The student journey: enrol → learn → complete → certificate

You build the course once; every student then moves through the same four-step journey. Knowing these steps helps you decide where to add a quiz, when to issue a certificate, and what your analytics are measuring.

Every learner follows the same path. Progress is the share of lessons they've completed.

1 · Enrol

A student enrols by buying a paid course or joining a free one. From that moment they have an enrolment record tied to your course — that's what your student list and revenue numbers count.

2 · Learn (progress)

As a student finishes lessons, those lessons are marked complete and their progress climbs from 0% to 100%. Progress is simply the share of the course's lessons they've completed — so if you add lessons later, everyone's percentage adjusts automatically.

3 · Complete

When a student has finished every lesson, the course is marked complete for them and the completion date is recorded. This is what your completion-rate analytics measure.

4 · Certificate

If you've turned on a certificate for the course, completing it issues that student a personalised certificate with a public verify link. No certificate is issued for courses where you've left it off.

Want students to finish, not just buy? Put a short quiz at the end of each module — it gives them a sense of progress and gives you a completion signal to watch in analytics.