Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are discovering new niches to profit from in areas like providing online training and e-learning.
Electronic training (e-Training) is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
e-Learning sites like Udemy are indicative of the massive growth of the e-Training industry.
Udemy provides over 30,000 online courses covering all topics, from web development and personal transformation, to courses about stress management and hobbies, etc …
(Udemy.com provides over 30,000 ecourses covering every topic imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for businesses that have valuable information to teach.
eTraining – Benefits And Challenges
The digital medium provides tools and technologies for developing ecourses. e-Training computer-based tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems, online videos, video-conferencing apps, audio courses, forums, reports, etc. There are, however, some challenges involved in planning, developing and implementing effective courses online.
Some of these include:
- Working out the best delivery method,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that learners can use immediately to get trained,
- Ensuring consistent standards are applied throughout the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Grading student scores,
- Generating useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of human contact, learner boredom, lack of focus, etc.
eLearning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating products that teach others new skills is a great way to grow a list or develop a new stream of revenue. Product creation is, after all, 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 turned into an ecourse.
(Got knowledge, skills or business interest in photography, gardening or creative writing? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been online for a while, however, you probably already have loads of useful training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
If your website is powered by WordPress and you would like to create elearning courses, there’s a cost-effective and professional WP plugin that can help you.
Presenting …
WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Description Of Product
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.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Management System Plugin For WordPress)
Over 7,000 websites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. The software makes creating e-learning courses in WordPress simple.
In WP Courseware, courses comprise of training modules and training modules contain course units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add a new course, edit existing modules and units, add quizzes, edit settings, import/export data, create custom certificates of completion, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a widget in the sidebar, giving users access to information about their course progress …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can completely configure and customize your courses.
For example, you can specify whether participants need to have completed a course unit before they are allowed to advance through to the next section …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your courses inside your dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View details about all courses inside your WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, provide course completion certificates 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 …
(Plugin options area)
Adding modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, videos, and any other kind 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 ”Order Course Modules & Units” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use the plugin’s built-in 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 details from the plugin settings section …
(Creating professional-looking training courses with WPCourseware)
Once your elearning course has been published, the content can be viewed by logged in members with permission to access the information …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more: WP Courseware
Benefits Of Using WP Courseware
Below are just some of the benefits of using WPCourseware to add courses to your website on your website:
Fast And Simple To Install And Configure. Ready To Use In Very Little Time.
WP Courseware installs like any WP plugin. Simply upload a zip folder that contains the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Simply create a course, module, or course 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 Capacity
The WPCourseware plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and enrollees.
Use Different Content Formats
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would typically add to WordPress pages or posts besides text, like embedded media, images, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Add any type of content you like to create your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include:
- Use on all WordPress themes: WPCourseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware allows you to deliver content across multiple devices.
Features
WPCourseware provides WordPress users with many features. Below we have listed a few of these:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline or course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses your students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also navigate through your courses 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)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Course Certificate Distribution
Students who successfully complete your training courses can be issued with customized certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to course completion certificates …
(Customized certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import function lets you set up your course on other WordPress sites.
Custom Email Message
WPCourseware allows you to set up custom user messages to congratulate students after completing modules or courses and for communicating course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who complete course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email trainees with their final grades with one click …
(User Notifications – WP Courseware)
Surveys & Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Quizzes And Surveys)
- Depending on how you decide to structure your course, 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. Surveys allow you to download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps track how students are doing …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Membership Site And e-Commerce Integration
WPCourseware can be used with many leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Works With Membership & eCommerce Sites)
Feedback From Product Users
Below are a couple of the testimonials and comments plugin customers have provided for 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 marketing your business online for a while, you already have plenty of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
WP Courseware allows you to easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are a number of educational content like step-by-step tutorials published on your website or blog, you probably have a partially-created product …
(Convert any page or post into a course unit)
You can use the import/export feature to create and sell 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 outsourced business tasks.
Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 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” section inside the plugin’s options and settings area explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” videos …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Product Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This enables you to install WPCourseware on a single domain. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This lets you install WP Courseware on ten WordPress websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This license lets you activate WPCourseware on twenty-five WordPress sites. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $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 being retailed for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual price charged by the product seller when you visit the site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Info
For demo videos of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Download This Plugin
WPCourseware helps you create and sell e-learning products fast. This is a great plugin you should definitely consider.
For full details, visit the plugin website here:
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