Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from areas like providing online training and elearning management systems.
Electronic learning, or “elearning,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students have no direct face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
Online teaching sites like Udemy are indicative of the explosive growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 online courses on every subject imaginable, from IT & software and personal productivity, to religion & spirituality and hobbies, etc …
(Udemy.com offers 30,000+ ecourses covering all topics!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing and that so many topics can be taught online is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for businesses that have unique and valuable information that can help transform the lives of others.
eLearning – Benefits And Drawbacks
Some of the challenges of planning online courses include:
- Working out content delivery methods,
- Using easy-to-use tools and technologies that don’t require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistent methods are used throughout content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading student scores,
- Generating reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include the lack of face-to-face contact, boredom and lack of student motivation, distracting environments, etc.
e-Courses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are trying to expand your web presence, creating courses that help people acquire practical knowledge and skills in useful things is a great way to attract new subscribers or monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be turned into an ecourse.
(Got a passion or interest in fashion photography, landscaping or creative writing? Turn it into an online training course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch can be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, that if you have been marketing your business 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.
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to create an online training product and your site is built using WordPress, then there’s a powerful solution you should definitely know about.
Presenting …
WP Courseware – WordPress Course Management Plugin
Description
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 – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
The WPCourseware plugin is currently being used in 7,000+ sites and makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
A training course in WPCourseware includes modules and training modules include course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create new training courses, add or edit existing course modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export your data, edit certificates of completion, access training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a widget in the sidebar, allowing users to view their course progress …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
Your courses can be entirely customized and configured.
For example, you decide if participants need to have completed a course section before they can progress to the next section …
(Courses can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of all training courses inside the WP dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View training course information inside your admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, provide course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin options section)
Adding modules and units is as simple as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorganize 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 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 …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can display training course information on your pages and manage all of your course options from the plugin settings section …
(Creating professional training courses with WP Courseware)
Once your training course is published, you can restrict content access to registered students only …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
Learn more here: WP Courseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the many benefits of using WP Courseware to create professional training courses online on your WordPress website:
Fast And Easy To Install And Use. Be Up And Running In Minutes.
WP Courseware installs like every WP plugin. Just upload a zip file that contains the plugin to your Plugin folder via your administrator area and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Just create a course, training module, or unit with course content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to organize the course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expandability
WPCourseware lets you set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Add Any Type Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which allows you to add anything you would normally add to WordPress pages or posts besides text, like embedded media, images, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Add different content types in your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include:
- Use with all themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware allows you to deliver content across multiple devices.
Features
WPCourseware provides web site owners with many features. Here are some of those:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create course outlines and course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses your students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through their courses using a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll New Students
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Customized Course Certificates
At the end of a course, you can provide students who successfully complete your training courses with course certificates. Course certificates can be personalized with custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export function allows you to set up your course on other websites.
Custom Notifications
WP Courseware lets you set up custom user messages 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 passing training quizzes. You can also send out mass emails trainees with their final course grades with a single click …
(WP Courseware – User Notifications)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Surveys & Quizzes)
- Depending on your needs, you can use 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 a CSV file with the survey results.
- The course grade book helps track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WP Courseware)
Integrates With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Plugins
WP Courseware can be used with many e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With WordPress Membership & e-Commerce Sites)
Testimonials
Below are a couple of the testimonials that plugin users have written about WPCourseware:
“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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been 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.
WPCourseware lets you convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if you have published loads of instructional content like tutorials.
WPCourseware Support
WPCourseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty 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 settings area provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Product Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This edition allows you to use WP Courseware on one WordPress web site only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This option enables you to set up WP Courseware on 10 WordPress web sites. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This option allows you to use WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The price of WPCourseware depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the product is selling for the pricing shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the product author when you visit the plugin website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Info
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Download This Plugin
WPCourseware will help you create courses quickly and easily. This is a great courseware plugin you should definitely consider.
For more information, visit the plugin website here:
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