All the courses on the website can be divided into categories. Both admins and instructors can create Course Categories.
To add a new course category, follow Dashboard > MS LMS Settings > Courses Category. There are already lots of categories coming with the demo content that you can use for your courses such as Art, Music, and Photography with a variety of subcategories. Or you can also create a new one.
Enter the name of the new category. You can also upload an image for it, select the icon and color, and provide the description.
Name - enter the name of the category
Slug - enter the category's slug. The slug is the URL-friendly version of the name. It is usually all lowercase and contains only letters, numbers, and hyphens.
Parent Course Category - Assign a parent term to create a hierarchy. The term Jazz, for example, would be the parent of Bebop and Big Band.
Description - give the description to the group
Course Page Style* - you can change the single Course Page Style for this category. The none option applies the selected course page style for all courses globally in MasterStudy LMS Settings > Course > Course Page Style.
Category Image - indicate the image for the category that can be displayed in the Course Categories widgets.
Category Icon - indicate the icon for the category that can be displayed in the Course Categories widgets.
Category Color - indicate the color for the category that can be displayed in the Course Categories widgets.
*Here you can see the available single Course Page Styles:
The Default course style presents a balanced and user-friendly layout, designed to streamline navigation and deliver course content with clarity and accessibility
The Classic course style offers a clean and straightforward layout for easy navigation and a clear presentation of course content.
The Industrial course page style features a modern and dynamic layout, tailored to accommodate complex course structures and engage learners with its visually immersive design.
The Timeless course style embodies a classic and elegant layout, offering a timeless appeal that prioritizes simplicity and ease of use, ensuring an enduringly enjoyable learning experience.
The Sleek Sidebar course style showcases a contemporary design with a distinctive sticky sidebar feature, enhancing user experience with convenient navigation placed beneath it, providing easy access to course materials and resources.
The Minimalistic course style offers a clean and uncluttered design, focusing on essential course elements for a streamlined learning experience.
The Dynamic course style presents course information in a fluid and interactive manner, utilizing dynamic elements and modern design principles to engage learners effectively.
The Modern with Curriculum course style resembles our modern design but integrates the course curriculum into a sidebar on the left for enhanced accessibility.
The Dynamic with Short Sidebar course page style includes a sticky sidebar for effortless navigation throughout the course content.
The Bold with Full Width Cover course page style prominently features a full-width course photo at the top, creating a visually captivating introduction to the course content.
If the Course Page style has been set in the course settings using Course Builder, MasterStudy LMS ignores the Course Page style that has been set in the Course Category.
Click the Add New Course category button to save the changes and add a new category:
Also, you can create a new category directly from the course editing page.
Besides this, instructors are also allowed to add new categories for the courses. To enable this feature website admin need to go to LMS Settings > Course and enable the option Allow instructors to create new categories.
After this, instructors will be able to add categories via Course Builder. Reveal the dropdown menu of the Category and choose the option Add new category.
