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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. However, growing a healthy, vibrant community is not as easy as it sounds. This is why, for many course creators, the preferred solution is a forum. Forums come in all shapes and sizes. Downsides to launching a forum.

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Discussion Forums for Knowledge Sharing at Capital City Bank

Tony Karrer

I recently had a great conversation with Becky Barch, a performance consultant at the Bank, about her smart application of discussion forum software from ElementK. The forum is targeted to a small group – loan/lending assistants. Becky turned around and used a discussion forum to make the situation better.

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4 Tips for Writing Better Sales Copy for Your Online Course

LearnDash

But if you’re writing for a new audience, using a lot of jargon words to sound impressive will be off-putting. For instance, a “feature” might be something like “daily quizzes,” “community forum,” or “one-on-one consultation.” Feature (means): Community forum. Avoid hyperbole and clichés. Address hesitations and offer proof.

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LMS Comparison: LearnDash vs. Kajabi

LearnDash

You may love the idea of launching a podcast, so having a platform that makes it easy for you to create one alongside your course sounds like a great idea. Build a dynamic community using forum and social plugins such as BuddyPress or Uncanny Groups. On their Growth plan, the cutoff is fifteen. Advanced features.

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Using online communities to extend the learning experience

CLO Magazine

Those instances can span from a casual check-in of upcoming events on a smartphone to structured research by posting a question (and getting multiple on-target responses) on the forum — all in real-time, in the flow of work and detached from structured learning. Furthermore, online communities can foster a global connection.

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Searching for the perfect gift? Try the gift of learning

Docebo

And in this imperfect world, people leverage external resources for information—whether it’s their favorite podcasts, trusted websites, or go-to wiki or forum. Sounds pretty win-win-win to me.) . You’re probably thinking, “That sounds great. (Unlike my cookies.) Curate and categorize content with AI. Truthfully?

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Speaking at eLearning Guild Online Forum, February 12th

Steve Howard

I’ll be speaking at the eLearning Guild’s online forum, Converting and Repurposing Content for e-Learning on February 12th. The online forum runs on the 11th and 12th of February, and features some great-sounding presentations. The two day forum looks to be a very interesting and informative event.