How seat time works
Why your progress is based on content watched — not time on the page — and how rewatching counts.
Oregon requires that CA training credit reflect the content you actually watch, not just time with the page open. ChiroSmarts measures this precisely as your seat time.
What counts
- As you play a lesson, we record which parts of the video you’ve watched.
- Your credit for a lesson is the total unique content you’ve covered — the span of the video you’ve actually seen.
- Rewatching never double-counts. Watching the same five minutes twice still counts as five minutes. Credit can never exceed the length of the lesson.
What doesn’t count
- Time with the video paused, the tab in the background, or the window not focused. Seat time accrues only while the video is actively playing and you’re looking at it.
- Skipping ahead. Jumping forward leaves a gap in your coverage — you’ll need to go back and watch the part you skipped for it to count.
Playback speed
You can speed up playback up to the course’s limit (commonly 1.5×). Faster playback still credits the full content length — speed doesn’t reduce your seat time.
This is why the platform is strict but fair: you get credit for everything you watch, exactly once. See Unlocking the final exam for how seat time gates your exam.