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title: Require Completion of Subject
description: Learn how to track and keep your teammates accountable for their training progress by requiring subject completions.
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# Require Completion of Subject

## Learn how to track and keep your teammates accountable for their training progress by requiring subject completions.

Mitigate on-the-job risks by requiring and tracking your team training. Not only could it help add to the safety and reputation of your workplace by ensuring everyone is up-to-date on the latest company knowledge, but you'll likely never hear, "I was never taught that," again.  
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👉 Before you start:

- This feature option is available on all Trainual plans.
- Manager+ permission levels will be able to require or not require subjects to be completed at varying content access levels. Check out **[this help article here](https://help.trainual.com/en/articles/5589497-permission-levels?hsLang=en)** for more details.
- Review the "**[Add A New Subject](https://help.trainual.com/en/articles/6122597-add-a-new-subject?hsLang=en)**" document first if you are unfamiliar with subject management.

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### To enable completion requirements:

When you create a subject, the default setting will always be to "Default required completion on subject assignment," but to ensure this feature *is* *definitely* turned ON for your content...

1. Navigate to the Content library and press the tab for **[Company, Policies, or Processes](https://help.trainual.com/en/articles/5600754-company-policies-processes?hsLang=en)** where the existing subject lives.
2. **Press** the "Share" button to open up the sharing settings for the subject.
   
   ![Screenshot 2024-08-01 at 12.21.14 PM](https://help.trainual.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-08-01%20at%2012.21.14%20PM.png?width=655&height=239&name=Screenshot%202024-08-01%20at%2012.21.14%20PM.png)
3. Within the "**Completion**" column, **check** the "**Required**" box for any team members or**[groups](https://help.trainual.com/en/articles/8190371-groups?hsLang=en)** who need to complete the subject.
   
   ![](https://help.trainual.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/Screenshot+2023-11-30+at+9_37_33%E2%80%AFAM-1.png?width=450&name=Screenshot+2023-11-30+at+9_37_33%E2%80%AFAM-1.png)
4. Finalize your audit/any changes by selecting "**Save**" at the bottom of the window.

📝 **Please note:** If the "Required" box is not checked, the subject will populate as a reference subject to team members the subject has been shared with (aka — the information would be optional and not **[trackable](https://help.trainual.com/en/articles/7260790-reports?hsLang=en)**).

 

Within the "**[Advanced Subject Settings](https://help.trainual.com/en/articles/5561304-advanced-subject-settings?hsLang=en)**," if you uncheck the "Default required completion on subject assignment" box, the subject will be converted to default to *not required* when you assign new teammates.

 

❗️Individual or **[group](https://help.trainual.com/en/articles/8190371-groups?hsLang=en)** assignments can be managed through the group share feature. Learn more about making subjects reference material for some but mandatory for others in this help article here: 🔗 **[Group Share](https://help.trainual.com/en/articles/8224735-group-share?hsLang=en)**.

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### To learn more about subject management:

- Keep track of past training achievements and failures by **[archiving content](https://help.trainual.com/en/articles/5605449-archive-unarchive-subjects?q=Require+Completion+of+Subject&hsLang=en)**.
- Delegate **[subject management](https://help.trainual.com/en/articles/5600870-subject-owners?hsLang=en)** to a designated team member.
- Apply some strategy to how you are [**organizing your subjects**](https://share.trainual.com/subject/1c7f66e4-05cb-49ee-8c97-ca3a9230ac2d).

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