Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like providing online courses and e-learning management systems.
e-Learning is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners don’t have face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
e-Learning marketplaces like Udemy show that the e-Training industry is growing at an astounding rate each year.
Udemy.com provides over 30,000 online courses covery every topic imaginable, from business and developing influence, to courses about creativity and language learning, etc …
(Udemy.com offers over 30,000 courses online covering every topic imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to acquire practical knowledge in useful things, but also for businesses that have unique content to share with others.
eTraining – Benefits & Drawbacks
The internet provides many useful tools and a great environment for creating online courses. Training computer-based tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems, videos, video-conferencing apps, audio courses, eGuides, forums, etc. There are, however, a number of drawbacks when it comes to planning elearning courses.
Some of the drawbacks include:
- Figuring out training content delivery methods,
- Using familiar tools and technologies that don’t require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistency of methods in content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Assessing scores,
- Generating reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of face-to-face interaction, student boredom, distractions, etc.
eLearning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell information-based products, creating an e-course that helps people gain practical knowledge is a great way to attract new subscribers or develop a new stream of revenue. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to attract customers, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be turned into a training product.
(Got knowledge, skills or a passion for commercial photography, landscaping or copywriting? Turn it into an e-training product!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, that if you have been online for a while, you probably already have loads of useful content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop an online training course and your site is built using WordPress, this article will introduce you to a powerful WordPress solution that can help you.
Introducing …
WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Plugin
WPCourseware is a leading WordPress course creation plugin.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin)
7,000+ websites use WPCourseware. WP Courseware makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
In WP Courseware, A training course includes modules and training modules are built using units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware integrates fully with any WordPress site. The plugin adds its own menu section that lets you add a new training course, add or edit existing modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export course information, add certificates of completion, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
Your courses can be fully customized and configured.
For example, you can specify whether participants need to have completed a training unit before they can progress to the next unit …
(Configure course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your training course details inside the WP dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View details about all training courses inside the admin dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WP interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, issue course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Easily edit course settings)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can rearrange the order of your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done adding content to your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of all of your course units in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. You can use shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the options and settings you have configured …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
Once your training product is published, the content can be accessed by logged in registered users …
(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
Here are just some of the benefits of using WPCourseware to add professional courses to your WordPress site on your WordPress website:
Ready To Go To Work In No Time
WP Courseware is quite easy to install. Simply upload a zip folder containing the plugin to your Plugins folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly and easily using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Just create a new course, module, or course unit with course 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 Capacity
The plugin allows you to set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Add Any Kind Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add anything you would typically add to a WordPress post or pageWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as videos, audio, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits include:
- Works with all themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin works on all devices.
Product Features
WPCourseware offers a number of great features to website owners. Here are some of those features:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all 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 dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track student progress inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll Students Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Customized Training Certificates
Provide course participants who successfully complete training courses with customized training certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to certificates …
(Course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import function allows you to move courses to other websites.
User Messaging
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom email notifications for students after completing modules and courses and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who successfully complete training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email trainees with their final grade with one click …
(WPCourseware – Custom User Notifications)
Quizzes & Surveys
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you choose to structure the 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 course grade book will help you track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WPCourseware)
Integrates With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Sites
WPCourseware integrates with many leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership Site & eCommerce Integration)
Testimonials
Here are some of the testimonials plugin users have published 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
WPCourseware Plugin – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you probably already have plenty of useful content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WP Courseware allows you to easily convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if you already have lots of great instructional articles and step-by-step tutorials.
Plugin Support
WPCourseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 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 options and settings menu explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Product Licensing Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This enables you to activate WPCourseware on a single website. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This option enables you to activate WPCourseware on ten domains. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This license option lets you configure WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress websites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Current pricing for the WP Courseware plugin can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the software is being retailed for the pricing shown above. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the software developer when you visit the product site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing details:
Additional Information
For a demo video of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
In Conclusion
If you plan to create an online training course, the WP Courseware plugin is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use plugin you may want to consider using on your site.
For full details, check out the plugin here:
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