Installation:
Go to: dashboard > plugins > add new > search for Tutor LMS > Install and Activate
Configuration:
Immediately after activating you will be prompted to do the setup wizard. You can click the blue “I already know, skip this!” link at the bottom, we won’t be running the wizard for this.
Once you skip the set up wizard you will be redirected to the courses page of the Tutor LMS plugin options.
At this point you will need to reference the worksheet provided in the ticket to input the correct information.
Location Info:
The following pages will be auto generated when the plugin is installed:
- Instructor Registration –
[tutor_instructor_registration_form]
- Student Registration –
[tutor_student_registration_form]
- Dashboard –
[tutor_dashboard]
In the worksheet you will see where the customer wants each of these main pages to display. Please do not delete these pages for any reason. You may rename them if the customer requests it, otherwise do not adjust them.
Beaver Builder does not control any of the layout options for this plugin, there is one section where colors may be adjusted in the Settings menu under Style. Any other adjustments, which should be limited to color and responsiveness, should be done in CSS.
Please add the following CSS whenever this plugin in used:
.tutor-wrap {
padding-top: 50px;
}
If the customer has marked “Display Courses on Shop page?” as N, please set up a new page labeled “Courses”(unless stated otherwise) and add the widget “Tutor Course” or any other Posts module to the page. The widget has very limited styling options, so if specific styling is needed, please use a post module instead.
Instructors:
If the worksheet lists out additional instructors, go to the “Instructors” menu under Tutor LMS and add the instructors with the information provided. The site owner will automatically be set as an instructor.
All new Instructors are set up as users by Tutor LMS, so if there is an existing user with the same email as an instructor, you will not be able to set up the new instructor. If this is the case, please leave a note in your ticket so a new email may be provided.
Note: Like user images, Instructors need to create a Gravatar account in order to display a profile image.
Courses:
Under the Tutor LMS menu click on Courses > Add New > Enter the course information provided in the worksheet.
If a course is a paid course, you will need to set up a product first and enable WooCommerce under Monetization in the Settings.
If the course is free, mark this section as “Free”.
You may link courses to any product type. For example, If you want a course to only be accessible for a week, you would set up a subscription product that expires after a week. Once the subscription ends, the course will no longer be available for the customer. If the course is a one time purchase with no time limits in place, you would set up a simple product. The purchase will give the customer access and the access will not be removed at any point.
Note: Quiz time limits are not controlled by the product subscription. However, if the subscription ends before the quiz is completed, it will end the course access.
Once all the course information has been entered, its time to build the lessons. Under the Course Builder section, click on the “Add New Topic” button.
Enter the Topic title and Summary if one was provided.
Next, you will see two options populate below the new topic you just created, Lesson and Quiz. Click the link to add a new Lesson.
A pop up will appear, fill out as much as possible from the worksheet and click Update Lesson when done. Do this for all lessons listed in the worksheet.
If the course has a quiz listed, you will click the Quiz link and enter the Quiz title and description of provided. Then click the Save & Next button.
Click the Add Question button.
Complete the question information for each question given in the worksheet. And click the Next button when ready.
On the settings tab you will be able to enter the time limit, allowed attempts, and the passing grade.
Note: If there are more than 10 questions, you will need to adjust the “Max questions allowed to answer” to the number of questions entered previously.
Unless specifically requested, you will not need to worry about the advanced options tab.
Once all information has been entered, Publish the Course like you would any product or post.
You will not need to do any themer layouts for this plug in, the formatting is built in. If you get a request to style the dashboard, limited to color and responsiveness, use proper CSS etiquette.
This is the basic set up that we should be doing, this plugin has a lot of features available to it. If you run into any requests asking for something not outlined here, please go to the plugin documentation for more detailed information.
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Change the Author/Instructor
The free version of Tutor LMS does not let you change the course author or instructor. It will auto pull this information from the user that is logged in and setting up the course.
The recommended route to change this, is to upgrade to the pro version.
If that is not an option, there is a complex work around that should only be performed by a builder or someone who is VERY knowledgeable in PHP. Please note: If the customer attempts the workaround and breaks their site, the build team will NOT be able to troubleshoot the issue and a site restore must be performed, potentially losing sales data.
