My opinion of this new version is stunning and I have decided to go for it and not Lifter LMS anymore. There is also less confusion regarding logins and logouts which can be better controlled in this version. The logins and logouts of Lifter were a bit in the dark. Glad I did not make a hasty decision. Thx for you explaining all the ins and outs of this version
Adam, mate! ... as usual. you have overdelivered in terms of this.Very in depth on this and answered all the questions, I usually ask myself, when looking at these things. Thanks and I made a definite decison to get this, because so far your recommendations have not let me down.
Oh that's awesome to hear, I hope the upgrade works out great for you. We are lucky that LearnDash has the resources to deeply invest in their product.
LearnDash 3 focus mode makes the content look very clean, but I just noticed that one of the side effects is that your students will lose the ability to log a question or comment about the lesson/topic at the bottom of the page. I'm hoping that they'll release an option to be able to re-enable the Q&A section at the bottom of each topic sometime soon.
I have been using LifterLMS because its awesome and free! But because of this review and influence you have been doing in this video, LearnDash is now going to be 189 USD richer! I'm going to switch from LifterLMS to LearnDash RIGHT NOW! Thank you so much once again for your reviews and tutorials, Adam! Keep grindin and rock the WP world as always! TALK ABOUT INFLUENCER MARKETING!!!
Thanks for amzaing video! How can you protect your video content from users simply finding the link and spreading it? How is the video integration do you think? Is it advanced so you could see how far users have watched etc? Thank you
Question: my colleague and I have a project that have been asked to us... We need to have a user (probably not logged in) listen to a couple of videos BEFORE he can get a certain product (will be free in certain Canadian provinces and paid in others, because it's a governemental thing)... In order to make sure that they watched the videos before ordering, they want to have a quiz that asks questions about the videos... Then, they will be directed to the sales page. Question #1: We thought about using a LMS platform and will probably use LearnDash... I know we can create courses, lessons and quizzes... but I guess the way it usually works is that they go from one lesson to the other (do we have the option of the user taking the course without being logged in?) and at the end take a quizz... BUT, after the quizz, is there a way to redirect to another page (and not just stay in the course itself)? I don't know how LearnDash works, but at worst, if it shows the score right away, it could be a link to the sales page... (in better senario, after filling the quizz and a certain score, they would be directly redirected to the sales page). Can LearnDash do that? Question #2: Probably more a WooCommerce question (or CartFlows? Didn't have the time to check it yet...). Is WooCommerce the best platform to do what we want? Do you know if it's availabe (plugin?) that certain provinces (it will be available in Canada only) be charged a fee and others don't? I saw a plugin to spedify a different price based on country... don't know if it would work with provinces... Also, the taxes must be applied ONLY to the shipping fees (a fix rate of $5). So, not a problem for those who will have it for free (since only the shipping will have an amount), but can we say that the product is tax-exempt and still charge tax on shipping?
Hey, thanks for the video. By the look of the access plans for courses on your website, I would say that now, 3 months later, you are still using Lifter LMS. That's a bit confusing. Can you please elaborate why this is a case? Thanks.
Right; this Sunday I will begin to make all my purchases. First with the Siteground Hosting company and then after installing Wordpress, purchasing Elementor pro the unlimited sites one. I don't need the astra Pro if I am going to install the Learndash v3 will I?? I will wait for your video explaining Learndash before I purchase it. So yes thanks for initiating a new beginning.
The only reason I haven't yet purchased lms was because I was waiting for your videos on version 3. This looks exciting. I hope you show how to turn this beautiful site to an even more professional looking site. Does this version have the capability to import bulk questions for quizzes via excel? There are expensive add ons for that but it would be great if it is included intrinsically.
Very nice review. I want to echo some key points as an LMS Admin with near 20 years experience (sorry, Justin didn't coin the term, it's been around when he was just a wee lad). Most LMS UX is awful, and LearnDash REALLY just redefined it with focus mode. I have always been a fan of LearnDash's ability to skin per themes and integrate per WordPress plugins and also work with standards like xAPI. A t the price point they offer the tool- and the flexibility? A sure bet. Even moreso now with focus mode. I also wanted to echo the endorsement for SiteGround. I was running a WP forum, help system, and learning portal that ALL talked with each other through xAPI, and Siteground was a very affordable option for moderate traffic with VERY good support.
Okay then; I was going to use LMS but after watching this video I have decided to go with learndash V3. Could you make a full video like the one you did with Lifter LMS Plz? Explain everything to checkouts and enrollments and sales page setups and where the pricing tables on the sales p[age must direct the students to and even if there is a hassle with the index page listing which nin-enrolled students will see which was the issue with LMS. So Plz do a full video. Thanks Adam.
I had some questions before viewing this video but it became more clear to me what to do. No LifterLMS or Memberpress but Learndash. Thanks again Adam.
Thank you Adam, great video. Do you have any suggestions for hosting the videos you plan to use on the tutorials? I've used Wstia which is great but it gets expensive.
yes, I have this question, too. I am currently using WPCourseware/Maestro with S3 storage. The storage is secure (which is awesome) but the styling can be difficult.
Fabulous review. One of our needs to to have a individual lessons within a course indexed or tagged so students can search by a variety of different criteria. Do you know if that is possible in Learn Dash. This is a pretty hard feature to find. Most index only at the course level. Thanks!
Hey, Can you please tell me how to add (Forum) on the course page for enrolled users and FAQ sections for each lesson. Your answer will help us and highly appreciated. Thank you.
I was wondering if there is a point scoring system available in the quizzes. Like 0 thru 8 depending on the answer selected, I would want a final report for the student to see of the questions, the point values, and the final total scoring so there are improvement areas to be reviewed.
Hey - thanks a ton for all this invaluable info. I'm not a techi so can you tell if there is a way to change a "topic" to a "lesson" without having to recreate the whole page again?
I just switched to Learndash and I'm using Thrive Theme Builder. I don't know if I did something wrong, but the interface for user is so wobbly, I had to put the entire website on Under Construction. Can I create a subdomain to handle the course separately and use the themes you suggest?
Just creating my first course ever, and grateful that LearnDash is the first platform I landed on. So it’s been a year since you posted this. Are you still feeling the same positivity today about the platform?
@@WPCrafter I purchased through your link. How do I send you the receipt? When I clicked the link to the Acceleratoracademy, it's noted that all courses have moved, but does not redirect to a WPCrafter branded website.
Great! Havve used Lifter in one project, but gonna use LD from now on. The focus mode looks awesome. Any point in using the native LD styling in Astra customizer when using focus mode?
LearnDash essentially made it so you don't need anything external to style things, it looks great out of the box. That being said, there will be things that Astra adds, they are currently evaluating where they can make improvements.
Thanks Adam, great job as usual and can certainly see your excitement for this new system. You may recall I’ve been seeking info on LD3 and I’m glad to see it’s finally released. Had I seen this last week I probably would have jumped right in and purchased it. However I’ve just within the last week been introduced to a new player in the space called Tutor LMS which I think could turn out to be better than this updated version of LearnDash. (I just watched a YT Video review which promoted using Tutor LMS with WooCommerce and Cartflows too). The Tutor LMS looks at first glance to have something very similar in design as that Focus feature you like so much in LD3. It’s very new and all the features haven’t been flushed out yet. But it looks like it will have great potential once they make a few adjustments. Anyway, glad to see LD3 is finally in the wild. But I think for now I’m going to hold off until I see how fast, or if Tutor LMS gets primed up.
Yes from my buddy John, good guy, and great customer :-). Yea Tutor has a long way to go, very long way, and I hope they get there. I considered using it, but for something like this I personally rather go with the "big dog" that has the resources to dump multiple six figures into their product to make it the best. I do think Tutor is the best if you are trying to make a udemy or some course marketplace. That is more what it is designed for. And I have had conversations with them and made many suggestions. I hope they make it.
The main feature I like from tutor is the ability to upload course videos to your WordPress website and secure them. This I think is great. Also the communication with the student and the teacher, really cool stuff. All great ideas that I hope to see spread.
WPCrafter.com WordPress For Non-Techies Yeah, there’s most odd things about Tutor LMS that seem a bit odd. While not wanting to be a Udemy, being able to have multiple instructors is a feature we need and something LearnDash and LifterLMS at least in older versions can not accommodate. We are a coaching company and I have several partners which we all have our own list of clients. We all operate under the same brand but need to keep our client separate. My understanding is even with plugins this cannot be done with either LearnDash or LifterLMS. The only option we’ve been able to come up with is having a main site then each partner having their own sub domain. But that just seems like a lot of confusing moving parts.
I'll keep helping Tutor and hopefully, they will act on the suggestions I have already made. You are right about the multi-instructor. While you can do it with LD I think you have to buy some addon from a 3rd party.
This is a great video, but does the LMS dashboard have the option to switch to RTL mood, this can a huge beneficial to me if this platform support RTL....
Is this a marketplace type system, where you can attract educators from different cities or countries to list their courses? If so, is there a method to allocate a profit margin to the site administrator for every course subscribed to?
Adam, Your Videos convinced me to switch to Lifter LMS, now we're going back to elementor. I'm getting confused. All these learning modes they're not a big deal. Not much has changed here besides it looks better. Being able to freely build your course is something unique. Investing in elementor/divi integrations etc. it's something. The uniqueness will be if you can create an original experience for your students. Soon every learning site will be the same and boring. Changing the colors won't make a difference. So many great products out there, the future is interesting.
Each person is gonna have their own requirements. According to my requirements, LearnDash today meets my need the best. But that's me, each person has to decide that themselves. The learner experience is important to me. Reusable lessons is a HUGE deal to me. But that is just me, someone else these may not be a big deal to. So if you have your site all set up, I am not suggesting switching. In my case, I was going to be changing things anyway, so it caused me to re-evaluate my needs. When LearnDash released their reusable lessons last year, it was not enough to move the needle for me, but now I am ready.
Thanks for this review! Do you recommend Vimeo or Wystia for hosting course videos? I'm using hosted course platform - but I think Learn Dash knocks them all out of the water both for value of money, and having all the features that I actually want. The hosted platforms are expensive and have bad user experiences. I have tried all of the major players. My concern is that LearnDash will bloat my website and affect load times and SEO performance.
Thank you for a great review for this one! How LearnDash working with elementor? Is it possible to edit the course page? user control panle page? etc...
How hard is it to switch from Lifter? I have no courses yet. But 10 pre-order students. Also, using elementor pro & astra pro. Can I build pages with the builder?
@@HandeBorekci-bn5ez I wish there was an easy way to do it, but since you are early in on the process, you could disable and delete LifterLMS and add LearnDash, then create your course structure.
Awesome review! I'm writing a comparison review on all the LMS inspired by your write up. One thing I noticed though, the newest LMS in town Tutor LMS seems to have all the features of the LD3 at a much affordable price. Are you planning to review Tutor LMS any time soon?
Hi Adam, I really appreciate all of the knowledge. I read the comments about why UA-cam isn't a great solution to host paid course videos. Do you have a recommendation on where to host videos securely? Thanks for your insight.
Thank you so much for the video. Love it. I have a question that no one really answered me. I have already a learndash website and I want to create an app for the website. Is there any tool that can help me build such app? Thanks
Hey Adam thank you for the video. One of the complains you had for other lms is that your course structure/curriculum is available to people who have not bought your course. So with this Learndash now is there a way to hide your course structure or topics until someone actually buys the course?
Looks great! We have been using LifterLMS so far for all the LMS's we've built, but Learndash v3 also looks very interesting. I love the fact that lessons are reusable. I'm also quite curious to see it work with Page Builders like Beaver or Elementor. I usually like the extra styling flexibility that a pagebuilder provides :) Will you show that in your extended video? Another question: Can you have multiple iterations of the same course? With different start dates for different groups? Or do you just copy the course (which works better here then LifterLMS since you can use existing lessons). Thats a major issue we always run into when using LifterLMS.
Hey brother, what do you think about using LearnDash to run an online conference, a la HeySummit. HeySummit was too beta for me, so I refunded, and decided to build my own with ToolSet, but now I'm wondering if LD v. 3 is a possibility. Thanks!
Very Good Tutorial ... I just started with an Online course and doing my research which program I should go with... but after watching this video I have decided to go with learndash V3 .... I am very new... so after I purchase this program do I need anything else? Any help will be appreciated :)
Can you use Learn Dash with WordPress to create a site like Udemy, where your users can create courses and sell? When users would create courses, can you hide that WordPress CMS and admin from users. so that they don't know what CMS you are using . Please answer my question. This to questions are very important for deciding if I will buy Learn Dash.
Thanks for the video Adam! Does LearnDash include membership capabilities or do you have to use additional plugins for that? Also does Elementor work with LD?
It has a groups feature that allows you to protect content outside of courses. If you don't want to use their groups feature, there is a light membership plugin in the WordPress directory. You can use Elementor on your lessons.
@@WPCrafter Hi Adam, although you can use it with Elementor, would you recommend just sticking with the out of the box install and Wordpress Gutenberg or does Elementor add anything extra that you can't do with the out of the box version? Also, does it work equally as well with the OceanWP Theme instead of Astra? Thanks in advance.
I read an article on your site, which was a comparison between learndash vs lifterlms, there you mentioned that you are currently using learndash, I guess I was wrong.
Adam I was curious on what was the motive behind creating an entirely new website for some of your courses, rather than adding new courses on wpcrafter as it already has good visitors. I am asking because I have been debating between creating a paid course website or just adding it along with my blog website which has a similar content.
Thats a great question. So the reason I am doing this is to move all the courses off of my main site and have a central location for courses. I have another brand / UA-cam channel that will have courses associated with it as well. So this new site will be where course go for both brands because many of the students may be interested in. So if I have a course on making a website (WPCrafter) and a course on growing a UA-cam channel (my other brand) now they can all be housed at the same place.
Is there a way to add content to a section. Every textbook I ever saw has a short intro page to each section with learning objectives, etc. I have had to add this content to the first lesson of each section which seems counter-intuitive.
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What about Tutor LMS plugin? I would like to watch yout review Adam. Do you have something on mind?
another question. I want to sell to videos to teachers (which the show in class), and they in turn want to make quizzes for their students. Is there some kind of hierarky when both teachers and studens can login in some clever way? Any Ideas on how to solve this? Thanks again for this video :)
I'm building an LMS using LearnDash and I've encountered a minor problem. Whenever a button is clicked a dotted line pops up around the button. I know it indicates the button has been activated, but I find it really distracting. Does anyone know a workaround for this?
The founder of LearnDash is the guy that created the term 'LMS'. Could you please name the person you mentioned? I searched through LearnDash website but I couldn't get the name.
Everything I talked about in the video is different compared to LifterLMS. LifterLMS is a good platform, but LearnDash gets me where I what to do with no fuss.
I went to thrive cart the offer you a lifetime free account and as you click the want you to upgrade to the pro version plus the basis for a total 690 USD? I have 12 min to decide?
which membership plugin to use with learn dash I am using wp job manager with wp user management and I also want to integrate learn dash with wp user management . Can suggest me some membership plugins which can integrate with any third party plugin
Great question. There is no video security. When you embed a UA-cam video all one has to do is click on the UA-cam logo and now the link to the video can be shared.
I dont have video courses yet but I got email courses. Can I use learndash for that. Also I'm really interested in your learndash offer + video course because I plan to switch to video. thanks
Tutor has a VERY long way to go. Hopefully, they get there, but its gonna be a long journey. I sent them a list of things I would like to see them changed.
After testing for a couple of days, I think Woocommerce is the better option to start with as most of the plugins and addons are free. I am using the Woocommerce voucher system as a replacement. LD emailed me yesterday and said they do not have a voucher system for built in payments but Woocommerce is a good alternative. Just means having to install Woo and a few plugins and create Woo products.
I know you will probably moderate this out Adam, but I need to say your integrity took a deep dive. You rave about Learndash and say you're switching, but are still using LifetrLMS 11 months later. Boo to your credibility and trust factor from now on.
Been using Learndash on my site for a year now. It’s worked a treat and now with version 3 it looks great and my users love it.
My opinion of this new version is stunning and I have decided to go for it and not Lifter LMS anymore. There is also less confusion regarding logins and logouts which can be better controlled in this version. The logins and logouts of Lifter were a bit in the dark. Glad I did not make a hasty decision. Thx for you explaining all the ins and outs of this version
Less moving parts = you can focus on awesome course content!
Adam, mate! ... as usual. you have overdelivered in terms of this.Very in depth on this and answered all the questions, I usually ask myself, when looking at these things. Thanks and I made a definite decison to get this, because so far your recommendations have not let me down.
Outstanding presentation, Adam. I just upgraded to LD 3.0 and it’s impressive. Thanks for another great video!
Oh that's awesome to hear, I hope the upgrade works out great for you. We are lucky that LearnDash has the resources to deeply invest in their product.
You are beating mobile reviewers timing.
I can understand how much you liked LD 3.0 from the curiosity you showing here.
LearnDash 3 focus mode makes the content look very clean, but I just noticed that one of the side effects is that your students will lose the ability to log a question or comment about the lesson/topic at the bottom of the page.
I'm hoping that they'll release an option to be able to re-enable the Q&A section at the bottom of each topic sometime soon.
I know this comment is old, but you can enable comments. Just search the knowledgebase for LearnDash for instructions.
I have been using LifterLMS because its awesome and free! But because of this review and influence you have been doing in this video, LearnDash is now going to be 189 USD richer! I'm going to switch from LifterLMS to LearnDash RIGHT NOW! Thank you so much once again for your reviews and tutorials, Adam! Keep grindin and rock the WP world as always! TALK ABOUT INFLUENCER MARKETING!!!
This plugin is gorgeous!
I enjoyed that very much. Just switching myself and looking forward to learning a few tips and tricks from you :)
Thanks for amzaing video!
How can you protect your video content from users simply finding the link and spreading it? How is the video integration do you think? Is it advanced so you could see how far users have watched etc?
Thank you
Question: my colleague and I have a project that have been asked to us...
We need to have a user (probably not logged in) listen to a couple of videos BEFORE he can get a certain product (will be free in certain Canadian provinces and paid in others, because it's a governemental thing)... In order to make sure that they watched the videos before ordering, they want to have a quiz that asks questions about the videos... Then, they will be directed to the sales page.
Question #1:
We thought about using a LMS platform and will probably use LearnDash... I know we can create courses, lessons and quizzes... but I guess the way it usually works is that they go from one lesson to the other (do we have the option of the user taking the course without being logged in?) and at the end take a quizz... BUT, after the quizz, is there a way to redirect to another page (and not just stay in the course itself)? I don't know how LearnDash works, but at worst, if it shows the score right away, it could be a link to the sales page... (in better senario, after filling the quizz and a certain score, they would be directly redirected to the sales page). Can LearnDash do that?
Question #2:
Probably more a WooCommerce question (or CartFlows? Didn't have the time to check it yet...). Is WooCommerce the best platform to do what we want? Do you know if it's availabe (plugin?) that certain provinces (it will be available in Canada only) be charged a fee and others don't? I saw a plugin to spedify a different price based on country... don't know if it would work with provinces... Also, the taxes must be applied ONLY to the shipping fees (a fix rate of $5). So, not a problem for those who will have it for free (since only the shipping will have an amount), but can we say that the product is tax-exempt and still charge tax on shipping?
Hey, thanks for the video. By the look of the access plans for courses on your website, I would say that now, 3 months later, you are still using Lifter LMS. That's a bit confusing. Can you please elaborate why this is a case? Thanks.
I would also like to know the answer to this questions - thanks!
Right; this Sunday I will begin to make all my purchases. First with the Siteground Hosting company and then after installing Wordpress, purchasing Elementor pro the unlimited sites one. I don't need the astra Pro if I am going to install the Learndash v3 will I?? I will wait for your video explaining Learndash before I purchase it. So yes thanks for initiating a new beginning.
The only reason I haven't yet purchased lms was because I was waiting for your videos on version 3. This looks exciting. I hope you show how to turn this beautiful site to an even more professional looking site. Does this version have the capability to import bulk questions for quizzes via excel? There are expensive add ons for that but it would be great if it is included intrinsically.
Very nice review. I want to echo some key points as an LMS Admin with near 20 years experience (sorry, Justin didn't coin the term, it's been around when he was just a wee lad).
Most LMS UX is awful, and LearnDash REALLY just redefined it with focus mode.
I have always been a fan of LearnDash's ability to skin per themes and integrate per WordPress plugins and also work with standards like xAPI. A
t the price point they offer the tool- and the flexibility? A sure bet. Even moreso now with focus mode.
I also wanted to echo the endorsement for SiteGround. I was running a WP forum, help system, and learning portal that ALL talked with each other through xAPI, and Siteground was a very affordable option for moderate traffic with VERY good support.
I must have really been drinking the juice :-). Ha!
Thanks for watching and thanks for sharing your experience.
What was your 3 C's again? There's a lot of versions out there, but yours was really good.
Okay then; I was going to use LMS but after watching this video I have decided to go with learndash V3. Could you make a full video like the one you did with Lifter LMS Plz? Explain everything to checkouts and enrollments and sales page setups and where the pricing tables on the sales p[age must direct the students to and even if there is a hassle with the index page listing which nin-enrolled students will see which was the issue with LMS. So Plz do a full video. Thanks Adam.
Already working on that :-)
When is it gonna come out Adam? Like in a week or so or even longer? :)
Authentic & Verified good point.
@@JacknJill2245 Here it is ua-cam.com/video/X-myVivJcSs/v-deo.html
Thanks Adam!!!
I had some questions before viewing this video but it became more clear to me what to do. No LifterLMS or Memberpress but Learndash. Thanks again Adam.
Thank you Adam, great video. Do you have any suggestions for hosting the videos you plan to use on the tutorials? I've used Wstia which is great but it gets expensive.
yes, I have this question, too. I am currently using WPCourseware/Maestro with S3 storage. The storage is secure (which is awesome) but the styling can be difficult.
I would be interested in this as well. I guess Vimeo is an option and then embed it.
After surfing mostly hum drum videos on LD, I come across YOUR"S. Happy dance!
Fabulous review. One of our needs to to have a individual lessons within a course indexed or tagged so students can search by a variety of different criteria. Do you know if that is possible in Learn Dash. This is a pretty hard feature to find. Most index only at the course level. Thanks!
Hey, Can you please tell me how to add (Forum) on the course page for enrolled users and FAQ sections for each lesson.
Your answer will help us and highly appreciated.
Thank you.
I was wondering if there is a point scoring system available in the quizzes. Like 0 thru 8 depending on the answer selected, I would want a final report for the student to see of the questions, the point values, and the final total scoring so there are improvement areas to be reviewed.
Great video. Have you imported Adobe Captivate files into LearnDash? Do you know if it would work smoothly?
Hey - thanks a ton for all this invaluable info. I'm not a techi so can you tell if there is a way to change a "topic" to a "lesson" without having to recreate the whole page again?
Looks great! Looking forward to the full tutorial of LearnDash v3!
Hi Adam !! Are you going to integrate Woocommerce in your Learndash 3.0 Tutorial ?
Yes I will be doing that for sure.
Thanks Adam. I would like to use the Instructor Role Add-On. With your wonderful experience with LearnDash, would you please advice me on this?
I just switched to Learndash and I'm using Thrive Theme Builder. I don't know if I did something wrong, but the interface for user is so wobbly, I had to put the entire website on Under Construction. Can I create a subdomain to handle the course separately and use the themes you suggest?
Just creating my first course ever, and grateful that LearnDash is the first platform I landed on. So it’s been a year since you posted this. Are you still feeling the same positivity today about the platform?
Oh yes, LearnDash would still be my pick today.
@@WPCrafter thank you for your quick response! Awesome, I’m going for it!
@@WPCrafter I purchased through your link. How do I send you the receipt? When I clicked the link to the Acceleratoracademy, it's noted that all courses have moved, but does not redirect to a WPCrafter branded website.
@@BeEmpressified The contact form on my website :-) www.wpcrafter.com/contact/
@@WPCrafter thank you!
Tnx sir.
I have a recent project to create a course website i was confused what i used.. Thanks for you suggested in right time...
Thanks great video! ☺
Thanks Adam,
Does LearnDash play nice with Beaver Builder or Elementor? Is it necessary to use these options or just the Gutenberg blocks?
Yes it does. Those just place shortcodes. Makes it easier, but you can simply use the shortcode.
Nice review. I like it. Will you tell what powerpoint/keynote template you use
I like Focus Mode but it hide the website navigation and header. I hope there's a way to have both. Thanks for the video.
Great! Havve used Lifter in one project, but gonna use LD from now on. The focus mode looks awesome. Any point in using the native LD styling in Astra customizer when using focus mode?
LearnDash essentially made it so you don't need anything external to style things, it looks great out of the box. That being said, there will be things that Astra adds, they are currently evaluating where they can make improvements.
I'm no expert on this, but from watching the LD demo, it would seem easier to do, I have found Lifter, very confusing
Thanks Adam, great job as usual and can certainly see your excitement for this new system. You may recall I’ve been seeking info on LD3 and I’m glad to see it’s finally released.
Had I seen this last week I probably would have jumped right in and purchased it. However I’ve just within the last week been introduced to a new player in the space called Tutor LMS which I think could turn out to be better than this updated version of LearnDash. (I just watched a YT Video review which promoted using Tutor LMS with WooCommerce and Cartflows too).
The Tutor LMS looks at first glance to have something very similar in design as that Focus feature you like so much in LD3.
It’s very new and all the features haven’t been flushed out yet. But it looks like it will have great potential once they make a few adjustments.
Anyway, glad to see LD3 is finally in the wild. But I think for now I’m going to hold off until I see how fast, or if Tutor LMS gets primed up.
Yes from my buddy John, good guy, and great customer :-). Yea Tutor has a long way to go, very long way, and I hope they get there. I considered using it, but for something like this I personally rather go with the "big dog" that has the resources to dump multiple six figures into their product to make it the best.
I do think Tutor is the best if you are trying to make a udemy or some course marketplace. That is more what it is designed for. And I have had conversations with them and made many suggestions. I hope they make it.
The main feature I like from tutor is the ability to upload course videos to your WordPress website and secure them. This I think is great. Also the communication with the student and the teacher, really cool stuff. All great ideas that I hope to see spread.
WPCrafter.com WordPress For Non-Techies
Yeah, there’s most odd things about Tutor LMS that seem a bit odd. While not wanting to be a Udemy, being able to have multiple instructors is a feature we need and something LearnDash and LifterLMS at least in older versions can not accommodate.
We are a coaching company and I have several partners which we all have our own list of clients. We all operate under the same brand but need to keep our client separate. My understanding is even with plugins this cannot be done with either LearnDash or LifterLMS.
The only option we’ve been able to come up with is having a main site then each partner having their own sub domain. But that just seems like a lot of confusing moving parts.
I'll keep helping Tutor and hopefully, they will act on the suggestions I have already made. You are right about the multi-instructor. While you can do it with LD I think you have to buy some addon from a 3rd party.
This is a great video, but does the LMS dashboard have the option to switch to RTL mood, this can a huge beneficial to me if this platform support RTL....
Is this a marketplace type system, where you can attract educators from different cities or countries to list their courses? If so, is there a method to allocate a profit margin to the site administrator for every course subscribed to?
Adam, Your Videos convinced me to switch to Lifter LMS, now we're going back to elementor. I'm getting confused. All these learning modes they're not a big deal. Not much has changed here besides it looks better. Being able to freely build your course is something unique. Investing in elementor/divi integrations etc. it's something. The uniqueness will be if you can create an original experience for your students. Soon every learning site will be the same and boring. Changing the colors won't make a difference.
So many great products out there, the future is interesting.
Each person is gonna have their own requirements. According to my requirements, LearnDash today meets my need the best. But that's me, each person has to decide that themselves. The learner experience is important to me. Reusable lessons is a HUGE deal to me.
But that is just me, someone else these may not be a big deal to. So if you have your site all set up, I am not suggesting switching. In my case, I was going to be changing things anyway, so it caused me to re-evaluate my needs.
When LearnDash released their reusable lessons last year, it was not enough to move the needle for me, but now I am ready.
@@WPCrafter thanks for your extensive answer and your opinion on that. I appreciate it. Cheers! :)
Thank you! Just what I needed at exactly the right time. Cheers Adam.
Glad to hear. This was supposed to be released last yea, and I held a lot of things up for it. But gutenberg stopped that.
Thanks for this review! Do you recommend Vimeo or Wystia for hosting course videos? I'm using hosted course platform - but I think Learn Dash knocks them all out of the water both for value of money, and having all the features that I actually want. The hosted platforms are expensive and have bad user experiences. I have tried all of the major players. My concern is that LearnDash will bloat my website and affect load times and SEO performance.
Thank you for a great review for this one!
How LearnDash working with elementor? Is it possible to edit the course page? user control panle page? etc...
How hard is it to switch from Lifter? I have no courses yet. But 10 pre-order students. Also, using elementor pro & astra pro. Can I build pages with the builder?
It would be really easy in your case. You can manually add them to the course when you do build it with LearnDash.
@@HandeBorekci-bn5ez I wish there was an easy way to do it, but since you are early in on the process, you could disable and delete LifterLMS and add LearnDash, then create your course structure.
Looks amazing. Finally a fresh looking WordPress LMS. Thanks for the review Adam!
A more in-depth one is on the way, but this covers the big feature enhancements.
Awesome review! I'm writing a comparison review on all the LMS inspired by your write up. One thing I noticed though, the newest LMS in town Tutor LMS seems to have all the features of the LD3 at a much affordable price. Are you planning to review Tutor LMS any time soon?
What WP theme works best for a beginner to use with LearnDash?
Hi Adam, I really appreciate all of the knowledge. I read the comments about why UA-cam isn't a great solution to host paid course videos. Do you have a recommendation on where to host videos securely? Thanks for your insight.
Amazon s3
Use Vimeo. Very affordable and you can secure all your videos.
Same Question as below. Please compare Tutor LMS and LearnDash please! THANKS!!!!
thanks adam for this great course for wp learners!
Yes to help them stay focused on the content.
I don't do on line courses but great info as usual!! Thank You
You may one day. Or if you have a product / service where you want to provide a structured onboarding or series of tutorials.
If you are an experienced online marketer, then the knowledge you have accumulated is great for sharing through these courses
Thank you so much for the video. Love it. I have a question that no one really answered me. I have already a learndash website and I want to create an app for the website. Is there any tool that can help me build such app? Thanks
Today was the day to really watch this video. My comment: GRRREEEEAAAATT! :-) I am in! :-)
Welcome to the club!
Excellent content as always.
Hey Adam thank you for the video. One of the complains you had for other lms is that your course structure/curriculum is available to people who have not bought your course. So with this Learndash now is there a way to hide your course structure or topics until someone actually buys the course?
Looks great! We have been using LifterLMS so far for all the LMS's we've built, but Learndash v3 also looks very interesting. I love the fact that lessons are reusable. I'm also quite curious to see it work with Page Builders like Beaver or Elementor. I usually like the extra styling flexibility that a pagebuilder provides :) Will you show that in your extended video?
Another question: Can you have multiple iterations of the same course? With different start dates for different groups? Or do you just copy the course (which works better here then LifterLMS since you can use existing lessons). Thats a major issue we always run into when using LifterLMS.
I use Elementor. and Astra with wordpress. Will LearnDash work with Elementor and Astra?
Will you be going into gamification and using plugins like mycred ?
Hey brother, what do you think about using LearnDash to run an online conference, a la HeySummit. HeySummit was too beta for me, so I refunded, and decided to build my own with ToolSet, but now I'm wondering if LD v. 3 is a possibility. Thanks!
Very Good Tutorial ... I just started with an Online course and doing my research which program I should go with...
but after watching this video I have decided to go with learndash V3 .... I am very new... so after I purchase this program
do I need anything else? Any help will be appreciated :)
Thanks Adam, Does it work with Elementor Page Builder?
Hi Adam ! Does woocommerce mumbership is compatible with this great learn solution ?
Oh yes it does :-)
Many thanks Adam, then i will go for it ;) Have a good evening !
Working on a full length tutorial today.
Great Video.
Do this version support VooPlayer?
Can you use Learn Dash with WordPress to create a site like Udemy, where your users can create courses and sell? When users would create courses, can you hide that WordPress CMS and admin from users. so that they don't know what CMS you are using . Please answer my question. This to questions are very important for deciding if I will buy Learn Dash.
Thanks for the video Adam! Does LearnDash include membership capabilities or do you have to use additional plugins for that? Also does Elementor work with LD?
It has a groups feature that allows you to protect content outside of courses. If you don't want to use their groups feature, there is a light membership plugin in the WordPress directory.
You can use Elementor on your lessons.
@@WPCrafter Hi Adam, although you can use it with Elementor, would you recommend just sticking with the out of the box install and Wordpress Gutenberg or does Elementor add anything extra that you can't do with the out of the box version? Also, does it work equally as well with the OceanWP Theme instead of Astra? Thanks in advance.
@@zoesterling2099 Yea I wouldn't use Elemento on the lesson pages personally.
Wow! This is really good!!!
Can learndash interface be modified with Reboo?
I read an article on your site, which was a comparison between learndash vs lifterlms, there you mentioned that you are currently using learndash, I guess I was wrong.
I started with LearnDash then changed to LifterLMS and am now moving back to LearnDash.
Adam I was curious on what was the motive behind creating an entirely new website for some of your courses, rather than adding new courses on wpcrafter as it already has good visitors.
I am asking because I have been debating between creating a paid course website or just adding it along with my blog website which has a similar content.
Thats a great question. So the reason I am doing this is to move all the courses off of my main site and have a central location for courses. I have another brand / UA-cam channel that will have courses associated with it as well. So this new site will be where course go for both brands because many of the students may be interested in. So if I have a course on making a website (WPCrafter) and a course on growing a UA-cam channel (my other brand) now they can all be housed at the same place.
@@WPCrafter got it, I guess in future, you'll also have an option to sell the entire site.
I also realized you used guttenburg. Does that mean one cannot use the classic editor?
I have subscribed to accelerators academy as well : )
Do you use SocialLearner theme of BuddyBoss to use with the new Learndash 3.0?
It's really awesome the new Learndash, Congrats to Justin Ferriman!
I personally don't, too many moving parts for me. But it does offer great community features.
Really helpful...
btw, typo "LeanrDash" in your video description
Is there a way to add content to a section. Every textbook I ever saw has a short intro page to each section with learning objectives, etc. I have had to add this content to the first lesson of each section which seems counter-intuitive.
What about Tutor LMS plugin? I would like to watch yout review Adam. Do you have something on mind?
Tutor has a very long way to go. Right now it's not something I would use or recommend.
@@WPCrafter thank you Adam.
another question. I want to sell to videos to teachers (which the show in class), and they in turn want to make quizzes for their students. Is there some kind of hierarky when both teachers and studens can login in some clever way?
Any Ideas on how to solve this?
Thanks again for this video :)
Adam is there any support for elementor coming soon?
You can use Elementor in the lessons if you like. I personally won't be, but you certainly can.
Do you have to use it for the sole purpose of online courses? can i use it for services
Hi Adam; Does one have to pay extra for the PayPal and Stripe extensions? Or are they built in apps? Thnx a lot hey.
It's all included in the 1 price, unlike LifterLMS where you have to page for each thing you would want to add.
I'm building an LMS using LearnDash and I've encountered a minor problem. Whenever a button is clicked a dotted line pops up around the button. I know it indicates the button has been activated, but I find it really distracting. Does anyone know a workaround for this?
Amazing stuff, indeed!
The founder of LearnDash is the guy that created the term 'LMS'. Could you please name the person you mentioned? I searched through LearnDash website but I couldn't get the name.
Outlander Outlander Justin Ferriman
How is better compared to lifterlms?
Everything I talked about in the video is different compared to LifterLMS. LifterLMS is a good platform, but LearnDash gets me where I what to do with no fuss.
Hi Adam, how easy is to integrate it to a CRM?
With WPFusion it's easy wpfusion.com/documentation/learning-management/learndash/
You're drinking a juice, I'd rather be having a beer! Your tutorials are awesome. Keep up the good work. Cheers mate.
Ha....thanks Tim!
Can you show it working with Oxygen builder please?
The new focus mode doesn't work with oxygen builder last I tested.
I went to thrive cart the offer you a lifetime free account and as you click the want you to upgrade to the pro version plus the basis for a total 690 USD? I have 12 min to decide?
How does it work with Elementor?
LifterLMS or LearDash ? You say LeranDash is better, right ? Just before you were supporting LifterLMS. Just wonder what happened
Can I integrate this with thrivecart? I did some research and now I am super confused
Yes they have an integration.
which membership plugin to use with learn dash
I am using wp job manager with wp user management
and I also want to integrate learn dash with wp user management .
Can suggest me some membership plugins which can integrate with any third party plugin
Are they providing rest API??
Why would you NOT recommend using UA-cam for hosting your videos?
Great question. There is no video security. When you embed a UA-cam video all one has to do is click on the UA-cam logo and now the link to the video can be shared.
No Astra Pro extra features ?
They will be working on it, finding where they can make it better.
I dont have video courses yet but I got email courses. Can I use learndash for that. Also I'm really interested in your learndash offer + video course because I plan to switch to video. thanks
Flo M. Why would you use learndash for a course you deliver via email? What would be the point of that.
The Idea is to put thé content of the email course into learndash.
Flo M. That makes sense. Learndash can handle that.
Installing man WP plugin completely successfully but I'm adding new site on my main WP dashboard show FTP error site does not exist
how do you compare learndash to tutor lms?
Tutor has a VERY long way to go. Hopefully, they get there, but its gonna be a long journey. I sent them a list of things I would like to see them changed.
Does LearnDash offer a voucher system similar to LifterLMS? It's not clear. I emailed them but not received a reply.
Great question, they don't.
WPCrafter.com WordPress For Non-Techies just bought the plugin, going to have a play with it. Shame about the lack of voucher system.
After testing for a couple of days, I think Woocommerce is the better option to start with as most of the plugins and addons are free. I am using the Woocommerce voucher system as a replacement. LD emailed me yesterday and said they do not have a voucher system for built in payments but Woocommerce is a good alternative. Just means having to install Woo and a few plugins and create Woo products.
Hello when I update what will happen to the courses I have running now?
Miss Bizzi Bee they explode.
Robert lol
Robert I am being serious
Miss Bizzi Bee update and find out. Do it on a staging site. Kind of a hard question to answer.
I know you will probably moderate this out Adam, but I need to say your integrity took a deep dive. You rave about Learndash and say you're switching, but are still using LifetrLMS 11 months later. Boo to your credibility and trust factor from now on.
I think LifterLMS is too pricey and watch out for LEarnDash 30-day refund small print
how much woo commerce cost?