Viewing Your Progress & Results
Nimbu gives you full visibility into your learning journey — from how far through a unit you are, to the results your trainer has assigned for individual activities and your overall unit outcome. This article explains where to find your progress information, how to read your results, and what to do with the feedback your trainer provides.
What's Covered in This Article
This article guides you through the progress and results available to you as a student, explaining what each status means and how your overall outcome is determined.
- Progress Dashboard: Where to see your overall learning progress at a glance.
- Unit Completion Status: How your progress through individual units is tracked and displayed.
- Assessment and Observation Results: Understanding your activity-level results.
- Competent vs Not Yet Competent Explained: What your unit outcome means and how it is determined.
- Trainer Feedback: Where to find and how to use the feedback your trainer provides.
Progress Dashboard
Your Student Dashboard is the starting point for monitoring your progress across all enrolled classes. Each class card shows a visual progress indicator reflecting how far through the course you are based on completed content and activities. To see more detail for a specific class:
- Click the class card on your dashboard.
- You will see all units in that class, each displaying a current status label.
- Click into any unit to see the progress of individual content items and activities within it.
The dashboard updates in real time - any time you complete an activity or your trainer finalises a result, your progress reflects the change immediately.
Unit Completion Status
Each unit in your class carries a status that reflects your overall progress through it. These statuses appear on your dashboard and within the class view.
| Status | What It Means |
|---|---|
| IA: Inactive | You have not yet started this unit. It may require trainer activation or a prerequisite to be completed first. |
| IP: In Progress | You are currently working through this unit. Some required content is still outstanding. |
| AR: Awaiting Result | You have completed all required content. Your trainer is reviewing your unit result before it is finalised. |
| C: Competent | Your trainer has confirmed you have met the requirements for this unit. |
| NC: Not Yet Competent | Your trainer has determined you have not yet met the requirements. Further work may be required. |
What Counts Towards Completion
Your unit progress is driven by completion-required content: the activities and resources your RTO has designated as mandatory. These are marked with a "Required" badge in your unit view and include all assessments and observations, as well as any learning resources your RTO has flagged.
Optional resources (those without the "Required" badge) do not affect your unit status, but you are encouraged to engage with them for your own study.
Assessment and Observation Results
Each assessment and observation you submit is individually reviewed and assigned a result by your trainer. You can view these results at any time from within the unit.
Activity-Level Results
| Result | What It Means |
|---|---|
| TBM: To Be Marked | You have submitted this activity and it is in your trainer's marking queue. |
| S: Satisfactory | Your trainer has reviewed your work and determined it meets the required standard. |
| NS: Not Satisfactory | Your trainer has reviewed your work and determined it does not yet meet the standard. |
Note: Self-marking questions (multiple choice, true/false, selection) within an assessment are graded automatically at the point of submission. Short answer and upload questions require manual review by your trainer, so your full result may not be available immediately.
Accessing Your Activity Results
- Navigate to the unit containing the activity.
- Click View on the relevant assessment or observation.
- Your result and any trainer feedback are displayed on the marking summary screen.
If your result is NS, your trainer may request a resubmission or ask you to revise your work. You will receive a notification when this happens. See the Resubmitting Your Work article for guidance on next steps.
Competent vs Not Yet Competent Explained
Once you have completed all required content in a unit, your trainer assigns a final unit result. This is the overall competency outcome for that unit and sits above the individual activity results.
What These Results Mean
Competent means your trainer has determined that you have demonstrated the knowledge and skills required for this unit to the required standard across all activities. This is the outcome you need to progress towards your qualification or course completion.
Not Yet Competent means your trainer has determined that you have not yet demonstrated the required standard for the unit. This does not mean you have failed permanently — it indicates there is more work to do before competency can be confirmed.
How the Unit Result Is Determined
Your unit result is not simply a pass or fail based on counting satisfactory marks. Your trainer considers your overall performance across all required activities when forming their professional judgement.
Depending on your RTO's configuration, unit results may be determined in one of two ways:
- Automatic : Once all required content is completed, the system generates a suggested result based on your activity outcomes. This becomes your result immediately.
- Manual : If your RTO requires trainer sign-off, your unit will show AR (Awaiting Result) status after all content is complete. Your trainer reviews your full progress and confirms the result. You will be notified once it is finalised.
Accepting Your Unit Result
If your RTO requires formal result acceptance, you will see a Unit Result modal when your result is ready. This modal shows:
- The result (Competent or Not Yet Competent)
- Your trainer's name and the date of the decision
- Any feedback or comments your trainer has provided
Click Confirm & Accept to formally acknowledge the outcome.
Important: Once you accept a unit result, it cannot be changed. If you have any concerns about your result, contact your trainer before clicking Confirm & Accept.
Trainer Feedback
Your trainer may leave written feedback alongside the result for any assessment, observation, or unit. This feedback is a direct communication from your trainer about the quality of your work, areas of strength, and areas that need improvement.
Where to Find Feedback
- Activity feedback : Open the relevant assessment or observation from your unit and navigate to the marking summary or result screen. Trainer feedback appears alongside your result.
- Unit result feedback : If your trainer has provided a comment when setting your unit result, it will appear in the Unit Result modal when you view or accept your outcome.
How to Use Feedback
Trainer feedback is one of the most valuable tools available to you as a learner. Use it to:
- Understand specifically what met the standard and what did not.
- Identify which areas to focus on if a resubmission is requested.
- Track your development over time across different activities and units.
If you receive feedback that you do not understand or would like to discuss, reach out to your trainer directly. Do not guess at what is expected, your trainer is there to support your learning.