# The Ultimate Solution for Your E-Learning Business

This guide provides a comprehensive, step-by-step walkthrough to help you create and sell your first course with ease.

#### From the Shopify admin

### **Step 1: Create Your Course Product on Shopify**

Before building your course content, you need to create a product in your Shopify store. This product will serve as the entry point for customers to purchase and gain access to your course.

* From your Shopify Admin, navigate to **Products** -> **Add product**.

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* Fill in the necessary details for your course product, including the title, price, description, and images.
* Note that don’t forget to unclick button “This is a  physical product”
* Make sure to save the product once you are done.

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### From the LDT Online Course App

### **Step 2: Create the Course in the LDT Online Courses App**

With the product created, you can now set up the course content within our app.

In your Shopify Admin, go to **Apps** -> **LDT Online Courses** -> **Courses**.

* Click the **Add Course** button to begin.

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You will be prompted to fill in the basic course information:

* **Course title:** The name of your course.
* **Categories**: Organize your courses for easy management.
* **Display position**: Determine the order in which your course appears.
* **Short description**: A brief overview of the course content.

Under the Access & Visibility card, select **Paid - Private** or **Paid - Secret** to ensure only paying customers can access the content.

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### **Step 3: Link Your Shopify Product to the Course**

This is a crucial step that connects your product with the course content, enabling automatic enrollment for your customers.

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Scroll down to the Auto-enroll via Shopify Products section.

* Click Add product and select the product you created in Step 1.

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Choose when the customer should be enrolled:

* **Order marked as Paid**: Enrollment happens immediately after payment.
* **Order marked as Fulfilled**: Enrollment happens after the order has been fulfilled.

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Optional: You can set an access time limit by checking **Limit time access** and specifying the number of days.

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Optional: In the **Enrollment welcome email** and **Completion certificate** sections, you can enable and customize automatic welcome emails and downloadable certificates for your students.\
After this, click the Save to finish building the course

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### **Step 4: Build Your Course Structure (Sections and Lessons)**

A well-structured course with clear sections and lessons enhances the learning experience.

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**Create a Section** (Module):

* From your course editing page, click Add new module/section.
* Click Save
* Enter a Module title and choose its visibility: Published, Schedule, or Drip.

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After finishing the module, the lession button will be shown

**Create a Lesson**:

* Within a section, click **Add new lesson**.

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* Fill in the Lesson title and a short description.
* Optional: Check Require student to complete before next to ensure students finish the current lesson before moving on.

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### **Step 5: Add Course Content**

Our app supports a wide variety of content types, allowing you to create engaging and dynamic lessons.

* Under the lesson editing form, click the Add contents button.
* Select from the available content types:
* Text & Images block: For rich text and visual content.
* Video: Upload video lectures.
* Audio: Add audio files.
* PDF viewer: Embed PDF documents directly.
* Ebook(EPUB) viewer: Display e-books.
* Downloadable file: Allow students to download resources.
* Quiz / Tests: Create interactive assessments.
* Embed HTML: Embed content from external websites.
* Microsoft Doc / Excel / PowerPoint: Upload and display office documents.
* Zoom: Integrate live sessions.
* Featured product / Upsell products: Promote related items.
* Select from the available content types

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* Select from the available content types

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#### 3. Result

Once your course is set up, here's what your customers will experience:

* Purchase: A customer buys the course product from your Shopify storefront.
* Enrollment: After payment is confirmed, they are automatically enrolled in the linked course.
* Account Activation: The customer receives a welcome email and is prompted to activate their account and set a password.
* Access: They can then log in to view the course content, track their progress, and enjoy the learning materials you've created.

### Preview

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## Video guide

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Sell first course guide
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