Adding a Lesson↑ Back to Top

To add a lesson, go to Lessons > Add New.

Enter a title for your lesson.

Adding Lesson Content↑ Back to Top

Enter your lesson content in the main content area.

Enter a brief description of the lesson in the Excerpt field:

This is displayed beneath the lesson title on the single course page. If you don’t enter an excerpt, then only the lesson title is shown.

Adding Lesson Information↑ Back to Top

You can optionally enter information to tell learners more about the lesson. You can add the length of the lesson in minutes, and the complexity (Easy, Standard or Hard).

You can also enter a video embed code to embed a video in your lesson.

Assigning a Lesson to a Course↑ Back to Top

In the Lesson Course panel, select which course your lesson will belong to.

If you haven’t created the course yet, you can click Add New Course to create a course when your lesson is saved.

Note: We don’t recommend adding a lesson to a course that is already live with active learners. See this page for more details.

Setting a Lesson Prerequisite↑ Back to Top

If you want learners to complete each lesson before they progress to the next, you can select a Lesson Prerequisite:

If learners visit this lesson before completing the prerequisite lesson, they will see a message like this:

Enabling Lesson Preview↑ Back to Top

From v1.6, when editing a lesson, you can enable the Lesson Preview option:

This allows the lesson content to be viewed by anyone, without having purchased or registered, giving you a way to offer a free sample of your course content.

If your course contains preview lessons, it displays a message as shown in the course archive page:

The course page itself also indicates which lessons can be previewed:

And the lesson page also displays a message with a link to sign up for/purchase the course:

Adding Lesson Tags↑ Back to Top

From v1.5, you can assign tags to lessons in the same way as you can with regular posts.

If you want lessons to be searchable by tag, you need to use a search plugin such as Search Everything or Search WP.

Adding a Quiz to your Lesson↑ Back to Top

See Adding Quizzes for information on adding a quiz to a lesson.