Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are discovering new niches to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic training, or “etraining,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners don’t have direct face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
eLearning sites like Udemy.com are strong indicators of the growth of the eLearning industry.
Udemy.com provides over 30,000 online courses on every topic imaginable, from internet marketing and leadership, to courses on better parenting and photography, etc …
(Udemy provides over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for businesses that have unique information to share.
eLearning – Benefits And Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning, developing and implementing ecourses include:
- Figuring out the best training delivery method,
- Employing easy-to-use tools that learners can instinctively use to ,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Assessing student performance,
- Providing useful reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account factors such as lack of human contact, potential lack of student motivation (e.g. boredom), distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
e-Learning – A World Of Possibilities
If you are trying to expand your web presence, creating a learning course that teaches others useful skills is a great way to grow a list or monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your industry or niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every topic where there is a strong interest and demand to learn can be taught online.
(Got an interest or business built around photography, horticulture or writing sales copy? Turn it into an e-training product!)
The problem with product creation, however, 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 the building blocks of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a training product.
If your site is driven by WordPress and you’re searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell ecourses there’s a powerful solution you may want to consider adding to your site.
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WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Plugin
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up training courses and build e-learning products quickly using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Online Learning Management Plugin For WordPress)
7,000+ WordPress sites use the WP Courseware plugin. WP Courseware makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
In WP Courseware, A training course contains training modules and training modules include units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware integrates fully with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds a new section to the main menu that lets you add a new training course, edit modules and units, add quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export your training content, modify certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, allowing users to monitor their course progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
Courses can be completely configured and customized.
For example, you can decide if course students need to have completed a course section before they are allowed to advance to the next unit …
(Configure course settings to suit your needs)
You can view information about all courses ”at a glance” inside your WP dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View information about all training courses inside the WP dashboard)
If you already understand how WordPress works, you can create courses quickly and easily using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and user 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, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Easily edit course options)
Adding training modules and units is as simple as creating 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 order your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the Ordering section …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you have finished adding content to your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing your course units in the “Course Units” section …
(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 …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all of the options and settings you have added …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
After publishing your training course, the content can be viewed by logged in members with access permission …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
Go here to learn more about this plugin: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WP Courseware
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to add courses to your WordPress site or blog on your site:
Fast And Simple To Install And Configure. Ready To Use In Minutes.
WP Courseware installs like any other WP plugin. Simply upload it to your Plugins folder via your admin section and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can create courses quickly and easily using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a course, training module, or unit with 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 create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of participants to courses.
Add Any Kind Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which allow you to add anything you would normally insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, like video, audio, graphic elements, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Some additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Compatible with all WordPress themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Use on all devices: The plugin deliver training content accross all devices.
WP Courseware Features
WP Courseware provides many unique features to site owners. Here are just some:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline and course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses your students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Training Course Certificates
Issue students who successfully complete training courses with certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to certificates …
(Training course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import option allows you to set up training courses on a new website.
Email Messages
WPCourseware lets you set up custom email notifications for trainees upon module or course completion and to communicate other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after successfully completing course quizzes. You can also send out mass emails to students with their final course grade with a single click …
(WP Courseware – Custom Email Notifications And Messages)
Quizzes And Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Surveys & Quizzes)
- Depending on your needs, you can add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. Surveys allow you to download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help track how your students are progressing …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
e-Commerce And Membership Site Integration
WPCourseware integrates with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With Membership & eCommerce Plugins)
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
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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 Plugin – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself 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 digital product.
WP Courseware allows you to convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are some instructional content like tutorials already published on your website or blog, you probably already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress page or post into a course unit)
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 e-training courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourced tasks.
WP Courseware Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, full money-back guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and one year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” screen inside the plugin’s settings menu explains how to use the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Plugin Price
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This lets you configure WP Courseware on a single WordPress site. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This license option lets you activate WPCourseware on ten sites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This license option lets you use WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress web sites. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Price details for the WP Courseware product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the current price when this content was published. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the software seller when you visit the plugin site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Product Info
For ”how to” videos of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Our Recommendation
If you want to create ecourses, WPCourseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware solution you need to know about.
For more details, visit the plugin website:
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