Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are now finding new niches to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic training, or “etraining,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners have no direct face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
Online course sites like Udemy show that the e-Learning industry is growing.
Udemy.com provides 30,000+ ecourses covery every subject imaginable, from web development and personal transformation, to better parenting and making better lifestyle choices, etc …
(Udemy currently offers 30,000+ e-courses covering every subject imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for businesses that have something valuable to share.
e-Courses – Opportunities & Challenges
The digital medium provides loads of technologies and opportunities for creating and selling e-courses. eTraining tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems (LMS), online videos, web-conferencing apps, audio training, e-Guides, online forums, etc. There are, however, a number of drawbacks involved in developing ecourses.
Some of the challenges include:
- Working out methods of delivery,
- Employing popular tools that don’t require taking on an additional learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Grading student scores,
- Creating useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include the lack of face-to-face contact, lack of motivation, potential lack of focus, etc.
e-Training – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating products that teach others useful subjects is a great way to grow a subscriber list or monetize your website. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to build a customer base, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be taught online.
(Got a passion or interest in fashion photography, gardening or copywriting? Turn it into an training product!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, you already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to develop elearning products and your site is driven by WordPress, then here is a great courseware plugin you may want to consider using on your site.
Announcing …
WPCourseware – Online Course Management Plugin For WordPress
Description
WP Courseware is the leading learning management system courseware plugin for WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
7,000+ WordPress websites use WPCourseware. WP Courseware makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
A course in WPCourseware consists of modules and training modules are built from course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add new courses, edit course modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export your training content, create custom training certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, allowing users to monitor their own progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can completely customize and configure all of your courses.
For example, you can specify whether participants need to complete a training section before they are allowed to progress through to the next section …
(Configure your course settings to suit your needs)
You can view details about your training courses ”at a glance” inside the admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View information about all training courses inside the WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can quickly create courses using familiar WP interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Edit your course settings easily)
Adding modules and course units is as easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, videos, and any other type 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 Ordering screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of all course units in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware allows you to insert course and module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you add course information to your pages and manage all of your course details from the plugin settings section …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
After publishing your training course, registered members can access the content …
(Members must log in and have permission to view your training content)
More info: WP Courseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Here are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to create courses online on your WordPress site:
Quick And Simple To Install And Use. Be Up And Running In Minutes.
WP Courseware installs just like any plugin. Just upload it to your Plugins folder via your admin user account and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Just create a course, training module, or unit with course content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to arrange the content and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expansion Capacity
The WPCourseware plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and students.
Add Any Type Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which allows you to add anything you would normally add to a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as embedded media, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want in your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Works with all WordPress themes: WPCourseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware deliver training content that can be viewed on all devices.
WP Courseware Features
WPCourseware offers many features to WP users. Below we have listed a few:
Course Outline
You can create course outlines and course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses your students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also view their course progress using a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Customized Certificates
Issue course participants who successfully complete training courses with customized training course certificates. Training course certificates can be personalized with a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Customized certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export feature allows you to set up training courses on another WP site.
Email Messages
WPCourseware lets you set up custom email notifications to congratulate students upon module or course completion and communicating on related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated after successfully completing training quizzes. You can also send out mass emails to students with their final course grade with just one click …
(Custom Email Message – WP Courseware)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
Add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Depending on how you decide to build your course, you can add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download CSV files with the survey results.
- The course grade book helps you track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WPCourseware)
Integrates With WordPress eCommerce & Membership Sites
WPCourseware integrates with many leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Sites)
Feedback From Product Users
Here are some of the testimonials and feedback that plugin users have published about the WP Courseware 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, Author, Speaker, and E-Learning Expert
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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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
WPCourseware lets you convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if there are a number of great “how to” articles and tutorials have already posted on your website, you could already have a product partially created …
(Convert any post or page into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the import/export feature to create and sell completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-training courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourced tasks.
WPCourseware Plugin Support
WPCourseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, complete money-back 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 settings menu explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Plugin Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This enables you to activate WPCourseware on one WordPress website only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This license allows you to use WPCourseware on 10 websites. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This allows you to configure WP Courseware on 25 websites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: Current pricing for WPCourseware depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The pricing above was correct when this content was published. This may or may not be the actual price set by the product developer when you visit the website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Product Info
For demo videos showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Download This Product
WPCourseware will help you create a training product fast. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use solution that you should definitely download and add to your site.
For full details, check out the plugin here:
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