Unfortunately, that’s the way this learning object works…

If you want to have it trek only after the user clicks the link, your best bet would be to create a SCORM shell and nest your link in there...you can set it to track only after the link is clicked. You will need an authoring tool to do this.

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you mean like Articulate Rise? so build the course in rise and then upload as a scorm package? each link is a different lesson.

Correct...If you build a template a reuse it, it may save you some time...that’s the only way I know of to prevent the auto-completion of the HTML object type…

You can also look to add something like a 1-question acknowledgment the users can sign off to confirm they have reviewed the linked content...a slightly different approach but could work just as well.

the one question acknowledgement is a good idea, thank you!

I went ahead and created a rise course and added each HTML link as a block within separate lessons. i tried using the ‘complete content directly above’ continue block before the user could move on, but it didn’t stop them from moving on because it is not forcing them to click those links.. 

i need to think of a creative way to force them to click the links… Any suggestions other than the 1 question acknowledgement?

you probably need to add something that disables the next link until after the link before it is clicked…

I would separate the content into 2 objects...the first being the link in a SCORM package (or leave as an HTML object) followed by the 1-question test. The latter then becomes your proof they clicked the link by the user’s acknowledgment. does that make sense?

yes, thank you very much for your help!