Another situation is when the user must do repetitive activities. An example of this is when the user must make an excessive number of mouse clicks on each screen. That gets tiresome. Finally, if there is too much material to read on a page or if there are too many pages or screens in a lesson, the user starts to feel it never seems to end and often will tune out. Tedium and then boredom sets in.
Possible ways are to emphasize application and value of the material.
Entertainment is also often used to lighten up a training session. Some developers try to use animations, videos, and sound to keep the user's attention. Unfortunately, such multimedia effects can cause passiveness or can even annoy the student. If the lesson is valuable to the user, he or she will want to participate and complete it. Value relates to usefulness and application to the job or task.