Did you know you can set up a device to access a version of your course even without an internet connection? We use your browser's offline functionality and progressive web apps, allowing you to keep up with your studies on the go.
In offline mode, you can access all course text and image content and review your study notes.
However, please note that interactive elements and uploading/downloading features require internet access (e.g. completing tasks, downloading resources, watching videos, and contributing to social elements).
Tip: You can download videos and files from Downloads ahead of time and save them to your device to view offline.
Accessing courses on your device is made possible through a technology called Progressive Web Apps (PWA). When you first access each section of your course, a local copy is downloaded to your device for offline use. PWAs are widely supported on both mobile and desktop platforms across most browsers.
Tip: If you want to conserve your data, we recommend accessing your course for the first time (to download the local copy) using Wi-Fi rather than your mobile data.
How to access your course offline using a laptop or desktop
While you are online, open Google Chrome and log in to your course.
Follow the instructions on this page.
How to access your course offline on an Android device (tablet or smartphone)
Open your course using Google Chrome (this is usually the Android default browser).
Select the three vertical dots in the top right corner and choose Add to home screen.
This will add a new icon on your Home screen providing a shortcut to your course.
While online, open your course from the icon on your Home screen and login.
Visit each section of your course to download a local copy of each section to your device.
You can then go offline (you'll see an offline banner appear on the course Overview and on the course card on your dashboard) and still be able to read pages in your course.
FAQS
Do I have to use Google Chrome?
We recommend using Google Chrome (usually the default Android browser). However support for offline access is now supported across most browsers.
Here are some guides on how you can use progressive web apps on other browsers:
My course content hasn't loaded on my phone/tablet?
Depending on the speed of your internet connection or the size of your course it may take some time to download all of the sections. We recommend giving the PWA a bit of time to download a local copy of the course before switching to offline mode.
Why are only some videos available to download?
Videos under 200MB that are directly uploaded into iQualify are available to download to view offline. Videos over 200MB or ones that are embedded from video hosting services such as YouTube or Vimeo are not available as Downloads.