DocsStudent Guide

Taking a Course

Navigate lessons, watch videos, and track your progress

Once you're enrolled, clicking a course opens the lesson player — a distraction-free interface for learning.

Lesson Player Layout

  • Main area — The current lesson content (video, text, PDF, quiz)
  • Sidebar — Module tree with completion checkmarks
  • Bottom nav — Previous and Next lesson buttons

Lesson Types

Video

  • Play/pause with spacebar
  • Seek with arrow keys or click the timeline
  • Adjust speed (0.5x to 2x)
  • Toggle fullscreen
  • Captions if available

The player remembers where you left off. Close the tab and come back — it'll resume from the same point.

Text

Rendered as styled HTML. Scrollable. No special controls.

PDF

Embedded PDF viewer. Scroll through pages, zoom, print.

Quiz

Starts with a splash screen showing time limit, attempts left, and instructions. See Taking Quizzes below.

Marking Complete

Auto-Complete

  • Videos auto-complete when you've watched 90% of the content
  • Quizzes auto-complete when you pass
  • Assignments auto-complete when the instructor grades your submission as passing

Manual Complete

For text lessons and PDFs, click Mark Complete in the top-right of the player.

Progress Tracking

Every lesson you complete:

  • Turns green in the sidebar (✓ checkmark)
  • Increments your overall course progress bar
  • Awards points (default: 10 per lesson)
  • Extends your learning streak

When you complete all lessons, you:

  • Get marked as Course Completed
  • Earn 100 bonus points
  • Receive an auto-issued certificate
  • Trigger a badge check (may unlock new badges)

Taking a Quiz

Read the instructions

The splash screen shows the passing score, time limit, and how many attempts you have remaining.

Answer one question at a time

Use Next/Previous to navigate. Progress dots at the top show which questions you've answered.

Watch the timer

If there's a time limit, it shows in the header. When it turns red (under 60 seconds), hurry up. At 0, the quiz auto-submits.

Submit

On the last question, click Submit Quiz. You'll see your score and per-question breakdown immediately.

Retry if needed

If you didn't pass and have attempts remaining, click Try Again to start fresh.

Submitting an Assignment

  1. Open the assignment lesson
  2. Read the instructions and rubric
  3. Upload your file(s) OR type a text response
  4. Click Submit
  5. Wait for the instructor to grade
Warning

Once submitted, you can't edit your submission unless the instructor returns it for revision.

Keyboard Shortcuts

KeyAction
SpacePlay/pause video
← / →Seek backward / forward 5 seconds
FToggle fullscreen
MMute/unmute
↑ / ↓Volume up / down
0-9Seek to N × 10% of video