How to add a new course and set it up? Look for the answers in this manual and learn how to add and maintain courses with the easy-to-use Course Builder.
Adding a New Course using Course Builder on the Backend
To begin creating a new course , navigate to the Courses > Courses from WordPress Dashboard. Click the Add New button and start creating content for your new course.
After that, you will be redirected to the main page of the Course Builder to add Course information:
Course Information
The Course Builder includes important information about a course such as its name, URL, category, level, and image. This information is essential as it gives potential students a clear understanding of what the course is about and helps them make an informed decision about whether to enroll or not.
After filling out the course information, click the “Create” button to manage Course Curriculum and lessons.
Course Curriculum
A curriculum is a collection of lessons and assessments that will be taught by an instructor. As soon as a new course is created on the left side of the screen course curriculum section appears.
Dividing a course curriculum into sections helps in organizing the content in a logical and structured manner. This makes it easier for learners to navigate the content, understand the flow of the course, and identify the topics that are most relevant to their learning goals.
Instructors can add as many sections as they want to a course curriculum, and they can customize the section titles to reflect the content covered in each section.
By clicking on the “Add lessons” button, Instructors can create new lessons:
This action adds a new lesson to the existing list of lessons. It’s a simple and convenient way to add more lessons to the course curriculum.
To add previously created lessons to the curriculum, simply click on the “Search materials” button.
This feature allows you to easily locate and incorporate relevant materials into your curriculum without having to recreate them from scratch.
Drip
Drip content is a method of releasing educational material gradually and unlocks lessons only after the student has passed the required lesson or assessment.
To create a new dependency between lessons in the Drip tab of the course builder, the “Create new dependency” button can be clicked:
Next, drag lessons, quizzes, and assignments to the right side to create drip content:
Settings
The “Settings” tab in a course builder allows you to configure various settings for your course, such as the course name, description, enrollment options, access, and pricing. You can also set up course completion certificates for students.
Main
The main settings of a course builder refer to the general options that define a course, such as a course’s title, URL, description, and status:
Access
The Access tab allows limited access to the course based on the student’s enrollment date and can make the course Trial.
Enabling the Time Limit option allows for setting a specific expiration date for a course, which means that the course will no longer be accessible after a certain number of days.
When users enroll in the course, they will see how many days are left until the course becomes inaccessible. Additionally, after enrolling, students will receive notifications about the course’s expiration.
This feature helps students better manage their time and stay on track to complete the course before it expires.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites are the required courses that students must complete before they can enroll in the next course of a higher level.
If students are interested in taking the course, they will discover that there is a requirement they must meet before enrolling.
This prerequisite must be completed before they can register for the course.
Course files
This section of the platform provides the ability to upload course materials in any file format. To do so, simply click on the “Select file” button and choose the files you wish to upload.
Once uploaded, the file will be available for students to access as part of the course materials.
Certificate
The certificate tab is a feature that allows instructors to choose from a selection of pre-made certificates that students will receive upon completing a course.
Essentially, it’s a way for users to showcase their achievements and completion of the course.
Course Page Style
Pricing
The Pricing tab is a section within a course builder that allows the instructors to set, adjust, and manage the price of a course.
- One-time purchase – Enable One-time purchases to make the course available for purchase not only through the membership plans. Enter the number in the blank to set the course price, or leave the field empty to make the course free.
- Enterprise Price – pricing for groups of large organizations or corporations. The option requires the Group Copurses addon enabled.
- Price Info – here you can put any text that will be shown with the purchase button as price info
FAQ
Create the FAQ section to predict possible misunderstandings. Add one by one: items, questions, and answers.
Click on the New FAQ item to add a new question and answer. Enter the question/answer in the spaces provided.
Notice
The notices, formerly known as announcements, are used to communicate important course-related information to enrolled students.
Make important announcements for your learners whenever you need to. Write your text in the space provided.