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Essay questions that can be answered on camera.
The AddPipe WordPress plugin puts an audio, video or screen recorder inside a LearnDash Essay question. Students record in the browser, graders watch it back while marking, and nothing has to be installed at either end.
Essay questions are already marked by hand
LearnDash grades Essay questions manually, so adding a recording changes nothing about the workflow. The grader simply has something to watch as well as read.
Evidence of the thing itself
A clinical technique, a sales pitch, a code walkthrough. These are demonstrated far better than they are described, and a recorded answer is the only asynchronous way to see them.
What courses use it for.
Professional certification
Candidates demonstrate a procedure on camera, so an assessor can see technique rather than infer it from a written account.
Technical walkthroughs
Screen recording with narration, for code review assignments and software training.
Spoken assessment
Audio-only answers for language, music and communication modules, where the camera would add nothing.
Details.
Which question type does this work with?
Essay, also called Open Answer. Put the AddPipe shortcode in the question text and the recorder renders for the student alongside the essay box.
What do I need installed?
LearnDash and the free AddPipe WordPress plugin, version 1.4.0 or later, connected to your AddPipe account with an account hash and environment code.
How does grading work?
LearnDash marks Essay questions manually. The recording lands in your AddPipe dashboard and in the plugin's Recordings screen in WordPress admin, so the grader opens it there while marking the submission.
Can I use a different recorder per question?
Yes. Generate one shortcode per recorder configuration, audio only for one question and screen with camera for another, and paste the matching shortcode into each question.
Does video hosting land on my WordPress server?
No. Recordings upload to AddPipe and are transcoded there, so a course with hundreds of video submissions does not grow your hosting bill.
Related integrations.
Add recorded answers to your quizzes.
The plugin is free. The recording platform behind it comes with a 14-day trial, no card required.