diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4ab1471b4..89a21813a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ release-version: .env
 
 docker-compose.yml: base.yml $(DEPLOY_ENVIRONMENT).yml config.mk $(DB_DATA_PATH) $(DATA_DUMP_PATH) $(LOG_DATA_PATH) $(DYNAMIC_SETTINGS_PATH) secrets $(PGPASS_PATH) release-version
 	case "$(DEPLOY_ENVIRONMENT)" in \
-	  dev|staging|prod) docker compose -f base.yml -f "$(DEPLOY_ENVIRONMENT).yml" config > docker-compose.yml;; \
-	  *) echo "invalid environment. must be either dev, staging or prod" 1>&2; exit 1;; \
+	  dev|staging|prod|learn) docker compose -f base.yml -f "$(DEPLOY_ENVIRONMENT).yml" config > docker-compose.yml;; \
+	  *) echo "invalid environment. must be either dev, staging, prod, or learn" 1>&2; exit 1;; \
 	esac
 
 .PHONY: build
diff --git a/learn.yml b/learn.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a024ff364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/learn.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+services:
+  redis:
+    volumes:
+      - ./docker/redis:/data
+  server:
+    build:
+      dockerfile: server/Dockerfile.prod
+      args:
+        NODE_ARG: production
+    image: port-of-mars/server:learn
+    ports:
+      - '8998:2567'
diff --git a/server/src/index.ts b/server/src/index.ts
index 316faa4d2..c52588ba1 100644
--- a/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/server/src/index.ts
@@ -221,9 +221,10 @@ async function createApp() {
   })();
 
   logger.info(
-    "starting (%s) server: [release version: %s, settings.host %s]",
+    "starting (%s) server: [release version: %s, educator mode: %s, settings.host %s]",
     NODE_ENV,
     sharedSettings.RELEASE_VERSION,
+    settings.isEducatorMode,
     settings.host
   );
   const port = Number(process.env.PORT || 2567);
diff --git a/server/src/settings.ts b/server/src/settings.ts
index f18babb2a..d6ca1c145 100644
--- a/server/src/settings.ts
+++ b/server/src/settings.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
   MailgunEmailer,
 } from "@port-of-mars/server/services/email/emailers";
 import { LogService, DevLogging, Logging } from "@port-of-mars/server/services/logging";
-import { BASE_URL, SERVER_URL_HTTP } from "@port-of-mars/shared/settings";
+import { BASE_URL, SERVER_URL_HTTP, isEducatorMode } from "@port-of-mars/shared/settings";
 import * as fs from "fs";
 
 const readSecret = (filename: string): string => {
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export interface AppSettings {
   };
   supportEmail: string;
   isProduction: boolean;
+  isEducatorMode: boolean;
 }
 
 const dev: () => AppSettings = () => ({
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ const dev: () => AppSettings = () => ({
   },
   supportEmail: "portmars@asu.edu",
   isProduction: false,
+  isEducatorMode: isEducatorMode(),
 });
 
 const staging: () => AppSettings = () => {
@@ -69,14 +71,27 @@ const prod: () => AppSettings = () => {
   };
 };
 
+const learn: () => AppSettings = () => {
+  const prodSettings = prod();
+  return {
+    ...prodSettings,
+    host: BASE_URL || "https://learn.portofmars.asu.edu",
+    serverHost: BASE_URL || "https://learn.portofmars.asu.edu",
+    isProduction: true,
+  };
+};
+
 function getSettings(): AppSettings {
   const env = process.env.NODE_ENV;
   if (["development", "test"].includes(env || "")) {
     return dev();
   } else if (env === "staging") {
     return staging();
+  } else if (isEducatorMode()) {
+    return learn();
+  } else {
+    return prod();
   }
-  return prod();
 }
 
 export function getLogger(filename: string): LogService {