Create The Ultimate LMS With These Crafty WordPress Plugins for E-Learning

In the digital age, e-learning is the quickest and most effective way to obtain information about any topic. Learning management systems (LMS) are a great website feature to create or distribute online learning. Adding a learning management system to a website is possible by choosing the best WordPress plugin for e-learning success.

There are different types of e-learning, depending on the subject for study and the audience that will be learning the subjects. E-learning can be found as audio or video files, slides, images or other media that can be learned course by course or as a curriculum. Most learning management systems can progress tracking and grade sharing, which makes e-learning a very collaborative experience.

1) Course Catalog

The Course Catalog can show your directory of courses in three distinct views, helping match it to your site.

This LMS Plugin for WordPress provides an assortment of tools. Each course has its own page and schedule, allowing users to easily check the content and enroll.

Payment, student dashboard, a student profile builder and waiting lists are available via add-ons.

Lets users leave notes and mark their favorite videos within WordPress. The plugin supports adding a pay-per-view fee for your courses and video webinars.

A demo is available, so be sure to check the Course Catalog e-Learning demo.

 

2) Video Lessons Manager

The Video Lessons Manager lets users organize and manage video courses while tracking progress. The plugin also offers pay-per-view channels for short time periods that admins can manage. The pro version of the plugin has extra features like allowing administrators to show students their course progress. For some example of using the Video Lessons manager check this demo site.

3) Sensei

This plugin from WooThemes is a collaborative learning management system, allowing users to create content for online courses. Sensei is easy to use and has many extensions, including sharing grades on social media and learner name displays. Sensei is easily integrated with WordPress for both administrators and users.

4) CoursePress

CoursePress offers a preview of what courses will look like and how easily content can be created. CoursePress offers two free courses and the pro version lets users upload and download content and create video courses. Users can create a discussion board or share audio, videos or customizable quizzes.

5) Questions and Answers

The Questions and Answers Plugin provides different forums divided by category. Questions can be voted too.

Private questions and answers, moderation, file attachments, social media login…everything is included in the Pro version.

Statistics are also a nice touch: view counts help you pinpoint the most popular questions.

6) LearnPress

LearnPress is a free plugin with a few premium add-ons, and allows users to create and sell online courses. LearnPress also includes a customizable theme although the plugin works with many WordPress themes. Student engagement is the key to course success with LifterLMS.

7) DW Kido

DW Kido is a very responsive WordPress theme for learning management systems. DW Kido is fully optimized with high resolution display and can edit posts in frontend and backend. There is an inline comment system, which allows users to add comments to posts, images and other media.

8) StudyPress

StudyPress is unique because it offers unlimited course creation. Users can create all types of multimedia which can be posted as slides on other posts or pages. Special features include student ratings on quizzes and documents as well as automatic grading.

9) WP Courseware

WP Courseware has a great usability feature: a drag and drop function that makes course creation easier. Special features include email notifications, student progress visualizer, and course outlines. While this plugin starts as $100, it offers a wide variety of content options including open ended questions, true or false, and multiple choice.

10) WPLMS

WPLMS is an e-learning WordPress theme for online course management and organization. Users can create and sell online courses specific to subjects, administrators, or teaching style. WPLMS has easy setup, helpful user dashboards and progress checks and course directory management.

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