# Study a course

> Find your way around a course, finish lessons and pick up where you left off.

Source: https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-students/study  
Plans: Everyone  
Last checked: 2026-10-27

When you're done, you've worked through the course's lessons and your progress is saved.

**Who this is for:** students with a place on the course.

## Open the course

Go to **My courses** and click **Start**, **Continue** or **Open** on the course. It opens at the lesson
you were on, or the next one to do. Your progress is saved as you go, so you can carry on later on any
device you sign in on.

![Omar Haddad studying Bread Basics: the outline on the left with three lessons ticked and later ones locked, the lesson Shaping, rising and baking in the middle, the tutor on the right, and the progress bar at the top showing 60%.](https://mjmtbasmrtksluvlnema.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/help-media/web-optimized/academy-students/study/SS-STU-020-01__study__academy__desktop__v01.webp?v=62549c445a)

- **The outline** (1) lists the lessons by module. A tick means done, a circle means open, and a lock
  means you need to finish the required lessons before it first. Lessons marked "(optional)" never hold
  you back.
- **The progress bar** (2) shows how much of the course you've done.
- **The tutor** is on the right. See [Ask the course tutor](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-students/tutor).

On a phone, use the **Lesson**, **Outline** and **Tutor** tabs at the top.

## Work through a lesson

A lesson can have text, videos, audio, PDFs and worksheets to download, links that open outside the
course, and suggested questions for the tutor. A download link works for an hour after the page opens.
If one has stopped working, reload the page to get a fresh one.

When you've finished a lesson, click **Mark complete** (1). **Next** (2) and **Previous** move between
lessons; **Next** stays grayed out while the next lesson is still locked.

![The bottom of a lesson: an Ask the tutor box with suggested questions, then the Mark complete button, and Previous and Next.](https://mjmtbasmrtksluvlnema.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/help-media/web-optimized/academy-students/study/SS-STU-020-02__mark-complete__academy__desktop__v01.webp?v=0a92dbd133)

A lesson with a quiz you must pass completes when you pass it: see [Take a quiz](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-students/quizzes).

## Finishing the course

You've completed the course when every required lesson is done. A banner says so, with a link to your
certificate if the course gives one: see [Your certificate](https://www.chirpbuilder.com/help/academy-students/certificates). You can go back to a completed
course any time.