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Best LMS for Graphic Design Teachers

Start selling graphic design courses from your own site for free.

Masteriyo is the all-in-one LMS plugin built for graphic design teachers who’d rather critique designs than wrestle with checkout pages, plugin stacks, and platform fees.

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Graphic Design Foundations
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Color Theory 1/3
Color theory basics
Typography fundamentals
Asset pack (download)
Typography 0/5
Layout & Composition 0/6
Brand Systems 0/5
Final Portfolio Project & Certificate 0/2
Lessons
Questions

Typography fundamentals

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Why graphic design teachers move to WordPress

Stop building your design school on someone else’s platform.

Hosted course platforms work fine when you’re testing the idea. But once your graphic design teaching practice is real, WordPress gives you ownership, lower fees, and room to grow at your own pace.

Stop sharing every sale with Skillshare.

Hosted platforms keep raising fees as your audience grows. Masteriyo runs checkout natively on your WordPress site — no marketplace cuts, no transaction fees.

Own your student relationships.

Your audience, email list, enrollments, and student progress stay connected to your brand — not locked behind a platform’s login screen.

One plugin, not five.

Lessons, quizzes, certificates, payments, drip content, and student tracking — all handled inside one WordPress LMS. No fragile chain of add-ons.

Sample course structure

Your first graphic design course, live this afternoon.

Structure your curriculum the way students actually learn: short design walkthroughs and critique sessions, guided practice, downloadable asset packs, and progress checkpoints. Drop in your own videos, customize the modules, and you’re enrolling students.

Video lessons for design walkthroughs and critique sessions
PDF lessons for asset packs and grids
Quizzes for color, typography, and layout
Certificates when students finish your program

COURSE PREVIEW

Graphic Design Foundations

5 modules · 28 lessons · 3 quizzes · Certificate

MODULE 01

Color Theory

5 video lessons
Color reference

MODULE 02

Typography

6 video lessons
Typography quiz

MODULE 03

Layout & Composition

6 video lessons
Layout grids

MODULE 04

Brand Systems

6 video lessons
Brand quiz

MODULE 05

Final Portfolio Project & Certificate

Final portfolio review
Certificate of completion

What you can do

A real graphic design course business needs more than a video uploader.

Sell, teach, manage, and grow your design school from one WordPress LMS plugin.

Build your graphic design curriculum.

Drag-and-drop modules, lessons, videos, downloadable asset packs and grids, and quizzes from a single dashboard. No code, no theme fights.

Accept payments natively.

Sell with Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, Mollie, or WooCommerce. Multi-currency built in so students from any country pay in their local money.

Quiz students on principles and systems.

Nine question types. Auto-grade color rules, typography pairings, and layout grids — without manual checking.

Issue certificates on completion.

Branded, downloadable certificates students can share when they finish your graphic design program. Add your logo, your wording, your style.

Drip lessons week by week.

Release modules on a schedule for multi-week design programs. Builds anticipation, paces practice, and reduces refunds.

See exactly who’s practicing.

Lesson completion, quiz attempts, designs submitted — every student’s progress tracked so you know who needs critique and who’s ready for the next brief.

Start With a Template

Get your website launched in no time with our professionally designed website template for your online course. Powered by . Ready to launch with a 1-click import.

Start using this template today by installing the FREE theme.

Plus dozens more starter sites to choose from.

Pricing fit

Start free. Upgrade when your design school starts growing.

Most graphic design teachers launch with the free plugin, then upgrade to Pro when they need certificates, drip content, advanced quizzes, or course bundles.

Free

Always free

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Free forever · WordPress.org

Perfect for publishing your first graphic design course and testing the student experience.

Unlimited courses and students
Drag & drop course builder
Built-in order system
Stripe, PayPal & WooCommerce
AI course creation
Certificate builder
Download free plugin

Basic

Normally $199/yr

$99/yr

For solo creators

For selling paid graphic design courses with stronger checkout, certificates, and assignments.

Everything in Free
Course Attachments
Course Preview
Webhooks
Premium updates
Premium support
Get Basic
Most Popular

Pro

Normally $299/yr

$149/yr

For growing schools

For multi-course schools using drip content, bundles, gradebook, and advanced quizzes.

Everything in Basic
Smart Coupons
Multiple instructors
Advanced quizzes & gradebook
More payment gateways
Marketing Tools
Get Pro

Special introductory pricing. All renewals at full price.

14-day money-back guarantee
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Creator voices

Creators chose Masteriyo — and didn’t look back.

130+ five-star reviews across WordPress.org and G2.

“Masteriyo will set the standard for not only how course builders should be built, but plugins in general. The ease, simplicity, beauty, and speed are unmatched.”

— @ej2008

WordPress.org review

“Masteriyo is a true dark horse — lesser known than TutorLMS, LearnDash, or LifterLMS, but just as powerful, if not more so.”

— @bradtech

WordPress.org review

“Very easy to use and intuitive. I was impressed by everything it can do at such a reasonable cost.”

— Beverley D.

G2 review

FAQ

The questions graphic design teachers ask.

Can I sell graphic design courses online directly from WordPress?

Yes. Masteriyo gives you a complete LMS — course builder, lessons, quizzes, payments, and student management — all on your own WordPress site. No hosted platform, no per-sale cuts.

Can I include asset packs, fonts, and reference PDFs?

Yes. Add downloadable lesson materials alongside your videos, quizzes, and text lessons. Students get everything they need in one place.

Do I need WooCommerce or a separate payment plugin?

No. Masteriyo includes native payments via Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, and Mollie out of the box. WooCommerce is optional if you already use it.

Can I release lessons week by week?

Yes. Content drip lets you schedule modules for multi-week design programs — useful for keeping students paced and reducing refunds.

Do I need technical skills to set up my course site?

No. Masteriyo is built for creators, not developers. The setup wizard creates every page you need in under a minute — checkout, dashboard, course pages, all auto-configured. If you can run a WordPress site, you can run Masteriyo.

Build your graphic design course business on your own terms.

Join 4,000+ creators running paid courses on their own WordPress sites. No platform fees. No middleman. Just your teaching, your students, your revenue.

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