Student Course Experience
Enrolled students open Courses in the client portal for overview, lesson playback with video resume, downloads, and completion progress—access comes from their purchase or invitation grant, not the public marketing site.
Understanding the student view helps you design curriculum that feels clear on desktop and mobile. Learners see entitled courses only, a course home with progress and Continue Course, and a lesson player with navigation, video resume, notes, and downloads. Branding follows your site theme so the course feels part of your studio, not a separate LMS.
Prerequisites
Student path: client portal → Courses → course home → lesson player
Enrollment: purchase, invitation grant, or both—see Set course access rules
What you're looking at
Courses list: only courses the student is entitled to (no locked “catalog” teasers).
Course home: progress bar (lessons completed), Continue Course / Start Course, and a flat lesson list (not a module accordion).
Lesson player: video (resumes from the last scrub position when available), rich-text notes, Mark complete, previous/next lesson controls, and an attachments/downloads section when files were added.
Portal home: optional Course Progress widget driven by the same entitlements—not a Portal Settings toggle.
Implementation steps
- Enroll a test student via purchase or invitation—matching your production access path.
- Sign in to the client portal as that student.
- Open Courses and confirm only entitled courses appear.
- Open the course home and confirm the lesson list order matches Portal Manager.
- Start or continue a lesson; play video far enough to save progress, leave, then reopen—playback should resume near where they left off.
- Click Mark complete (if shown) and confirm the course home progress updates.
- Use Next and Previous to move between lessons.
- Download an attached file when the lesson includes one.
- Check the same flow on a phone-width browser.
What you'll see
The student journey is predictable: course home shows progress, lessons load with navigation intact, video resume works after a partial watch, and downloads work. Progress reflects completed lessons after the student marks them or finishes required video content.
Verifying your setup
- A test student is enrolled through your real access path.
- At least one lesson is completed with progress saved.
- Video resume and file downloads work on desktop and a narrow mobile width.
