How to Prevent Learners From Skipping Course Pages

In ProProfs Training Maker, you can prevent learners from rushing through your content by requiring them to spend a minimum time on each page or across the entire course. This ensures a more focused, quality learning experience, especially in courses built for compliance, onboarding, or critical product training.

You can:

• Stop learners from skipping pages altogether

• Set a required time they must spend on each course page

• Enforce a minimum time to complete the entire course

These settings help reduce knowledge gaps, reinforce learning, and meet audit or compliance requirements without disrupting the learner's ability to revisit completed content.

In this article, you'll learn:

1. How to Prevent Learners From Skipping a Course Page

2. How to Ensure Learners Spend a Certain Minimum Time to Complete a Course

 How to Prevent Learners From Skipping a Course Page

Step 1. Go to your course settings and open the Advanced tab. 

Step 2: In the page activity settings:

• Turn off "Allow Skipping Pages"

• Turn on "Require Min. time on page"

• Click Manage Time

Step 3: Assign a specific time for each page (e.g., 30 seconds per video page or 2 minutes for policy docs).

Step 4. Click Save to ensure all your changes are implemented.

If learners try to move forward too quickly, they'll see a message prompting them to stay longer. However, they can still freely go back to earlier pages. (See below)

 How to Ensure Learners Spend a Certain Minimum Time to Complete a Course

Step 1: From the same Advanced settings tab, locate Min. Time To Complete Course.

Step 2: Enter the required course duration in HH:MM:SS format (e.g., 05:00:00 for a 5-hour course).

Step 3: Click Save.

This is especially useful when the course is part of regulated training or when you want learners to reflect more deeply on long-form content before moving to certification.

Why This Matters

• Reduces content skipping: Useful for video-based or voiceover-led modules that follow a fixed pace.

• Protects assessment integrity: Especially in compliance or high-stakes training, learners shouldn't breeze through to the quiz.

• Meets external training standards: Government programs or grants often require documented seat time.

• Improves content absorption: Encourages learners to engage thoughtfully with key materials.

FAQs

Can learners still go back to previous pages?
Yes, page restrictions apply only when moving forward. Learners can review earlier content as many times as they like.

Does this work for video content, too?
Yes. Minimum time restrictions apply to all course page types, including videos, text, slides, and SCORM content.

Can I disable these rules after learners have started the course?
You can, but we recommend notifying learners first to avoid confusion.

Does this feature support multilingual courses or different teams?
Yes. You can apply these settings across multiple courses and regions, which is perfect for global rollouts where content pacing matters.