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WPLMS RoadMap

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WPLMS is now over 3 years old and we've followed a progressive journey towards achieving the objectives of this theme. We've covered a lot of feature requests in the past and will continue to do so in future as well. However, we also feel the need to share the roadmap for WPLMS, to keep our users informed that the VibeThemes team is still committed to the original WPLMS project. Below is the roadmap for WPLMS, these points may not be covered the order specified:
  1. WPLMS Student Mobile App [Live -> link]
  2. WPLMS Instructor Mobile App ( course creation )
  3. WPLMS Bootstrap 4 migration or FlexBox & CSS Grids
  4. WPLMS new font end Page builder (custom header/footer, pages, courses ) *
  5. WPLMS migration to javascript framework <-- ReactJs work commenced on 5th January'18
  6. 100% WPLMS xAPI/TinCan compliance. Export/Sell your courses on any LMS.
-- Other important features which you can expect in coming updates :
  1. WPLMS Instructor booking system(Available by March 18)
  2. WPLMS Chat app * (Available by March 18)
  3. WPLMS , LRS record activity on custom LRS *
  4. Migration from Moodle
* means in progress
In Point 6 we will also try to cover SCORM 1.2 compliance .

Course Templates and upload packages support

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We received a lot of feedback from our users that current course creation is complex for instructors as there are too many settings which confuse them. In Wplms 2.9 we are adding course templates feature which will make course creation a breeze. This feature would enable to you to control what settings to display and what to hide from your instructors ! At the end on publish course step in front you will see a button to save the current course as a template, which means all the course settings will be saved as default values for courses applying this template. Not only this, you also get to select which settings to show and which settings to hide. For example : You create drip courses with 1 day static duration. You can create/edit your course and save it as a template "Drip courses". Since you do not want your instructors to change the drip duration settings hide the drip settings from the template and now instructors will create courses using your template which  are drip enabled with 1 day static duration without noticing drip as it is hidden by the template.  

 Course Templates

Clicking on it you will see a popup like to save current settings and values of course as a template . You can also choose to hide/show settings for while creating course template .

Upload Course package support

Not only this, if you're building courses from Articulate storyline or Adobe captivate, you can directly add your courses in WPLMS via "Upload course package". So effectively you're selling your Course packages to students and when they start they see the course package in  Fullscreen like this.  

Demo Switcher in WPLMS 2.8

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In WPLMS 2.8 we've now added a brand new demo switcher. It is much faster than the site setup wizard and imports only the necessary features like the home page with slider and the customizer. Since there were multiple requests from users to switch between the demos we've added this feature for easy switching between the demos. Refer video for Walkthough :  

User Guided Tours and Walkthroughs in WPLMS

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In WPLMS 2.8 we've added user guided tours feature, also known as walk throughs. This a step by step guide to achieve an objective in a software. Below is a small snapshot of how it works.   For complex systems such as WPLMS it was almost imperative to add this feature. So that we're able to better guide our users on how to use the theme more effectively. Tours are classified based on User roles, so we have student tours, instructor tours and administrator tours. Using this feature :
  1. Instructors will be able to better guide their students on how to use the site for various tasks.
  2. Administrators will be able to guide instructors on various activities in the site.
  3. We (Vibethemes) will be able to guide administrators on how to do various configurations in their sites.
In future, we'll be adding capability to add custom tours in the WPLMS as well.   Important links :  Translation guide for Tours

Ajax Login, Registration and forgot password email template

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In WPLMS 2.5.2 we've added Ajax login and registration feature, which also supports forgot password email template. All you need to do is enable the switch WP Admin - WPLMS - BuddyPress - Enable Ajax login and registration. Once the above setting is enabled :
  1. All validations happen via ajax which means users are not redirected to WP login screen when they enter a wrong password.
  2. Forgot password and registration open right within the login popup and everything including the registration happen in ajax mode.
  3. Users in your site login via ajax which avoids overheads and better for security when login happens via wp-login.php thereby exposing the login script.
  4. Faster and better user experience for users as they no longer need to open a new page for forgot password or registration.
  5. Forgot password template has been added. Although this is pending in BuddyPress, we've gone ahead and added it in WPLMS. You'll get an option to import a page template as soon as you update the vibe course module plugin.
Refer tutorial for further information.

Upcoming features in WPLMS version 2.5

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We've made some  improvements in WPLMS 2.5. While majority of pending bugs have been fixed, we've also made some improvements in the design of the theme.   Changes in the one click installer
  1. We've added a brand new one click installer which will help you to install the theme.
  2. Conditionally install plugins based on the features required in your setup.
  3. Switch between demo themes.
  4. Install content like install the pages (home page) without switching the theme or overwriting any other content.
  5. Install sample slider from any demos.
  6. Import widgets, dashboard areas, mega menus easily without losing current settings.
  7. Switch logo and colors easily.
  8. Works with Updated Envato API, for faster updates.
  The old installer is still present in the theme so users will still be able to import all the data using the old importer. The new installer only has the demo data content, so users would not be able to import data from child themes using this installer. However, the data from installer can be imported on any child theme.     Changes in the Course status page
  1. Update course status page template
  2. Allows full screen mode for better content viewing.
  3. Switch between templates from WPLMS - Course manager area.
   

Coming up new features in WPLMS 2.4

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WPLMS 2.4 comes with a lot of new features. Most of these features have been added based on on feedback from our users.   Dynamic Quizzes :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czvx9Lwf9H4  
  Check Correct Answer in Quizzes instantaneously    
  Multiple Fill in the blanks and Select dropdowns  
  Survey Question type  
  Page Loading effects Auto Filter switch in Course Filters widget    
    Instructor courses in Profiles     Many more improvements have been added, most of the improvements focus on speed and usability.   More updates releasing in the coming week are :
  1. PL Upload integration in WPLMS S3 : You can now upload any video size in your Amazon S3 account.
  2. WPLMS WooCommerce : Display pricing in Popup format and for Batches in Sidebar format.

WPLMS will be back in few minutes/hours..

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The theme WPLMS has been soft disabled on Themeforest. The reason is the plugin Layerslider 5.x version is impacted by a malware. Since the plugin was included in the theme, it has been soft disabled till the time we update the plugin and resubmit the theme for approval. We have resubmitted the theme with updated Layerslider plugin. Anyone using the Layerslider plugin please update it. Refer this tutorial for help : https://wplms.io/support/knowledge-base/updating-layer-slider-in-wplms/ The theme has been resubmitted for approval and will be back in few hours. Thanks for patience.

Save Quiz Answers feature, quiz submissions improvements

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In WPLMS version 2.3, we've added a New Feature "Save Quiz answers". This feature allows users to save answers in the middle of a quiz. This is particularly helpful when the quizzes comprise of many questions or the duration of the quiz is very long. This feature is available for both in-course quizzes and standalone quizzes. We're also using the same functionality for saving the quiz answers marked by the users, so instead of one big submission for the entire quiz, we're now breaking it down to per question submission, which puts lesser load on servers. refer screenshots gallery: [gallery columns="4" link="none" ids="72617,72618,72619,72620,72621"]   The 2.3 is an important update as with this update we have made architectural changes in how questions are storing the answers. We're now setting a new meta field "quiz_id" for the question answers which are saved as comments for the question. Thus this change would allow us to re-use the questions in multiple quizzes which is very important for Dynamic quizzes. Another update is caching of Quiz results for users, instead of re-reading all the questions, their options, correct answers, we're now taking a snapshot of the quiz results and storing it. So even if you change the question content or options or correct answer for the question,  later on in time, the quiz result for the user stays the same.    

New Demo’s released : Demo 4, Demo 5, Demo 6

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As a part of the WPLMS 2.0 update released earlier this year, we've released 3 new demo's. The new demo's show the versatility of the updated WPLMS 2.0 framework. The new demo's are easy to use and elements can be extracted and used in the older demo's as well. All the design options in the new demos are controlled from the theme customizer area. Click on image to load the demo. Demo 4:   Demo 5:   Demo 6: The demo data for these new demo's will be available later in the week.

Search and Filter MyCourses and Instructing courses

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From WPLMS version 2.2, the search and filters are coming in My Courses and Instructing courses tabs in your profile. The pagination, search, filtering, everything is ajax based improving the speed and overall user experience of your account.   My Courses : Instructing courses :

Live Search, Filter by status in Course – Admin

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In WPLMS 2.2 version we've improved the course - admin area. Everything in this section is now ajax enabled and major improvements have been done to improve the overall speed and user experience. Live Search in Course - Admin area     Active Status Filter in Course - Admin     Course Status Filter in Course - Admin

New MegaMenu Styles in version 2.1.1

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We've added two more Mega Menu styles in version 2.1.1 From version 2.1.1 you will get the option to select the Menu styles. menu2.1.1     The Category - Sub category terms menu style : cat_menu *Some CSS have been added to make it into what's shown above.     Category - Posts Style   posts_menu   The above menu styles will be available in the 2.1.1 update.

New Board for WPLMS AddOns

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We've been using Trello boards for WPLMS Development for past 8 months and it has been really great for us and for our users. Not only can users track live progress of their requested features but the overall management of issues has helped us in improving support quality and reducing support response times. However, when it came to WPLMS AddOns we faced the issue of tracking development which lead to delays in Addon development and complaints about the support response times. So, we're now adding a new Trello board for WPLMS AddOns, this is essential as Addons follow a different development cycle than the original WPLMS Theme. The trello board for tracking Addon Development and issues : https://trello.com/b/La8noP1j/wplms-addons It will help us in sharing further details on where the development rests with plugin under development and improving overall support levels. Have a great day !