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The Uncanny Ecosystem: How to Use Uncanny Plugins Together

May 2, 2024/0 Comments/in Best Practices, LearnDash/by Brendan Da Costa

Discover more incredible ways to use the Uncanny Owl addons and plugins that you already have! Get better LearnDash reports, more control over your groups and much more! Since its inception, the team at Uncanny Owl has been dedicated to helping build the LearnDash community. As such, over the years, we’ve been proud to develop some of the highest-rated addons and plugins in the LMS ecosystem. Of course, each of our plugins and addons are standalone products that can enhance the user experience and save site administrators countless hours. But, if you’re reading this article, you probably already knew that. After all, Uncanny Toolkit is the #1 free plugin for LearnDash websites and Uncanny Toolkit Pro is the top paid third-party addon. However, we also designed our plugins and addons to work together in surprising ways that even experienced LearnDash web developers might not know. In this article, we want to explore the ways in which the Uncanny ecosystem of addons and plugins can improve your LearnDash LMS. We bet you didn’t even know you had these hidden tools at your fingertips the whole time! Let’s take a look. Uncanny Toolkit Pro + Tin Canny Reporting: Course Timer Uncanny Toolkit […]

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Share LearnDash Quiz Results with Students & Educators

February 29, 2024/0 Comments/in Best Practices, LearnDash, Tin Can, Uncanny Automator/by Brendan Da Costa

Give your students a new way to study and learn. Share LearnDash quiz results directly with students and give group leaders access to insightful quiz reports with Uncanny Groups, Tin Canny Reporting and Uncanny Automator. Are you looking for a way to share your students’ quiz results? Or, maybe you want to give your group leaders and educators access to powerful reporting tools so that they can analyze quiz data. Regardless of the reason, if you want to do more with your LearnDash quiz results, you’ve landed on the right page. In this article, we’ll show you how three plugins—Uncanny Groups, Tin Canny Reporting, and Uncanny Automator—can help you make the most of your LearnDash data. Let’s get to it. Introduction In this article, we’ll show you a handful of different ways to use your LearnDash data to empower group leaders and educators and optimize student learning. By the end of this article, you’ll have solutions for: We’re certain that you’re eager to learn more about implementing these solutions, so let’s take a closer look at the plugins we’ll be using. Uncanny Automator Uncanny Automator is the #1 automation and integration plugin for WordPress websites. Using simple combinations of triggers […]

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Import Student Records Into LearnDash with Uncanny Toolkit Pro

February 9, 2024/0 Comments/in Uncategorized/by Brendan Da Costa

Have you recently switched your LMS platform over to LearnDash? Or maybe you’re just in the beginning stages of considering a migration. Either way, you’ll eventually be faced with the question: how do I import my students’ records into LearnDash? First things first, bookmark this page! You’ll be glad you did when it comes time to transfer those records. While there are plenty of options out there for transferring course and quiz content over to LearnDash, carrying forward your students’ academic records isn’t always so simple. That’s where Uncanny Toolkit Pro and Uncanny Automator Pro come in handy. With these two plugins, you can easily transfer your students’ records from any old LMS to your new LearnDash platform with just a few clicks. Without further ado, let’s get started making that migration. Introduction We probably don’t have to tell you; maintaining meticulous records is a must for any elearning business. However, solutions for migrating student progress aren’t as obvious or seamless as solutions for migrating course and quiz content. Unless you have the right tools for the job. In this guide, we’ll show you how to import your students’ course and quiz completion data using Uncanny Toolkit Pro and Uncanny […]

New LearnDash Quiz Report

February 8, 2024/0 Comments/in LearnDash, Tin Can, Uncategorized/by Ryan Moore

Tin Canny 4.4 is now available, and the biggest new feature is the addition of a new type of LearnDash quiz report. There are also a number of usability improvements for existing Tin Canny users. LearnDash Detailed Quiz Report Yes, we have the Group Leader Quiz report in Tin Canny, and the Group Quiz report in Uncanny Groups, but we still invariably had requests for more quiz data presented in different ways. If an admin wanted to see records for users not in groups, or to identify users that hadn’t yet taken a quiz they were assigned, for example, it was very difficult to retrieve this data. The new LearnDash Detailed Quiz reports offer a new alternative that removes some of these constraints. This is what it looks like: There are a few key things to note in the screenshot above that differ from other quiz reports: In the “Group” drop-down list, you can either choose a group or admins can show records for any group as well as users not in a group. This is a key difference, because most other reports are group-based. There is no course selection. The report shows all records for a quiz, even if it’s included in […]

Transcripts for Group Leaders, Live Timer

February 7, 2024/0 Comments/in LearnDash/by Ryan Moore

The Uncanny Toolkit Pro for LearnDash 4.2 release is a big one that adds several new features and a number of enhancements across several modules. Let’s jump in to what’s new. Group Leader access to Transcripts Last week we released an Uncanny Groups update that now allows you to connect the Group Course report to student transcripts, and with today’s Toolkit Pro release completing the support, it’s now possible for Group Leaders to see a complete transcript for any of their students. This is of course an optional tool, but it makes it far easier for Group Leaders to get a printable report of student activity and accomplishments. Adding support for transcript access on your site is easy. Simply edit the Group Course report page and add this attribute to the [uo_groups_course_report] shortcode: transcript-page-id=”123″ Replace “123” with the ID of your transcript page. You might then end up with a shortcode that looks like this: [uo_groups_course_report transcript-page-id=”2780″]. (And yes, this attribute is also supported in the block editor.) Now when Group Leaders or admins view the Course report, they will see a new column to access student transcripts, like this: Please note that the transcript view that Group Leaders will […]

What’s New in Uncanny Groups 6.0

January 31, 2024/0 Comments/in LearnDash/by Ryan Moore

Uncanny Groups 6.0 is a huge release that adds some big features that we’ve been planning for years. The biggest features are support for purchasing multiple groups in a single transaction and new Woo settings, but there’s a lot more in this release. Sell multiple LearnDash Groups By far the biggest feature in 6.0 is support for multiple groups in a single purchase. Previously, we ran into too many issues trying to offer this type of support, like, how to capture names for different groups as part of the checkout workflow, how to handle bulk and other discounts, scenarios involving users adding courses they choose to groups, etc. It took a lot of hard work and plugin changes to pull it off, and yes, you will notice a lot of differences as a result. As an example, you will now see group name fields on product and cart pages, like this: Maybe you don’t want the new options to buy multiple group products in 1 transaction and to see group name fields everywhere? In that case, we have these new options in WooCommerce Settings: Hide “Group Name” field(s) on checkout page Hide “Group Name” field on product page Do not […]

2023 – Year in Review

December 21, 2023/0 Comments/in News, Uncanny Automator, Uncanny LearnDash Toolkit/by Ryan Moore

2023 has been a huge year for Uncanny Owl and there’s a lot for our team and customers to celebrate. From plugin releases to WordCamp Europe to customer support, the year was packed with milestones and accomplishments. 🥳🥳 Plugin releases So far in 2023 we have released a total of 90 plugin updates, with 1 or 2 more expected before year-end. (Yes, that does mean we released a plugin update more frequently than once every 3 business days!) Here’s the breakdown: Uncanny LearnDash plugins: 41 releases Uncanny Automator: 30 releases Uncanny Automator Pro: 17 releases New Custom User Fields Addon for Automator: 2 releases New Restrict Content Addon for Automator: 1 release Every single one of our plugins gained new features this year. Here are some of the highlights: Uncanny Automator: Webhook retries and response support, new log system, robust OpenAI support, >30 integrations Uncanny Automator Pro: User Loops, Post Loops, Run Now, the Formatter Uncanny Toolkit Pro: New modules for Drip Topics by Group, Bulk Certificate Download, Autocomplete on Fluent Forms and Formidable Forms submission Tin Canny Reporting: New module upload system, new lesson and topic completion reports Uncanny Groups: Manage group hierarchy relationships in the front end, new front […]

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How to Reset LearnDash Course Progress

November 14, 2023/0 Comments/in Uncanny Automator/by Brendan Da Costa

Let’s go back to the beginning! Reset LearnDash course progress with Uncanny Automator for all of your compliance, education, training and certification needs. Going back to where you started isn’t always a bad thing. Just think of what happens every time you pass “Go” in Monopoly! LearnDash LMS users know, better than most, the value of starting over again. Especially in the realms of compliance training and recertification, the ability to hit the reset button is vital for learners and administrators alike. That’s why so many LearnDash users trust Uncanny Automator. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through the step-by-step process of resetting your LearnDash users’ progress with the #1 teacher’s assistant, Uncanny Automator. Provide your learners with the chance to start their educational journeys anew while simultaneously streamlining tasks for your busy course administrators. Without further ado, let’s push that reset button! Uncanny Automator for LearnDash LearnDash is the #1 LMS for WordPress users. Likewise, Uncanny Automator is #1 automation and integration tool for WordPress. Together they make an unbeatable elearning platform! Using combinations of triggers and actions, Automator can help you streamline your administrative workflows, save time and reduce costs. Furthermore, Automator seamlessly integrates LearnDash with all […]

Uncanny CEUs: LearnDash Credit Report overhaul

November 8, 2023/0 Comments/in LearnDash, News/by Ryan Moore

WordPress sites offering continuing education credit programs with LearnDash tend to collect a lot of data about course completions. Our Uncanny Continuing Education Credits plugin makes it easy to track and manage CEUs and other credits, but over time, all of the user activity can generate a lot of data, sometimes tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of records. Loading this volume of data in a single report can sometimes be taxing on site resources, so in today’s Uncanny Continuing Education Credits 4.1 release, we’re excited to offer new reporting solutions targeted at performance. Faster LearnDash credit reports In the Uncanny CEUs 4.1 release, you’ll see a new Credit Report Settings section under Uncanny CEUs > Settings in /wp-admin/: Loading avatars for a large volume of users is slow, so you can disable that for better performance. Next we have 3 new options for “Report Mode”: Legacy: The system and queries that existed before 4.1. Should only be used for compatibility, like if you customized report output and credit capture outside of our plugin. Performance: The new default option, captures some data during user updates so some data is effectively “prefetched” and reduces user queries. Ludicrous: Generates cached […]

Uncanny Groups 5.4: Front End Group Hierarchy Management

November 1, 2023/0 Comments/in LearnDash/by Ryan Moore

We’re excited to announce the release of Uncanny Groups 5.4, which includes several significant new features for users of the #1 plugin for the sale, management and reporting of LearnDash groups. This release includes 5 key new additions to make group management even easier. Front End Group Hierarchy Management When group hierarchies are enabled in LearnDash settings, the Edit Group and Create Group tools in Uncanny Groups now support the ability to choose a parent for the selected group. To make this option available, just add the parent_selector=”show” attribute to the shortcode, like this: [uo_groups_create_group parent_selector=”show”]. Once that’s done, a new drop-down list for the parent group selection will be added to the form: For Group Leaders, of course, any group parent options must be groups that exist and the user must be a leader of the group. Group Leaders can only see groups that they’re associated with. This new functionality allows scenarios where Group Leaders have more control over their users, access and reporting. With the wizard to create a group enabled, Group Leaders could choose to set up new child groups for more granular access over courses and reporting rather than using a single large, top-level group. Group […]

The Uncanny Blog

The Uncanny Ecosystem: How to Use Uncanny Plugins Together

Share LearnDash Quiz Results with Students & Educators

Import Student Records Into LearnDash with Uncanny Toolkit Pro

New LearnDash Quiz Report

Transcripts for Group Leaders, Live Timer

What’s New in Uncanny Groups 6.0

2023 – Year in Review

How to Reset LearnDash Course Progress

Uncanny CEUs: LearnDash Credit Report overhaul

Uncanny Groups 5.4: Front End Group Hierarchy Management

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