# Take a course

## Participate to a course 

To view and participate to a course, you must either: 

* be a Spot member (for public courses). 
* be invited by an admin to the course (for secret courses). 
* be an admin (regardless of course confidentiality) 

Once you're a Spot member and you can view the course, you can take it! 

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If you're a visitor to the Spot, you can view public courses and see the introductory stage. If you want to take part in the course, you have to join the Spot! 
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Each course step consists of : 

* step title 
* step content 
* a progress bar indicating your progress through the course 
* navigation buttons at the bottom to return to the previous step or move on to the next one 
* a list of steps on the right (you don't have to follow the course in order!)

## Completing a step

You can complete a step by clicking on the button at the bottom right of the step in question. A green check mark ✅ then appears in the list of steps on the right.

* If the course is in `Flexible Navigation` mode

You can complete the steps in the order of your choice (you can complete a step without having completed the previous step)

* If the course is in `Sequential progression` mode

You must complete the steps in the order in which they appear (you cannot complete a step without having completed the previous one). As soon as you complete this step, the next step will be unlocked.

### Quiz step

To complete a Quiz step, start by answering all the questions in the step. Then, simply click on `Submit and complete` your answers.

Once you have submitted your answers, your **score** will appear at the bottom of the page.

Depending on the quiz settings:

* The **correct and incorrect answers are displayed** for each question.
* A `Retake quiz` button allows you to **reset the quiz and take it again**.

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**Note**: Once the quiz has been submitted, the participant will see the version of the quiz at the time of submission, even if changes have been made subsequently.
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## Completing a course

To complete a course, you need to complete the penultimate step of the course (the one just before the conclusion step) by clicking on the `Complete` button.

* If the course is in `Flexible Navigation` mode, you can complete a course without having completed all its steps!
* If the course is in `Sequential progression` mode, you must have completed all course steps to complete the course.


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