Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from areas like providing e-training courses and e-learning management systems.
Electronic training, or “e-training,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
eTraining course sites like Udemy.com are indicative of the explosive growth of the e-Training industry.
Udemy offers 30,000+ online courses on every subject imaginable, from web design and growing your influence, to stress management and language learning, etc …
(Udemy offers over 30,000 courses online on every topic imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for individuals that have unique and valuable content that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Training – Benefits And Drawbacks
Some of the challenges of planning, developing and implementing ecourses include:
- Figuring out the best training content delivery methods,
- Using popular tools that students can use immediately to ,
- Ensuring consistent methods are used throughout the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Grading student performance,
- Providing useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include the lack of face-to-face contact, boredom and lack of motivation, distractions, etc.
e-Learning – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell products online, creating a product that teaches people useful things is a great way to attract new subscribers and monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Anything can be taught online.
(Got an interest or business built around photography, horticulture or copywriting? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have the building blocks of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If your site is powered by WordPress and you would like to develop and sell ecourses, there’s an inexpensive and professional plugin you need to know about.
Introducing …
WPCourseware – Online Course Management Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Product
WP Courseware is a leading online course creation software for WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
The WP Courseware plugin is currently being used by thousands of businesses online and makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
A training course in WPCourseware consists of modules and modules are built from course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu section that lets you create new courses, add or edit existing modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export course information, edit certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
Your courses can be entirely configured and customized.
For example, you decide whether course participants need to complete a course section before they are allowed to progress to the next unit …
(Courses can be customized to suit your needs)
You can view course details ”at a glance” inside the WP dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View training course information inside your WP dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can create training courses fast using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, create course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin options screen)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, videos, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the Ordering settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you are done adding content to your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” area …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of built-in shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can add training course content to your pages and manage all of your course options from the plugin settings section …
(Create training courses easily with WPCourseware)
After publishing your training product, members must log in and have permission to access your training content …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
Learn more about the plugin here: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WP Courseware
Below are just some of the many benefits of using WPCourseware to add training courses to your WordPress site on your site:
Quick And Simple To Install And Implement. Ready To Go To Work In Minutes.
WP Courseware is very easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugin folder via your admin user login and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Simply create a new course, module, or 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 Capacity
The WPCourseware plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and course participants.
Add Any Type Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would typically insert into a WordPress post or pageWordPress pages or posts besides text, like video, audio, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you like in your training courses)
Some additional benefits of using the plugin include the following:
- Compatible with all WP themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Use with all devices: WP Courseware deliver training content that can be viewed on all devices.
Product Features
WPCourseware provides a number of great features to WordPress users. Below we have listed just some:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline and course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll New Students
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Course Completion Certificates
Students who successfully complete courses can receive a certificate. Certificates of completion can be customized with custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Training course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export functionality allows you to set up training courses on another website.
User Messaging
WPCourseware allows you to set up custom email notifications to congratulate students after completing modules and courses and to communicate course-related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated upon passing the quiz. You can also send out mass emails trainees with their final course grade with just one click …
(Custom Email Notifications And User Messages – WPCourseware)
Quizzes & Surveys
You can add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Add Quizzes And Surveys)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you decide 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 the survey results.
- The course grade book will help you track how well your students are progressing in a course …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Integrates With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Sites
WP Courseware integrates with many leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Sites)
Feedback From Product Users
Below are some of the testimonials that customers have submitted for 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
Product Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
WP Courseware allows you to convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if there are some “how to” content like tutorials already published on your site, you probably have a product partially created …
(Convert any WordPress post or page into a course unit)
You can use the export/import feature to build and sell completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourced business tasks.
WPCourseware 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 settings menu explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Software Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This option allows you to install WP Courseware on 1 WordPress web site only. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This option allows you to run WPCourseware on 10 WordPress sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This allows you to set up WPCourseware on twenty-five WordPress websites. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Current pricing for this product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the current price when this article was published. This may or may not be the actual price set by the product seller 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 Plugin Info
For a demo video of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
In Conclusion
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to develop e-training courses WPCourseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use plugin you may want to consider adding to your site.
For complete details, visit the plugin website here:
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