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title: "Platform features reference"
description: "Every feature toggle, grouped as it appears on Platform Settings > Features."
source: "https://docs.blend-ed.com/product/platform-setup/platform-features-reference/"
---

# Platform features reference

**Who this is for:** Super Admins, Admins, and Staff with the Platform Settings permission

Every feature toggle, grouped as it appears on **Platform Settings > Features**.

## Content & delivery

| **Feature** | **What it enables** |
| --- | --- |
| **Programs** | Grouped courses with program-wide progress and enrolment |
| **Live Sessions** | Schedule and run live sessions in-platform |
| **Learning paths** | Ordered, gated learning paths with per-path progress, managed separately from programs |
| **Flashcards** | The Flashcards module in the admin console: browse, edit, and assign auto-generated flashcards and view review analytics |

## Commerce

| **Feature** | **What it enables** |
| --- | --- |
| **Payments** | Accept payments for paid courses and programs |
| **Subscriptions** | Recurring subscriptions for courses and programs. Requires a payment gateway |
| **Shopping Cart** | Learners add courses to a cart before checkout. When off, learners buy or enrol directly |
| **Coupon Management** | Create and manage discount coupons |

**Note:** Subscriptions requires a payment gateway. Connect one before switching it on. See [How to connect a payment gateway](/product/platform-setup/how-to-connect-a-payment-gateway/).

## Branding & certificates

| **Feature** | **What it enables** |
| --- | --- |
| **Custom Certificates** | The custom certificate authoring flow, which adds a Certificates tab under Customisation |

## Communications

| **Feature** | **What it enables** |
| --- | --- |
| **Notification settings** | Choose which notifications your organisation sends, and on which channels |
| **Notification templates** | Edit the wording of email notifications and learner risk alerts |

## Developer tools

| **Feature** | **What it enables** |
| --- | --- |
| **Webhooks** | Send platform events to external services |
| **MCP keys** | Connect your organisation to an MCP (Model Context Protocol) harness using scoped API keys |

## Learner experience

| **Feature** | **What it enables** |
| --- | --- |
| **Learner Library** | The Library page in the learner dashboard |
| **Leaderboard** | The leaderboard ranking learners by points in the learner dashboard. Click the gear icon on the card to set how points are earned |
| **AI for learners** | AI features for learners: the Ask AI bar, flashcards, and the in-course AI Mentor |

**Configuring leaderboard points**

Click the gear icon on the Leaderboard card to open **Leaderboard points**:

| **Setting** | **What it controls** |
| --- | --- |
| **Points per block completion** | Points awarded each time a learner completes a content block |
| **Points per skill earned** | Points awarded when a learner earns a skill |
| **Streak points per day** | Points awarded for each consecutive day of learning |
| **Streak cap (days)** | The maximum number of streak days that earn points |

![Leaderboard points dialog](/_astro/image3.BeMOMu6m_1VMnHR.webp)

**Note:** Changes apply to points earned from now on. Points learners have already earned keep their original value, so adjusting the scheme doesn’t reshuffle your existing leaderboard.

**Tip:** Keep the ratio between block completion and skills wide. If finishing a block and earning a skill are worth similar points, the leaderboard rewards clicking through rather than learning.

## Related articles
- [How to turn platform features on and off](/product/platform-setup/how-to-turn-platform-features-on-and-off/)