Adding a Webinar to the Webinars Library

We already discussed how to upload a video. Recall that the preferred method is hosting it as unlisted on YouTube. Refer back to the previous lesson for a discussion of the rationale and for instructions on uploading to YouTube. Note that the video in the previous lesson also walks through creating a video topic in LearnDash, which we will explore again here.  Note that while this page will use the term “Topic”, the same process applies to Lessons exactly — just substitute “Lesson” anywhere “Topic” is encountered. Recall that the LearnDash course hierarchy is as follows: Course > Lesson > Topic. We are specifically adding a video to the Webinars Library on this page, but the process would work for any course.

1. Create a New Topic

• Option 1: in the admin area, go to LearnDash LMS > Topics, then click the “Add New” button at the top of the page
• Option 2: in the black bar at the top of the page, hover over “+New” and click “Topic” in the dropdown list

2. Fill out the Topic Details

1. Enter the webinar name in the title box at the top of the page
2. Enter an optional description in the body box
3. Scroll down to LearnDash Topic Settings
   1. In Associated Course, in the dropdown, select Webinars Library.
      1. If you wanted to use a different course (for example, adding a webinar to the Coaching course, just select another course here).
   2. In Associated Lesson, in the dropdown, select the correct category (e.g. Body Webinars).
4. Check box for “Enable Video Progression“
5. In the Video URL box, paste the YouTube URL/link to the video
6. Click the “Publish” (or “Update”) blue button in the upper right