Elearning Project Launch Checklist

With a domain name that is memorable, easy to spell and contains a main keyword (like eLearning, for example) your chances to attract right visitors and successfully manage online presence become higher.

To choose the right hosting services provider you need to know your needs first: amount of webspace and the number of domains necessary, server upgrade needs and budget.

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To design an outstanding eLearning website you need to choose a template. Here is a list of Joomla! templates providers you can choose from:

An open source code and a wide range of available extensions listed in Joomla! Extensions Directory (JED) make Joomla! + JoomLMS an ideal solution for your eLearning website. Learn how to create and eLearning website with Joomla!

JoomLMS is easy to start working with, however, if an individual training for you or your team is necessary don't hesitate to contact us.

Keeping Joomla! up to date is important for security reasons. If you need help with Joomla! site upgrade send us a ticket.

Having the latest JoomLMS version installed allows you to get advantage of all the new features. If your JoomLMS was customized, please, get in touch with the support team not to lose any customization.

With JoomLMS as a platform for your eLearning project you can add any feature you dream about to your website.

A wide range of available Administrator setting allow you to go beyond a simple course creation and make JoomLMS far more targeted for your business goals.

JoomLMS course creation process is simplified thanks to the installed Course Builder. All you need is to create documents, quizzes, links and SCORMs and then upload them into JoomLMS.

To learn how to remove JoomLMS branding on your front-end interface: "Learning Management System (LMS) powered by JoomLMS", please, read the information here:

To avoid any issues during JoomLMS installation or running process, please, follow the requirements.

If the course is planned to be held in the format of a virtual classroom - select the Webinar-based pattern; if it is planned to be a series of steps a student needs to perform to complete the course - select the Learning-path based pattern; if the course is a combination of learning materials a student can study at any time – select the Lecture-based pattern.

Please follow the steps below to configure the JoomLMS-GoToMeeting integration:

An eLearning website should contain pages with all the available courses, a teacher's and student's profile pages, a blog or news section, "About us" and reviews pages.

To create a "Contact us" page in Joomla! login to your Administration area, go to Components -> Contacts and click "New" button.

JoomLMS 2.0 template allows Logo insert. You can brand your course with logo by setting Advanced course settings (the second step at the course builder).

To change JoomLMS color scheme enter Joomla! Administration panel, go to Extensions ->Template Manager ->JoomLMS Default. Click "Advanced" Tab to change the template color scheme.

To make your website and courses look professional and assure great User Experience follow fonts consistency.

There are a number of modules you can add to your eLearning course. Besides the predefined ones there is a "Custom HTML" module that can be edited to provide any necessary information.

To make your course look professional add teacher's information. To do it enter the course builder and click the Advanced settings tab (the second step). Add photo and a description.

To avoid slow website loading optimize the images by their resizing, reducing the white space around the image, using proper file formats or compressing the file size using one of the available services such as tinyPNG.

Check the correctness of your document against the declared DOCTYPE and correct the mistakes to improve the quality of the website.

To make sure the website looks the same in all browsers check the way it is displayed before making it public.

To understand what content chunking is and how to apply it to your course design read our blog post ELearning Content Chunking is a Key.

Make sure there is no spelling and grammar mistakes before publishing the course.

Following consistency during the course is one of main Usability rules. Make sure you use the same design, fonts, color scheme and a layout during the entire course.

Use easy to read fonts and avoid bright color combinations.

Make sure there are clear and simple directions so the user will not get lost browsing around your website. Add "Go Back, "Remove", "Home" buttons to your course.

A picture is worth a thousand words, however, avoid using irrelevant images that can distract users from learning.

Make sure the quality of materials use you for course development is high enough.

Learn how to upload SCORM files:

Make your LMS social by adding integration with JomSocial.

JoomLMS allows you to create customizable certificates containing Students’ personal data. To create a new certificate enter the certificates Tab and click "New certificate" button.

To monitor students’ studies JoomLMS provides a variety of options for students’ assessment. Starting with multifunctional quizzes and surveys and ending with a professional system of grades, scales and homework.

You can integrate jReviews component with JoomLMS to allow rating and commenting your courses. This component allows users to rate each course according to different criteria and leave comments to provide a better feedback and assure the quality of your online courses.<.p>

Make sure there clear navigation is implemented so the user will be able to find the way back. Add "Go Back, "Remove", "Home" buttons to your course.

Make URLs short, descriptive and without any symbols such as ?, &, $, %

To help learns find necessary information quickly add "Search" option.

To show the learners where they are display breadcrumbs.

Avoid both horizontal and vertical scrolling. Place the most useful information at the left upper corner.

To ensure better Search engines website visibility set Meta parameters. To make sure that the right content is shared via Social Media set OG parameters.

Each website page should have a proper title and description with a keyword included. Avoid using duplicate titles and descriptions.

ALT means alternative text. It is displayed if the browser cannot display the image.

XML sitemap is a special file, placed on your website that contains an index to help search engines to find the way to your pages. Find more information at www.sitemaps.org.

Redirects are used to tell search engines that a particular URL points to another URL and are useful when moving pages or changing domain names. During the redirect 1-10% of the link juice (rank power) can be lost.

Restrict the access to the /administrator directory only to your IP address.

To promote your online courses build an online community where people can share their ideas and opinions.

A user choice is frequently based on other people’s reviews and testimonials. To show what people think about your eLearning courses simply integrate one of the Testimonials components available in Joomla! Extensions Directory.

Provide discount coupons to promote your courses to a wider audience.

A blog is an ideal SEO and Content Marketing tool that can help you to build credibility and customer loyalty. Install one of the Blog components available in Joomla! Extensions Directory and you will be able to schedule posts, add SEO attributes to make the posts visible for Search Engines, create author profiles, share the posts on Social Media with the help of built-in Social share buttons, allow commenting and RSS feed subscribing, team blogging and much more.