Design a lesson: completion, repeats, items and history

Published 18 October 2026, Updated 18 October 2026

Completion and grading

Pass and score rules

Option	Effect
Must be PASSED to continue the course	The student must pass this lesson before continuing. Use it for checks and phase evaluations.
All items have to be graded	Every exercise item of the lesson must receive a grade.
Must be SCORED to save the lesson	A score is required to save.
Assessed as FAILED below a score of … %	The lesson is automatically assessed as failed below this score. Untick for no automatic check.

Competencies renewed when passed — Up to three competencies (1st, 2nd, 3rd) renewed when the lesson is passed, each with its expiry rule. This updates the member’s qualifications, so confirm the competency and expiry with the approved program.

Lessons credited when this lesson is passed

Some lessons cover other lessons of the same course: a check ride can validate earlier exercises, or one long ground session can replace several short ones. List those lessons once here. Each time an instructor saves this lesson as passed for a student, the listed lessons are credited to the student automatically, exactly as if a course responsible had credited them in the Credits tab of the training record (money bag icon, counted as passed, no duration added).

To configure them:

1. The left list shows the other lessons of this course, grouped by phase. Select one or more lessons.
2. Click the arrow, double-click or drag them to the Credited list.
3. To remove one, move it back to the left list.
4. Save the lesson.

Rule	What it means
Same course only	Only lessons of the current course can be credited.
Not the lesson itself	The lesson you are editing is never listed.
No crossed links	A lesson that already credits this lesson is greyed with (credits this lesson) and cannot be selected.
Inactive lessons	Marked (inactive); listed but never credited while inactive.
One level only	A credited lesson never credits its own linked lessons in turn.
Editable course only	The list can be changed only while the course can be modified.
Not installed	This option is not installed yet (database update required): ask your administrator. Lessons save normally in the meantime.

What happens later, in the training records:

Situation	Result
Instructor saves the lesson as passed	A Lessons to credit window lists the configured lessons, all checked. The instructor unchecks those not covered for this student and clicks Save.
Lesson saved through Multiple Entries, changed later to passed, or passed automatically by its score	All configured lessons are credited, without a window.
The student already has a configured lesson (completed, failed or credited)	That lesson is greyed and never credited twice.
The phase of a configured lesson is hidden for the student	That lesson is not proposed and not credited.
The passed entry is deleted, or changed to not passed	The automatic credits are removed. Credits added by hand are never removed.
The course is closed	Nothing is credited.

In the training record, the money bag tooltip reads Credited automatically from lesson … (entry of …), and the Credits tab shows (auto: …).

Dynamic documents — Move documents from Available documents to Downloadable when passed. They become downloadable when the lesson is completed as passed. The documents themselves are managed with the Dynamic docs tool.

Members that can register this lesson (Mandated signature) — Selected members who have access to the course can record this lesson for another pilot in command and certify it with a mandated signature. Leave empty to keep the normal recording permissions. This does not give correction rights.

Repeats and notifications

Option	Effect
No repeat once passed	The lesson cannot be done again after its last result is passed.
Limit the number of repeats to	Maximum number of repeats. Untick for no limit.
Lock the lesson when the limit is exceeded	Blocks the lesson once the limit is exceeded (available when a limit is set).
Locked in Flight Record once this lesson is passed or credited	Choose a following lesson: once that lesson is passed or credited, this lesson can no longer be selected in Flight Record. Useful for alternative or superseded paths.
Notifications — If passed…, If failed…, If overpassed repeat…	Members e-mailed when the lesson is saved as passed, as failed, or when the repeat limit is exceeded. Search a member and click Add.
Notify the student when absent	The student is notified when marked absent for a session, and an attendance report is created if this report type is configured.

Items

The Items sub-tab lists the exercise items graded in this lesson. The number on the sub-tab is the number of items.

Add items (left column, when the course can be modified):

1. Choose an item group in the drop-down list. Its items are listed below.
2. Click an item to add it to the lesson, or type a new item title and click + to create it in the group and add it.

Configure each item (right column):

Control	Purpose
Cross	Removes the item from the lesson (a removed item can be recovered with the undo icon).
Item title	Hover it to see the item details.
Set as optional	Makes the item optional for this lesson.
OB	Links an Observable Behaviour to the item (see below).
Activity type list	Discuss, Introduce, Demonstrate/Practice, Practice, Evaluate, Oral evaluation…
Grade type list	The grading scale used (for example 1 to 4, F to S, Incomplete-Done, Unsatisfactory-Incomplete-Satisfactory). The Help tab describes each scale.
Grade buttons	Select the minimum grade required for the item; choose No minimum grade to remove it.

Drag items to change their order. Item changes are saved immediately.

Link an Observable Behaviour — click the OB marker of an item, choose the behaviour in the Observable behaviour selection window and click Select OB.

History

Visible to administrators. Lists every recorded change of this lesson with date and member.