How to Build Online Courses With WordPress
Everyone would agree that the role of online education has significantly increased in recent years. Imagine, you have the chance to create an online learning environment for your website visitors, where they can log in, take online courses in WordPress, and see their progress and results in one place.
In today's article, we will discuss how to create online courses in WordPress with the WordPress Quiz Maker plugin and User Management system easily and effortlessly.
Let's imagine you are a teacher or an online course creator and want to create eLearning Websites in WordPress where your students can register to pass quizzes. All you need to do is to create a user registration form with the Ultimate Member plugin and, then, create online exams with the WordPress Quiz plugin. Obviously, this is the best way to boost your website traffic and provide an exceptional user experience for your website visitors.
So, let's start.
The purpose of using User Management plugins
Firstly, let's understand what is a User Management plugin and what purpose it serves. User Management plugins are designed to manage the access of your website visitors. You, as a website owner, can assign WordPress user roles to your website visitors and decide the permissions they will have on your site.
By using the User Management plugins you can have full control of your website and its content.
The benefits of using User Management plugins
- Handling User Registration: You can create customized user registration forms and let your users register on your website to access its content.
- Adding User Profiles: Edit the WordPress user profile to show basic information about your website visitors.
- Manage user roles capabilities: Create user roles in WordPress and manage the access of these roles to access the content of your website.
- Reset passwords: Ensure the security of your website visitors by giving them the chance to reset passwords in case they forget their credentials.
We mentioned the main benefits of using User Management plugins, yet, there are still many more advantages you can get by using them. These plugins not only positively affect your website performance, but also, help to optimize user login and registration process.
For today's article, we have chosen the Ultimate Member User Management plugin to handle user registration to take online courses.
Creating online quizzes on your WordPress website
In recent years, with the increasing role of online education, prioritizing time-saving has become the most important concern for people. Having eLearning Websites in WordPress, where users can register/log in and take online courses in WordPress will serve as the best way to generate leads and boost your website traffic.
By using the WordPress Quiz plugin, you can create advanced online courses in WordPress. The plugin provides all the necessary features and functionalities you need to create engaging and interactive online courses in WordPress.
All you need to do is think about quiz ideas, create online quizzes, and set up a login form to register on your WordPress website. As you can see, you have an online learning platform, where users can register/log in, pass online quizzes, and check their knowledge level. You, as a teacher/online course creator, will surely agree, that this is the best way to facilitate the online learning process and provide your students with the best user experience on your website.
Let's install the Ultimate Member User Management plugin along with the WordPress Quiz Maker plugin to make the best online learning platform for your website visitors.
Installing the Ultimate Member plugin
If you want to create a login/registration form for eLearning Websites in WordPress, you can install the Ultimate Member plugin.
Firstly, download the Ultimate Member plugin from WordPress.org. Then, head to your WordPress Dashboard > Plugins page. Click on the Add New button. Search for the Ultimate Member plugin.
After this, click on the Install Now button and then Activate the User Management plugin on your WordPress website.
That's all! You have successfully downloaded and installed the User Management plugin to create the registration/login form on your website.
Setting up a Login/Registration Form on your WordPress website
You may think, that setting up a registration form is difficult. In truth, it is much simpler than you can imagine.
By installing the Ultimate Member plugin, you get both the Default Registration and the Default Login forms. All you need to do is copy the shortcode and paste it to your desired post or page.
To find the default forms, perform these easy steps:
- Find the Ultimate Member plugin on the left sidebar menu.
- Head to the Forms page.
- See the Default Registration and the Default Login forms.
- Based on your preference to show either the Login or a Registration form, copy the shortcodes accordingly.
- Paste the shortcode on your desired post or page.
That's all! As you can see setting up a registration form is not a difficult task at all. We have discussed how to set up simple login and registration forms. Note, that you can create a WordPress custom login page by customizing the settings of the User Management plugin.
In order to get access to your website content, the eLearning WordPress website visitors must either register or log in to your website. Now, you can create online courses in WordPress so that your students can pass them and check their knowledge level. To achieve this, you can make use of the WordPress Quiz Plugin.
Installing the WordPress Quiz Plugin
The Quiz Maker plugin has both Free and Pro versions available for your usage. If you want to create online quiz for free, you can install the Free version of the WordPress Quiz Plugin.
If you want to create assessment quizzes with advanced features, you can get the Premium version of the WordPress Quiz plugin.
In order to install the plugin, follow these simple steps:
- Download the Free/Pro version zip file of the plugin.
- Head to your WordPress Dashboard > Plugins page.
- Click on the Add New button and upload the zip file of the plugin.
- Click on the Install Now button to activate the plugin on your website.
As you have successfully installed the WordPress Quiz Plugin, you can create online courses in WordPress for your students and display the quizzes on your website.
Creating online courses in WordPress with the Quiz Maker plugin
If you are a teacher, online course creator, or lecturer, you would definitely want to have an advanced online learning platform for your students. To achieve this, you need to set up a registration form and create online courses in WordPress. That means, in order to access the educational content of your website, the students will need to log in first, and, then, pass the quizzes to check their knowledge level on different subjects.
To create a simple quiz, follow these steps:
- Head to the Quiz Maker plugin > Questions page and click on the Add New button. Create questions for your quiz.
- Head to the Quizzes page and add the created questions to your quiz.
- Choose the text color, background color, and other styling options for your quiz.
- Configure the settings, calculation method, Email, and Certificate options based on the purpose of your quiz.
- Customize the Result Message with various message variables the plugin offers.
- Save the changes and copy the shortcode of the quiz. Then, paste it to your desired post or page and display the quiz on the front end.
These are the simple steps to create an online quiz with the Quiz Maker plugin. Learn How to Create an Online English Level Test in WordPress to create your own quiz.
Creating online quizzes for different user roles
The WordPress Quiz Plugin offers different advanced options to restrict the access of your website visitors to your quizzes. Let's imagine, you are a Physics Teacher and want to have a quiz that is available for the students who are logged in or have the needed user roles to pass the quiz.
You can find various options to restrict the users' access to your quizzes by going to the Limitation Users Tab of the Quiz Maker plugin.
Here you will see the 1. Only for logged-in users and 2. Only for selected user role options. With the 1st option, you can display the quiz to only those users who are logged in. With the 2nd option, you can display the quiz to the user roles specified in the input.
You would definitely agree, that this is the best way to show relevant content to specific website visitors. By this, you can have an online learning platform, where you can provide an individual approach to each and every student.
Showing the user's results history on the Front end
The WordPress Quiz Maker plugin provides a very engaging shortcode (User Page Settings), which will help you show the user's results history on the Front end. You will agree, that all the students would like to check what quizzes they have passed before, what score they got for each quiz, and when they have passed them. Moreover, the users can download their Certificates and results right from the Front end.
So, by inserting the User Page Settings Shortcode on your website, all students will have User Dashboards and will see their progress on their user profiles.
Wrapping Up!
If you are a teacher, online course creator, or lecturer, and want to create online courses in WordPress for your students, then, you are in the right place. This step-by-step guide will surely help you boost user engagement and create the best learning platform for your website visitors.
You will get everything the students need for online learning in one place. After reading this article, you will have a comprehensive understanding of how to set up a login/registration form and create educational content/quizzes available for particular groups of people.
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