Introduction


The MemberPress Courses add-on plugin adds e-learning or learning management system (LMS) to your website. This plugin is an add-on that can be used with MemberPress Basic, Plus, and Pro licenses. If you have not set up your MemberPress plugin, check the MemberPress Setup article to begin.


To enable the MemberPress Courses add-on and create your courses, check the official documentation: Getting Started with MemberPress Courses.


Overview

Install the MemberPress Courses add-on plugin and integrate it with BuddyBoss. This will allow website administrators to enable MemberPress course visibility and display course activities in BuddyBoss Social Groups. They can also enable MemberPress custom post types on the Activity Feed page.




  • Once the add-on has been enabled, the BuddyBoss Theme will automatically style any MemberPress Courses pages.

  • The steps in this article can only be done by the website administrators.




  1. Integrate MemberPress Courses

1. From your WordPress admin dashboard, go to BuddyBoss Plugin and click the Integrations menu option



2. On the Integrations page, click the MemberPress tab




3. To enable the MemberPress Courses Integration, check the Enable Integration checkbox


4. Click the Save Settings button at the bottom of the page



Once this has been saved, the functionality you need to configure will be visible.



  1. Integrate MemberPress Courses inside BuddyBoss Social Groups


1. To allow administrators the ability to link MemberPress Courses to Social Groups, enable the Course Visibility checkbox option. 


With Course Visibility enabled, your Social Groups will now have a new Tab along the Group Navigation Menu which will show all associated courses.


2. To automatically share course activity as posts in the group feed, sharing course progress, you can enable the appropriate options below Display Course Activity.

  • Group member started a course

  • Group member completes a course

  • Group member completes a lesson

  • Group member completed an assignment

  • Group member completed quiz


           



Note: 

  • Only the website administrator can enable or disable the course activity post options you selected during the group creation and Manage tab.

  • This configuration will follow your group Privacy Option. E.g. if the group is public, the enabled course activity will show in the site activity feed.


  • Along with the MemberPress Courses add-on, features like Assignments and Quizzes will require enabling. Install and activate them from the MemberPress Add-on menu option to include these




3. Save the configuration by clicking the Save Settings button at the bottom of the page

  • After the steps above, you may configure your groups from the back end or front end.


  1. Back End

  • From the WordPress admin dashboard > BuddyBoss Plugin > Groups > New Group button and create a group.


Once you have created the group, click the individual group’s Edit hyperlink and enable the MemberPress LMS at the bottom of the group settings.




The Select Course Activities and Select Courses options will show; configure and add course/s. Click the Save Changes button.



  1. Front End

  • From the front end, go to your Group Directories and click the Create a Group tab. Configure the details and once at the Courses step, enable the Course Tab.



                        The Select Course Activities and Select Courses options will show;

configure and add course/s. Click the Finish button to save and create

the group.

 


  • Another option from the frontend is to go to your individual group’s Manage tab > Courses sub-tab.

 


Enable the “Yes, I want to add courses to this group”. The Select Course Activities and Select Courses options will show; configure and add course/s. Then, click the Save Changes button.




  1. Integrate MemberPress Courses to Posts in Activity Feed


    

Choose the custom post types, and whether to show the comments, for your MemberPress Courses, Lessons, Assignments, and Quizzes published posts to appear on your Activity Feed page.

1. From your WordPress admin dashboard, go to BuddyBoss and click the Integrations menu option


2. On the Integrations settings, click the MemberPress tab


3. Enable the appropriate custom post types and click the Save Settings button.

  •  Courses

    •  Enable Courses comments in the activity feed.

  • Lessons

    • Enable Lessons comments in the activity feed.

  • Assignments

  • Quizzes


           



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