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Does Your Online Course Need a Forum?

LearnDash

Course forums can give learners a reason to come back and stay engaged, but they’re also a lot of work. Community can help your learners feel connected to the course material, keep them accountable to their goals, and give them a reason to continue subscribing to your membership site. Forums come in all shapes and sizes.

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Why discussion forums are helpful in training

Wizcabin

A discussion forums enables instructor-to-student and student-to-student interaction and is the heart of online training because learners from different locations can easily interact and learn from each other. Furthermore, discussion forums create collaborative learning that adds more uniqueness to your eLearning course.

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How to Make Online Courses More Interactive

LearnDash

Let’s explore how you can make courses more interactive by utilizing quizzes, gamification, forums, and more. In reality, a quick quiz is a great check-in for a learner and is an immediate way to help them feel connected to your course. Micro content is an activity or topic that can be completed in a matter of minutes.

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A Student’s Guide to Successful Online Learning

Wizcabin

Whether you are new to online learning or looking to improve your study habits, here are five crucial steps to help you thrive in the world of virtual education: 1) Set Specific and Measurable Goals The first step to a successful online learning journey is to establish clear, specific, and measurable goals.

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Breaking Barriers: Inclusivity And Diversity In Online Education

HexaLearn

Some learners may adapt to visual aids adeptly, while others may prefer auditory or experimental activities. UDL’s core thing is to develop information and activities that are accessible to all learners, regardless of capability or experience. This system helps enhance the learning experience and breaks down cultural barriers.

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Add Private Forums to Your Courses!

LearnDash

Which brings us to our latest update, an integration… Course Specific Forums with bbPress. For those of you who are not familiar with bbPress , it is a free forum plugin offered by Automattic (the same folks behind WordPress). It’s the same forum plugin we use for our LearnDash support. What is bbPress?

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The Good and Bad of Support Forums

LearnDash

This decision often comes down to one of two choices: forums or a help desk – but which is best? Take the time to research the popular help desk options and choose one that works best for you (for us it is HelpScout , but there are many). As we got more customers they started requesting that we implement forums.

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