Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from areas like online education.
eTraining is is the technological equivalent of distance learning, where learners have no face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
eTraining course marketplaces like Udemy.com show that the e-Training industry is growing at an astounding rate year on year.
Udemy.com provides over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics, from office productivity and personal productivity, to courses about health and fitness and motivation, etc …
(Udemy currently offers over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Training industry is growing and that anything can be taught online is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for individuals that have valuable information to teach others.
eCourses – Benefits & Drawbacks
The digital medium provides many useful technologies and a great environment for developing and selling e-courses, but there are also a number of challenges.:
- Working out the best training content delivery methods,
- Using easy-to-use tools that course students can use immediately to get trained,
- Ensuring consistency of methods delivered across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Assessing student performance,
- Creating reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include lack of human contact, lack of motivation (e.g. boredom), distractions, etc.
Online Courses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating training products that help people gain the skills they need is a great way to grow a list or develop a new stream of revenue. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Anything can be turned into an e-training product.
(Got a passion for fashion photography, horticulture or technical writing? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can be very time-consuming. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have plenty of useful content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If your site is powered by WordPress and you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell training courses there’s a powerful courseware solution that you may want to look into.
Presenting …
WPCourseware – Online Course Management Plugin For WordPress
Plugin Description
WP Courseware is the leading learning management system courseware plugin for WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
Over 7,000 sites have the WPCourseware plugin installed. WP Courseware makes creating etraining courses in WordPress very simple.
A training course in WPCourseware comprises of training modules and modules are built from units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware integrates fully with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add a new training course, edit modules and units, add quiz questions, edit settings, import/export data, add certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in the sidebar, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WPCourseware Widget)
The courses you add can be entirely configured and customized.
For example, you can decide if participants need to have completed a training section before they can advance through to the next unit …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of all training courses inside the WP dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View details about your courses inside your admin dashboard)
If you already understand WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, provide certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” area)
Adding modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the Ordering screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you are done adding content to your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all of the content you have configured …
(Create professional training courses easily with WPCourseware)
After publishing your training course, you can restrict content access to registered users only …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Learn more about the plugin here: WP Courseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the many benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create training courses online on your website:
Be Up And Running In Minutes
WPCourseware installs just like every other plugin. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can create courses fast using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Just create a new course, module, or course 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 Expansion Capability
The plugin allows you to set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of students to courses.
Add Any Kind Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which allow you to add any type of content you would normally insert into WordPress pages or posts besides text, such as video, audio, graphic elements, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Use on all themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Use with all devices: WP Courseware works on all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WPCourseware offers WP users with a number of great features. Here are a few of these:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline and course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses your students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress with a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Enroll Students Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Customized Training Certificates
Students can receive a training course certificate. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import feature allows you to set up training courses on a new site.
User Notifications
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom user notifications to congratulate trainees upon module and course completion and for communicating other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after completing course quizzes. You can also send out a mass email trainees with their final course grades with a single click …
(WP Courseware – User Notifications)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
Add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Quizzes And Surveys)
- Depending on how you decide to build your course, you can use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download CSV files with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
Membership & eCommerce Plugin Integration
WP Courseware integrates with many leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Plugins)
User Feedback
Here are just some testimonials customers have submitted regarding 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
WPCourseware – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you already have the building blocks of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a training product.
WP Courseware lets you easily convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to complete certain tasks.
WP Courseware Plugin Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, 100% refund guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and one year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” screen inside the plugin’s options and settings menu provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” videos …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Software Price
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This enables you to run WP Courseware on a single domain. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This edition allows you to run WPCourseware on ten WordPress web sites. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This allows you to run WPCourseware on twenty-five WordPress websites. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: The price of this product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the product sells for the amounts shown above. This may or may not be the actual price set by the plugin developer 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 current pricing details:
Additional Information
For a demo video of the plugin in action, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
The Bottom Line
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to create and sell online training products, The WP Courseware plugin is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use solution that you should definitely check out.
For more details, visit the plugin website:
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