---
title: Complete Lessons and Use Lesson Resources
description: Move through a course, open supporting files, ask the teacher, and record lesson completion accurately.
audience:
  - member
product_area: learning
topics:
  - Lessons
  - Resources
  - Completion
synonyms:
  - student
  - learner
  - member
  - mark complete
  - next lesson
routes:
  - /groups/:groupId/classroom/:courseId/:lessonId
related_articles:
  - students/find-your-courses
  - students/take-quizzes
  - students/track-progress
  - students/use-ai-tutor-and-practice
status: published
---

Open a lesson from the course outline. The left side shows the course, chapter, current item, and progress; the main area contains the lesson and its actions.

![A current course lesson with its outline, content, teacher help, resources, completion control, and next-lesson action.](/help/images/students/complete-a-lesson.jpg)

1. Read, watch, or listen to the lesson content.
2. Choose **Resources** to open any supporting files or links.
3. Choose **Ask the teacher** when you want to send the lesson context to the available course assistant.
4. Finish any download, assignment, video, or quiz the creator requires.
5. Choose **Mark lesson as complete**. Confirm that the course progress changes.
6. Choose **Next Lesson** to continue, or use the course outline to open another available item.

## Keep completion accurate

Do not mark a lesson complete before finishing its required work. A course can use lesson completion, a passing quiz, prerequisites, a cohort schedule, or another creator-defined rule to unlock the next item.

If **Resources** is empty, the lesson does not currently have supporting items. If a file will not open, allow the browser's download or pop-up action, try a current browser, and report the exact resource name to the community admin.

If the completion control changes but **My Learning** does not, refresh once and reopen the lesson before repeating the action. See [Track Learning Progress and Upcoming Work](/help/students/track-progress) for the full recovery checklist.

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