Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are now finding new niches to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic learning, or “elearning,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners have no direct face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
Online training marketplaces like Udemy.com show that the eTraining industry is growing at an impressive rate.
Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics, from design and personal transformation, to courses about health and fitness and improving memory & study skills, etc …
(Udemy currently offers over 30,000 ecourses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for businesses that have unique and valuable information to share with others.
eCourses – Opportunities & Challenges
The digital medium provides many tools and a great environment for creating and selling ecourses, but there are also a number of challenges.:
- Working out the best training delivery method,
- Employing popular tools that do not require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistency of methods in content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading student performance,
- Providing useful reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include the lack of human contact, boredom and potential lack of motivation, distracting environments, etc.
eTraining – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating elearning products that help people learn practical things is a great way to attract new subscribers or develop an online stream of revenue. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Every topic imaginable can be turned into an online training product.
(Got an interest or passion for fashion photography, gardening or copywriting? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, you already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
If your site is built with WordPress and you would like to create online training courses, there’s a cost-effective and professional courseware plugin you need to know about.
Let’s Review …
WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Plugin
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up professional training courses and build e-learning products fast using WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
Thousands of websites have the WPCourseware plugin installed. WPCourseware makes creating learning courses in WordPress simple.
In WP Courseware, courses comprise of modules and modules are built from course units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds a new section to your main menu that lets you create a new course, add or edit existing modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export your course information, add certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a widget in your sidebar, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
Your courses can be completely configured and customized.
For example, you decide whether learners need to have completed a course section before they are allowed to progress to the next unit …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your courses inside your admin dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View training course details inside your WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WP interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, provide certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” area)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can arrange the order of your training content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the Ordering section …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you use a range of built-in shortcodes to insert course and training module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all of the options you have configured …
(Create professional-looking training courses easily with WP Courseware)
After your training product has been published, members must be logged in and have permission to view your training content …
(Members must log in and have permission to view your training content)
For more details go here: WP Courseware
Plugin Benefits
Here are just some of the many benefits of using WP Courseware to create professional courses online on your web site:
Installation Is Easy, Fast And Simple
WP Courseware installs like any regular WordPress plugin. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your WP admin user area and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Just 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 Expansion Capability
The plugin allows you to create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of students to courses.
Add Any Kind Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would typically insert into WordPress pages or posts besides text, such as embedded media, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Some additional benefits include the following:
- Compatible with all themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware deliver training content accross all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WPCourseware provides a number of great features to WordPress users. Below we have listed just some of those features:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines or course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses your students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress with a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track student progress inside your dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Enroll Participants Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Customized Certificates
At the end of a course, you can provide students who successfully complete your training courses with certificates of completion. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to certificates …
(Course completion certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import functionality allows you to set up training courses on other websites.
Custom Notifications
WP Courseware allows you to create custom user notifications for course participants after completing modules or courses and for communicating related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after passing training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to your students with their final grade with one click …
(WP Courseware – Custom Email Notifications And Messages)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Add Quizzes & Surveys)
- Use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on your needs.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download CSV files with survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps track how students are progressing …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Membership And e-Commerce Integration
WPCourseware can be used with many e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With e-Commerce & Membership Sites)
Feedback From Users
Here are just some testimonials that customers have provided for WP Courseware:
“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, Entrepreneur, Blogger, & Speaker
WP Courseware – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you already have content on your blog or website 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 there are a number of great “how to” articles and tutorials have already posted on your site, you probably already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress post or page into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the import/export feature to create 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 outsourcing business tasks.
WP Courseware Plugin Support
WP Courseware is very 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 menu explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Product License Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This allows you to set up WP Courseware on 1 web site only. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This lets you activate WP Courseware on 10 WordPress web sites. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This allows you to use WPCourseware on 25 domains. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The cost of purchasing this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the product retails for the prices shown above. This may not be the actual price charged by the product author when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing information here:
Additional Information
For a demo video showing how the software works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Install The Plugin
WP Courseware helps you create and sell e-courses fast. This is a powerful WordPress solution you should definitely add to your site.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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