme to track separately rather than fold into the general group.
 
+## Complete your worksheet
+
+Part 4, the last piece of your Keyword Map from Lessons 2.1 through 2.3.
+
+```text
+Ad group themes (one shopper intent each): ____________________
+Keywords assigned to each theme: ____________________
+Which theme gets the highest starting bid, and why: ____________________
+```
+
+Your Keyword Map now has four parts: match-type starting points from 2.1, research and scoring from 2.2, your negative list from 2.3, and finished ad group themes from 2.4. Keep it. Module 4's Campaign Builder is where this map turns into an actual campaign structure.
+
+## Fact card
+
+```text
+Product or feature: Sponsored Products ad creative (no per-ad-group ad copy)
+What the learner can do: Know that Sponsored Products ads render from the product listing itself — there's no custom ad copy per ad group the way Sponsored Brands campaigns have, so ad group theming controls bids and reporting, not creative
+Who can access it: All Sponsored Products advertisers
+Retailer or marketplace scope: Amazon Advertising Console
+Official source URL: https://advertising.amazon.com/help — specific article not verified; content owner to confirm and link at rewrite time
+Last verified: pending content-owner review
+Next review due: pending content-owner review
+Owner: Ryan Roland Dabao
+```
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks why you're not putting all their keywords in one ad group:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json b/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
index 4a41bad..d1c0030 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
+++ b/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
@@ -244,6 +244,36 @@
           "optionD": "Broad match keywords stop working after enough data accumulates",
           "correctAnswer": "A",
           "explanation": "Once an exact-match keyword has a real conversion track record, it's the most predictable place to invest further budget. Broad and phrase remain useful for discovering new terms, not for scaling proven ones."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 6,
+          "question": "An ad group has \"cutting board for meat,\" \"cutting board gift set,\" and \"large cutting board.\" What's the problem with this grouping?",
+          "optionA": "There's no problem — they're all cutting board keywords",
+          "optionB": "The keywords reflect three different shopper intents (use case, gift buying, size), so one bid and one negative list won't fit all three well",
+          "optionC": "The group has too few keywords to be useful",
+          "optionD": "Match types are mixed, which is the only real grouping error",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "A good ad group shares one obvious shopper intent so a single bid and negative list make sense for everything in it. A gift buyer, a use-case buyer, and a size-driven buyer are different shoppers behind the same product, and grouping them together blurs the bid and reporting clarity theming is supposed to give you."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 7,
+          "question": "Why run broad, phrase, and exact match versions of the same keyword in separate campaigns instead of the same ad group?",
+          "optionA": "Amazon technically forbids mixing match types in one ad group",
+          "optionB": "It gives independent budget and bid control per match type and avoids the same keyword competing against itself across match types",
+          "optionC": "Separate campaigns are required before Brand Registry approval",
+          "optionD": "It has no real effect — it's mainly a cosmetic organization choice",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "Mixing match types in one ad group causes cannibalization: the same keyword in broad and exact can compete against itself in the auction. Separate campaigns by match type give you independent budgets and bids, and a clean read on which match type is actually performing."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 8,
+          "question": "You've pulled 300 candidate keywords. Which two filtering criteria should you apply first, before scoring by volume or competition?",
+          "optionA": "Volume and competition",
+          "optionB": "Relevance and purchase intent",
+          "optionC": "Alphabetical order and keyword length",
+          "optionD": "Price and category",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "Relevance and intent are the first cut: remove anything outside your product category and anything reflecting research intent (\"how to,\" \"vs,\" \"review\") before you spend time scoring what survives for volume and competition. Filtering by volume too early wastes scoring effort on keywords that should never have made the list."
         }
       ]
     },

From 321a75069c817ccb6121a5ea1d915ed59de6059f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:57:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] Revamp Modules 3 and 4: connect existing checklists to
 worksheets, add fact cards and quiz depth

Modules 3 and 4 already had "Your turn," client language, and quick
checks in every lesson. What was missing: no lesson framed its
checklist as the module's required artifact, and none had fact cards.

Module 3 (Listing Optimization): labeled the existing checklists in
3.1 and 3.2 as Parts 1-2 of the Listing-Readiness Audit, added a Part 3
worksheet to 3.3 (no checklist existed there), and added a fact card
to each lesson. Quiz grows from 5 to 8 questions, adding image/title/
bullet-specific scenarios.

Module 4 (Campaign Architecture): added a running Campaign Brief
worksheet across 4.1-4.3, and reframed 4.4's existing Pre-Practice
Checklist as the module's launch QA checklist tying the four parts
together. Added fact cards to 4.1-4.3 (4.4 is simulation-prep, which
doesn't carry one elsewhere in the curriculum). Quiz grows from 6 to 8
questions, adding cross-campaign negatives and Campaign Builder scoring
weight scenarios.
---
 .../3.1-listing-quality-score.mdx             |  4 +-
 .../3.2-listing-anatomy.mdx                   |  4 +-
 .../3.3-aplus-content.mdx                     | 16 ++++++
 .../4.1-sponsored-products.mdx                | 26 ++++++++++
 .../4.2-sponsored-brands-display.mdx          | 24 +++++++++
 .../4.3-campaign-structure.mdx                | 22 ++++++++
 .../4.4-campaign-architecture-practice.mdx    |  4 +-
 content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json        | 50 +++++++++++++++++++
 8 files changed, 144 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/3-listing-optimization/3.1-listing-quality-score.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/3-listing-optimization/3.1-listing-quality-score.mdx
index 61d2b54..9ef7c8d 100644
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/3-listing-optimization/3.1-listing-quality-score.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/3-listing-optimization/3.1-listing-quality-score.mdx
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ Not all listing improvements are created equal. Here's your prioritization. The
 
 ---
 
-## The Checklist: Audit Your Listing Before You Launch PPC
+## Your worksheet: start your Listing-Readiness Audit
 
-Go through this checklist before spending a single peso on ads:
+Part 1 of the Listing-Readiness Audit, the required artifact for this module. Go through this checklist for a real listing before spending a single peso on ads, and keep your answers. Lessons 3.2 and 3.3 add to it.
 
 **Title Checklist:**
 - [ ] Includes your primary keyword near the front
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/3-listing-optimization/3.2-listing-anatomy.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/3-listing-optimization/3.2-listing-anatomy.mdx
index 45bcb95..a8c1fa4 100644
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/3-listing-optimization/3.2-listing-anatomy.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/3-listing-optimization/3.2-listing-anatomy.mdx
@@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ Here's a complete example for a **bamboo cutting board**:
 
 ---
 
-## The Listing Optimization Checklist
+## Add to your worksheet: The Listing Optimization Checklist
 
-Use this before every product launch:
+Part 2 of your Listing-Readiness Audit from Lesson 3.1. Use this before every product launch:
 
 - [ ] Title includes your primary keyword near the front
 - [ ] Title has at least 3 secondary keywords
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/3-listing-optimization/3.3-aplus-content.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/3-listing-optimization/3.3-aplus-content.mdx
index 5b6eef3..3ddb92a 100644
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/3-listing-optimization/3.3-aplus-content.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/3-listing-optimization/3.3-aplus-content.mdx
@@ -180,6 +180,22 @@ Your client sells a $22 insulated lunch box. They're not Brand Registered yet (t
 
 **Work it through:** Check eligibility first. A pending trademark filed through Amazon's IP Accelerator program, or a pending application in some countries outside the US, can sometimes enroll in Brand Registry before full registration; a trademark filed directly with the US trademark office generally can't. Confirm the client's filing path and country before treating the ₱18,000 as a hard prerequisite. If full registration really is required: ACoS is ad spend divided by ad sales, which works out to CPC divided by (conversion rate times price). At a 7% conversion rate: $0.60 / (0.07 × $22) = $0.60 / $1.54, about 39% ACoS. If A+ Content lifts conversion rate to 10%, within this lesson's commonly cited range: $0.60 / (0.10 × $22) = $0.60 / $2.20, about 27% ACoS. Against ₱60,000 a month in ad sales, that roughly 12-point gap is worth about ₱7,000 a month in modeled spend saved, which would repay the ₱18,000 trademark cost in under 3 months, once the client's own before-and-after data confirms the lift actually happens. Tell the client: check eligibility first, and if the trademark really is required, it's worth finishing before Q4, treating the ACoS improvement as a hypothesis to confirm, not a guarantee.
 
+## Complete your worksheet
+
+Part 3, the last piece of your Listing-Readiness Audit from Lessons 3.1 and 3.2.
+
+```text
+Brand Registered? (yes / trademark pending / not started): ____________________
+A+ Content live? (yes / no): ____________________
+Current conversion rate: ____________________
+Current CPC: ____________________
+Current ACoS at that CPC and conversion rate: ____________________
+Projected ACoS if conversion rate lifts to the low end of the cited range: ____________________
+Is finishing Brand Registry worth recommending this quarter, and why: ____________________
+```
+
+Your audit now covers three parts: the listing checklist from 3.1, the title/bullets/images checklist from 3.2, and the Brand Registry and A+ Content read from 3.3. Keep it. It's the evidence you checked the listing before touching a bid, not just this lesson's examples.
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks if the trademark cost for Brand Registry is worth it:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/4-campaign-architecture/4.1-sponsored-products.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/4-campaign-architecture/4.1-sponsored-products.mdx
index 5a6187b..4497357 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/4-campaign-architecture/4.1-sponsored-products.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/4-campaign-architecture/4.1-sponsored-products.mdx
@@ -135,6 +135,32 @@ You're launching Sponsored Products for a new $18.99 phone tripod stand. You hav
 
 **Work it through:** Three campaigns covers this cleanly, with one explicit split instead of a range: SP-Exact-Proven holds "phone tripod stand" and "tripod for phone" as exact match, at the highest bid, since they already have a proven 11% CVR; that's 55% of budget, ₱770. SP-Phrase-Discovery holds "tripod stand" and "phone accessories stand" as phrase match at a medium bid to test them cheaply; that's 30% of budget, ₱420. SP-PAT-Competitors targets the 6 competitor ASINs through product targeting at a medium bid; that's the remaining 15%, ₱210. Keeping the proven and unproven keywords in separate campaigns means the proven pair can absorb most of the budget while the untested terms stay on a short leash until they prove themselves.
 
+## Your worksheet: start your Campaign Brief
+
+Part 1 of the Campaign Brief, the required artifact for this module. It becomes your written plan before you ever open the Campaign Builder tool in 4.4.
+
+```text
+Product: ____________________
+Proven keywords (with known CVR) and their match type: ____________________
+Discovery keywords (unproven) and their match type: ____________________
+Competitor ASINs worth product targeting: ____________________
+Daily budget: ____________________
+Rough split across exact / phrase / broad / product targeting: ____________________
+```
+
+## Fact card
+
+```text
+Product or feature: Sponsored Products placement reporting (top of search, rest of search, product pages)
+What the learner can do: Read placement performance as three official reporting buckets, and expect top-of-search placements to carry the highest CTR, CPC, and conversion of the three
+Who can access it: All Sponsored Products advertisers, through placement reports in Campaign Manager
+Retailer or marketplace scope: Amazon Advertising Console (US marketplace)
+Official source URL: https://advertising.amazon.com/help — specific placement-report article not verified; content owner to confirm and link at rewrite time
+Last verified: pending content-owner review
+Next review due: pending content-owner review
+Owner: Ryan Roland Dabao
+```
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks why you're not putting all the keywords into one campaign:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/4-campaign-architecture/4.2-sponsored-brands-display.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/4-campaign-architecture/4.2-sponsored-brands-display.mdx
index 623db7e..4337c16 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/4-campaign-architecture/4.2-sponsored-brands-display.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/4-campaign-architecture/4.2-sponsored-brands-display.mdx
@@ -123,6 +123,30 @@ Your client sells reusable produce bags under the brand name "GreenKeep." Two th
 
 **Work it through:** Fix the brand hijacking first. A competitor's ad outranking GreenKeep's own listing on GreenKeep's own brand name search is an active, ongoing loss of traffic the brand has already earned. Sponsored Products can defend this to some degree with a manual exact-match bid on "greenkeep" itself, but Sponsored Brands (SB) is the cleaner, brand-led tool when Brand Registry is available: an SB campaign using GreenKeep's own brand name can compete for a top placement with GreenKeep's logo and full product line, instead of one listing fighting for the keyword alone. The 400 shoppers who viewed but didn't buy are a real opportunity, but they're not actively bleeding to a competitor right now, and they're a fit for Sponsored Display (SD) audience targeting, specifically retargeting past viewers, where the account and marketplace support it (SD also requires Brand Registry, so confirm eligibility before promising it). Recommend the SB brand-defense campaign this month, and add SD retargeting once budget and eligibility both check out.
 
+## Add to your worksheet
+
+Part 2 of your Campaign Brief from Lesson 4.1.
+
+```text
+Is Brand Registry active for this account? (yes / no): ____________________
+Any active brand-defense risk (competitors bidding your brand name)?: ____________________
+Any warm audience worth Sponsored Display retargeting (recent viewers, category shoppers)?: ____________________
+Which ad type(s) does this product need beyond Sponsored Products, if any, and why: ____________________
+```
+
+## Fact card
+
+```text
+Product or feature: Brand Registry requirement for Sponsored Brands and Sponsored Display
+What the learner can do: Know that Sponsored Brands requires Brand Registry, and confirm current Sponsored Display eligibility per account before recommending either to a client who isn't enrolled
+Who can access it: Sellers and vendors enrolled in Brand Registry (Sponsored Products remains available without it)
+Retailer or marketplace scope: Amazon Advertising Console (US marketplace)
+Official source URL: https://advertising.amazon.com/help — specific eligibility article not verified; content owner to confirm and link at rewrite time
+Last verified: pending content-owner review
+Next review due: pending content-owner review
+Owner: Ryan Roland Dabao
+```
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks why you're recommending Sponsored Brands instead of just raising Sponsored Products bids:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/4-campaign-architecture/4.3-campaign-structure.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/4-campaign-architecture/4.3-campaign-structure.mdx
index 190aa00..3349b54 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/4-campaign-architecture/4.3-campaign-structure.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/4-campaign-architecture/4.3-campaign-structure.mdx
@@ -158,6 +158,28 @@ A client sells a $14.99 stainless steel garlic press. You've set up Campaign "GP
 
 **Work it through:** This is the cross-campaign negative problem this lesson describes. Broad match on "garlic press" naturally also matches the exact search "garlic press," so both of the client's own campaigns are eligible to serve that same search, and the auction could hand some of that traffic to the cheaper $0.35 broad bid instead of the $1.10 exact campaign that's already proven to convert at 18%. The fix: add "garlic press" as a negative exact keyword inside GP-Broad-Research. That stops the broad campaign from ever serving that specific search, so GP-Exact-Proven wins it every time, and GP-Broad-Research is left free to spend its budget finding genuinely new terms like "kitchen gadget."
 
+## Add to your worksheet
+
+Part 3 of your Campaign Brief from Lesson 4.1.
+
+```text
+Campaign names, using [Product]-[MatchType]-[Purpose]: ____________________
+Cross-campaign negatives needed (proven keywords added as negatives in broader campaigns): ____________________
+```
+
+## Fact card
+
+```text
+Product or feature: The Campaign, Ad Group, Keyword hierarchy
+What the learner can do: Set budget and bid strategy at the campaign level, a default bid per ad group, and an individual bid per keyword, so structure is what makes those separate controls usable in practice
+Who can access it: All Sponsored Products advertisers
+Retailer or marketplace scope: Amazon Advertising Console
+Official source URL: https://advertising.amazon.com/help — specific article not verified; content owner to confirm and link at rewrite time
+Last verified: pending content-owner review
+Next review due: pending content-owner review
+Owner: Ryan Roland Dabao
+```
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks why they're bidding against themselves in the reports:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/4-campaign-architecture/4.4-campaign-architecture-practice.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/4-campaign-architecture/4.4-campaign-architecture-practice.mdx
index 2de84de..725840b 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/4-campaign-architecture/4.4-campaign-architecture-practice.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/4-campaign-architecture/4.4-campaign-architecture-practice.mdx
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ The Campaign Builder scores you across five criteria:
 
 > **Tip**: Structure gets the most weight (30%) for a reason. A well-organized campaign with decent keywords beats a chaotic campaign with great keywords every time. Get the structure right first, then fill in keywords and bids.
 
-## Pre-Practice Checklist
+## Complete your worksheet: the launch QA checklist
 
-Before launching, make sure you can answer these:
+Part 4, the last piece of your Campaign Brief from Lessons 4.1 through 4.3, and the module's required launch QA checklist. Before launching, make sure you can answer these:
 
 **Structure:**
 - Can you name the 3–5 campaigns you'd create for a single product?
diff --git a/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json b/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
index d1c0030..f5e135e 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
+++ b/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
@@ -331,6 +331,36 @@
           "optionD": "It removes Amazon's referral fees",
           "correctAnswer": "B",
           "explanation": "Brand Registry unlocks A+ Content and Sponsored Brands campaigns, both commonly linked to better conversion and reach. It's not a ranking guarantee, not required for basic Sponsored Products, and has nothing to do with referral fees."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 6,
+          "question": "A listing's main image is 800px on a white background. What's the concrete problem?",
+          "optionA": "Nothing — white background is all that matters",
+          "optionB": "It's below the roughly 1000px minimum needed to enable Amazon's zoom feature",
+          "optionC": "Amazon will suspend the listing immediately",
+          "optionD": "The image needs a colored background instead",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "Main images need to be at least around 1000px to enable Amazon's zoom feature, which listings commonly rely on to help shoppers examine the product before buying. White background is necessary but not sufficient on its own."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 7,
+          "question": "A bullet point reads \"350ml capacity.\" What's missing to make it a PPC-aware bullet?",
+          "optionA": "Nothing — specs are exactly what shoppers want to see",
+          "optionB": "The benefit and proof that turn the spec into a reason to buy",
+          "optionC": "A keyword-stuffed rewrite of the same spec",
+          "optionD": "An exclamation point for emphasis",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "A bare feature like \"350ml capacity\" tells a shopper what the product is, not why it matters to them. The feature-to-benefit-to-proof structure turns a spec into a reason to click and buy."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 8,
+          "question": "Why should a title stay concise and natural instead of stuffing in every possible keyword?",
+          "optionA": "Amazon enforces category-specific title-length limits, and a truncated or rejected title is worse than a clean, shorter one",
+          "optionB": "Longer titles always rank higher regardless of length limits",
+          "optionC": "Keyword stuffing has no downside as long as every word is relevant",
+          "optionD": "Amazon rewards keyword density with a lower CPC",
+          "correctAnswer": "A",
+          "explanation": "Amazon enforces hard title-length limits that vary by category and change over time. A title that gets truncated on mobile or rejected outright is a worse outcome than a shorter, natural title with the primary keyword near the front."
         }
       ]
     },
@@ -398,6 +428,26 @@
           "optionD": "Running auto campaigns alongside manual campaigns",
           "correctAnswer": "A",
           "explanation": "Under-budgeting causes campaigns to stop running before the day ends. Amazon shoppers are active 24/7, and you may miss peak converting hours. Monitor spend patterns and set budgets that allow full-day coverage for proven campaigns."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 7,
+          "question": "Your exact-match campaign already targets \"garlic press\" at a $1.10 bid with a proven 18% CVR. Your broad-match campaign for the same product is also picking up clicks on the same search term at a $0.35 bid. What fixes this?",
+          "optionA": "Raise the exact-match bid even higher to compensate",
+          "optionB": "Add \"garlic press\" as a negative exact keyword inside the broad-match campaign",
+          "optionC": "Delete the broad-match campaign entirely",
+          "optionD": "Lower the broad campaign's daily budget to zero",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "Broad match naturally also matches the exact search it's meant to discover around, so both of your own campaigns end up eligible for the same search. Adding the term as a negative exact in the broad campaign stops it from competing with the exact campaign that already owns that keyword, freeing the broad campaign's budget for genuinely new terms."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 8,
+          "question": "In the Campaign Builder tool's scoring, which criterion carries the most weight, and why?",
+          "optionA": "Keyword selection, because relevance matters more than anything else",
+          "optionB": "Campaign structure, because a well-organized campaign with decent keywords outperforms a chaotic campaign with great keywords",
+          "optionC": "Negative keywords, because wasted spend is the single biggest risk",
+          "optionD": "Budget allocation, because the campaign with the most money always wins",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "Campaign structure carries the most weight (30%) because it's the foundation everything else depends on. Good keywords and reasonable bids can't do their job inside a structure that mixes proven and unproven terms in the same budget and ad group."
         }
       ]
     },

From e3fe8b6e12554a4aa16537d321395ec880e5ef94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:59:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] Revamp Module 5: budget decision log worksheet, new quiz
 from scratch

Module 5 (Portfolio Strategy) had no quiz at all before this, despite
its lessons already having "Your turn," fact cards, and quick checks
throughout. Added a running "Budget Decision Log" worksheet across
5.1-5.3 (portfolio structure, burn-rate reading, seasonal profit call)
and an 8-question quiz covering portfolio budget behavior, burn-rate
decisions, and the profit-after-ad-spend logic from the seasonal
lesson.
---
 .../5.1-campaign-portfolios.mdx               | 12 +++
 .../5.2-budget-pacing.mdx                     | 12 +++
 .../5.3-seasonal-strategy.mdx                 | 14 +++
 content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json        | 87 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 125 insertions(+)

diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/5-portfolio-strategy/5.1-campaign-portfolios.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/5-portfolio-strategy/5.1-campaign-portfolios.mdx
index 21b0ebf..170e49e 100644
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/5-portfolio-strategy/5.1-campaign-portfolios.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/5-portfolio-strategy/5.1-campaign-portfolios.mdx
@@ -223,6 +223,18 @@ Your client's account has grown to 16 campaigns across three product lines: insu
 
 **Work it through:** 16 campaigns across three product lines is well past the 10+ threshold, so yes, move to portfolios: one for the tumblers (core, always-on), one for yoga mats (growing, still gathering data), and one for resistance bands (new launch, ramps later). For the split, weight it toward the proven performer the way the 60/20/10/10 structure does, adapted here to three product lines instead of four: tumblers get the largest share, roughly ₱90,000 (60%), yoga mats get a moderate share while they build data, roughly ₱37,500 (25%), and resistance bands start smaller, roughly ₱22,500 (15%), with room to grow once the launch has data behind it. On the negative list request, the answer is no: a portfolio groups campaigns for shared budgeting and reporting, but it doesn't carry a shared negative-keyword list. Each yoga mat campaign still needs its own negatives entered or copied over.
 
+## Your worksheet: start your Budget Decision Log
+
+Part 1 of the Budget Decision Log, the required artifact for this module.
+
+```text
+Account or product line: ____________________
+Total campaign count: ____________________
+Move to portfolios? (yes if 10+): ____________________
+Portfolio names and rough budget split: ____________________
+Which controls stay campaign-level, not portfolio-level (bids, negatives): ____________________
+```
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks whether one negative keyword list can cover every campaign in a product group at once:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/5-portfolio-strategy/5.2-budget-pacing.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/5-portfolio-strategy/5.2-budget-pacing.mdx
index 7e8be32..43d59d6 100644
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/5-portfolio-strategy/5.2-budget-pacing.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/5-portfolio-strategy/5.2-budget-pacing.mdx
@@ -201,6 +201,18 @@ Your client's phone-case campaign has a ₱1,500 daily budget. It's 11AM and the
 
 **Work it through:** A good pacing target is 80 to 90% of the daily budget spent by end of day. Hitting 80% by 11AM, three days running, is nowhere near that: this campaign is burning through its budget in a few hours and going dark for the rest of the day, which is the classic "budget too low for demand" pattern, not a one-off spike. The fix is to raise the daily budget, roughly 20 to 30% as a starting point, so it can run further into the evening instead of pausing at 2PM. Check pacing again after the change, and be ready to pair it with bid cuts or pausing low-performing keywords if it's still exhausting before the peak PHT evening window (8PM to 12AM). Do this before Friday, not on Friday: a promo day is when you most want the campaign live through that window, not paused since early afternoon.
 
+## Add to your worksheet
+
+Part 2 of your Budget Decision Log from Lesson 5.1.
+
+```text
+Campaign: ____________________
+Time of day checked: ____________________
+% of daily budget spent so far: ____________________
+Burn rate pattern (hits budget by midday / slow burn / unused at midnight / erratic): ____________________
+Decision (raise budget / lower budget / adjust bids by time of day / leave alone): ____________________
+```
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks why their ads seem to "turn off" partway through the day:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/5-portfolio-strategy/5.3-seasonal-strategy.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/5-portfolio-strategy/5.3-seasonal-strategy.mdx
index 42c5e0f..d69fe8f 100644
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/5-portfolio-strategy/5.3-seasonal-strategy.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/5-portfolio-strategy/5.3-seasonal-strategy.mdx
@@ -237,6 +237,20 @@ Your client sells insulated lunch boxes and is ramping up for Back to School (pe
 
 **Work it through:** Sales = Ad Spend ÷ ACoS. Normal month: ₱30,000 ÷ 20% = ₱150,000 in sales, so profit after ad spend = (₱150,000 × 45%) − ₱30,000 = ₱37,500. Back to School month: ₱150,000 ÷ 32% = ₱468,750 in sales, so profit after ad spend = (₱468,750 × 45%) − ₱150,000 = ₱60,937.50. Even though ACoS rises from 20% to 32%, profit after ad spend rises by about ₱23,000, because the jump in sales volume more than makes up for the lower efficiency, at the same 45% margin. The client shouldn't panic, but flag that this only holds if margin stays flat: if they also discount lunch boxes for the Back to School push, redo the math with the actual promo margin.
 
+## Complete your worksheet
+
+Part 3, the last piece of your Budget Decision Log from Lessons 5.1 and 5.2.
+
+```text
+Upcoming seasonal event and prep-start date: ____________________
+Normal-month ad spend, ACoS, and margin: ____________________
+Planned peak-month ad spend and projected ACoS: ____________________
+Sales and profit after ad spend, both months (Sales = Ad Spend ÷ ACoS; Profit After Ad Spend = Sales × margin − Ad Spend): ____________________
+Is the ACoS increase worth recommending, based on profit after ad spend: ____________________
+```
+
+Your Budget Decision Log now has three parts: portfolio structure from 5.1, a burn-rate read from 5.2, and a seasonal profit call from 5.3. Keep it. It's the record that shows a budget decision was based on profit, not just a ratio.
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client is nervous about ACoS rising during a seasonal ramp:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json b/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
index f5e135e..e4b7031 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
+++ b/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
@@ -451,6 +451,93 @@
         }
       ]
     },
+    {
+      "moduleNumber": 5,
+      "title": "Portfolio Strategy Knowledge Check",
+      "description": "Test your understanding of campaign portfolios, budget pacing, and seasonal strategy.",
+      "questions": [
+        {
+          "order": 1,
+          "question": "At roughly what campaign count does it make sense to move from managing campaigns individually to grouping them into portfolios?",
+          "optionA": "2-3 campaigns",
+          "optionB": "10 or more campaigns",
+          "optionC": "100 or more campaigns",
+          "optionD": "Never — always manage every campaign individually",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "Below roughly 10 campaigns, managing each one individually is still practical. Past that point, shared budgeting and consolidated reporting through portfolios save real time."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 2,
+          "question": "A portfolio has a ₱60,000 monthly budget. Campaigns inside it have spent ₱57,000 combined with a few days left in the month. What happens once the portfolio's ₱60,000 is fully spent?",
+          "optionA": "Only the highest-spending campaign inside the portfolio pauses",
+          "optionB": "Every campaign inside the portfolio stops serving for the rest of the period, regardless of each one's own remaining budget",
+          "optionC": "The portfolio automatically raises its own budget to keep campaigns running",
+          "optionD": "Nothing — portfolio budgets are informational only and don't cap spend",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "A portfolio budget is a spend cap for the whole group over the period. Once it's exhausted, every campaign inside stops serving, even one that still had room left on its own individual budget."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 3,
+          "question": "Do negative keywords and bid adjustments apply across every campaign in a portfolio automatically?",
+          "optionA": "Yes — portfolios manage negatives and bids for every campaign inside them",
+          "optionB": "No — negatives and bid adjustments are campaign-level controls, so each campaign in a portfolio still needs its own",
+          "optionC": "Only bids are shared across the portfolio, not negatives",
+          "optionD": "Only negatives are shared across the portfolio, not bids",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "Portfolios group campaigns for shared budgeting and reporting only. Negative keywords and bid adjustments stay campaign-level, so a new campaign added to a portfolio still needs its own negative list built or copied over."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 4,
+          "question": "A campaign with a ₱1,500 daily budget has spent 80% of it by 11AM, three days running. What does this pattern indicate, and what's the fix?",
+          "optionA": "Normal pacing — no action needed",
+          "optionB": "Budget is too low for demand; raise the daily budget",
+          "optionC": "Budget is too high for demand; lower it",
+          "optionD": "The campaign should be paused immediately",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "A good pacing target is 80-90% of the daily budget spent by end of day. Hitting 80% by 11AM repeatedly means the campaign is burning through budget in a few hours and going dark for the rest of the day — a sign to raise the budget, not a curiosity to ignore."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 5,
+          "question": "Over what period is Amazon's stated daily budget actually averaged, and what does that mean for a single day's spend?",
+          "optionA": "Averaged over the calendar month; a single day can legitimately spend above the daily budget, up to an account-set over-delivery cap",
+          "optionB": "Averaged over a single week only",
+          "optionC": "It's a hard per-day cap that can never be exceeded",
+          "optionD": "Averaged over the product's entire lifetime on Amazon",
+          "correctAnswer": "A",
+          "explanation": "The daily budget is averaged over the calendar month, and Amazon allows a single high-traffic day to spend above that average, capped at either 25% or 100% over depending on the account's setting, as long as the month's total doesn't exceed daily budget times days in the month."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 6,
+          "question": "ACoS rises from 20% to 32% during a seasonal push while margin stays flat and ad spend grows substantially. What should decide whether this is actually a problem?",
+          "optionA": "ACoS alone — any increase is a red flag that should be reversed",
+          "optionB": "Whether profit after ad spend (sales times margin, minus ad spend) still increases despite the higher ACoS",
+          "optionC": "Whether the client feels nervous about the number",
+          "optionD": "The absolute peso size of the ad spend increase, regardless of sales",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "A higher ACoS during a seasonal push is expected and can still mean more money for the client, as long as the sales-volume increase outpaces the efficiency drop. Profit after ad spend is the number that actually answers whether the trade-off is worth it, not ACoS on its own."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 7,
+          "question": "Per this module's seasonal calendar, when should Q4 (Christmas) PPC preparation start?",
+          "optionA": "October 1, when Q4 officially begins",
+          "optionB": "August, roughly two months ahead of the peak spending window",
+          "optionC": "The day after Black Friday",
+          "optionD": "Whenever the client happens to remember to ask",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "Christmas prep starts in August: researching seasonal keywords, launching discovery campaigns, and testing seasonal messaging well before the November-December peak window."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 8,
+          "question": "A seasonal profit-after-ad-spend calculation assumes margin stays flat between a normal month and a promotional month. What should you check before trusting that calculation?",
+          "optionA": "Nothing — margin never changes seasonally",
+          "optionB": "Whether the seller is running discounts or lower prices during the promotional push, which would lower the actual margin used in the calculation",
+          "optionC": "Whether the client has approved the calculation in writing",
+          "optionD": "Whether ACoS stays below 50% throughout the season",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "Sellers often discount or run promotions during peak season, which lowers the actual margin. A profit-after-ad-spend projection built on a flat margin assumption needs to be redone with the real promotional margin, not treated as guaranteed."
+        }
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "moduleNumber": 6,
       "title": "Bidding Lab Knowledge Check",

From edc0313c8c236a1485099916f154c8f4983ae3a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:01:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Revamp Module 6: bid-change plan worksheet, fix a quiz
 answer key bug, deepen quiz

Added a running "Bid-Change Plan" worksheet across 6.1-6.3 (strategy
choice, stacked-multiplier ceiling, walk-away-or-bid decision) and a
fact card to 6.2 (the only lesson missing one; 6.3 is simulation-prep,
which doesn't carry one elsewhere in the curriculum).

Fixed a real bug in the existing quiz: question 5 labeled "B" (62.5%)
as correct while its own explanation computed 104.2%, which matched
option C's "1042%" (a missing-decimal typo). Corrected the option text
and answer key so the labeled answer matches the shown math. Added two
more questions covering the dynamic-bid/placement-adjustment multiplier
stack and the Bid Elevator's walk-away decision, neither of which the
original 5 questions tested.
---
 .../6-bidding-lab/6.1-bid-strategies.mdx      | 12 ++++++++++
 .../6.2-placement-adjustments.mdx             | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../6-bidding-lab/6.3-bid-elevator-prep.mdx   | 13 ++++++++++
 content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json        | 24 +++++++++++++++++--
 4 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/6-bidding-lab/6.1-bid-strategies.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/6-bidding-lab/6.1-bid-strategies.mdx
index 354e1ce..424d936 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/6-bidding-lab/6.1-bid-strategies.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/6-bidding-lab/6.1-bid-strategies.mdx
@@ -162,6 +162,18 @@ You manage two campaigns for the same client. The first is a screen-protector ca
 
 **Work it through:** The screen protector has five weeks of conversion history, a comfortable margin, and a client who wants volume and can tolerate variability, that's the profile for Dynamic Up and Down: it tends to find more of the high-conversion placements, though actual ACoS can move either direction, so it still needs watching, not just switching on and forgetting. The pet-grooming brush has zero data and a thin margin, exactly the case for staying conservative: start with Fixed Bids or Dynamic Down Only, since neither one lets Amazon push your CPC (cost per click) above what you set. Given the thinner margin, there's even less room to gamble on unproven conversion data, so start with Fixed Bids for a couple of weeks to gather a baseline before considering anything more aggressive.
 
+## Your worksheet: start your Bid-Change Plan
+
+Part 1 of the Bid-Change Plan, the required artifact for this module.
+
+```text
+Campaign: ____________________
+Weeks of conversion history: ____________________
+Margin: ____________________
+Bid strategy chosen (Fixed / Dynamic Down Only / Dynamic Up and Down): ____________________
+Why this strategy fits the data maturity and margin: ____________________
+```
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks why a brand-new product's campaign is set to the conservative bid option instead of the aggressive one:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/6-bidding-lab/6.2-placement-adjustments.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/6-bidding-lab/6.2-placement-adjustments.mdx
index 2f0549b..8deec66 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/6-bidding-lab/6.2-placement-adjustments.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/6-bidding-lab/6.2-placement-adjustments.mdx
@@ -132,6 +132,30 @@ You manage a pet water fountain campaign: price $42, CVR (conversion rate) 9%, t
 
 **Work it through:** Max CPC = $42 × 0.09 × 0.22 = $0.83 (rounded). If only the placement adjustment applies, the max base bid is $0.83 ÷ 1.60 = $0.52. With both the +40% dynamic increase and the +60% placement adjustment stacked together, the max base bid drops to $0.83 ÷ (1.40 × 1.60) = $0.83 ÷ 2.24 = about $0.37. Set the base bid at or below $0.37 if both multipliers can be live at the same time, otherwise a top-of-search click can push past the 22% target. Remember this $0.83 is the ceiling for that target ACoS, not necessarily the product's actual break-even margin, so confirm the two line up before treating it as a profit line.
 
+## Add to your worksheet
+
+Part 2 of your Bid-Change Plan from Lesson 6.1.
+
+```text
+Max CPC at target ACoS (price × CVR × target ACoS): ____________________
+Planned placement adjustment(s): ____________________
+Planned dynamic bid adjustment, if any: ____________________
+Max base bid once both multipliers are divided out: ____________________
+```
+
+## Fact card
+
+```text
+Product or feature: Rest of Search placement adjustments for Sponsored Products
+What the learner can do: Check whether the account has Rest of Search bid adjustments available (added in 2024) before assuming that placement's bid can only be left unadjusted
+Who can access it: Sponsored Products advertisers, availability may vary by account
+Retailer or marketplace scope: Amazon Advertising Console
+Official source URL: https://advertising.amazon.com/help — specific placement-adjustment article not verified; content owner to confirm and link at rewrite time
+Last verified: pending content-owner review
+Next review due: pending content-owner review
+Owner: Ryan Roland Dabao
+```
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks why the account isn't jumping straight to a high top-of-search adjustment:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/6-bidding-lab/6.3-bid-elevator-prep.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/6-bidding-lab/6.3-bid-elevator-prep.mdx
index 1559464..2249f2e 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/6-bidding-lab/6.3-bid-elevator-prep.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/6-bidding-lab/6.3-bid-elevator-prep.mdx
@@ -147,6 +147,19 @@ A client's phone tripod launches next week: selling price $24.99, cost $9.00, ta
 
 **Work it through:** Max CPC = $24.99 × 0.10 × 0.18 = $0.45. The market CPC range ($0.60 to $1.10) sits entirely above that ceiling, so bidding anywhere in the market range means running above an 18% ACoS. At the low end of the market, $0.60, the resulting ACoS is CPC ÷ (Price × CVR) = $0.60 ÷ ($24.99 × 0.10) = about 24%. Since this is launch mode and the brief prioritizes visibility, bidding near the bottom of the market range at roughly 24% ACoS is defensible, that's a bounded trade-off, not bidding blind at $1.10 and an ACoS near 44%. Flag it to the client as a temporary launch-week decision, not the steady-state target.
 
+## Complete your worksheet
+
+Part 3, the last piece of your Bid-Change Plan from Lessons 6.1 and 6.2.
+
+```text
+Market CPC range for the keyword: ____________________
+Is market CPC above or below your max CPC?: ____________________
+Decision (bid near max CPC / bid at 60-80% / bid at 30-50% / accept higher ACoS / improve CVR / walk away): ____________________
+Expected trade-off you'd explain to the client: ____________________
+```
+
+Your Bid-Change Plan now covers strategy choice from 6.1, the stacked-multiplier ceiling from 6.2, and this walk-away-or-bid decision from 6.3. Keep it. It's the record that a bid was set on purpose, not by typing in whatever Amazon suggested.
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks why week-one bids are higher than the account's normal ACoS target:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json b/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
index e4b7031..476fe95 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
+++ b/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
@@ -588,10 +588,30 @@
           "question": "Your keyword has a CPC of $2.50, CVR of 8%, and your product price is $30 with 30% profit margin. What is your approximate ACoS?",
           "optionA": "8.3%",
           "optionB": "62.5%",
-          "optionC": "1042%",
+          "optionC": "104.2%",
           "optionD": "42.7%",
-          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "correctAnswer": "C",
           "explanation": "Cost per order = CPC / CVR = $2.50 / 0.08 = $31.25. ACoS = Ad Spend / Ad Revenue = $31.25 / $30 = 104.2%. Since this exceeds 100%, you're paying more per order than the product price — this keyword is extremely unprofitable."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 6,
+          "question": "A $1.00 base bid uses Dynamic Up and Down at its maximum +100% increase, stacked with a +900% top-of-search placement adjustment. What's the maximum possible effective bid at top of search?",
+          "optionA": "$1.00, since placement adjustments replace the dynamic increase rather than stacking with it",
+          "optionB": "$10.00, from the placement adjustment alone",
+          "optionC": "$20.00, since the two multipliers stack: $1.00 × 2.0 × 10.0",
+          "optionD": "$2.00, from the dynamic increase alone",
+          "correctAnswer": "C",
+          "explanation": "Dynamic bid adjustments and placement adjustments stack multiplicatively, not additively. At their combined maximum, a $1.00 base bid can become $1.00 × 2.0 (dynamic) × 10.0 (placement) = $20.00, a 20x multiplier that catches advertisers who only account for one of the two."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 7,
+          "question": "A keyword's market CPC range sits entirely above your calculated max CPC for the target ACoS. What are your real options?",
+          "optionA": "Bid above your max CPC anyway, since high competition means the keyword must be worth it",
+          "optionB": "Accept a higher ACoS, improve CVR through listing work, or walk away from the keyword",
+          "optionC": "Always walk away — there's never a reason to bid above your calculated max CPC",
+          "optionD": "Switch to Dynamic Up and Down, which removes the ceiling entirely",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "Good bidding is as much about walking away as picking a number. When the market won't let you win profitably at your target ACoS, the real choices are accepting a higher ACoS (sometimes defensible, like during a launch), improving conversion rate so the same CPC supports a lower ACoS, or not bidding on that keyword at all — not bidding blind above your ceiling."
         }
       ]
     },

From 2eeeb5cc11e7d14a7aa047205f73aed931662a13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:03:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Revamp Modules 7 and 8: STR action log, competitor
 gap-analysis worksheet, new Module 8 quiz
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Module 7 (Search Term Triage): added a running "STR Action Log"
worksheet across 7.1-7.3 and a fact card to 7.2 (the only lesson
missing one). Quiz grows from 6 to 8 questions, adding the statistical
confidence threshold and the Cannibalizer category, neither of which
was tested before.

Module 8 (Competitive Intelligence) had no quiz at all. Added a
"Competitor Gap-Analysis Worksheet" across 8.1-8.3 and a fact card to
8.1 (8.2 already had one; 8.3's content is workflow/methodology with
no new Amazon product fact to card, matching the convention already
used for simulation-prep lessons). Built a 4-question quiz from
scratch, grounded in the lessons' actual mechanics — including the
gap-analysis matrix's numeric opportunity/vulnerability scoring rule
and the specific Brand Analytics access requirement (Brand Registry
alone isn't sufficient) the lesson explicitly calls out.

Every module (0-8) now has a quiz.
---
 .../7.1-search-term-analysis.mdx              | 12 ++++
 .../7.2-negative-keywords.mdx                 | 23 +++++++
 .../7.3-str-triage-prep.mdx                   | 14 ++++
 .../8.1-brand-analytics.mdx                   | 24 +++++++
 .../8.2-share-of-voice.mdx                    | 11 +++
 .../8.3-competitor-benchmarking.mdx           | 14 ++++
 content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json        | 67 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 165 insertions(+)

diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/7-search-term-triage/7.1-search-term-analysis.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/7-search-term-triage/7.1-search-term-analysis.mdx
index 902dfc4..466a5b5 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/7-search-term-triage/7.1-search-term-analysis.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/7-search-term-triage/7.1-search-term-analysis.mdx
@@ -160,6 +160,18 @@ You manage a $28.99 bamboo cutting board set with a 20% target ACoS (advertising
 
 **Work it through:** "cutting board with juice groove" has 22 clicks, above the 15–20 click minimum for exact match decisions, a 14% ACoS comfortably under the 20% target, and decent CTR. That's a Winner: harvest it as an exact match keyword with an aggressive bid, and consider adding it as a negative in the broad campaign so the two don't compete for the same search. "cutting board for dogs" has only 9 clicks and 0 orders. That's below the 15+ threshold for exact-match decisions, but it clears the lower bar for negatives (5+ clicks, zero conversions, clearly irrelevant), and its CTR is weak at 0.21%. This is an Irrelevant term: add "dogs" as a negative keyword now rather than waiting for more data that won't change the verdict.
 
+## Your worksheet: start your STR Action Log
+
+Part 1 of the STR Action Log, the required artifact for this module.
+
+```text
+Product: ____________________
+Search term: ____________________
+Clicks / orders / CTR / ACoS: ____________________
+Category (Winner / Potential / Irrelevant / Cannibalizer / Surprise): ____________________
+Action taken: ____________________
+```
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks why you're adding new exact match keywords instead of just raising the budget on the existing broad campaign:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/7-search-term-triage/7.2-negative-keywords.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/7-search-term-triage/7.2-negative-keywords.mdx
index 5abc5c3..b3483df 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/7-search-term-triage/7.2-negative-keywords.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/7-search-term-triage/7.2-negative-keywords.mdx
@@ -153,6 +153,29 @@ You manage a $34.99 electric wine opener. This week's search term report shows:
 
 **Work it through:** "wine opener battery powered" is converting at a solid 16% ACoS with real orders. That's relevant traffic, keep it and consider harvesting it later, don't negative it just because it isn't your exact phrasing. "wine opener corkscrew manual" describes a manual product, the opposite of what you sell. That's a feature mismatch: negative phrase on "manual" blocks this and any other "manual [product]" variant. "electric wine opener recharge" has 0 orders on 11 clicks, but it's actually relevant, shoppers are asking about your product's battery, so before negating check whether your listing answers the recharge question. This may be a listing fix, not a negative. "wine opener gift set" has 0 orders on 6 clicks and signals gifting intent unrelated to your ad's targeting. If your product isn't sold or positioned as a gift set, negative phrase on "gift set" removes it.
 
+## Add to your worksheet
+
+Part 2 of your STR Action Log from Lesson 7.1.
+
+```text
+Negative candidates found this week (term, match type): ____________________
+Level (campaign-wide or one ad group, and why): ____________________
+Any term you decided to rebid instead of negate, and why: ____________________
+```
+
+## Fact card
+
+```text
+Product or feature: Campaign-level vs. ad-group-level negative keyword scope
+What the learner can do: Apply a negative at the campaign level when it should block a search across every ad group, or at the ad-group level when the term is only irrelevant for that one group's theme
+Who can access it: All Sponsored Products advertisers
+Retailer or marketplace scope: Amazon Advertising Console
+Official source URL: https://advertising.amazon.com/help — specific article not verified; content owner to confirm and link at rewrite time
+Last verified: pending content-owner review
+Next review due: pending content-owner review
+Owner: Ryan Roland Dabao
+```
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks why spend went down but sales barely moved:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/7-search-term-triage/7.3-str-triage-prep.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/7-search-term-triage/7.3-str-triage-prep.mdx
index 33fb5d9..53afd3e 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/7-search-term-triage/7.3-str-triage-prep.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/7-search-term-triage/7.3-str-triage-prep.mdx
@@ -170,6 +170,20 @@ Your target ACoS (advertising cost of sales) is 20%. You're triaging a $22 silic
 
 **Work it through:** "silicone baking mat set" is already exact match with ACoS well under target and consistent orders. That's room to spend more per click: Increase Bid. "baking mat non stick" is performing well (14% ACoS, under the 20% target) with 24 clicks, past the 15–20 click minimum, but it's still only broad match, so Harvest to Exact. "baking mat oven liner" is relevant and converting, but its 32% ACoS is above the 20% target, so Decrease Bid rather than negating a term that's actually bringing in orders. "baking mat for kids crafts" has 0 orders on only 8 clicks. That's under the 10-click threshold this lesson uses for a confident negative, and the term also signals a craft use case rather than baking, so the safest call is Keep for now, the same low-click "wait for more data" case this lesson's quick-practice answer #5 uses, revisiting once it clears 10+ clicks rather than negating today on too little evidence.
 
+## Complete your worksheet
+
+Part 3, the last piece of your STR Action Log from Lessons 7.1 and 7.2.
+
+```text
+Term: ____________________
+Relevant? (yes/no): ____________________
+ACoS vs. target: ____________________
+Action (Keep / Harvest to Exact / Decrease Bid / Add Negative / Increase Bid): ____________________
+Next review date: ____________________
+```
+
+Your STR Action Log now covers categorization from 7.1, the negative list from 7.2, and this triage decision from 7.3. Keep it. It's the evidence behind every keep, harvest, negate, or bid change, not just this lesson's practice terms.
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks why you increased a bid on a keyword that already has a low ACoS:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/8-competitive-intelligence/8.1-brand-analytics.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/8-competitive-intelligence/8.1-brand-analytics.mdx
index 9c4ffd1..fb9a7dc 100644
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/8-competitive-intelligence/8.1-brand-analytics.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/8-competitive-intelligence/8.1-brand-analytics.mdx
@@ -139,6 +139,30 @@ You manage a pet grooming brush account spending ₱65,000/month on Sponsored Pr
 
 **Work it through:** First, confirm you actually have a product that fits "self cleaning slicker brush," since adding a keyword only makes sense if your listing matches the search intent behind it. If it fits, add it to your campaigns as the next step in the lesson's monthly cross-reference workflow. Second, since the standalone comparison report Amazon used to offer is gone, the top-clicked ASINs shown for that search term inside Top Search Terms are your best evidence for which specific products to product-target, so add those two ASINs as targets rather than guessing. Third, the grooming-gloves pairing from Market Basket Analysis is a cross-sell and Sponsored Display targeting opportunity, not a Sponsored Products keyword, so build a Sponsored Display campaign targeting glove-buyer ASINs rather than folding it into your keyword list.
 
+## Your worksheet: start your Competitor Gap-Analysis Worksheet
+
+Part 1 of the Competitor Gap-Analysis Worksheet, the required artifact for this module.
+
+```text
+Product: ____________________
+Top Search Terms gaps found (high-frequency terms you don't target): ____________________
+Top-clicked ASINs worth product-targeting: ____________________
+Market Basket cross-sell products found: ____________________
+```
+
+## Fact card
+
+```text
+Product or feature: Amazon Brand Analytics access requirements
+What the learner can do: Know that Brand Registry enrollment alone doesn't grant Brand Analytics access — the account also needs an active Professional selling account and Brand Representative access assigned for that brand
+Who can access it: Sellers and vendors with all three: Brand Registry, Professional selling account, and Brand Representative access
+Retailer or marketplace scope: Amazon Brand Analytics, US marketplace
+Official source URL: https://advertising.amazon.com/help — specific access-requirements article not verified; content owner to confirm and link at rewrite time
+Last verified: pending content-owner review
+Next review due: pending content-owner review
+Owner: Ryan Roland Dabao
+```
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks how you find new keywords and competitor products to target without paid research tools:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/8-competitive-intelligence/8.2-share-of-voice.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/8-competitive-intelligence/8.2-share-of-voice.mdx
index 05d5f07..8dddb17 100644
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/8-competitive-intelligence/8.2-share-of-voice.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/8-competitive-intelligence/8.2-share-of-voice.mdx
@@ -163,6 +163,17 @@ You manage a phone accessories brand. Using Brand Analytics' Top Search Terms re
 
 **Work it through:** 9% SOV is Contender territory (under 15%), the range where you don't hold a dominant position and shouldn't try to win every auction. The right moves are the Contender playbook: target the competitor's brand or ASIN directly through product targeting, lean into long-tail variations of "magnetic phone mount" where competition is thinner, and keep bids competitive without trying to outspend the incumbent for every impression. To confirm this reading with harder data, pull Amazon's Search Term Impression Share report for this term: it gives your actual impression share and rank against other advertisers over a fixed window, a more direct read than the estimate methods this lesson otherwise relies on.
 
+## Add to your worksheet
+
+Part 2 of your Competitor Gap-Analysis Worksheet from Lesson 8.1.
+
+```text
+Keyword or category: ____________________
+Estimated SOV: ____________________
+Tier (Contender / Established / Dominant): ____________________
+Matching strategy (grow aggressively / defend and optimize / shift to ROAS and new segments): ____________________
+```
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks why you're not just raising the bid to beat a competitor on a keyword:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/modules/8-competitive-intelligence/8.3-competitor-benchmarking.mdx b/content/curriculum/modules/8-competitive-intelligence/8.3-competitor-benchmarking.mdx
index 9776030..568f6db 100644
--- a/content/curriculum/modules/8-competitive-intelligence/8.3-competitor-benchmarking.mdx
+++ b/content/curriculum/modules/8-competitive-intelligence/8.3-competitor-benchmarking.mdx
@@ -202,6 +202,20 @@ You manage a ₱450 yoga mat brand. This week's gap analysis matrix scores three
 
 **Work it through:** Video ads: competitors average (0+1)/2 = 0.5, we're at 3. That clears the opportunity rule (competitors' average at or below 1.5, ours at or above 2), so it's an Opportunity: double down with a Sponsored Brands video campaign. Branded search term defense: competitors average (3+2)/2 = 2.5, we're at 1. That clears the vulnerability rule (competitors' average at or above 2, ours at or below 1.5), so it's a Vulnerability: shore up bids and defensive targeting on your own brand terms. Weekend bid scheduling: everyone scores Medium, competitors' average is 2 and ours is 2, which satisfies neither rule, so it's contested, worth a closer look later, not an automatic action. First action: fix the branded search term vulnerability before scaling the video opportunity. A lost brand term is actively costing you sales today, while a missed video opportunity is only a missed gain.
 
+## Complete your worksheet
+
+Part 3, the last piece of your Competitor Gap-Analysis Worksheet from Lessons 8.1 and 8.2.
+
+```text
+Dimension: ____________________
+Competitor scores and average: ____________________
+Our score: ____________________
+Reading (Opportunity / Vulnerability / neither): ____________________
+Campaign action and metric to track: ____________________
+```
+
+Your Competitor Gap-Analysis Worksheet now covers Brand Analytics findings from 8.1, an SOV read from 8.2, and a scored gap with a specific action from 8.3. Keep it. It's the difference between collecting competitor data and actually doing something with it.
+
 ## Client language
 
 Use this when a client asks why you're spending on defending your own brand name in search instead of putting that budget toward growth:
diff --git a/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json b/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
index 476fe95..ddd2dfc 100755
--- a/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
+++ b/content/curriculum/quiz-questions.json
@@ -679,6 +679,73 @@
           "optionD": "It replaces the need for bid strategy adjustments",
           "correctAnswer": "B",
           "explanation": "Regular search term analysis is the single highest-ROI activity in PPC management. It lets you cut waste (irrelevant terms draining budget) and capture opportunity (converting terms you should bid on explicitly). This is the core loop: discover → triage → optimize → repeat."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 7,
+          "question": "A search term has 3 clicks and 1 order, a 33% CVR. Why shouldn't you treat this as proof the term is a strong converter?",
+          "optionA": "3 clicks is too small a sample to trust; the true conversion rate could be very different once more data comes in",
+          "optionB": "33% CVR is mathematically impossible, so the data must be wrong",
+          "optionC": "You should always wait exactly 100 clicks before taking any action on any term",
+          "optionD": "Low click counts always mean the term is irrelevant",
+          "correctAnswer": "A",
+          "explanation": "A handful of clicks can produce an eye-catching CVR by pure chance. Confidence grows with volume: below 30 clicks your CVR estimate carries a wide margin of error, and it's much tighter above 100 clicks. A 33% CVR on 3 clicks is one lucky order, not a proven pattern yet."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 8,
+          "question": "You rank #2 organically for a keyword your Sponsored Products ad also targets. A shopper who would have found you organically clicks the paid ad instead. What category does this fall into, and what should you check?",
+          "optionA": "Winner — any click that converts should be harvested and bid up further",
+          "optionB": "Cannibalizer — check whether the ad click is incremental or just paying for traffic you'd have gotten for free",
+          "optionC": "Irrelevant — negative the term immediately",
+          "optionD": "Surprise — investigate it as a new keyword opportunity",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "This is the Cannibalizer category: you may be paying for a click you'd have earned organically anyway. The judgment call is whether the ad is bringing in incremental shoppers (good) or just displacing free organic clicks (wasted spend) — worth reducing bids on if you rank highly, and worth keeping if your organic position is weak."
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "moduleNumber": 8,
+      "title": "Competitive Intelligence Knowledge Check",
+      "description": "Test your understanding of Brand Analytics, share of voice, and competitor benchmarking.",
+      "questions": [
+        {
+          "order": 1,
+          "question": "What does Amazon Brand Analytics' Search Frequency Rank actually tell you about a search term?",
+          "optionA": "The exact number of monthly searches for that term",
+          "optionB": "A relative ranking against every other search term in the period — rank 1 is the most-searched, but the gap between ranks isn't a fixed size",
+          "optionC": "How many advertisers are currently bidding on that term",
+          "optionD": "The term's average CPC across the category",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "Search Frequency Rank is relative, not absolute. Rank 1 is the single most-searched term in the period, and higher numbers mean less popular, but Amazon doesn't disclose actual search counts, and the gap between rank 5 and 6 isn't the same size as between rank 100 and 101."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 2,
+          "question": "Per this lesson, what does a seller need beyond Brand Registry enrollment to actually access Amazon Brand Analytics?",
+          "optionA": "Nothing more — Brand Registry enrollment alone is sufficient",
+          "optionB": "An active Professional selling account and Brand Representative access assigned for the enrolled brand",
+          "optionC": "At least $10,000 in monthly ad spend",
+          "optionD": "A minimum of 100 product reviews",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "Brand Registry enrollment alone isn't enough to see Brand Analytics. The account also needs an active Professional selling account and Brand Representative access assigned for that brand — confirm both before promising a client this data."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 3,
+          "question": "Share of voice measures which of the following?",
+          "optionA": "How much a brand spends on advertising in total dollars",
+          "optionB": "A brand's visibility relative to competitors for a given keyword or category, not an absolute spend figure",
+          "optionC": "The number of five-star reviews a product has",
+          "optionD": "How many Sponsored Brands campaigns an account is running",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "Share of voice is a relative visibility measure — how often a brand shows up for a keyword or category compared to competitors — not a dollar figure or a review count."
+        },
+        {
+          "order": 4,
+          "question": "A gap analysis dimension shows competitors averaging 2.5 (Strong/Medium) and you averaging 1.0 (Weak). Using the matrix's scoring rule (Opportunity = competitors' average at or below 1.5 and yours at or above 2; Vulnerability = competitors' average at or above 2 and yours at or below 1.5), what does this dimension represent?",
+          "optionA": "Opportunity — double down since you're clearly ahead of competitors here",
+          "optionB": "Vulnerability — competitors are strong here and you're weak, so this needs shoring up",
+          "optionC": "Neither — this dimension needs no action",
+          "optionD": "Not enough information — the four-point scale doesn't apply to this dimension",
+          "correctAnswer": "B",
+          "explanation": "This clears the vulnerability rule exactly: competitors' average (2.5) is at or above 2, and your average (1.0) is at or below 1.5. That combination means competitors are winning where you're weak — a gap to shore up, not one to leave for later."
         }
       ]
     }