To add FAQ to a course, you need to setup the following:
To create a course, you can follow the instructions here.
4. If you wanted to restrict access to your forum, set the “Visibility” to “Private“. Only enrolled students to the course will have an access to the forum and will be able to post topics.
5. Finally, click the “Publish” button to create the forum.
3. Click “Update” button to save your changes.
The quiz leaderboard provides a way for you to display user’s scores to everyone who takes a quiz. Users can see where they stack up against one another, and ideally, they’ll feel more inclined to excel at the quiz and see their name atop the leaderboard.
Quiz leaderboards are enabled on a quiz-by-quiz basis.
Who Can Apply?: This determines who can submit their score to the leaderboard.
Multiple Applications per user: Enable this option to allow the same user to submit multiple scores to the leaderboard.
Automatic user entry: Enable this option to automatically submit the user’s score to the leaderboard. If left disabled, a button will be available for the user to click to submit their score.
Number of displayed entries: This refers to the number of entries that are present in the leaderboard when it is displayed to the users.
Sort list by?: This determines the sort order when the leaderboard is displayed to the users.
Display on Quiz results page: Enable this option to display the leaderboard on the quiz results page. You have two options for how it is displayed:
There is also the option to insert the leaderboard onto any WordPress page or post by using a shortcode:
Here’s what the user sees after completing a quiz. This example displays the leaderboard after the “Show Leaderboard” button is clicked.
In addition to adding an unlimited number of quiz questions, you can also collect custom data from a user before or after he/she takes a quiz. This article will explain how to set up quiz custom fields and where to view them.
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Quiz custom fields are set on a quiz-by-quiz basis. They cannot be set globally.
There are two places you can ask users to fill out your custom fields:
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If you choose this option, the “Autostart” setting in your quiz display settings is ignored, and a “Start Quiz” button will always be displayed.
Quiz custom fields are stored along with quiz statistics. Click the “Statistics” link or icon in either place, and the custom fields will be displayed along with the rest of the quiz statistics.
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Quiz results page display settings are set on a quiz-by-quiz basis. They cannot be set globally.
Here’s an example of most of the available options. We’ll cover them all below.
This feature, sometimes referred to as “graduation levels,” allows you to display a custom message to the user on the quiz results page.
To display a quiz result message(s):
Now let’s use a different example with multiple messages:
0 and 80%81% and 89%90 and 100%After enabling the Result Message(s) setting:
0 to 80% group in the first box81 in the “From ___ % score, display this message:” box81% to 89% group90 in the “From ___ % score, display this message:” box90% to 100% groupNow you have 3 separate messages set up. Every single user will receive a message, but the message will be customized based on their score.
Enable this setting to show a “Restart Quiz” button on the results page, after a user finishes a quiz.
There are several aspects of the quiz results page that you can customize. Choose to show or hide any of the following elements:
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If you leave the Custom Results Display setting turned off, all elements will be shown.
When enabling custom answer feedback, you can decide what type of feedback to provide to the user at the end of a quiz. Some examples include:
Please familiarize yourself with the following elements. We’ll discuss them below.
Correct or incorrect messages can be shown beneath each quiz question.
If you want to display correct/incorrect messages after each question, you need to set them up first.
All of this is also available right from within the quiz builder.
Answer marks provide the user feedback on each question. Green is used to indicate correct answers, while red is used to indicate incorrect answers. If you allow users to retake the quiz, and you don’t want to give away the answers, you can disable answer marks. They’ll still be able to see the answers they provided, they just won’t know if it was correct or incorrect.
If disabled, the “View questions” button will not appear on the results page, and users will not be able to review the questions. Only the information you have enabled in the previous section, “Custom Results Display,” will be shown.
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If you leave the Custom Answer Feedback setting turned off, all elements will be enabled & displayed.
LearnDash quizzes come with a plethora of display options. You can add materials, show/hide a handful of different elements, autostart quizzes, display numbering, randomize answers and more.
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Quiz display & content settings are set on a quiz-by-quiz basis.
Here’s an example of most of the available options. We’ll cover them all below.
Quiz materials are supplemental materials that you want to provide for the quiz. It is most common to include PDF files or other downloadable files in this area, but you can include anything you’d like (PDFs, images, downloadable audio files, links to other websites, etc.).
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Quiz materials are shown to any user who has access to the quiz.
They are displayed to your users in a separate tab, alongside the main quiz content.
Enable this setting to automatically load the quiz as soon as the user accesses the quiz page.
By default, this setting is disabled, and a “Start Quiz” button must be clicked to start the quiz.
Before we cover all the various elements of a quiz, please familiarize yourself with the following terminology. We’ll explain how to show/hide/enable/disable all of the following elements:
The question display gives you two main options for how you want to set up your quiz questions:
1. One question at a time
If you choose this option, you have two ways to display results:
2. All questions at once
0 to show all questions)The question overview table displays a table at the top of your quiz.
By default, your quiz questions are displayed in the order they are set in the quiz builder. If you’d like to change that order, you have a few options:
There are a handful of other quiz elements that you can choose to show or hide from your users. Enable the toggle to display the following elements:
10 point(s)Category: MathQuestion 1 of 1010. QuestionEnable this setting to output the LearnDash quiz title. This is recommended if you’re displaying the quiz via shortcode, or anywhere other than the default quiz page.
This article will discuss the various ways you can prevent user access to a quiz, along with quizzes affect course progression. You can also award certificates, use time limits, set a passing score, limit quiz retakes and more.
Aside from course progression, there are two main ways you can restrict access to a LearnDash quiz.
You can select one or more quizzes as prerequisites for a quiz. The quiz(zes) you choose must be completed prior to starting this quiz.
If a user tries to access a quiz before completing the prerequisites, they will see a message on the quiz page that lists the name of the quiz(zes) that must be completed first.
You can also choose to only allow registered users to access the quiz. Simple check the box to enable this setting. Common uses for this setting include:
These settings discuss various options for quiz passing percentages, awarding certificates, time limits and retakes.
The passing score represents the score, as a percentage, that the user must attain before the quiz is considered complete. This will prevent the user from moving forward in the course until they have passed the quiz.
This must be a number between 0 and 100.
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Set this value to 0 if you want the user to be able to continue the course as soon as the quiz is submitted, regardless of their score.
If you’d like to award the user a certificate for this quiz, you may choose a certificate here. You need to create a certificate first.
After you select a certificate, you have the option to choose a score that the user is required to attain in order to awarded the certificate. This can be different from the passing score above. For example, a user could pass the quiz with an 80% score, but might be required to attain a 90% score to be awarded a certificate.
Here you can control the number of quiz retakes that a user can have. Leave this setting disabled to allow unlimited retakes.
To put a limit on the number of retakes allowed:
Enable this setting to require the user to answer all questions. They will not be able to submit the quiz until all questions are answered.
Leave disabled to allow users to submit the quiz without answering all questions. Questions not answered will be marked incorrect.
Enable the Time Limit toggle if you’d like to limit the amount of time a user can spend on the quiz. The quiz will be automatically submitted after your specified amount of time.
Next to Automatically Submit After, enter a time in the format HH:MM:SS (hours, minutes, seconds). Here’s an example of a 1 hour, 30 minute time limit.
Leave this setting disabled for the user to have an unlimited amount of time to complete the quiz.
This article will show you how to manage, grade, download & comment on submitted essays.
This page will list all essays that have been submitted by all users, for all quizzes.
You can filter the Submitted Essays list in a few ways:
There are two ways to grade essays & award points.
This is the quick & easy way to grade an essay.
The page will reload and you’ll see the status change from “Not Graded” to “Graded,” and the appropriate points will be displayed.
No further adjustments can be made from the listing screen, but you can open each individual essay if you need to make any changes.
This method is a little more time intensive, but provides more flexibility. You can change an essay from “Graded” to “Not Graded,” as well as adjust the points awarded.
If you previously set the grading of the essay to Not Graded, No Points Awarded, then the status and grade of the quiz will no longer be in Pending status after you award points and indicate that the essay is graded.
If the user did not meet the passing threshold prior to grading, but after the grading of the essay they meet the threshold, then they will be permitted to continue with the course.
If you chose the “Upload” essay type, your submitted essay will include the file that the user uploaded.
As users go through course content and mark items complete, LearnDash is recording this information on their WordPress profile. The course progress and quiz performance can be viewed directly on a specific user’s profile, or the information can be exported.
In addition to these two reports, you can also view quiz statistics right within the WordPress admin area.
This will allow you to view individual answer statistics.
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The Quiz Statistics option must be turned ON in order for data to be gathered.
You can switch between the History and Overview buttons to see different reports, and use the options at the top to filter your reports.
Users with the assigned Group Leader role can also export Course Data and Quiz Data for their respective groups. This is accomplished on the Group Administration page when they are logged into their account.
This article will explain all the various question types that can be used with quizzes, how to set up your questions & answers, awarding points, hints, categories, the different options available for each question type, and more.
Every question you use in any quiz across your site is stored in one, central location. While you can use the quiz builder to add questions & configure your entire quiz, you can also modify questions on their own, dedicated page.
LearnDash gives you the ability to filter your questions in a number of ways:
Use the filter bar across the top of the All Questions page:
When creating a new quiz question, one of the first things you’ll want to do is choose your question type. LearnDash offers the following question types:
To select your question type, look for the Answer type box in the sidebar. Select your type:
The question title is only for internal use. It is not displayed to the user.
The question text is where you actually type the question you have for the user. This uses the classic WordPress editor, so you can insert images, format your text & use custom HTML.
Points are available for all question types. This field is required for all questions. It defaults to 1, but can also be set to 0. Points are only awarded when the question is answered correctly.
To adjust points for a question:
If you’d like to award a different numbers of points based on the specific answer given:
Question categories are available for all question types. They are completely optional, but you can use them to:
To place a question in a category:
To delete a question category, or update its title:
At the end of a quiz, you can choose to display to percentage score the user received in each category of questions:
Hints are available for all question types. They are completely optional, but can help direct a user in the right direction when answering a question. When enabled, a button will appear below the question. Clicking that button will reveal a popup with the hint.
To enable a hint for a question:
Single choice means there is only one correct answer. This is the most common question format for standardized tests. You should also use this question type for True or False questions.
Setting up a single choice question in the admin area looks like this:
Here’s an example of what the user will see.
Multiple choice questions support multiple correct answers. In order for the question to be marked correct, users must select ALL of the correct answers. If they only select some correct answers, then the question is marked incorrect.
Setting up a multiple choice question in the admin area looks like this:
Here’s an example of what the user will see.
Subtract Points for Incorrect Answer
You can choose to subtract points when the user selects an incorrect answer. Note that negative scoring is calculated on a per-question basis.
Free choice questions give the user an input field where they must type the correct answer.
Example: If you ask “What color is the sun?”, you can choose to accept yellow, orange or white. If the user enters any one of these answers, the question is marked correct.
Setting up a free choice question in the admin area looks like this:
Here’s an example of what the user will see.
Sorting choice questions ask the user to place a series of answers in the correct order. When creating the question, the order of the answers in the backend will be considered the correct order.
Setting up a sorting choice question in the admin area looks like this:
Here’s an example of what the user will see.
Matrix sorting questions should be used when you want the user to match two items together. There are two parts to a matrix sorting question:
Each sort element must be unique, and only one-to-one associations are supported.
Your answer area will be set up like a table, with the criterion on the left, and an open area to drag & drop sort elements on the right. You have the option to set a percentage width for the criterion column.
Setting up a matrix sorting choice question in the admin area looks like this (the example uses images for the criterion):
Here’s an example of what the user will see.
Fill in the Blank questions allow you to insert a blank line(s) in the middle of a sentence or paragraph. Users then type the correct answer into this empty field.
{ and }.Example Format
I {play} soccer.I ____ soccer.The correct answer is “play”.
Multiple Possible Answers
To allow for multiple possible answers, enclose each possible answer with square brackets [ and ]. You still use { and } to create the blank space.
I {[play][love][hate]} soccer.
In this example, the user can enter “play,” “love” or “hate,” and they would all be accepted as correct.
Different Points Per Answer
If the “Different points for each answer” option is selected, you can assign points to each possible answer. Otherwise, 1 point will be awarded for each correct answer. To assign points to an answer, enter the pipe character | immediately following the answer, and then enter the number of points.
I {play} soccer, with a {ball|3}.
In this example, the answer “play” is awarded 1 point, and “ball” is awarded 3 points.
Setting up a fill in the blank question in the admin area looks like this:
Here’s an example of a fill in the blank question used for math equations, where there is only one possible correct answer for each blank.
Assessment questions allow for the use of a Likert scale. This question type is perfect for surveys, or any time you’re asking a user to rate something on a scale.
{ and }[ and ]Examples:
less true { [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] } more true{ [disagree] [not sure] [agree] }Example 1: 1 is the least true; it’s worth 1 point. 5 is the most true; it’s worth 5 points.
Example 2: disagree is worth 1 point. not sure is worth 2 points. agree is worth 3 points.
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This type of question is great for pre-course or end-of-course surveys.
Setting up an assessment question in the admin area looks like this:
Here’s what the user sees:
Essay questions allow the user to enter a free-form answer. You can choose between two types of essay questions:
<textarea> form field for the user to enter any text they’d like.
Essays come with 3 options for how they are graded after the quiz is submitted:
Course Progression
A user can only progress if the following two things are true:
IMPORTANT
If no points are immediately awarded for the essay, this (temporarily) counts against the final score. If the total points obtained from the other quiz questions meets the passing threshold, the user can continue with the course. However, if they do not earn enough points to meet the passing threshold, they will not be able to continue.
Here’s an example of a “Text Box” essay:
Here’s an example of an “Upload” essay:
For more on essay management & grading, please see our full documentation on essays →
Administrators can view overall quiz scores for students with the built-in LearnDash reporting. Individual answers to questions can be viewed on the Quiz Statistics page.
The quiz builder provides a quick, intuitive way to add, edit, move & delete all the questions in your quiz. This article explains how to use every aspect of the quiz builder to make creating quizzes & managing questions a breeze.
There are a few ways you can access the quiz builder.
If you’ve already created a quiz:
Alternatively, you can click on the quiz title or “Edit” link to bring up the “Edit Quiz” page. Once there, click the “Builder” tab in the top navigation bar.
At the top of the quiz builder, you’ll see:
Then you’ll see all of your questions. This is where you’ll spend the majority of your time constructing your quiz.
There are multiple ways to add questions with the quiz builder. This will depend on a few things:
To add a brand new question to a quiz:
All of your existing questions can be found in the “Questions” box in the sidebar. By default, your most recent questions are shown, but you can click “View all” to see all questions, or use the search box to find a specific question by its title.
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If you don’t see the questions box depicted below, click the 
icon to display the sidebar.
There are multiple ways to add existing questions.
Add a single question: Hover over a question in the question box and click the “Add” button. This will add the question to the end of your quiz.
Add multiple questions: Select the checkbox next to multiple questions, and then click the “Add Selected” button. This will add all selected questions to the end of your quiz.
Drag & drop: If you’d like to add questions to a particular spot in your quiz, you can click & hold down your mouse, drag the question to the quiz builder in the spot you want it, and then release. This will place the question in your specified location in the quiz.
Questions have a few different parts to them, so let’s cover each area one at a time.
Like we previously mentioned, the title is only for internal use, but it can be extremely helpful for the admin to find/edit questions on the backend.
To edit the question title in the quiz builder:
For all other edits to the question, or its answers, you need to expand the question by clicking on the blue down arrow on the right. Alternatively, you can expand all questions at once using the “Expand All” link at the top of the quiz builder.
To edit the actual text of the question:
Editing answers in the quiz builder will depend on the question type. Different types have different options. As soon as you select the question type, your answer options will update below.
The following question types provide the ability for you to add more than one answer:
For these question types, you can add new answers directly in the builder.
Editing answers will look different, depending on the question type. However, all answers & answer options can be edited in the quiz builder by clicking the pencil icon.
Here’s an example editing an answer for a single choice question:
For single choice & multiple choice questions, you can select one or more correct answers.
The correct answer(s) is displayed in bold in the quiz builder.
The following question types contain answers which can be reordered:
To rearrange the order of answers:
To remove an answer in the quiz builder:
For all other question types, the answer options vary. Please refer to our question types documentation to see all available options.
To edit the amount of available points for a question:
NOTE
Currently, you cannot set different points for each answer via the quiz builder. Please see this page for instructions.
To edit the question type:
The answer options will automatically update as soon as you change the question type.
Question settings are the same across all question types.
To access question settings in the quiz builder:
Since these settings are also available on the dedicated Edit Question page, please see the following documentation for:
Currently, these cannot be set within the quiz builder. Please see this page for instructions.
Finally, if you need to open a question’s dedicated edit screen:
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We recommend opening the question page in a new tab so you don’t lose any unsaved changes to your quiz.
To remove a question from your quiz:
NOTE
This only removes the question from this particular quiz. It will still remain in your full list of questions, and if using it on another quiz, that quiz will not be affected.
In addition to adding & editing questions, you can also use the quiz builder to move them around. You’ve got two options.
Immediately before each question, you’ll find an icon with 6 dots. When you hover over this icon, your cursor will turn into a hand. This means you can click, hold down, and drag the question to another place within your quiz.
Also located before each question, you’ll find up and down arrows above and below the drag & drop icon. Clicking these arrows will move the question either up or down.
4. Choose an answer to a question and proceed to the next question by clicking the “Next” button.
5. Finish the quiz and proceed to the next lesson or topic by clicking “Click Here to Continue” button.
Note: Quizzes require certain number of points before proceeding to the next topic / lesson. Retake the quiz if necessary.
3. Scroll down to Review tab section and look for the form.
4. Fill out your comment/review of the course and submit by clicking the post comment.
You can request a refund using our contact form in the contact page.
Please ensure that course url and reason for refund is stated in the “Message” field. Please wait for our response within 24 hours after the form submission.
After purchasing a course, you will be redirected to “Checkout” page and available payment methods include the following:
Paypal – For Credit Cards: works with major banks in Philippines and overseas, so you can pay with your preferred credit or debit card.
Paynamics – For Non-credit Cards: is the Philippines’ most trusted and accessible payments provider. They are offering thousands of available payment channels such as Bayad Centers, Gcash, Coins.ph, PayMaya, GrabPay, 7 eleven, Cebuana Lhuillier, MLhuillier, ECPay and etc.
The course page content area is where you add a course title, description and featured image for your course. This is what people will see before they enroll (or purchase) the course.
LearnDash will automatically add a course content table with a list of lessons, topics & quizzes associated with the course below your course description. Course page content is your own custom information that will be displayed as soon as the page is loaded, immediately underneath the “Course” tab.
Your course title is the first thing you’ll see at the top of the editing screen. Look for a placeholder that says “Add Course title.”
Most themes display the course title near the top of the page, below your header and/or global navigation.
When you click inside of the “Add Course title” box, you’ll see an area appear above, labeled “Permalink.” This is your course URL.
The first two parts of the URL are not editable. They are determined by your site’s domain name and the course slug you have chosen (which will be /courses/, unless you’ve customized your LearnDash permalinks).
You can edit the third part of the URL:
https://yoursite.com/courses/your-course-permalink/In most cases, this should be a reflection of your course title.
Everything below the course title is a blank canvas for you to add your description. This is powered by the same WordPress editor used for pages, blog posts and other content types in WordPress.
LearnDash introduces a number of shortcodes & blocks for you to use in this area. You can add a payment button, show or hide content based on a user’s access, insert a course progress bar and more.
For a more detailed look into all of the available options, please read our shortcode & blocks article.
The featured image is the main image associated with your course.
These blocks & shortcodes help you show or hide specific information for certain users, based on their enrollment status.
You can include HTML, images, video or anything else you’d like inside of these shortcodes.
All of these shortcodes require a beginning [shortcode] and an ending [/shortcode]
, with content in the middle. Be sure to include both.
When using these Gutenberg blocks, you’ll see a small indicator when hovering over the block to let you know that the content you add will be placed inside the conditional block:
You can use this block/shortcode to only show certain information to students who are not yet enrolled in a course. It is most commonly used on the course page itself, but can also be used on a custom sales page by specifying a course_id. Here’s an example:
[visitor course_id="12"]
This will only be seen by users who DO NOT have access to the course. You could provide a link to a signup form or email capture here.
[/visitor]Use this shortcode to only display some content to a student who has access to the course.
[student course_id="12"]
This will only be seen by users who HAVE ACCESS to the course.
[/student]You could also add a user_id parameter to the shortcode if you wanted to target a specific student by his or her ID.
[student user_id="5"]
This will only be seen by the user whose ID is 5. No other students will see it.
[/student]This will show content to those who have not completed any steps in the course thus far.
[course_notstarted course_id="12"]
This will only be seen by users who have not completed any steps in the course yet. You could provide a message encouraging them to get started.
[/course_notstarted]This shows content to a student who has started the course, but not yet finished it.
[course_inprogress course_id="12"]
This will only be seen by users who have started the course (completed at least one step), but not yet finished it. You could provide encouragement for them to finish it soon.
[/course_inprogress]Use the shortcode to show content only to students who have fully completed a course (completed all steps & passed all required quizzes).
[course_complete course_id="12"]
This will only be seen by users who have fully completed the course. You could provide a link to a certificate here, or some related courses they might want to try next.
[/course_complete]Use the shortcode to show content only to students who have fully completed a quiz.
[ld_quiz_complete quiz_id="32"]
This will only be seen by users who have fully completed the course. You could provide a link to a certificate here, or some related courses they might want to try next.
[/ld_quiz_complete]Use the shortcode to show content only to students enrolled in the specified group. Requires group ID.
[ld_group group_id="32"]
This will only be seen by users who have access to the group with the ID of 32.
[/ld_group]There are two simple ways of finding out the product ID. When you edit a product, the URL has a bunch of extra information within it that reveals the product ID.
For instance, a typical URL that’s displayed when editing a product might look something like this:
The keyword post contains the product ID of the product that you are editing. In the example above, the Product ID is 2963.
A second option is to head over the Products page in your Instructor Dashboard. In this listing, you’ll find the WooCommerce product ID when you hover over a product name. You can additionally search for your product using the product SKU name or product name and hover over the search results to get the Product ID.
In creating paid courses, you need to setup the following:
To create a course, you can follow the instructions here.
3. Choose “Learndash Courses” that you want to integrate with the product. Users who purchased the product will automatically gain access to the courses you selected in “Learndash Courses” field. This is the first step in linking product to a course.
4. Finally, click “Publish” button.
1. After course and product creation, you have to change the Access Settings of the course. Change the setting to “Closed” and enter the price and button url. The button url should be formatted like this:
https://asklexph.com/cart/?add-to-cart=<PRODUCT_ID>Change the <PRODUCT_ID> to the actual product’s ID. For details on how to get the product ID, follow this instructions.
The course access settings allow you to define a set of criteria for how a user gains and maintains access to your course. We’ll go through all the options, some of which include a one-time payment, recurring payments, free access, prerequisites and more.
Access mode is how you determine the way in which someone can gain access to a course (completely free, free with registration required, one-time payment, recurring subscription, etc.). LearnDash has 5 course access modes to choose from.
The following rules apply to Open courses:
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If you have Open courses on your site, as soon as someone registers an account, they will automatically gain access to all Open courses.
The following rules apply to Free courses:
The Free access mode is a good choice if you want an administrator to manually enroll students into the course.
The following rules apply to Closed courses:
When you choose Closed, you also need to create a product and link it to your course. If the user purchased your course product, the user will automatically gain access for your course. You can also add users to the course via group enrollment.
To redirect the Take this Course button to a custom URL:
https://asklexph.com/cart/?add-to-cart=<product_id>NOTE
To get the product id, follow the guide here.
Prerequisites allow you to choose another course (or courses) that a user must complete before taking this course. When selecting a course(s), you have two options:
To add a course prerequisite:
To remove a course prerequisite:
x next to the course nameCourse points are a simple way to incentive your users. They can also be used as a prerequisite for another course.
To enable course points:
This is the number of points a user must obtain before gaining access to the course.
For example, let’s say you have a few beginner-level courses that each award 50 points upon completion. You might also have an intermediate-level course. If you want the student to complete at least 2 beginner-level courses (2 courses x 50 points/ea. = 100 points) before taking the intermediate-level course, you could set the required for access setting to 100 points.
This is the number of points a user will receive for completing the course. In the above example, all of your beginner-level courses would set this value to 50.
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The provided examples are just to explain how course points work. You can use any numbers you’d like, and customize the course points to fit your learning curriculum.
With course access expiration, you can choose to provide access to a course for a limited time period, based on the user’s enrollment date (aka: when they signed up for the course).
WARNING
Once data is deleted, it is gone forever. If you choose to enable the Data deletion setting, we recommend you make a backup first.
WARNING
We do not recommend manually updating the course access list as it can have unintended negative consequences.
The course access list displays a list of enrolled users by user ID. Each user ID is separated by a comma. Due to a wide variety of add-ons & third-party plugins that affect course enrollment dynamically, this list might not always reflect all enrolled users.
The recommended way to add or remove a user from a course is from the user’s profile page in the WordPress admin area. See user management to learn more.
If you need to alter the course access list:
Certificates are a great way to reward your students for a job well done. You might want to offer an official certification, or just give them a tangible way to prove their competence.
You can award certificates in two ways:
Using certificates in LearnDash is a 2-step process:
You’ll be directed to a new screen where you can start creating your certificate. Here’s an overview of each type of information that can be added to your certificate.
The certificate title is only for internal use. Your users will not see this title, but it will be the name that appears in dropdown menus when you go to apply it to a course or quiz. Be sure to name it something you’ll recognize.
Adding a featured image is the way in which you apply a design, or style, to your certificate.
.jpg images, no more than 1MB in size. This also keeps your loading time to a minimum.To add a featured image:
You can use any image creation or editing program you’d like, hire a designer or use images from a graphics library (please check the license to make sure you have permission). Here are a few suggestions:
Your certificate content will mostly consist of dynamic fields that are generated for each individual user who is awarded a certificate. For example:
These types of dynamic fields are inserted via shortcodes. We have an entire article dedicated to certificate shortcodes here →
When adding your certificate content, you’ll need to use some HTML & CSS to set up the overall layout, spacing, sizing, etc. We’ll walk you through some common layouts below, and how to achieve various designs.
You might want to insert the course title at the top of a certificate, the user’s name in the middle, maybe at a completion date at the bottom, etc. One of the best ways to control vertical spacing, and move content up or down on your certificate, is to use the line-height property.
Wherever you need to insert some blank vertical space, you can use the following code:
<p style="line-height:20px;"></p>This would add 20 pixels of vertical space. You can adjust the 20px to another value. Since our final certificate uses inches, not pixels, you’ll need to play around with this value to achieve your desired result.
You can insert as many of these spacers as you need throughout the certificate.
There are a few ways to go about horizontal spacing.
If you need to center your text in the middle of the certificate, you can use text-align:center;. Here’s an example of the user’s first name, centered horizontally:
<p style="text-align:center;">[usermeta field="first_name"]</p>By default, all text will be aligned to the left edge of the certificate (right edge for RTL languages). If you need to indent something, you can use the text-indent property. Here’s an example of the course completion date being pushed vertically towards the bottom of the page, then indented to move it to the far-right corner.
<p style="line-height:150px;"></p>
<p style="text-indent:200px;">[courseinfo show="completed_on" format="F j, Y"]</p>You’ll need to adjust the 150px and 200px values to match up with your certificate image.
You can also adjust the font size of any text. Let’s say you wanted your user’s first & last name to be quite large (30px), then a small vertical space (10px), and then the course title not quite as large as the name (20px), you could do this:
<p style="font-size:30px;">[usermeta field="first_name"] [usermeta field="last_name"]</p>
<p style="line-height:10px;"></p>
<p style="font-size:20px;">[courseinfo show="course_title"]</p>Different computers come pre-installed with different fonts. Some users will have a font installed, and others might not. So there isn’t a ton of flexibility with using custom fonts in certificate creation. However, you can switch between serif and sans-serif fonts, as both should work for most of your users. Here’s an example using a generic serif font:
<p style="font-family:serif;"></p>You can adjust the color of any text on your certificate. If your image has a dark background, you can use the color property to make your text white.
<p style="color:#ffffff;"></p>You can combine multiple properties at the same time. If you wanted to indent the user’s first & last name, adjust the font size, and change the color to red, it would look like this:
<p style="text-indent:20px;font-size:30px;color:red;">[usermeta field="first_name"] [usermeta field="last_name"]</p>There are a few additional options you can set for your certificate.
Choose between the following options:
Choose between the following options:
When a user earns a certificate, either by completing a course or passing the certificate threshold for a quiz, they’ll be able to download it in PDF format. All LearnDash certificates are provided as a .pdf file.
When a user clicks a button to get their certificate, some web browsers will open the PDF file in the browser, and others might download the file to the user’s computer.
The topic page content is where you have full control over adding whatever content you’d like to your topic. If you’ve added a quiz to your topic, LearnDash will automatically list it at the bottom of the topic page.
The topic page content you add here is your own custom information that will be displayed above any associated quizzes.
Your topic title is the first thing you’ll see at the top of the editing screen. Look for a placeholder that says “Add Topic title.”
Most themes display the topic title near the top of the page, below your header and/or global navigation.
When you click inside of the “Add Topic title” box, you’ll see an area appear above, labeled “Permalink.” This is your topic URL.
The first two parts of the URL are not editable. They are determined by your site’s domain name and the topic slug you have chosen (which will be /topic/, unless you’ve customized your LearnDash permalinks).
You can edit the third part of the URL:
https://yoursite.com/topic/your-topic-permalink/In most cases, the permalink should be a reflection of your topic title.
Everything below the topic title is a blank canvas for you to add your content. This is powered by the same WordPress editor used for pages, blog posts and other content types in WordPress.
Add text, insert images, embed videos or other multimedia content, link to PDFs or audio files… the possibilities are endless. You have full control over the type of learning experience you deliver to your users.
For more information on how to use the WordPress editor, please see the official WordPress Editor documentation.
The featured image is the main image associated with your topic.
The topic content & display settings provide a way for you to use additional content in your topic, as well as make it a little more interactive. You can include additional topic materials, add some helpful logic to your video playback, allow users to upload assignments, and include a topic timer.
Topic materials are supplemental materials needed for the topic. It is most common to include PDF files or other downloadable files in this area, but you can include anything you’d like (PDFs, images, downloadable audio files, links to other websites, etc.).
Topic materials are displayed to your users in a separate tab, alongside your main topic content.
NOTE
Between video progression, assignment uploads & topic timer, only one of the three can be enabled at a time. Enabling one of these options will make the other two inaccessible.
Video progression is a way to require users to watch the entirety of a video before they can complete the topic. Please see our full guide on video progression.
NOTE
Assignment uploads cannot be enabled if either video progression or topic timer are enabled.
To allow users to upload assignments to the topic, enable the Assignment Uploads option. You’ll be presented with a few additional options:
You can specify exactly which file types may be uploaded.
.)For example, enter the following to allow only Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint files:
doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptxHere’s a list of common file extensions »
You can specify the maximum file size allowed to be uploaded.
M (for megabytes)For example, to limit uploads to 5 megabytes, enter 5M.
NOTE
Your host also sets a maximum file size limit. The lower limit will always be used. If you’re having trouble receiving assignment uploads, you can contact your host and ask them to increase your maximum file upload size.
If you’d like to award points to a user when they submit an assignment:
There are two options for how assignments are graded:
If you choose to manually approve an assignment, you have additional options:
Enter a number in the box to specify the maximum number of files a user can upload for this assignment.
Enable this option to allow the user to delete their own uploaded files. This is only possible up until the assignment has been approved.
Enabling a topic timer will require the user to spend a certain amount of time on the topic page before they can mark it complete. The topic cannot be completed until the set time has elapsed.
HH : MM : SS (hours : minutes : seconds)
The lesson page content is where you have full control over adding whatever content you’d like to your lesson. If you’ve added topics or quizzes to your lesson, LearnDash will automatically add a list of associated content to the bottom of the lesson page.
The lesson page content you add here is your own custom information that will be displayed above any associated topics or quizzes.
Your lesson title is the first thing you’ll see at the top of the editing screen. Look for a placeholder that says “Add Lesson title.”
Most themes display the lesson title near the top of the page, below your header and/or global navigation.
When you click inside of the “Add Lesson title” box, you’ll see an area appear above, labeled “Permalink.” This is your lesson URL.
You can edit the third part of the URL:
https://yoursite.com/lessons/your-lesson-permalink/In most cases, the permalink should be a reflection of your lesson title.
Everything below the lesson title is a blank canvas for you to add your content. This is powered by the same WordPress editor used for pages, blog posts and other content types in WordPress.
Add text, insert images, embed videos or other multimedia content, link to PDFs or audio files… the possibilities are endless. You have full control over the type of learning experience you deliver to your users.
For more information on how to use the WordPress editor, please see the official WordPress Editor documentation.
The featured image is the main image associated with your lesson.
Video progression is a way to require users to watch the entirety of a video before they can mark content as complete. It can be used for both lessons & topics, and works the same way for both. By default, the video will appear above your page content, but you can place it manually on the page using the [ld_video] shortcode.
This guide will walk you through the settings of video progression and explain how it works.
The video progression feature supports the following video providers:
vimeo.com)youtu.be or youtube.com)vooplayer.com)publit.io)Enter the URL of the video you’d like to use for video progression. The Video URL field accepts the following formats:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcSTaMhZi64https://vimeo.com/115119775https://yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/video-name.mp4<iframe> embed codeThis setting determines when your video will be shown to the user, and how to handle sub-steps associated with the lesson/topic.
The next 3 options only appear if you’ve chosen “After completing sub-steps.”
Enabling this option will automatically mark the lesson/topic complete once the user has watched the entire video.
This refers to the delay (in seconds) between when the video is finished and when the lesson/topic is marked complete.
0 seconds)By default, the “Mark Complete” button will be hidden, but this setting allows you to display it.
NOTE
It is possible for the user’s default browser settings to override this feature.
Enable this setting to have the video automatically start playing on page load.
NOTE
This feature is only available for YouTube & local videos.
By default, video controls are hidden from the user. Video controls include play, pause, volume, closed captions, and other settings found at the bottom of a video.
Enabling “Video Controls Display” will show all of these controls to the user, and allow them to have more control over the video.
Because LearnDash is built on WordPress, there are other ways to display videos to your users. You don’t have to use video progression in order to use videos for your course. You won’t have all the same options as the video progression feature provides, but you can use any method you’d like, including:
The lesson content & display settings provide a way for you to use additional content on your lesson, as well as make it a little more interactive. You can include additional lesson materials, add some helpful logic to your video playback, allow users to upload assignments, and include a lesson timer.
Lesson materials are supplemental materials needed for the lesson. It is most common to include PDF files or other downloadable files in this area, but you can include anything you’d like (PDFs, images, downloadable audio files, links to other websites, etc.).
Lesson materials are displayed to your users in a separate tab, alongside your main lesson content.
NOTE
Between video progression, assignment uploads & lesson timer, only one of the three can be enabled at a time. Enabling one of these options will make the other two inaccessible.
Video progression is a way to require users to watch the entirety of a video before they can complete the lesson. Please see our full guide on video progression.
NOTE
Assignment uploads cannot be enabled if either video progression or lesson timer are enabled.
To allow users to upload assignments to the lesson, enable the Assignment Uploads option. You’ll be presented with a few additional options:
You can specify exactly which file types may be uploaded.
.)For example, enter the following to allow only Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint files:
doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptxHere’s a list of common file extensions »
You can specify the maximum file size allowed to be uploaded.
M (for megabytes)For example, to limit uploads to 5 megabytes, enter 5M.
If you’d like to award points to a user when they submit an assignment:
There are two options for how assignments are graded:
If you choose to manually approve an assignment, you have additional options:
Enter a number in the box to specify the maximum number of files a user can upload for this assignment.
Enable this option to allow the user to delete their own uploaded files. This is only possible up until the assignment has been approved.
Enabling a forced lesson timer will require the user to spend a certain amount of time on the lesson page before they can mark it complete. The lesson cannot be completed until the set time has elapsed.
HH : MM : SS (hours : minutes : seconds)The countdown timer will appear below the “Mark Complete” button.
The LearnDash sample lesson feature makes it possible for people to view some of your course content without having to enroll into the course. When a user clicks on a sample lesson they can view that content without needing to log into an account, or having to enroll into the course. You can have an unlimited number of sample lessons for your course. You can have sample lessons for both free and paid courses.
The only requirement for using the sample lesson feature is that your course Access Mode is set to anything but “Open”. Then, designating a lesson as a sample lesson requires configuring just one setting.
When a visitor views the course content table, the sample lesson(s) will be indicated by a “Sample Lesson” label. When the lesson is clicked, visitors are immediately taken to the lesson content. It is not possible to mark a sample lesson as complete. To do so, a visitor will need to have an account and be enrolled into the course.
NOTE
If a sample lesson includes topics and/or quizzes, then those too are marked as samples and can be viewed.
The following is a demonstration of a sample lesson. In it you can see that the first lesson is the sample lesson. The other lessons are not accessible and therefore provide a tooltip indicating that enrollment is required.
Can I mark a lesson as a sample but prevent access to the topics?
No. Topics associated with the lesson adopt the sample lesson parameter are visible as well.
Lesson access settings give you a few options for when you want your lessons to become available. You can also choose certain lessons to offer for free, as sample lessons. And perhaps most importantly, this is where you assign a lesson to a specific course. Let’s take a look at the options.
In order for a lesson to show up within your course content, you need to associate it with a course. This setting is how you do that.
You can turn any lesson into a sample lesson, which will make it available to all users, regardless of whether or not they’re enrolled in the course. This is a great way to showcase your teaching style, or entice someone to enroll in or purchase your course.
Here is what your visitors will see:
NOTE
See the Sample Lessons User Guide for more information and examples.
The lesson schedule allows you to make a lesson available at a specific time. A lesson can become available immediately, or at some point in the future. You have the following options:
X days after the user enrolls in the courseThere are a lot of similarities between lessons & topics, but there are a few important distinctions. If you find yourself unsure about the difference between lessons vs. topics, let’s clear things up.
Sections are very different from lessons & topics. To learn more, see our article explaining course sections.
Here’s a visual overview of lessons & topics compared.
| Lessons | Topics | |
|---|---|---|
| Add Content Text, images, video, links, PDFs, slides & more | ✅ | ✅ |
| Video Progression | ✅ | ✅ |
| Add Materials | ✅ | ✅ |
| Upload Assignments | ✅ | ✅ |
| Force Minimum Required Time | ✅ | ✅ |
| Sample Content | ✅ | ❌ |
| Schedule for Future Access Topics inherit the parent lesson’s schedule | ✅ | ❌ |
Assignments may be enabled for each individual lesson and/or topic within your course. They are completely optional, but provide an additional way to monitor the user’s comprehension of course material.
Since assignment uploads are enabled on a lesson-by-lesson and topic-by-topic basis, you first need to navigate to the lesson or topic in which you’d like to ask for an assignment to be submitted.
For the rest of this article, we’ll use a lesson as the example, but the same instructions apply for topics.
NOTE
Assignment uploads can only be enabled if both video progression and lesson timer are disabled.
When you enable assignment uploads, a new box will appear at the bottom of the lesson page, below any page content you’ve added. This way you can include specific instructions for the assignment, and explain any requirements you have, before the user is presented with the upload form.
The assignments section of the page will contain:
You can specify exactly which file types may be uploaded.
If you leave this field blank, all default WordPress allowed file types will be accepted. To allow only certain file types:
.)
Your specified file type(s) will be listed to the user in the assignment upload area.
For example, enter the following to allow only Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint files:
doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptxHere’s a list of common file extensions »
In addition to the type of file, you can also specify the maximum file size allowed to be uploaded.
M (for megabytes)For example, to limit uploads to 5 megabytes, enter 5M.
Your specified file size limit will be displayed to the user in the assignment upload area.
NOTE
Your web host also sets a maximum file size limit. The lower limit will always be used. If you’re having trouble receiving assignment uploads, you can contact your host and ask them to increase your maximum file upload size.
Points are an optional way to grade, or gamify, your assignments. You can set the total available points a user can receive, and then choose to either:
If you’d like to award points to a user when they submit an assignment:
There are two options for how assignments are graded:
If you choose to manually approve an assignment, you have additional options:
By default, a user can upload an unlimited number of files. Enter a number in the box to specify the maximum number of files a user can upload for this assignment.
Once this limit is reached, the upload form will be removed and the user cannot upload any more files.
Enable this option to allow the user to delete their own uploaded files. The user will be presented with a delete icon next to the assignment.
If you’ve enabled points for an assignment upload, you can adjust them at any time.
From the “All Assignments” screen:
You can only adjust points on this screen if the assignment has not been approved yet.
If the assignment has already been approved, you can adjust points from the individual assignment page.
NOTE
Adjusting points is always available, even after you’ve approved an assignment. There is no limit to the amount of times you can adjust the points.
When viewing a lesson or topic to which they’ve uploaded an assignment, the user will see how many points were awarded for each assignment.
WARNING
Once you’ve approved an assignment, you cannot unapprove it.
You can approve an assignment from the All Assignments screen, or on any individual assignment.
From the “All Assignments” screen:
When viewing an individual assignment:
When assignments are pending approval, the user will see a note explaining that they have assignments awaiting approval.
There are two ways to download a user’s assignment.
From the “All Assignments” screen (easiest):
From the single assignment view:
A few things to keep in mind when viewing assignments.
If you’d like to view more than 20 assignments at a time:
NOTE
The higher the number you set, the longer it will take this admin page to load. In most cases, we don’t recommend you go much higher than 100 per page.
If you have hundreds or thousands of assignments, viewing all assignments on one page based on when they were uploaded might not be the most helpful. You can filter assignments based on the following criteria:
To filter assignments:
You can use multiple filters at once. For example, you can filter by assignments uploaded in March 2019, to Course A, which are Not Approved.
Another way to locate a specific assignment is to search for it.
If you allow multiple file types to be uploaded, you can use the file extension to find all assignments of the same file type. For example:
pdf to find all PDF filesmp3 to find all mp3 audio filesIf for some reason, you cannot remember your own password. You can easily reset your password by:
1. Click “Lost password” link in the login form or you go to “Reset Password” page.
3. In the “Reset password” page, enter you username or email address and click “Reset Password” button. You will receive an email address where you can set your new password.
Course progression refers to how a user can navigate through your course. There are two main options, which we’ll explain below.
As the course creator, it’s up to you how you want to let your users navigate through your course. You have two options:
1. Login and go to “Edit Profile” page.
2. To delete your current profile picture, click “Delete Avatar” button located at the bottom of your profile picture.
3. To change your profile picture, click “Choose File” button. Choose the image you want to set as your profile image and click “Upload” button.
1. If you wish to have an instructor account, you need to register as a student first. To register an account, follow this.
2. Once account creation is done, go to this landing page. There are several questions which you will need to answer, click “Next” and “Back” button to navigate on each questions.
3. After answering all the questions, click the “Send” button. This will be emailed to the administrator for approval. If approved, the adminstrator will manually upgrade your student account to an instructor account. You can identify if your account is already an instructor account, by checking if “Instructor Dashboard” link is in your dashboard menu.
4. To exit in the landing page, click “Exit” button at the top.
1. Login to your account.
2. Hover on your name located at the right side of your window and click “Edit Profile”.
3. In the edit profile page, you can update your profile details, change your profile picture, and change password. Once changes is done, click “Save Changes” button.
1. Login and go to “Edit Profile” page.
2. Enter your current password and new password. Your new password should be at least twelve characters long. To make it stronger, use upper and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols like ! ” ? $ % ^ & ).
3. Once done, click “Save Changes” to apply your new password.
1. On the right side of your window, click “Login / Register”.
2. In the popup form, click “Register an Account” button.
3. Enter your username and email adress and click “Register button”.
4. Check your email address for your registration confirmation. Follow the instructions in the email to set your own password.
You can login by clicking “Login/ Register” in the right side of your window. Same with the first step in the account creation. You can also login in My Account page.
Each course can have its own set of display options. In this article, we’ll cover how each display setting affects your course, and how you might want to adjust each setting to fit your particular needs.
Course materials are supplemental materials needed for your course. It is most common to include PDF files or other downloadable files in this area, but you can include anything you’d like (PDFs, images, downloadable audio files, links to other websites, etc.).
Course materials are displayed to your users in a separate tab, alongside your main course content.
NOTE
Course materials are shown to all users (even those not enrolled in the course).
You may want to provide a certificate to users who complete a course. There are a few things to keep in mind:
Simply select the certificate that you’d like to associate with this course.
Here’s how it will look to the user:
NOTE
Certificates may also be associated with quizzes.
Learn how to create a certificate »
The course content setting determines who can see the list of lessons, topics & quizzes that make up your course.
This does not affect the content that you add to the WordPress editor on the course page. That content will be displayed to everyone.
NOTE
If you choose Always visible, and a non-enrolled user tries to access a lesson, topic or quiz, they will not be able to click on it, and will see a message that says, “You don’t currently have access to this content.”
Pagination refers to the number of course steps that are displayed at one time, before the user has to use small navigation buttons to navigate to subsequent pages to access additional course steps. By default, LearnDash will use your settings from the general settings page, but you may choose to customize this on a course-by-course basis.
NOTE
This setting applies to both the course content table (displayed on the course page), as well as the course navigation widget for this course.
In the event that you choose to turn off the course builder, you can use custom lesson order to determine the order in which your lessons are displayed. The course builder will always take precedence over these settings.
There are plenty of reasons why we need to make the course hidden in public. One of this is ensuring that your course content was properly set before publishing it to the public. Here are the steps to do it.
Private. This setting will allow administrators and editors to view and access the course. If you are creating a test course, it would be best to set the course to Private.
Password Protected. This setting will add a password protection to your course. Only those who has the password can view your course.
Course sections provide an additional way to organize your content. You can still structure your course into lessons and/or topics, but now you can add optional sections as well.
Sections are simple, text-only headings that can be used to break your course content into… sections. They can only be added at the top-level within a course. In other words, sections must be placed before (and outside of) lessons.
✅ Course → Section → Lesson → Topic
❌ Course → Lesson → Section → Topic
Other important notes regarding sections:
It might be helpful to look at a few situations where you might want to use a course section. Here are a few examples:
In this example, you might want to use a section before each group of 10 lessons that relate to a particular theme. Your setup might look like this:
Theme 1 (section)
Theme 2 (section)
… and so on.
Before adding a section, you can click on an existing lesson to select it (it will be outlined in blue). Now, when you add a new section heading, it will be placed immediately after the lesson you have selected.
Within the course builder (below any lessons or topics you have already added):
To drag & drop a heading:
To move a section up or down one level at a time:
To remove a section:
There are multiple ways to add content with the course builder. How you go about adding your content will depend on a few things:
Section heading provide a simple way to break your course into sections. They don’t contain any actual content, and are simply a text-only heading that can be placed between any two lessons. They work in a similar fashion to chapters in a book.
To edit a section heading…
To remove a section heading…
For the remainder of the content we’re going to discuss (lessons, topics & quizzes), you have two options:
This depends on your own personal preference and how you’ve chosen to develop your course content.
Aside from section headings, lessons will likely be the first type of content you’ll want to add to your course. You can create brand new lessons directly from the course builder, or add existing lessons that you’ve already created. Let’s take a look at each.
Your existing lessons can be found in the “Lessons” box in the sidebar. By default, your most recent lessons are shown, but you can click “View all” to see all lessons, or use the search box to find a specific lesson by title.
IMPORTANT
Shared Course Steps must be enabled or existing lessons, topics, and quizzes will not be available for selection.
NOTE
If you don’t see the lessons box depicted below, click the icon to display the sidebar.
There are multiple ways to add existing lessons.
Add a single lesson: Hover over a lesson in the lesson box and click the “Add” button. This will add the lesson to the end of your course.
Add multiple lessons: Select the checkbox next to multiple lessons, and then click the “Add Selected” button. This will add all selected lessons to the end of your course.
Drag & drop: If you’d like to add lessons in a particular spot within your course, you can click & hold down your mouse, drag the lesson to the course builder in the spot you want it, and then release. This will place the lesson in your specified location within the course.
If you’d like to edit the content within a lesson, you can click the blue “Edit” link that appears when you hover over a lesson.
NOTE
This will open the “Edit Lesson” page in the same window. Be sure to save any edits to your course first.
Hover over the lesson you’d like to remove from the course, and click the red “Remove” link.
Topics are completely optional, but are great for breaking up content within a lesson. A course must contain at least one lesson in order to add a topic. Let’s walk through how to create new topics, as well as add existing ones, with the course builder.
Your existing topics can be found in the “Topics” box next to the course builder. By default, your most recent topics are shown, but you can click “View all” to see all topics, or use the search box to find a specific topic by title.
There are multiple ways to add existing topics.
NOTE
Before adding topics, you should click on the lesson where you want to insert a topic. This will select the lesson, highlighting it with a grey background & blue border.
Add a single topic: Hover over a topic in the topic box and click the “Add” button. This will add the topic to the end of whichever lesson you currently have selected.
Add multiple topics: Select the checkbox next to multiple topics, and then click the “Add Selected” button. This will add all selected topics to the end of your currently selected lesson.
Drag & drop: If you’d like to add topics in a particular spot within your course, you can click & hold down your mouse, drag the topic to the course builder in the spot you want it, and then release. This will place the topic in your specified location within the course.
If you’d like to edit the content within a topic, you can click the blue “Edit” link that appears when you hover over a topic.
NOTE
You can open this link in a new tab so you can easily return to the course builder without losing your place.
Hover over the topic you’d like to remove, and click the red “Remove” link.
Quizzes can be added to lessons & topics, or as a final quiz to the course itself. Any combination of these will work. You can create new quizzes directly from the course builder, or pull in existing quizzes you’ve already created.
Course quizzes are located at the bottom of the course builder, under the “FINAL QUIZZES” heading. Lesson & topic quizzes can be found within the lesson/topic that they belong to.
IMPORTANT
Shared Course Steps must be enabled or existing lessons, topics, and quizzes will not be available for selection.
Your existing quizzes can be found in the “Quizzes” box in the sidebar. By default, your most recent quizzes are shown, but you can click “View all” to see all quizzes, or use the search box to find a specific quiz by title.
There are multiple ways to add existing quizzes.
Add a single quiz: Hover over a quiz in the quiz box and click the “Add” button.
Add multiple quizzes: Select the checkbox next to multiple quizzes, and then click the “Add Selected” button.
Drag & drop: If you’d like to add quizzes in a particular spot within your course, you can click & hold down your mouse, drag the quiz to the course builder in the spot you want it, and then release. This will place the quiz in your desired location within the course.
If you’d like to edit the quiz settings and/or quiz questions, click the blue “Edit” link that appears when you hover over a quiz.
NOTE
You can open this link in a new tab so you can easily return to the course builder without losing your place.
Hover over the quiz you’d like to remove, and click the red “Remove” link.
In addition to adding content, you can also use the course builder to rearrange lessons, topics & quizzes. There are two ways to move content around.
Immediately before each section heading, lesson, topic & quiz, you’ll find an icon with 6 dots. When you hover over this icon, your cursor will turn into a hand. This means you can click, hold down, and drag that piece of content to another place within your course.
Also located before each section heading & lesson, you’ll find up and down arrows above and below the drag & drop icon. Clicking these arrows will move the content either up or down.
NOTE
At this time, the move arrows are only available for section headings & lessons, not topics or quizzes.
The course builder provides an easy, intuitive way to build out your courses. You can add new sections, lessons, topics & quizzes without ever leaving the page. This article explains how to use every aspect of the course builder to make creating & editing courses a breeze.
There are a few ways you can access the course builder. If you’ve already created a course:
Alternatively, you can click on the course title or “Edit” link to bring up the “Edit Course” page. Once there, click the “Builder” tab in the top navigation bar.
At the top of the course builder, you’ll see:
Immediately following this, you’ll see all of your course content. This is where you’ll spend the majority of your time building out your course.
1. Login and go to INSTRUCTOR DASHBOARD
2. Navigate to LEARNDASH LMS > COURSES
3. Click the “Add New” button at the top of the page
4. Add to your course such as course title, content, course category, materials, access settings, certificate and etc. To add lessons, topics, quizzes and assignments to your course, click “Builder” tab in the top navigation bar and follow instructions on this link.
5. Publish your course by clicking the “Publish” button.
Certificate shortcodes are exclusively for creating certificates. They allow you to display dynamic information about the user, as well as the course or quiz that you’re awarding the certificate for. You can insert the user’s name, course title, date of completion, quiz grade and much more.
There are 4 main shortcodes, and then each shortcode has a handful of parameters to output various information.
The shortcode has a handful of options to display user information. Let’s take a look at each one.
The most common shortcodes you’ll use are and , as almost all certificates should include the student’s name.
NOTE
Not all of these values are collected when a student registers for or purchases a course. Different registration methods collect different info. Check with your ecommerce or checkout solution to see which fields are collected upon signup. You can also check this yourself by going to USERS > ALL USERS, and clicking on a user to edit their profile.
The shortcode should only be used for certificates assigned to a course. Let’s quickly define a few terms:
Here are all the possible values:
When using the completed_on parameter, you can also customize the date format. (See available date formats)
[courseinfo show="completed_on" format="F j, Y"]The shortcode should only be used for certificates assigned to a quiz. They will not work if used for a certificate assigned to a course.
Here’s a list of all available options to output quiz information on a quiz certificate:
Again, you can customize the date format when using the timestamp option.
[quizinfo show="timestamp" format="F j, Y"]The shortcode should only be used for certificates assigned to a group. They will not work if used for a certificate assigned to a course or a quiz.
Here’s a list of all available options to output quiz information on a group certificate:
Again, you can customize the date format when using the timestamp option.
[groupinfo show="timestamp" format="F j, Y"]Before applying your certificate to a course or quiz, you’ll want to preview it so you can see how it looks. You can create a quick test quiz that is only used for previewing your certificate.
Alternatively, you could create a test course with only one lesson. Then you’d mark that lesson complete, and you’d be able to view your certificate that way.
This will open your certificate in a new tab so you can preview it. Keep this tab open, and each time you make a change to your certificate in the backend, simply refresh this page and the updated version of your certificate will be loaded.
NOTE
Don’t forget to delete this quiz (or course) when you’re finished testing your certificate.
Have you ever been frustrated that you can’t seem to finish that paper that you’ve been writing for so long? Or maybe you’ve been falling behind on deadlines recently?
In the digital world, perhaps one of the greatest features ever created (aside from ‘undo’) is the ability to leave multiple tabs open. This function makes it easier to copy and paste those Wikipedia one liners on your research papers and submit it as your homework – kidding.
However, great as multiple tabs may seem, keeping multiple tabs open might be the one hindering you from meeting your deadlines.
A problem of focus.
In a study conducted by Bryan College, an average millennial switch attention from platforms 27 times PER HOUR – that’s like a little more than 2 minutes per platform.
Studies suggest that multitasking makes your productivity drop by as much as 40%. This doesn’t only go for writing your research paper, but also for studying. Imagine scoring 60/100 on the exam you’re cramming for. Yikes.
Now, you might be saying: “but I’m able to do multi-tasking so well”. According to the national geographic documentary “brain games” only 2% of the population can do multi-tasking well. Either way, it’s still a good thing to focus on one single task.
With the changing times and evolving technology, how can you achieve focus?
Well, lucky for you my friend, we have a recipe for that – yes you read it right – a recipe.
Okay so I’ve listed some FAQs on the method above and explained why we recommend the steps above.
BONUS TIP: there is an app on playstore (yes, playstore because we’re not RKs who can buy apple) called “tide” – no, not the detergent. Yes, it’s an app.
What it does is it blocks your notification for a given amount of time (based on what you set) and then it can play any background music of your choice (it can be birds, the sound of the forest, the busy café etc). Try it out. PS: this is not a sponsored content (I wish)
We hoped you learned a thing or two from this. If you haven’t let us know why, if you have but you still have questions, don’t hesitate to ask us.
One final tip: if you are looking to make yourself #SignificantlyBetter, there are a bunch of trainings and learnings that we definitely recommend for you to check out – links are below. ?
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Online Training and Certification: https://asklexph.com/online-lean-six-sigma-yellow-belt-certification/
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Meyer, D. E. & Kieras, D. E. (1997a). A computational theory of executive cognitive processes and multiple-task performance: Part 1. Basic mechanisms. Psychological Review, 104, 3-65.
Meyer, D. E. & Kieras, D. E. (1997b). A computational theory of executive cognitive processes and multiple-task performance: Part 2. Accounts of psychological refractory-period phenomena. Psychological Review, 104, 749-791.
Holub, Isaac, (2011). National Geographic Channel, Brain Games Season 1 Episode: Pay Attention, 20:15 – 20:30
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Most of us usually rely on the use of summary statistics (mean aka average) on analyzing and reporting the results of our performance and/or analysis. I might say that I have been trapped in this convention for quite a long time too. However, using this conventional way takes away insights that are significantly useful in our analysis and decision making. This is one realization I had when I used a boxplot for a report I did few weeks ago.
Let’s take an example. Say, I pulled out the data of the line output of HGA Assembly and take the average to represent the daily performance. Calculated average is 29.4KHGA and comparing it with the target of 31KHGA, I will conclude that we have a problem on not meeting the requirement. However, plotting the same data set using a boxplot might give us another perspective. Let’s set this aside and review some basic concepts about box plot before we proceed.
The figure below shows the anatomy of a boxplot. This graphical technique is based on the principle of quartiles. A quartile divides your whole data set into four equal parts (1st to 4th quartile). In case you missed this one during your Six Sigma class, the second quartile is also our median and serves as the basis of the central tendency for a boxplot. By having a value of median, it tells us that half of the data points fall below that value and the other half above that value. The same logic applies for the rest of the quartiles.
The IQR (inter quartile range) is the measure of dispersion for a boxplot and is also used to determine the end points of the whiskers (upper and lower). The upper and lower whiskers are determined by adding 1.5 of the height of the IQR to Q3 and Q1, respectively. Any point that falls outside these whiskers are considered to be outliers.
One good thing about the boxplot is that it gives us a quick snapshot of the distribution of our data and in a glance can provide us insights about our data’s central tendency and dispersion. (See how good this tool is. )
Fundamentally, boxplot is used for two most common reasons.
Let’s apply #1 and create a boxplot to the HGA Assembly line output data we are talking about earlier. Just to recall, average line output is 29.5KHA.
Using the generated boxplot above, we can get more insights compared to using a summary statistic (mean). Q1 is at 29.1KHGA which means that around three-fourths of the plotted data points are already meeting the required target. Our Q3 is at 31.3KHGA which means that one-fourth of the data points are already demonstrating the 31KHA line target. We can also see several outliers extending up until ~21KHGA region. By looking at the mean alone, we will not have a grasp of this information. By having a boxplot like this, we are getting information about the variation within a group.
Now, say we are asked if how ready are we with the 31KHGA requirement, we cannot answer readily with some summary statistic and we need to consult the distribution of the data set. With the boxplot result, the insight can be taken and used to baseline, i.e., one-fourth of the data points already hitting the target, thus, the 31KHGA target is feasible.
Let’s apply #2 to the same data set but this time looking on a daily basis.
Looking at the boxplot above, we can see that the line output varies from day-to-day. Outliers are present daily and could trigger questions like:
What causes the variation seen in a daily basis?
Are the outliers from the same line?
What are the conditions that are present/existing when the line achieved the target output?
By answering the above questions, we can understand the variation between groups and take actions to reduce it and optimize performance.
Context is everything especially in statistics or data analysis. Boxplots can be useful in understanding our data in terms of the central tendency and spread. Its applications will vary depending on our creativity to do so. It will not be the graphical tool for all our requirements so I guess the wisdom is when to use this tool. Happy “Thinking Outside the Box……plot!”
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