Completion Rules
Decide exactly what marks an activity as 'done' — from watching a video to passing a quiz — and set it for one item, a whole course, or your entire platform.
A completion rule answers one question: what does a learner have to do for this activity to count as finished? Your platform comes with sensible defaults, and you can change them whenever you like.
The built-in defaults
Out of the box, each kind of content completes like this:
| Content type | Counts as done when… |
|---|---|
| Video / audio | The learner has watched almost to the end (about 90%). |
| Text lesson | The learner has scrolled to the end. |
| The learner has viewed every page. | |
| File (download/attachment) | The learner has opened it. |
| Quiz | The learner has submitted an attempt. |
| Assignment | The learner has made a submission. |
| Sections, courses, terms | All of their contents are complete. |
For a quiz, completed is not the same as passed. By default, simply submitting an attempt — even a failing one — marks the quiz complete. If you want completion to require a passing score, choose the Pass rule below.
Changing the rule
You can override the default for lessons, files, quizzes, and assignments.
For lessons and files
| Option | What it means |
|---|---|
| Default | Use the built-in rule above. |
| Viewed | Done as soon as the learner opens it. |
| Reach a minimum percent | Done when they reach a percentage you set (for example, watch 75% of a video). |
| Spend a minimum time | Done after a set number of seconds. (Video and audio only.) |
For quizzes and assignments
| Option | What it means |
|---|---|
| Default | Use the built-in rule (any submission counts). |
| Attempt | Done on any submission — pass or fail. |
| Pass | Done only when the score meets the passing mark. |
The Pass option only appears if the quiz or assignment actually has a passing mark set. If there is no passing mark, there is nothing to pass, so the option is hidden.
Where you can set rules — and which one wins
You can set completion rules at several levels:
- Per learner — a special rule for one individual.
- Per item — a rule for one specific lesson or quiz.
- Per course (offering) — defaults for that whole course. Lessons here are split into two groups, Video & audio and Text & PDF, because they support different signals (you cannot "watch" a PDF, for example).
- Platform-wide — your default for everything.
When more than one rule could apply, the most specific one wins:
Per learner → Per item → Course default → Platform default → Built-in
So a rule you set for a single learner overrides everything; a rule on a single item overrides the course default; and so on down to the built-in behaviour.
Two things that are intentional
- There is no "manual tick only" mode and no "don't track" mode. Completion is always worked out automatically from what the learner does.
- There is still a "Mark as complete" button that learners can use where you allow it — handy for activities like reading a downloadable file.
When a whole course finishes
A course completes automatically the moment 100% of its available, completable items are done. That can:
- Send the learner a completion notice,
- Mark their enrollment as completed, and
- Automatically issue a certificate, if you have set one up.
Good to know
- Completion is sticky — once an activity is done, it stays done even if the learner revisits it.
- Completion (the what counts as done) is separate from drip scheduling and access rules, which control when content becomes available in the first place.