LMScast

In eLearning your primary objective is to help your students access and understand the information they need in a learning style that works best for them. Including multimedia in your course design achieves this goal. Learn how to embed audio in your WordPress LMS in this LMSCast presentation with Joshua Millage and Chris Badgett.

There are many options for including audio in your course design, starting with simply using existing WordPress media hosting capabilities. If you have higher traffic, you can use premium audio hosting for greater capacity and capability. Mobile audio is vital for your course offerings to allow students to take course content with them and listen wherever they are.

Providing audio content is simple and does not require expensive equipment. You can create audio files using basic technology you already have. The most important thing is to get started, and a WordPress learning management system plugin like our lifterLMS makes it easy to integrate audio and other media in your online course design.

Producing a successful podcast is a huge undertaking. It requires a commitment to quality and consistency, but it can also generate income. Learn how to monetize a podcast in this LMSCast presentation with Joshua Millage and Chris Badgett.

The current availability of information is immense, and not all of it is credible. For most people, finding what they really need to know can be overwhelming. Content curation as the gathering and organization of reliable information is therefore a valuable element of both blogging and podcasting. Curating that information further into the structure of an online course offering makes it even more accessible and, therefore, more valuable.

The lifterLMS WordPress learning management system plugin helps you generate income by selling advanced online courses to your podcast audience that are informative and relevant to your subject area.

Video is the closest thing we have in the online learning environment to a real human interaction, because you get both audio and visual connection with your students. But there are some pitfalls to be aware of when choosing how to host videos for your online courses.

In this LMScast podcast episode Joshua Millage and Chris Badgett discuss hosting your LMS videos on Wistia or Vimeo versus using YouTube, as well as how to get your videos into your WordPress LMS. It’s important to keep in mind the speed of your website, protecting your video content, and the mobile responsiveness of your videos.

With the lifterLMS WordPress learning management system plugin, it’s easy to use videos to enhance your online course lessons so you can build a better connection with your users.

Do you want to make more money with your blog? In this LMScast podcast episode Joshua Millage and Chris Badgett discuss how to monetize your blog with online courses delivered through a WordPress learning management system.

While you’re creating free content for your blog posts, you’re building knowledge in your subject area, which you can then monetize by offering online courses. In some markets offering courses for beginners is a huge opportunity, so you don’t necessarily need to be on the cutting edge of your field to be profitable with an online course.

You can create online courses to monetize the expertise you’ve built in your market through your blog, and the lifterLMS WordPress learning management system plugin makes it easy for you to create and sell courses online.

LMS gamification promises to become an important tool for making online courses more effective. In this LMScast podcast Joshua Millage and Chris Badgett discuss how gamification helps students retain more of the course material presented to them, and offers more motivation and interest in their learning process than traditional classroom methods provide.

Gaming has become a significant part of our culture. Most people are already comfortable in gaming environments and associate the activity with pleasurable experiences. Gamification employs challenges and rewards for quizzes and recaps, so there is positive incentive to push past barriers to gain points, badges, and other tangible indicators of success. Competition is also motivational, as students can evaluate their performance relative to others taking the same courses.

The lifterLMS WordPress learning management system plugin includes the option for LMS gamification, which provides incentivization and encourages interaction with course information eLearning students need to learn, while making the learning process satisfying and enjoyable.

Joshua Millage and Chris Badgett discuss the exciting eLearning opportunities offered by the Tin Can API for high-level data storage and exchange for online course programs. What is Tin Can API? It's the standard application program interface used for data storage and sharing in eLearning.

Tin Can API collects and stores data used for tracking and reporting student records, program information and other related data. The API connects the LMS to the LRS for information storage, and then makes connections for multiple remote LRSs to exchange that data.

The lifterLMS WordPress learning management system plugin provides centralized course and student data storage and management, and is compatible with Tin Can API. Software compatibility and system scalability are crucial considerations when evaluating an LMS plugin for your WordPress eLearning environment, so choose the one that allows for continuing expansion and seamless integration.

In this podcast Joshua Millage and Chris Badgett introduce listeners to the Learning Record Store (LRS) and Application Program Interface (API) for high-level data storage and exchange. For eLearning entrepreneurs, a WordPress learning management system plugin like lifterLMS provides required data storage and retrieval now, and also allows for expansion and compatibility in the future.

What is a LRS? The LRS provides centralized course and student data storage and management, plus report generation, data tracking, and sharing of information and resources with other institutions. API software such as Tin Can API allows one LRS to connect to another LRS to exchange data and resources directly.

Software compatibility as well as system scalability are crucial considerations when evaluating a LMS plugin for your WordPress eLearning environment, so choose a learning management system like lifterLMS that will provide necessary data storage and retrieval now, and allow for expansion and compatibility in the future.

Listen in as Joshua Millage and Chris Badgett discuss tips on how to increase engagement in your online course and how a learning management system like lifterLMS simplifies effective online course design.

Your use of basic design elements in building your online course will either engage focus and comprehension, or create distraction and confusion. The way you structure content using text and formatting, images and streaming media, and integrated resources determines the effectiveness of your eLearning environment.

Without careful curation of your content, your pages can look like a randomly assembled scrapbook. Assure that you are achieving student engagement by making the most of eLearning design and technology using a learning management system like lifterLMS to build your online courses.

There are several points you need to consider when choosing a learning management system. Listen in as Joshua Millage and Chris Badgett outline the most important tips for evaluating and choosing a WordPress based LMS, and how lifterLMS provides all these elements.

Some of the basic requirements for any LMS include simplicity and ease of use, reliable functionality, creative control, and learning assessment capabilities. This podcast focuses on essential LMS functions and features, plus challenges and resources specific to delivering your content in a WordPress environment.

Remember that your LMS will be used by a variety of people with varying levels of expertise. LifterLMS makes WordPress-based course design simple and effective by providing the intuitive access and seamless integration, scalability, functionality and reliability you require.

Do you want to take your WordPress LMS to the next level this year and make more money? We can help you learn best practices for improving your LMS. To start off the new year, we’re laying out a roadmap of where we’re heading with our podcast.

We’ll be doing more interviews with thought leaders in the WordPress LMS, learning and education, and entrepreneurship arenas. We also plan to cover specialized topics relating to eLearning and how to get the most from your LMS.

Through building the lifterLMS plugin, we’ve learned a lot about the unique needs of eLearning entrepreneurs. We’re passionate about building a LMS community, and we’d love to get your input on what you’d like us to cover this year to help you grow your LMS business!