Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
eTraining is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners do not have face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
eLearning course sites like Udemy are strong indicators of the growth of the eLearning industry.
Udemy currently offers 30,000+ ecourses on every subject imaginable, from office productivity and improving self esteem, to courses about health and fitness and hobbies, etc …
(Udemy offers over 30,000 online courses on every topic imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for individuals that have unique and valuable information that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Training – Benefits And Challenges
The digital medium provides loads of opportunities for creating and selling online courses, but there are also significant challenges.:
- Figuring out training content delivery methods,
- Using easy-to-use tools and technologies that learners can intuitively use to access the content,
- Ensuring consistency across content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Grading scores,
- Generating reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include the lack of human contact, student boredom, loss of focus, etc.
eTraining – A World Of Possibilities
If you are a digital product creator, creating a course that helps people learn new skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list or develop a new stream of revenue. Creating products is one of the best ways to build a loyal customer base, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every subject imaginable can be taught online.
(Got a business built around photography, landscaping or creative writing? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, you already have plenty of useful training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
If your website is powered by WordPress and you would like to create and sell ecourses, there’s a cost-effective and professional WordPress plugin that can help you.
Let’s Review …
WPCourseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin
Plugin Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up e-courses and build e-learning products fast with WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
Over 7,000 WordPress websites have the WPCourseware plugin installed. WP Courseware makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
A course in WPCourseware contains training modules and training modules are built from course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create new training courses, add or edit course modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit settings, import/export course information, modify certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can completely customize and configure your courses.
For example, you can choose if learners need to complete a training unit before they can progress through to the next section …
(Course settings can be fully configured to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of all courses inside your dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View details about all training courses inside your WP dashboard)
If you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create courses quickly and easily using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, provide certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” section)
Adding modules and units is as easy as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you have finished creating your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all course units in the “Course Units” screen …
(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 shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all the options and settings you have configured …
(Create professional training courses easily with WPCourseware)
After your e-training course is published, it can be viewed by members with exclusive access permission …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Learn more here: WP Courseware
Benefits
Below are just some of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to add professional training courses to your site or blog on your WordPress site:
Quick And Easy To Install And Implement. Ready To Go To Work In Minutes.
WPCourseware installs like every other plugin. Just upload it to your Plugin folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly using familiar interfaces and functions.
Just create a new course, module, or unit with 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 Capacity
The plugin lets you create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of enrollees to courses.
Use Different Content Formats
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would normally add to WordPress pages or posts besides text, like embedded media, graphic elements, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Additional benefits include the following:
- Compatible with all WordPress themes: WPCourseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin allows you to deliver your content across multiple devices.
WPCourseware Features
WP Courseware provides many features to website owners. Here are some of these features:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline or course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses your students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through your courses with a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll New Course Participants
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Certificates Of Completion
Issue course participants with training course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to training certificates …
(Customized training certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import function lets you set up training courses on a new WP site.
Custom User Notifications
WPCourseware lets you set up custom user notifications to congratulate students upon module or course completion and for communicating related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated upon passing course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails trainees with their final course grades with one click …
(Email Notifications – WP Courseware)
Quizzes And Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you choose to structure your course.
- 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 survey results.
- The course grade book helps you track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WPCourseware)
Integrates With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Sites
WP Courseware works with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With Membership & e-Commerce Sites)
Testimonials
Here are some of the testimonials that plugin customers have written about 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, 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
WP Courseware – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
WPCourseware lets you easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if there are some instructional content like step-by-step tutorials already published on your website, you probably already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any page or post into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the import/export feature to build and sell completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourcing business tasks.
Plugin Support
WPCourseware is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty 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” section inside the plugin’s settings area provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” videos …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Plugin Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This lets you run WPCourseware on 1 website only. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This option lets you install WP Courseware on ten web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This allows you to activate WPCourseware on twenty-five domains. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: The price of the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The price shown above was correct when this review was published. This may not be the actual price set by the software developer when you visit the site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Product Information
For ”how to” videos showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
The Bottom Line
If you plan to create ecourses, WPCourseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware plugin that you may want to consider adding to your site.
For more details, check out the plugin here:
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