Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like providing online courses and e-learning.
e-Learning is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where students do not have direct face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
Online teaching sites like Udemy.com show that the eTraining industry is growing at an astounding rate.
Udemy currently offers over 30,000 online courses on every subject imaginable, from IT & software and building self-esteem, to courses about building healthy relationships and making better lifestyle choices, etc …
(Udemy offers over 30,000 courses online covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for businesses that have unique and valuable content that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Learning – Benefits And Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning and developing effective ecourses include:
- Working out training content delivery methods,
- Employing easy-to-use tools and technologies that learners can immediately use to ,
- Ensuring consistency of standards used in content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Assessing scores,
- Generating reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include lack of human contact, learner boredom, distracting environments, etc.
Online Courses – A World Of Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your business online, creating an etraining product that helps people gain commercial skills and competency in subjects that will advance them further is a great way to grow a list and develop another stream of revenue. Creating products is one of the best ways to build a customer base, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Anything can be taught online.
(Got a passion or interest in photography, gardening or creative writing? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, you already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital product.
If your site is built using WordPress and you want to create and sell e-courses, there’s a cost-effective and powerful courseware plugin that can help you.
Presenting …
WPCourseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin
Plugin Description
WPCourseware is a leading learning management system courseware plugin for WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Management System Plugin)
Thousands of websites use the WP Courseware plugin. The plugin makes creating learning courses in WordPress very simple.
In WP Courseware, A course comprises of modules and modules can include course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware integrates fully with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu section that lets you create new courses, edit existing modules and units, edit quizzes, edit plugin, import/export course information, create certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WPCourseware Widget)
Courses can be completely customized and configured.
For example, you can decide if students need to have completed a training unit before they are allowed to progress to the next section …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can view course details “at a glance” and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View information about all courses inside your dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WP interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, create course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Plugin options screen)
Adding training modules and 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 rearrange the order of your training content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the Ordering section …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done creating your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all of your course units in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you use a range of shortcodes to insert courses and training module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you display course content on your pages and manage all of your course options from the plugin settings section …
(Creating training courses is easy with WPCourseware)
Once your e-course has been published, it can be accessed by logged in registered members …
(Users must log in and have permission to view your training content)
More info: WPCourseware
Plugin Benefits
Below are just some of the benefits of using WP Courseware to create training courses online on your WordPress web site:
Be Up And Running In Minutes
WPCourseware installs like any WordPress plugin. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Very Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Simply create a course, module, or unit with content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to organize the content and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expansion Capacity
WP Courseware lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and users.
Use Different Types Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which allows you to add any type of content you would normally add to WordPress pages or posts besides text, like video, audio, graphic elements, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Some additional benefits of using this plugin include the following:
- Compatible with all WordPress themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware deliver content that can be viewed on all devices.
Features
WPCourseware offers WP users with a number of features. Below we have listed just a few:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines and course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Student 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 the dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Automatically Enroll New Students
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Course Certificate Distribution
At the end of a course, you can issue course participants who successfully complete your training courses with customized course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to course certificates …
(Certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export functionality allows you to set up your course on another website.
Custom Email Notifications And User Messages
WP Courseware allows you to create custom email messages for students upon module and course completion and for communicating course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who pass course quizzes. You can also send out a mass email to your students with their final course grade with one click …
(Custom User Message – WP Courseware)
Surveys And Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you choose to build your course.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps track how students are doing …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Works With Membership & eCommerce Sites
WP Courseware can be used with many leading WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With e-Commerce & Membership Sites)
User Testimonials
Here are some of the testimonials that plugin customers have submitted regarding WP Courseware:
“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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if you already have some educational articles and step-by-step tutorials.
WP Courseware Plugin Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, full money-back guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and 1 year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” screen inside the plugin’s options and settings menu explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of plugin training video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Plugin Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This lets you use WP Courseware on one WordPress web site only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This edition lets you use WP Courseware on ten domains. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This option allows you to install WP Courseware on twenty-five sites. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing for the WP Courseware software depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the current price when this review was published. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin seller when you visit the plugin site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For ”how-to” videos of the plugin in action, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Get This Product
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create and sell teaching products, The WP Courseware plugin is a powerful plugin you may want to consider.
For full details, visit the plugin website here:
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