With the Tutor LMS Parent & Student Access add-on, parents can enroll their children in the courses of their choice. They can also view the students’ course progress which will be visible from the Parent’s dashboard. Below, you’ll find the instructions you need to follow, to install and configure this add-on.

Table of Content

1. Installation
2. Activate Your License Key
3. General Settings
   • Settings
   • Shortcodes
   • Add Child
4. Add Product for Tutor
5. Select Product from the Course settings
6. Parent Dashboard
   • Link Child
   • Children Progress
   • My Courses
   • Register New Child
7. FAQ

Installation:

• Install the TutorLMS plugin & activate it.
• Install the TutorLMS Pro plugin & activate it.
• Install the Woocommerce or Easy Digital Downloads.
• Install Parent & Student Access for TutorLMS and activate it.
• A new “Parent & Student Access for Tutor” menu will appear under the TutorLMS menu.

Activate Your License Key:

The license key can be configured from the License tab, found on the main Parent & Student Access for Tutor menu. License keys will be sent to your email address when you purchase the addon.

Insert your license key in the field and then click on Activate.

General Settings:

Settings

User role: Here you can select the User roles, that will have access to the WordPress backend dashboard. These user roles will only have access to Add Child tab.

Subject: Here you can add the subject of the email.

Child Register Email Template: Set the email template that parents will send to their child by using the Parents Dashboard on the frontend.

Shortcodes

Parent Dashboard form: This shortcode creates a Parent Dashboard that can be used to link, unlink, register, invite a child and check the progress of their child.

Parent Registration form: This shortcode allows you to add a registration form for parents to any page. On the registration page, there will also be an Add Child button from where the Parents can register their child while registering themselves.

Child Registration form: You have to place this shortcode on a dedicated page where only the student/ child can register. You can select this shortcode-added page from the dropdown, available on the Shortcode settings tab. The students that are invited by email will land on this page to complete their registration.

Add Child

The user role that has given access to the dashboard can add children from this tab.

Parent List: Once the parent registers successfully, you can select the parent from this dropdown.

Child List: After successful registration of the child, here you can add the child of the parent.

All parent and children entries will be visible in the table and you can also edit or bulk delete them.

Add Product for Tutor:

Before adding a new product, ensure an eCommerce engine is selected within the TutorLMS Monetization settings.

Now navigate to Products > Add New or Edit an existing product > add your product details and checkmark the “For Tutor” checkbox.

Select Product from the Course settings:

Navigate to Courses and Edit the course for which you want to add the existing Woocommerce product.

From the “Select Product” dropdown select the product and click on Save changes.

Parent Dashboard:

Link Child

This is the first tab of the Parent Dashboard and here parents can link and unlink their children. 

• To link, select the child from the dropdown and click on the Link Child button.
• To Unlink, click on the UnLink button that appears in front of every linked child.

Children Progress

This is the second tab and here you can see the total number of enrolled, active, and completed courses along with the child’s progress. To check the specific course progress: 

1. Select the child from the Select Child dropdown menu.
2. Select the courses from the Select Courses dropdown menu.
3. Click on the User Progress button.

You can Unenroll the child or Reset the course progress directly from under the course progress bar, by clicking on the Unenroll and Reset Progress buttons respectively.

My Courses

Once the parent will enroll in a course then from this tab you can enroll and unenroll children in that course. 

• To enroll a child in a specific course, simply select the child’s name from the Select Child dropdown of that course and click on enroll.
• To unenroll a child from a specific course, simply click on the Unenroll button that appears on that course.

Register New Child

This is the last tab and here you can send the invitation email to your child for registration. If you have access to the child’s email then instead of inviting, you can register him/her directly as a child, on the site.

FAQ’s:

To add a child, how many ways are supported by this addon? 

You can add a child by following two ways:

• Parent Registration form: On the parent registration page, there will also be a “Add Child” button from where the Parents can add their child as well while registering themselves.
• Parent Dashboard (Register New Child): If you have access to the child’s email then here you can register him/her directly as a child.

How to invite a student by email to register?

To invite a child by email navigate to the Register New Child tab, available on the Parent Dashboard. Here enter the child’s email and click on submit.

How the child will register if invited?

The invitation email will have a Child Registration link and when the child clicks on it, he will be redirected to the Child Registration form and he/she can signup by filling out that form.

To link a child, how many ways are supported by this addon?

You can link a child by following two ways: 

• “Add Child” tab: The user role that has given access to the dashboard can link children with parents from this tab.
• Parent Dashboard (Link Child): Within the Link Child tab, you can link and unlink the children with parents.

How many user roles are allowed to access the admin dashboard?

Currently, you can allow only 3 user roles which are; 

• Tutor Instructor
• Editor
• Author