The student experience
What a student actually does: find their courses, work through the outline, mark lessons complete, watch the percentage rise, and come back where they left off.
In this chapter
| Topic | Article |
|---|---|
| The course list in the account area | My courses |
| How completion is calculated | Course progress |
| Ticking lessons off | Mark lessons complete |
| Automatic or manual completion | Automatic and manual completion |
| Coming back to a course | Resume a course |
| Reaching 100% | Course completion |
| What a student with no courses reads | The empty My courses message |
| Why a student has access, and what they can do | Access reasons and actions |
| Checking it all on a phone | Mobile learning check |
The student's path
- They reach a course — from a link, a purchase confirmation, or My courses.
- The course page shows the description and the outline in the sidebar.
- They open a lesson.
- The lesson shows its video and content; the outline stays beside it.
- Progress advances, automatically or when they tick a lesson.
- They leave, and return later from My courses.
What POM LMS gives them
- A course outline grouped into sections, with estimated times.
- A progress bar and a percentage.
- A back link to the course from any lesson.
- Previous and next navigation through the lessons.
- A My courses area listing what they can access, with the reason.
What it does not give them
Worth knowing, because students ask:
- No emails. No welcome, no reminder, no completion notice.
- No certificate.
- No quiz, assignment or grade.
- No deadline or schedule.
- No "continue where I left off" button — the outline shows what is done, and the student chooses.
If your course promises any of those, it has to come from somewhere else.
Progress belongs to signed-in students
Completion is recorded per student and per course. An anonymous visitor reading a preview accumulates nothing, and a student who loses access keeps their progress for when it returns.
The setting that shapes everything here
Settings → POM LMS → Account → Lessons manual check decides whether opening a lesson marks it complete, or whether students tick lessons themselves.
It changes what the percentage means. Decide it before students start, and see Automatic and manual completion.