Ah, the blank slate, LearnDash Course Builder style: After adding the bare outline of the sample lesson (sections, topics, subtopics, quiz), the Course Builder looks like this: Sections (here called WARM UP, TOPICS, CONCLUSION) are just an organizational feature offered by LearnDash. They’re just headers to help you divide up lessons and such — the…
Category: WordPress
Initial foray into GeneratePress Pro
Before I get started with mucking and futzing with settings within GeneratePress Pro (GPP) on the main site, I just wanted to see to what extent basic settings changes within GPP would affect content generated by LearnDash. For starters, here’s some LearnDash-generated content. LearnDash had already let me add my brand’s accent color (“rouge,” or…
This is when things start to get crazy
This week, a lot of tangled, twisted thoughts and considerations: Course structure revisited I had determined a course structure based on original settings I had input in my test-site version of LearnDash, that is: Lessons –> Topics –> Quizzes. (LearnDash defaults to Courses –> Lessons –> Topics –> Quizzes, but since my site is just…
LearnDash installed!
I definitely need a refresher course in LearnDash because I can barely remember the little amount I learned last September(ish). Meantime, I’ll get going little by little. First steps include changing settings as necessary. LearnDash defaults to the following structure for courses: Courses, Lessons, Topics, Quizzes. Because CriticalThinkingCap.com is just one course divided into lessons,…
Still setting up WordPress site
Updated January 31, 2023 Most recent accomplishments Updated WordPress profile (mostly so the ugly default user name doesn’t show up on posts and such). Changed default permalink style to “post name” style. (This change would be useful only if I include some sort of blog on the site, such as a “news and updates” section….
Day one: Setting up WordPress site
I had already registered criticalthinkingcap.com and set it up for shared hosting last July or August. Today, got SSL certificate: Also, I installed WordPress. I was careful to NOT choose “Deluxe Install” and “Install WP Website Builder,” which add a bunch of junk I don’t need and might find hard to remove or undo later….
Capstone project to-do list.
Work on my capstone project officially begins today! The to-do list is long and vexing. I’ll continue to edit it as the project progresses.
LearnDash training begins
Started to learn the LearnDash LMS plug-in. I’ve been going back and forth with the training videos LearnDash provides within WordPress (and via YouTube) and pages from the LearnDash documentation, peppering my education here and there with a Google searches to help with issues such as “How do I re-order lesson topics?” For practice content,…
WordPress and Elementor training
Done! Got through Matthew MacDonald’s “WordPress: The Missing Manual, Third Edition” a couple of weeks ago and just finished LinkedIn Learning’s Learning Elementor for WordPress Design. Elementor is an awesome WP plug-in that gives me a good amount of control over the webpage design. I do hope it integrates nicely with LearnDash, the WordPress LMS…
LearnDash installed!
The first of many posts concerning LearnDash, I’m sure. LD is the learning management system (LMS) plug-in I plan to use for the capstone.