Abstract: A viewing verification application hosted on a viewing authentication apparatus is configured to verify whether a user has viewed content for a predetermined period of time in order to receive continuing education (CE) credit. The application includes a content display module to display a document selected by a user. The document includes a plurality of pages. The application also includes a timer generating module to generate a document viewing period and a plurality of page viewing periods corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of pages of the document. The timer generating module also generates a document viewing timer and a plurality of page viewing timers for respective ones of the pages. When the content display module displays a first page of the plurality of pages to the user, the timer generating module starts a first timer. The timer generating module also starts the document viewing timer.