Posts by Ben Arellano
How to Pick the Best WordPress Hosting Service for Your Online Course or Membership Site
Finding the best WordPress hosting service for your online course, membership site, or any other application of a learning management system (LMS) solution can be a daunting task. There are a number of considerations, such as what features you’ll be offering your students, how many students and members you’ll be catering to, how your membership…
Read More10 Things You Must Know About Creating Epic Course Videos
Article Index Article Resources If you’re anything like me, you learn best visually by having an example or video which you can refer to or replay over and over. After all, repetition aids learning. Am I right, or am I right? Did you see the repetition there? Sorry…just had to say it. However, there are…
Read More3 Tips for Higher Course Completion Rates
Over the last six years, we’ve worked with course creators in almost any industry or niche you can think of. And one of the most common issues they run across is how to get their students to follow through and actually complete a course they’ve created. If you’re an online course creator, in this article…
Read More5 Strategies and 10 Tools to Facilitate Learning
Understanding how to facilitate learning can have a major impact on creating successful learning outcomes for your students. There are countless ways for an instructor to facilitate learning among their students, even in a virtual classroom environment. But the term “facilitated learning” has taken on a philosophy all its own. Facilitated student learning is not…
Read MoreHow to Create an Online Course PDF [+FREE TEMPLATES]
Wondering how to create an online course PDF and how to use them effectively to enhance learning You’ve come to the right place! Article Index1. Rule #1: Be consistent with your designs.2. Rule #2: Proofread everything three times.3. Rule #3: Ensure proper formatting.4. What’s in an online course PDF?5. Supplemental Resources6. Transcripts7. Data/Research Tracking8. Presentation…
Read MoreIntroducing Notes for WP Courseware!
Today we’re thrilled to announce the first iteration of a new in-lesson, comprehensive Resource Module for your WP Courseware students… WP Courseware Notes! The WP Courseware Resource Module will be an in-lesson, slide-up menu for your students to access resources to enhance their learning experience. While Notes is the first iteration of the Resource Menu,…
Read MoreHow to Market Online Courses – 10 Proven Strategies
These 10 proven strategies for how to market online courses can help your course stand out even if you’re in a crowded niche. I spend quite a bit of time in our support queue, primarily answering pre-sales questions. And I absolutely love it. Sure, I could hand off pre-sales questions to our technical support team,…
Read MoreIntroducing Achievements for WP Courseware!
Introducing Achievements for WP Courseware! Now you can incentivize your students for progress and performance within your courses…create badges, customize achievement point values, encourage competition with a leaderboard, and more! Today we’re excited to announce the introduction of a new feature package for WP Courseware with the addition of course Achievements! We’ve been working on…
Read MoreThe Simple Way to Use Complex Math in WP Courseware Quizzes
Using an online equation builder and a free WordPress plugin, you can format textbook-quality math equations in your WP Courseware quiz questions. This video will show you how in under 4 minutes! Play Video Resources Mentioned: WP Courseware Simple MathJax Plugin for WordPress CodeCogs LaTeX Equation Editor Video Transcript: Welcome to this WP courseware tutorial…
Read MoreHow to Use an Amazon S3 WordPress Plugin to Offload Media
Using an Amazon S3 WordPress plugin to store your media in the cloud can drastically improve the performance of your site and the media playback experience for your visitors. This short guide will show you how to make it happen. S3 Media Maestro, our Amazon S3 WordPress plugin, was initially designed to scratch our own…
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