HOW TO ADD AN ONLINE COURSE TO YOUR WEBSITE

Barrington WordPress MeetupMarch 2020Kent Smith – Byte Outfitters LLC

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AGENDA

Why Online Courses?Planning Your Online CoursePicking the Right SolutionCreate an Online CourseTour Client Sites

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WHY ADD ONLINE COURSES?

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Add-On/BundleBe A

Thought LeaderExpand Your Reach

Volunteer Training Lead MagnetEngage Prospects

Cost EffectiveTraining

PROJECT PLANNINGCrawl - Walk - Run Begin simple, add features over time

Content – courses, downloads, quizzes Course Organization & HierarchyDependencies?Desired Output? Reports, Certificates

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Top Tip: Explore needs in-depth before beginning. Needs of Users, Teachers, Management

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LMSMembership

ThemeeCommerce

Hosting

PICKING THE RIGHT SOLUTION

LMS CHOICES

Hosted or Self-HostedAll included, or Scalable approach

6https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/best-wordpress-lms-plugins-compared/

MY PREFERRED LMSLearnDash.comFreeBasic: 1 site, $199 $159/yrPlus: 10 sites, $229 $189/yr ProPanel reporting tool included

Pro: 25 sites, $369 $329/yr ProPanel reporting tool included

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ECOMMERCE CHOICES

• Basic capabilities included with LearnDash

• Robust capabilities with Add-Ons• How To articles from LearnDash• Great community support• 3rd Party LD plugins support WC 1st

• Also used by some developers

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REMAINING CHOICES

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LEARNDASH OVERVIEW

New Post Types Courses, Lessons, Topics, Quizzes Builder tool to create & link these

New Widgets, ShortcodesNew Group Leader RoleReporting Tool

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OUR FIRST COURSE

“How to Create a LearnDash Course”1. What to do first

a) Install LearnDash Pluginb) Configure LearnDash Settings

2. What to do nexta) Create a Courseb) Create Lessons, Topics and

Quizzesc) Enter content for Lessons, Topics,

Quizzes3. Wrap Up4. Quiz

Free to everyone but users must register

Must complete training in the specified order. No skipping ahead.

No materials, assignments Certificate if they score 80%

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ECOMMERCE EXAMPLE Crawl, Walk, Run Import Storyline course modules Sell course subscriptions

Direct to clients Via assessors Via 3rd party (custom code)

Assessors manage their clients via Groups Prerequisite course for assessors to buy seat licenses Restrict access based on user role Assessors and Clients do everything via front end

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EMPLOYEE TRAINING EXAMPLE

LearnDash Groups – applicants, employees. Auto-enrollmentContinuing Education UnitsCertificates – emailedEmployee Training Reports (custom code)

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Kent Smithkent@ByteOutfitters.comwww.ByteOutfitters.com

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