Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from areas like online education.
Electronic training (eTraining) is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners do not have direct face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
e-Learning course marketplaces like Udemy are strong indicators of the explosive growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ online courses on every subject imaginable, from IT & software and personal skills, to courses on parenting & relationships and music, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ courses online covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for individuals that have valuable educational content to teach others.
eCourses – Benefits And Drawbacks
Some of the challenges of planning and developing effective courses online include:
- Figuring out the best methods to deliver training content,
- Employing popular tools that course students can immediately use to start learning,
- Ensuring consistent standards are used throughout the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing student performance,
- Generating useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of face-to-face interaction, boredom and lack of motivation, distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
e-Training – A World Of Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating ecourses that teach useful skills is a great way to grow a list or monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to build a customer base, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your industry or niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every imaginable topic can be taught online.
(Got skills, knowledge or business interest in commercial photography, horticulture or creative writing? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch is very time-consuming. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
If your website is driven by WordPress and you plan to develop an online training product, there’s a cost-effective and powerful solution that can help you.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Description
WPCourseware is the leading learning management system courseware plugin for WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
7,000+ websites use WPCourseware. WP Courseware makes creating learning courses in WordPress very simple.
Courses in WPCourseware comprise of training modules and modules can include units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with WordPress. The plugin adds its own menu item that lets you create a new course, edit course modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export data, edit certificates of completion, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a widget in the sidebar, allowing users to view their own progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
The courses you add can be completely customized and configured.
For example, you can choose whether course students need to have completed a course section before they are allowed to advance through to the next unit …
(Course settings can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can view information about your training courses ”at a glance” inside the admin dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View course information inside the admin dashboard)
If you already understand 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, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Easily edit your course options)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your units inside training modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished creating your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to insert course and training module information into pages using the plugin’s built-in shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can add course information to your pages and manage all of your course details from a central location …
(Create training courses with WP Courseware)
After publishing your e-learning product, users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more about this plugin: WP Courseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Here are just a few of the benefits of using WP Courseware to create courses online on your WordPress web site:
Be Up And Running In No Time
WPCourseware installs like every WordPress plugin. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can create training courses in minutes using familiar interfaces and functions.
Just create a course, training module, or unit with content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to arrange the content and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Capacity
The plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and students.
Use Different Content Types
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which allows you to add anything you would typically insert into a WordPress post or pageWordPress posts or pages besides text, such as embedded media, graphic elements, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different content types to create your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include:
- Compatible with all WordPress themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Use on all devices: WP Courseware allows you to deliver your content across multiple devices.
Features
WP Courseware provides web site owners with many great features. Below we have listed some:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create course outlines or course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through your courses using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll New Students
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Course Completion Certificates
Issue students who successfully complete courses with customized training certificates. Training course certificates can be personalized with custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Customized training certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export functionality lets you set up training courses on other WP websites.
Custom Notifications
WP Courseware allows you to create custom email notifications for trainees upon module or course completion and for communicating course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who complete training quizzes. You can also send out mass emails to students with their final grades with one click …
(WP Courseware – Custom Email Notifications And User Messages)
Quizzes And Surveys
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Quizzes And Surveys)
- 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.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. The survey feature allows you to download a CSV file with survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help you track how well your students are progressing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
Integrates With Membership & e-Commerce Sites
WP Courseware works with many WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With WordPress Membership & e-Commerce Plugins)
Testimonials
Here are just a few of the testimonials plugin users have written about 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
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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 the building blocks of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
WP Courseware lets you convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if you have published some “how to” articles and step-by-step tutorials.
Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, complete 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 provides examples of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – How-To Videos)
Plugin Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This license option allows you to activate WPCourseware on a single website. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This allows you to configure WP Courseware on 10 web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This option lets you set up WP Courseware on twenty-five sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Price details for the WPCourseware software can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the software is selling for the pricing shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the product author 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 the latest price here:
Additional Info
For demo videos showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Our Recommendation
WP Courseware will help you build learning products quickly and easily. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware plugin that you should definitely look into.
For full details, check out the plugin here:
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