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. 

 

Modify these Advanced Course Settings to Prevent Skipping of Course Pages by Learners

 

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).

 

Assign minimum required time to be spent on course pages

 

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

 

Save your changes

 

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)

 

Spend minimum time on page Preview

 

 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).

 

Set the minimum time learners must spend on your course before proceeding to the course completion page

 

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 — perfect for global rollouts where content pacing matters.

 

 

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