Take a course¶

Everything you do on a course happens in the learner app at /app/. This page shows you how to pick up where you left off, see what is due, and keep track of how far you have got.

Before you start

You are signed in and have joined at least one course. See Find and join a course.

Pick up where you left off¶

Open My Courses. The Continue learning card names the lesson that is Up next.
Press Resume. The lesson opens in the course player.

On a narrow screen, such as a phone, the list of lessons is tucked away. Press Curriculum at the top of the player to open it.

Work through a lesson¶

What you do depends on the lesson:

A lesson with nothing to hand in. Read or watch it, then press Mark as complete. The button changes to Completed, and you see Lesson marked complete.
A lesson that asks you something. Type your answer in the box, then press Submit response. You see Response submitted.

Quizzes and work you hand in on paper are covered in Quizzes and assignments.

See what to do next on the Agenda¶

Open a course from My Courses and the Agenda is the first thing you see. It lists every lesson and assessment on the course, soonest first, under a line that reads UP NEXT · N TO DO (or NOTHING TO DO).

Each row tells you:

what the work is, which unit it is in, and its points, if any;
where you stand on it — Due today, Due tomorrow, Due in N days, Overdue by N days, a grade such as 85%, Done, Excused or Locked;
what to do, on its button: Respond, Complete or Review.

To do the next thing:

Press the row's button — Respond, Complete or Review.
Or press the work's name to open it.

Either way, that lesson opens in the player.

Show only some of your work¶

The Agenda sorts work into three bands. Use the toggles at the top to show or hide each:

Band	What it holds
Past	Finished, submitted, or closed
Todo	Open now and not yet done
Future	Not released yet

If the bands you have chosen hold nothing, the Agenda says Nothing in band and offers Show everything to bring every band back.

Change the order¶

Press Change the order (it reads Sort: order).
Choose Due date or Course order.

You can close the menu without choosing, and your Agenda stays as it was.

Get back to where you are¶

When you have scrolled up through work you have already finished, press Jump to now. The Agenda scrolls back to the work you are on.

Understand why something is locked¶

A locked row is faded and shows a Locked pill, with the reason written under the title. Hover over it, or press and hold on a touch screen, to see the reason again.

The reason says	What it means
Complete "lesson name" first	Finish that earlier lesson in this unit to unlock it.
Complete "lesson name" in the previous unit first	Finish that lesson in the unit before.
Opens date	The creator has scheduled it to open on that date.
Closed on date	It was open until that date and is now closed.

Check your progress¶

Open the course menu (Show the course menu) and press Completion.
The Completion total reads N of M complete. Each lesson you finish is a row underneath, with the date you completed it.
Points shows your course grade once work has been marked.

Keep a streak going and finish the course¶

On My Courses, the strip at the top shows your streak — for example 3-day streak — and how many lessons you have left, such as 2 lessons until your certificate. Study on consecutive days to keep the streak going. When you mark a lesson complete on a streak of two days or more, the confirmation names it.

When you complete the last lesson, You finished the course! opens. Press See my course record to see your record, or Close.

Ask your class a question¶

If the course team has turned on discussion, Discussion appears in the course menu.

Open the course menu and press Discussion.
Press Start a topic.
Give it a Title, and write Your question or post.
Press Post topic. The topic opens on its own page.
To answer a topic, type in the reply box and press Post reply.

Replies from the people who run the course carry a Course team badge. A topic marked Locked takes no new replies. You can delete your own topics and replies.

More on how discussion works for the course team: Discussions.

If something goes wrong¶

You see	What it means	What to do
No coursework yet	The course has not published any lessons yet	Check back later — new work appears here, soonest first.
You are all caught up	Every published lesson and assessment is complete	Nothing to do. Well done.
Nothing in band	The bands you are showing hold nothing	Press Show everything.
Could not load your coursework	The Agenda could not load	Press Retry.
Failed to load lesson	The lesson could not load	Press Retry.
Discussion is not open for this course	The course team has not turned discussion on	Contact the course team another way.
Could not mark this lesson complete.	The change was not saved	Try again.