You can view the recommended duration of a training module, course, or learning track and the actual time spent on them.



Recommended Duration and Time Spent can be tracked in the following reports:

You can only see the time spent on those materials for which the recommended duration is specified. Time Spent won't be displayed for Assignments, Links, and files in xls, xlsx, doc, and docx formats.

How to set the recommended duration

You can specify the time for all types of content. Let's look at how to specify the recommended duration using the example of a course.

  1. Open a course.
  2. Go to General.

  3. Specify the time duration in the Recommend Duration field.

  4. Click on Save.


  5. You can also specify a recommended duration for standalone materials, one by one.

  6. Select a standalone material and click on Edit.


  7. Next, specify the recommended duration.


  8. Click on Save.

You won’t be able to set the recommended duration for audio or video because the system will insert their duration automatically.

If you create courses in iSpring Suite, you can set slide duration so that the total duration of slides is equal to the recommended time for a course in iSpring Learn.

You can specify slide duration in Slide Properties. 

How to track time for a learning material

The Learner Results report will show how much time was recommended and how much was actually spent studying a particular piece of training content.

  1. Go to Learner Results.


  2. Compare the recommended duration and time actually spent in the two columns next to each other.


How to track the total amount of time spent training

There are two new columns in the Learner Progress report that enable you to see how much time a user has spent on courses in total:

  • Total Recommended Duration. This shows the total duration of materials and courses assigned to the employee.
  • Total Time Spent. It shows the total duration of training courses that the employee has completed.


    Also, the reports above have an additional Start Date and Time column. The start date will show when the learner opened the material and started studying it.


    The Start Date and Time column is displayed in these reports: Learner Results, Learner Progress in Modules, Module Enrollment History, Learner Progress in a Learning Track, Learning Track Details, and Course Progress.