Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are now finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like providing online courses and e-learning.
Electronic training (eTraining) is based on the concept of distance learning, where students do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
e-Training course sites like Udemy.com show that the eLearning industry is growing.
Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ online courses covering all topics, from internet marketing and personal productivity, to courses on better parenting and improving memory & study skills, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ ecourses on every subject imaginable!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing and that any subject can be taught online is not only great for people looking to gain useful skills, but also for individuals that have valuable information that can help transform the lives of others.
eCourses – Opportunities And Challenges
Some of the challenges of developing etraining courses include:
- Working out delivery methods,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that students can immediately use to get trained,
- Ensuring consistency of methods used throughout the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Assessing scores,
- Creating reports, completion certificates
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors like the lack of face-to-face interaction, boredom, potential lack of focus, etc.
eLearning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are trying to expand your web presence, creating a course that helps people acquire the skills they need is a great way to grow a subscriber list and develop an online stream of revenue. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to attract customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be turned into an online training course.
(Got a passion for fashion photography, gardening or copywriting? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If your site is built with WordPress and you want to create e-courses, there’s an inexpensive and powerful courseware plugin that can help you.
Our WordPress Product …
WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Description Of Plugin
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products quickly using WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Management System Plugin)
7,000+ sites use the WPCourseware plugin. WPCourseware makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
Courses in WPCourseware contain training modules and training modules can contain course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware integrates fully with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add new training courses, add or edit existing course modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit settings, import/export your training content, edit certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a widget in the sidebar, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
Courses can be entirely customized and configured.
For example, you can specify whether students need to have completed a training unit before they can progress to the next unit …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can view course information “at a glance” and perform various types of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View course details inside the admin dashboard)
If you already understand WordPress, you can create courses fast using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, provide certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(”Edit Course” area)
Adding modules and units is as easy as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, videos, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorganize the order of your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done adding content to your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to insert courses and module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can display training course information on your pages and manage all of your course options from your dashboard …
(Create professional training courses easily with WP Courseware)
After publishing your training product, the content can be accessed by your registered members …
(Members must log in and have permission to access your training content)
Learn more about the plugin here: WP Courseware
Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits of using WP Courseware to add professional training courses to your website or blog on your WordPress web site:
Quick And Easy To Install And Implement. Be Up And Running In No Time.
WPCourseware installs like every other plugin. Simply upload it to your Plugins folder via your administrator login and activate.
Create Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create courses quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a new course, module, or unit with course content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to arrange the course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expandability
The WPCourseware plugin allows you to set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of participants to courses.
Add Any Kind Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would normally add to a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as video, audio files, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add different content types in your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include:
- Compatible with all WP themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Use with all devices: The plugin allows you to deliver your training content across multiple devices.
Features
WP Courseware provides web site owners with many features. Below we have listed some of those:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create course outlines or course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also view their course progress with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll New Students Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Training Course Certificates
Issue course participants who successfully complete training courses with customized certificates of completion. Course certificates can be personalized with a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export option lets you set up training courses on other websites.
User Messaging
WPCourseware lets you set up custom user messages for course participants after completing modules or courses and to communicate other administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who pass a quiz. You can also send out mass emails to your students with their final grade with a single click …
(Custom Email Notifications – WPCourseware)
Add Surveys And Quizzes
Add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Add Surveys & Quizzes)
- Use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you decide to build the course.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. Surveys allow you to download CSV files with survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
Membership Site And eCommerce Integration
WP Courseware integrates with many leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With e-Commerce & Membership Site Plugins)
Testimonials
Below are some of the testimonials customers have submitted for the WPCourseware plugin:
“No e-learning solution for WordPress compares to the ease and speed that WP Courseware offers people when setting up online courses.” Chris Lema
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“Nate contacted me about checking out WP Courseware. I did… and I was impressed. Today, I have WP Courseware integrated into the delivery side of Blog Marketing Academy itself.” David Risley, Entrepreneur, Blogger, & Speaker
Plugin Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
WPCourseware allows you to convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if there are a number of great instructional content like tutorials already published on your site, you probably have a partially-created product …
(Convert any post or page into a course unit)
You can use the export/import feature to create and sell completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks in your business.
Product Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, 100% money-back guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and 1 year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” section inside the plugin’s options and settings area provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Product Licensing Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This edition enables you to activate WPCourseware on a single WordPress website. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This license option allows you to run WPCourseware on ten WordPress sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This allows you to configure WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: Current pricing for WPCourseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Presently, the product retails for the prices shown above. This may not be the actual price charged by the plugin author when you visit the website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing:
Additional Info
For ”how-to” videos showing how the plugin works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
The Bottom Line
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create an online training product WPCourseware is a great solution you may want to consider using.
For complete details, visit the plugin website:
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