LearnDash

DECEMBER 29, 2022

As you may know, LearnDash 4.0 came with some exciting new features. One of these features is our first iteration of Learning Paths, also known as Challenge Exams. We implemented learning paths to help your learners get the most out of your courses. With learning paths, learners have the option to take a test at the beginning of a course and move on to the next course if they pass.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

If you sell content or products on your WordPress site, then you know how important it is to get your online shop set up just right. Even the slightest delay or error in a check-out process can deter a potential customer. This is especially true if you’ve created a storefront on a custom-built WordPress site – your checkout experience needs to be seamless.

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LearnDash

MAY 12, 2022

Many customers expect the option to try before they buy when considering a purchase—after all, most of us wouldn’t drive off the lot in a new car without taking it for a test drive first. The same can be true for students considering enrolling in your online courses. Even though you know your content is top-notch, a new customer might not be convinced before seeing it for themself.

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LearnDash

MARCH 9, 2022

As an expert in your field, there will come a time when you’ll want to start offering online courses. Depending on your industry, your competition may have already beat you to the punch. Does this mean your dreams of having a profitable online course are over? Of course not. Find out why below. A saturated market doesn’t mean there’s no room for you and your ideas.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

As a learning management system (LMS), our #1 priority is helping you easily create, manage, and sell high-quality courses. According to Hubspot, LearnDash is the best LMS plugin for WordPress so it’s no secret that we’re pretty good at what we do. But we’re always looking for better ways to deliver the best elearning tools to support our learners. This is why we recommend integrating WooCommerce with your LearnDash membership to extend your course capabilities. .

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LearnDash

JANUARY 31, 2022

Building your course isn’t an all-day process, especially if you use KadenceWP Starter themes for LearnDash. LearnDash is a learning management system that helps you easily transform your expertise into profitable courses. We lean in heavily on the “easy” part and that’s why we’re always creating new, more effective ways to build courses. Our latest hack includes new starter themes from KadenceWP.

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LearnDash

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Duolingo has created an elearning experience that is rewarding and effective. Here’s how to apply its best features to your course. 433 days ago, I created an account on Duolingo for the first time. I know the exact number, because that’s how long my streak is. Since that time, I’ve primarily spent my time on their mobile app, and have tried out their courses in Spanish, Russian, German, and Korean.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

How does one of the premium all-in-one LMSs on the market stand up to LearnDash on WordPress? In our recent series of comparison posts, we’ve looked at two popular platforms with similar price points— Teachable and Thinkific. Both these platforms offered free options, with Basic plans starting at $29/mo. and $39/mo. respectively. The next LMS we’d like to cover has a much more expensive pricing structure.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

We are thrilled to announce that LearnDash has joined the Liquid Web family, and are beyond excited at what this means for not only you as a LearnDash user, but also for your learners taking your LearnDash powered courses! Since our inception, we have had one goal: to give course creators like you the ability to create unparalleled online learning experiences.

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LearnDash

AUGUST 12, 2021

Flow exists in the “just right” space between boredom and anxiety. In 1975, a Hungarian-American psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, identified a cognitive state of high focus and productivity which he named “flow.” The concept of flow, also described as a state of “effortless attention” was nothing new, but Csikszentmihalyi’s research kicked off a surge of interest in the idea.

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LearnDash

JULY 15, 2021

If you’re a learning developer, understanding your client’s goals is key to delivering a successful project. We spend a lot of time on our blog writing to online educators, but a sizable portion of our userbase is comprised of developers who use WordPress to deliver projects for clients who don’t have the time, the technical skills, or the time to learn the technical skills to set up a website for themselves.

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LearnDash

JUNE 8, 2021

It’s not enough to just build a great course—you have to sell it, too. Many online educators create courses because they have a passion and want to share it. And, of course, that’s a fantastic and inspirational thing to see. But many educators, after creating their courses, run into a wall: their excitement carried them through the creation stage of their journey, and now they need to move into sales mode.

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LearnDash

MAY 6, 2021

Protecting your intellectual property is important, but securing your website should come first. A common concern for many course creators lies in how they can protect their content from being stolen. After putting all that work into developing course content as an intellectual property, no one wants it to be scraped and shared elsewhere.

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LearnDash

APRIL 27, 2021

Why you should build and test a workable model of your course early in the design process. You’ve just had a brainstorm for a great new course idea, and you’re eager to begin planning content. You quickly write a course outline , and are ready to begin fleshing it out into a full-blown course. But before you get too carried away, there’s a step you should take first: course prototyping.

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LearnDash

APRIL 1, 2021

How to define your objectives before creating an online learning program. Starting an online learning program is an exciting and challenging endeavor. However, most courses take a lot of time to prepare, and you should know what you’re getting into before you start. Here are a few questions to help you think through your course idea so that you can start off on the right foot. 1.

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LearnDash

MARCH 30, 2021

How do you know if there is a market for your specialized online course? One of the biggest struggles first-time educators face when they launch a new course lies in finding a promising subject. They may have an idea that inspires them, but it’s less certain whether that idea will appeal to anyone else. As a result, the temptation for these course providers is to go broad.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Mobile learning isn’t just a way to make courses more accessible—it’s a way to deliver better learning content. The first priority of many online educators is to create the best desktop experience possible—and who can blame them? After all, most of them are also creating content on their desktop, and it’s a space learners traditionally turn to when they search for new learning content.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Scenarios offer learners an opportunity to practice responses in a controlled environment. One of the biggest leaps most learners make as they grow a new skill is putting theory into practice. In low-stakes situations, this isn’t usually a big deal. It’s inevitable that learners will bake a few bad cakes, hit a wrong cord, or write some buggy lines of code.

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LearnDash

JANUARY 11, 2021

Prepare for a very active year! Happy New Year, LearnDashers! I think we are all glad 2020 is behind us as we look forward to great things to come this year. No, we aren’t out of the pandemic quite yet (which has impacted everyone, including two of our very own at LearnDash), but I feel that there is a renewed energy! The result of COVID has meant that many of you have turned to LearnDash for your online courses.

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LearnDash

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Checklists can be a helpful learning aid—when they’re used correctly. Ask enough people how they feel about checklists, and you’ll probably notice that most fall into one of two camps: they either love them, or they hate them. For such a simple tool, checklists evoke strong reactions. Some will swear that they can’t get through their day without a checklist to keep them on task.

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LearnDash

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Planning to launch a membership website for e-learning in 2021? Here are your best options. One of the most common use cases we have for LearnDash comes in the form of membership websites. Instructors want to create an experience where their learners can pay an ongoing subscription to have access to certain sets of courses, along with various other privileges.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Getting started with a fully functional online course website just got easier! If you are currently using LearnDash, or are thinking about choosing us for your LMS, then I have great news to share! The folks at Astra have released four new starter site templates designed specifically for LearnDash—giving you five amazing options to help you get started quickly with your online courses!

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Growing your membership is a combination of good marketing and removing usability errors. Membership packages are a popular choice for educators because they open up the possibility of regular subscribers who will not only stick around on the promise of future content, but who will become active contributors to your community. They’re also popular course options for learners, who often aren’t just looking for instruction and guidance, but peer support as well.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Virtual events give your learners an opportunity to connect socially and add to the value of your course. Online courses allow educators to create material and then resell it numerous times to multiple learners. However, courses are rarely sources of passive income. In reality, they require a lot of time to develop new material, market to new learners, moderate and support.

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LearnDash

JULY 28, 2020

As much as we may not want to admit it, a successful course isn’t all about content. We spend a lot of time discussing instructional design on this blog, but less on visual design. There are obvious reasons for this, but it’s also worth noting that the two are linked. A poor visual design can make it harder for learners to absorb information, while a clean and coherent one can aid it.

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LearnDash

JULY 23, 2020

Advanced computer programs are making further headway into online education: a look at where the field is headed. Artificial intelligence, as a concept, is nearly as old as the computer itself. But its emergence as a tool with real-life applications is only a few decades old, and continues to evolve. Now, while we still wouldn’t say AI has become “mainstream,” it has become more common.

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LearnDash

JUNE 18, 2020

Turn learning into a habit, and your learners will be with you for life. Many of us are used to thinking of learning as something that happens once. We take a course, we read a book, we attend a seminar, and at the end of it, we’ve learned something! But the reality of learning is that it rarely happens this way. We might read something in a book, but it doesn’t “click” until we put it to practice.

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LearnDash

MAY 5, 2020

Language learning is comprised of four foundational skills. Here’s how you can teach them in your course. From the earliest days of the Internet, online learners and educators have looked for ways to use it as a resource for teaching and learning languages. It’s no surprise why: the Internet connects users around the globe, but that connection is only as useful as the communication it facilitates.

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LearnDash

APRIL 8, 2020

Whether you’re working from a template or building from scratch, these design principles for children will help you create a better course for kids. For many years, online education has been a field primarily dominated by adults. From college courses to ongoing professional education, instructional design has focused on the priorities of these adult learners , which are very different from the priorities of children.

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LearnDash

APRIL 7, 2020

With so many in-person courses moving online, here’s how to make sure all your learners can access them. In the past few weeks, as schools have shut down and workplaces have made a rapid transition online, we have seen a tremendous shift in the way people are creating and engaging with online content. The learning curve for many has been steep, but it has also meant that organizations of every stripe are suddenly overcoming long-held prejudices against remote work and education as accommodating

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LearnDash

APRIL 2, 2020

Wondering if you should use the subscription model for selling your course? Here’s a closer look at how that works. One of the first decisions businesses have to make when they start running their online course is what pricing model to use. Should the charge a one-time fee? Sell their courses in bundles? Is access limited after a certain period has elapsed?

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LearnDash

APRIL 1, 2020

7 of our best blog posts on building community during quarantine. As we’re all social distancing right now, it may seem like an odd time to talk about social learning. For many people, that concept brings to mind group activities, class projects, and team building activities. How can anyone engage in social learning when we’re all staying home? Regardless, social learning has a place in online education—and not on the periphery, either.

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LearnDash

MARCH 3, 2020

E-learning videos help educators take their courses to the next level. E-learning videos can help enhance the overall learning experience, giving a deeper explanation for certain concepts or providing students with easy-to-follow visuals that are simply not communicated as well by text. While they are more labor-intensive to create than written content, they can pay-off by being more engaging and valuable to learners.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

How much content belongs on each page? Here’s how to avoid overloading your learners. Let me know if this situation sounds familiar to you: You’re writing a lesson, and as you work on it, the ideas keep coming. You want to add more videos, include every detail of information that comes to mind, and cram the page full of interactive features. Next thing you know, the page is a mile long and learners are struggling to complete lessons.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Learning from your learners can help you create a fantastic customized e-learning experience. In an age of personalized product recommendations and customizable apps, your learners are likely to expect customized e-learning experience when they sign up for your course. What’s more, their expectations are quite reasonable — most people have better learning outcomes when they engage with course content that has been designed to fit their individual needs.

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LearnDash

JANUARY 13, 2020

Trigger other apps, course enrollments, and more based on course activity… from the Zapier platform! Have you ever wanted to sell a LearnDash course using a shopping cart like Shopify? Or perhaps enroll webinar attendees (using GoToWebinar, Zoom, etc.) into a course? You can do this (and so much more) using the updated Zapier v2.0 add-on for LearnDash!

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LearnDash

JANUARY 9, 2020

Better E-Learning Quizzes Result in Better Knowledge Retention. E-learning, whether in a school environment or in the workplace, allows students and employees to take courses on their own time, at their own pace. Remote courses also give students ample time to review the material and ensure that they fully understand each module before moving on to the next.

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