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How To Create a Duolingo Clone
If you have ever studied a language online then chances are you have come across the popular Duolingo program. The teaching method relies heavily upon gamification elements to teach key language concepts. In fact, it’s one of the best examples of gamification currently on the market. It’s no secret why many learning programs want to…
How Long Does It Take to Create an Online Course on WordPress?
WordPress has proven to be useful for purposes beyond just blogging. Common use-cases include membership sites and online courses using a learning management system plugin like LearnDash. If you are creating your own course on WordPress, you may be wondering: how long will it take? Giving an exact answer to this question is near impossible…
LearnDash Add-On Black Friday Deals
One of the great things about using a WordPress learning management system like LearnDash is that you can easily extend the functionality with other plugins. We offer a good number of free add-ons, and third-party providers offer some pretty impressive add-ons to bolster the functionality of your LearnDash powered courses. If you are still on…
Using LearnDash for Schools
Over the years we have seen LearnDash used in a variety of industries in many different context. Many of the core LearnDash features are shared across these different contexts but there are some unique characteristics in each. One industry may be interested in a particular feature whereas another does not. In this article I will share…
Choosing Your WordPress LMS Theme
One of the hardest decisions anyone makes when setting up their WordPress LMS is which theme to use. With so many themes out there (many of which look fantastic), searching for the “best” one can become overwhelming. What often happens is that people will choose one WordPress theme, then switch to another as they start to…
5 Reasons Most Online Courses Fail (and How Not to be One of Them)
The following article is a guest post written by Michael Eisenwasser. ELearning industry states that the global eLearning Market is expected to reach $107 billion by 2015. That’s HUGE. So if you’ve ever wanted to launch your online course, the best time is now. But here’s the kicker: Every online course doesn’t make a splash. Quite…
Using Tin Can API and WordPress
Not too long ago elearning courses that were created in programs like Articulate and Adobe Captivate were held prisoner to specific learning management systems. And the name of these handcuffs was SCORM. While certainly revolutionary during its heyday, SCORM started to pale in comparison to many of the light-weight, flexible APIs available in other applications. Thus,…
2 New Add-Ons For Course Creation!
Today we are pleased to share with you the release of two new LearnDash extensions both centered around course creation. Specifically, one will help you speed up your course creation while the other offers a new way for courses to be developed on your learning management system. These two add-ons (one free and one premium) are…
Spotlight: Elite Sport Performance Course
LearnDash is being used to power elearning programs of all shapes and sizes. Today I am excited to share with you the story of LearnDash customer Neil Martin and his training program: Elite Sport Performance: Psychological Perspectives It won’t take you long to see that Neil has a good head on his shoulders – it’s not…
How To Create a MOOC Using LearnDash
Massive open online courses (or MOOCs for short) have been changing the landscape for education in recent years. Perhaps the most famous of these platforms is Coursera. Through their platform they offer higher-education courses from world-renowned universities. The success of Coursera is undeniable as it seems like each year investors are pouring more and more money…
How To Create a Udemy Clone
Every now and again we receive some pre-sales questions as to whether it’s possible to create a “Udemy Clone” using LearnDash. As such, I thought I would write an article addressing the finer details since the answer to this question isn’t necessarily a simple “yes” or “no”. First, for those of you who may not…
5 WordPress Plugins for Education
The presence of WordPress has grown in the education sector over recent years. There are multiple reasons for this, but some of the main reasons are because it is flexible and easy for administrators (teachers) to use. In the early years WordPress was used primarily for blogging purposes. However, we’ve evolved past using it just for class…
Genesis WordPress University Theme
When you’re creating online courses offering you understand that it’s important to have a site that not only looks great but is well put together “under the hood” as well. For years, the Genesis framework has provided people with a solid foundation to build websites. It is SEO friendly, properly coded, and offer extra features without much…
Social Learner WordPress LMS Theme
If you’re running an online training program using a WordPress learning management system then you are well aware of the level of flexibility you have when it comes to features and visuals. In fact, customization and attractive design are just a couple of reasons why WordPress has become so popular (and now powers nearly a quarter of…
How to Blend Education and Social Technologies
One thing is certain, social networks are here and will not be going anywhere anytime soon. However, what was once seen as a form of escapism is now beginning to be taken quite seriously by many different industries. Not a day goes by that we don’t hear a company beg us to “like” them on…
Using Facebook for ELearning
Today we have a large variety of tools available to us for social learning, the most notable being front-runners Facebook and Twitter. There have been many suggestions on how to use twitter to supplement learning, but less has been written about Facebook supplementing learning efforts – which begs the question: can Facebook be a tool for elearning?…
