how to create a money making moodle course

by Orin Greenfelder DDS 8 min read

Create a new empty course.

  • Log in with your administrator account.
  • From the left panel (the Navigation drawer) click Site administration.
  • Click the Courses tab.
  • Click Add a new course.
  • Add your course details, using the icon for extra help.
  • Click Save and display.
  • Click Proceed to course content to add your teaching materials.

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How do I create a Moodle course?

There are several ways you as admin can create a course. The two most common are: Upload an existing course from a different Moodle site. From the left panel (the Navigation drawer) click Site administration Click Proceed to course content to add your teaching materials. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device.

How do I set up PayPal in Moodle?

For more info you can reference Moodle’s official documentation. The PayPal plugin comes with Moodle so there is no need to install it. You can just go to the enrolment plugin management page to enable it and configure its settings accordingly. Please note: For PayPal to work you must make sure the Manual enrolment is enabled too.

How do I get verified as a Moodle course seller?

As a course seller it’s recommended to upgrade your account to “Premier” status and get your account “Verified”. In your PayPal account please make sure the PayPal button language encoding is set to UTF-8. You can optionally turn on IPN in PayPal to interact with your Moodle site:

How do I create a new course?

Create a new empty course 1 Log in with your administrator account 2 From the left panel (the Navigation drawer) click Site administration 3 Click the Courses tab 4 Click Add a new course 5 Add your course details, using the icon for extra help 6 Click Save and display 7 Click Proceed to course content to add your teaching materials.

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Can you make money on Moodle?

Selling online learning courses profitably requires a certain scale. Moodle starts to make sense when you can see yourself selling $10,000 or more in courses per year.

How do I create a paid course in Moodle?

Set up PayPal on your siteLog in with your administrator account.From the left panel (the Navigation drawer) click Site administration.Click the Plugins" tab and scroll down to Enrolments.Click Manage enrol plugins.Click to open the 'eye' icon of PayPal.More items...•

How do I sell a course on Moodle?

How to sell bundled courses in MoodleStep 1 – Add Self Enrolment Method. Go to the desired course as an administrator. ... Step 3 – Add Course Enrolment Key. You can add a course enrolment key for the course and configure the related options according to your needs. ... Step 4 – Repeat.

Can anyone create Moodle course?

By default a regular teacher can't add a new course. To add a new course to Moodle, you need to have either Administrator, Course Creator or Manager rights.To add a course: From the Site administration link, click Courses>Manage courses and categories.

Can you charge for courses on Moodle?

Moodle works with PayPal to allow you to charge for your courses. Anyone who wants to buy a course must first have an account on your site.

How do I set a course price in Moodle?

Setting a price for your course In Settings>users>enrolment methods, click the edit/hand/pen icon to the right of the Paypal option. Give a name to this enrolment method if you wish. (You don't have to!) In "Enrol cost", type in the cost of your course and in "Currency" choose your currency.

Does Moodle have ecommerce?

And Moodle, well, Moodle is not an e-commerce platform. It wasn't meant to be. But, what you can do, is integrate Moodle with a plugin or platform to help sell your courses.

How do I sell a Moodle course in WooCommerce?

How to Sell Moodle Courses in Your WooCommerce Store?Step #1: Add Courses in Moodle and create course categories.Step #2: Automate the process of adding courses to WooCommerce using the WooCommerce-Moodle Solution.Step #3: Create course packages or subscription products.

Can you use Moodle with WordPress?

Re: How to integrate WordPress with Moodle The Single Sign On extension provides single sign-on between WordPress and Moodle. The Edwiser Bridge plugin for WordPress provides a way to display/market your courses on WordPress. I've successfully used their plugins for several sites.

Is Moodle free for teachers?

Leading learning management system today announced MoodleCloud, offering a cloud-hosting solution for teachers, trainers or anyone to effortlessly deploy Moodle as a learning environment, with zero installation or hosting charges.

How do I set up a Moodle course?

Create a new empty courseLog in with your administrator account.From the left panel (the Navigation drawer) click Site administration.Click the Courses tab.Click Add a new course.Add your course details, using the icon for extra help.Click Save and display.Click Proceed to course content to add your teaching materials.

How do I publish a course on Moodle?

Publishing a course for downloadGo to Settings > Course administration > Publish (only available to users with the capability moodle/course:publish)Click the button 'Share this course for people to download'Select the hub where you want to share your course.Enter information about the course.More items...•

Make money from Moodle

A project I plan on taking on is that of creating an Online University. However naturally an Online University needs to have paid courses.

Re: Make money from Moodle

Moodle can do all that out of the box. Check the administration block --> enrollment options. You'll need an email attached to a paypal account to accept payment. In each course setting you can set individual prices.

Re: Make money from Moodle

"for authentication I use self/email-based which work's but you should check to make sure your confirmation isn't ending up in spam.

How can I improve my Moodle learning experience?

According to Michelle, you can further improve your Moodle courses by adding a touch of variety in them, such as creating different types of activities that best suit the needs of your students .

When will Moodle be available for remote learning?

Tips to create even better Moodle courses Moodle September 24, 2020 November 21, 2020. It goes without saying that remote learning is not easy despite popular belief. Many students around the world have expressed the view that, despite the use of technology in education, they’re still finding it harder and harder to keep up with their lessons ...

Set up a course with Stripe enrolment

Download the Stripe plugin here and upload the downloaded zip file to your Moodle site via the Install plugins page: Site Administration > Plugins > Install plugins. You need to be a site admin to install and use the plugin.

Set up a course with PayPal enrolment

You need to create a PayPal account first. As a course seller it’s recommended to upgrade your account to “Premier” status and get your account “Verified”.

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How to create a course

There are several ways you as admin can create a course. The two most common are:

Upload an existing course

Make sure the course you want to upload (known as a "course backup") has the file ending . mbz.

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