To enable site visitors to register for and log in to your courses, go to Settings > General in your WordPress admin and ensure the Membership checkbox is selected:
Sensei LMS Settings
Sensei LMS’s settings can be accessed from the Sensei LMS > Settings menu. They are grouped into several sections:
- General
- Courses
- Lessons
- Email Notifications
- Learner Profiles
- WooCommerce (if both WooCommerce and WooCommerce Paid Courses are activated)
General
Access Permissions
Enabling Access Permissions means users must log in to your site to view lessons and quizzes. In most cases, you’ll want to enable this setting, but if you aren’t using quizzes and want your course content to be freely available to everyone without registering, you can leave it unchecked.
Once the ‘ Anyone can register ‘ option is enabled, students can register for a Sensei course from their My Courses page. Read more about that on the FAQ page.
Disable Private Messages
Allows registered users to send private messages to the teacher of any course. You can disable the messaging functionality by selecting this option.
Course Archive Page
Sets the page used to display courses. This option is configured automatically by the setup wizard.
My Courses Page
Sets the page displaying active and completed courses for a particular learner. This option is configured automatically by the setup wizard.
Course Completed Page
Sets the page that is displayed after the learner completes a course. This option is configured automatically by the setup wizard.
Use placeholder images
Displays a placeholder image for any course or lesson that doesn’t already have a featured image.
Disable Sensei LMS Styles
It prevents Sensei LMS’s CSS from loading, effectively removing the default styling. This is useful if your theme already includes styling for Sensei LMS elements or if you prefer to style them yourself.
Quiz question points format.
Formats the display of the number of points assigned to a question when a learner takes a quiz.
Disable Sensei LMS Javascript
Prevents all front-end Sensei LMS-specific JavaScript from loading.
Disable HTML security
Allows any HTML tags in the video embed fields. Enabling this setting can leave your site vulnerable to XSS attacks; it is therefore recommended to leave it unchecked.
Delete data on uninstall
Deletes Sensei LMS data when the plugin is deleted. Be careful, as this data can only be restored from a backup.
Enable usage tracking
It helps us make future improvements to Sensei LMS by collecting usage tracking data. No sensitive information is collected.
Appearance
Learning Mode
Enabling Learning Mode will provide a distraction-free experience to students and allow course creators to choose a modern layout for their courses. You can read more about Learning Mode.
Learning Mode Templates
Four different learning mode templates to choose from depending on the type of content and style you wish to offer to your students.
Courses
Courses are complete
Determines when a course is considered to be complete:
- Once all the course lessons have been completed – The course won’t be completed until all of the lessons belonging to it have also been completed.
- At any time – Learners can mark courses complete by clicking the Mark as Complete button on the My Courses page:
Display Course Author
Displays the course author on the course archive and My Courses pages.
My Courses Pagination
Sets the number of courses to display per page on the My Courses page.
Course Archive Image
Displays a course’s featured image on the course archive page.
Image Width – Archive
Specifies the image’s width (in pixels) to display on the course archive page.
Image Height – Archive
Specifies the image’s height (in pixels) to display on the course archive page.
Image Hard Crop – Archive
Crops the image to the specified dimensions. If not selected, Image Height – Archive can be left blank, and the height will be set proportionally to the specified width.
Single Course Image
Displays the course’s featured image on the single course page.
Image Width – Single
Specifies the image’s width (in pixels) to display on the single course page.
Image Height – Single
Specifies the image’s height (in pixels) to display on the single course page.
Image Hard Crop – Single
Crops the image to the specified dimensions. Image Height – Single can be left blank if not selected, and the height will be set proportionally to the specified width.
Featured Courses Panel
Displays the featured courses panel on the course archive page.
More link text
Specifies the text to display for the link when more courses are on the course archive page.
Lessons
Allow Comments for Lessons
Enables learners to comment on lessons for courses they are enrolled in. Only registered learners can view these comments.
Display Lesson Author
Displays the lesson author on the single course and lesson archive pages.
Course Lesson Images
Displays a lesson’s featured image on the single course page.
Image Width – Course Lessons
Specifies the lesson image’s width (in pixels) to display on the single course page.
Image Height – Course Lessons
Specifies the lesson image’s height (in pixels) to display on the single course page.
Image Hard Crop – Course Lessons
Crops the image to the specified dimensions. Image Height – Course Lessons can be left blank if not selected, and the height will be set proportionally to the specified width.
Single Lesson Images
Displays the lesson’s featured image on the single lesson page.
Image Width – Single
Specifies the image’s width (in pixels) to display on the single lesson page.
Image Height – Single
Specifies the image’s height (in pixels) to display on the single lesson page.
Image Hard Crop – Single
Crops the image to the specified dimensions. Image Height – Single can be left blank if not selected, and the height will be set proportionally to the specified width.
Email Notifications
Emails Sent to Learners
Specifies which events trigger an email notification to learners:
- When their quiz is graded (either manually or automatically)
- When they complete a course
Emails Sent to Teachers
Specifies which events trigger an email notification to teachers assigned to the Course:
- When a learner starts a course
- When a learner completes a course
- When a learner completes a lesson
- When a learner submits a quiz for grading
- When a learner sends a private message to a teacher
Emails Sent to All Users
Specifies which events trigger an email notification to all registered users:
- When they receive a reply to their private message
“From” Name
Specifies the name from which all Sensei LMS emails are sent (usually your name or the name of your site).
“From” Address
Specifies the email address from which all Sensei LMS emails are sent.
Header Image
Specifies the URL of an image to display in the header of all Sensei LMS emails (e.g. your logo).
Email Footer Text
Specifies the text displayed at the bottom of all Sensei LMS emails.
Colors
Specifies the colors to use in all email templates. The colors that can be configured are:
- Base Color – The background color of the header
- Background Color – The background color of the email
- Body Background Color – The background color of the email content area
- Body Text Color – The color of the text in the email content area
Please see Email Notifications for more information.
Learner Profiles
Public learner profiles
Creates a public profile page for each learner at http://yoursite.com/learner/username.
Show learner’s courses
Displays the learner’s active and completed courses on their profile page.
WooCommerce
The WooCommerce section is only available if both WooCommerce and WooCommerce Paid Courses are activated:
Enable Sensei WooCommerce Integration Debugging
Logs Sensei LMS and WooCommerce events to WooCommerce > Status > Logs for easier debugging of plugin issues.