Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic training, or “e-training,” is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where students don’t have face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
eLearning course marketplaces like Udemy.com show that the eTraining industry is growing at an astronomical rate.
Udemy offers 30,000+ e-courses on every topic imaginable, from office productivity and personal development, to creativity and motivation, etc …
(Udemy provides 30,000+ online courses covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Training industry is growing and that so many topics can be taught online is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for individuals that have unique information that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Training – Benefits & Challenges
The internet provides many opportunities and tools for developing online training courses. Training-boosting tools include Learning Management Systems, video tutorials, web-conferencing apps, audio courses, forums, e-Guides, etc. There are, however, some drawbacks involved in developing online training courses.
Some of these include:
- Working out delivery methods,
- Employing familiar tools that students can use to access the training content,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Grading scores,
- Generating reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors such as lack of face-to-face interaction, boredom, distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
eTraining – A World Of Possibilities
If you are a digital product creator, creating courses that help people acquire useful skills is a great way to attract new subscribers and develop an online stream of revenue. Creating products is one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every subject imaginable can be turned into an etraining product.
(Got a passion or interest in photography, gardening or creative writing? Turn it into an online training product!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch is very time-consuming. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have loads of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to create ”how-to” courses and your site is built with WordPress, then let me introduce you to a great courseware plugin you may want to consider using on your site.
Our Featured WordPress Plugin …
WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Product Description
WPCourseware is a leading learning management system courseware plugin for WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
Thousands of websites use the WPCourseware plugin. The plugin makes creating e-courses in WordPress simple.
In WPCourseware, A training course comprises of training modules and modules can contain course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds a new section to the dashboard menu that lets you add a new course, edit existing modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export your training content, edit certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a widget in the sidebar, giving you further customization options …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
Your courses can be fully configured and customized.
For example, you can specify whether students must complete a course unit before they are allowed to progress through to the next unit …
(Course settings can be configured to suit your needs)
You can view details about your courses ”at a glance” inside the admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View training course details inside the admin dashboard)
If you already understand the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, issue course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” screen)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can arrange the order of your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all course units in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you use shortcodes to insert course 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 your dashboard …
(Creating professional training courses with WPCourseware)
After publishing your training product, your registered users can access it …
(Members must log in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more about this plugin: WP Courseware
Benefits
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to add professional training courses to your site or blog on your WordPress web site:
Easy And Fast To Install
WP Courseware installs like every plugin. Simply upload a zip folder containing the plugin to your Plugin folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Create Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly and easily using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
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 Expansion Capability
The plugin allows you to create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Use Different Content Formats
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which enables you to add any type of content you would normally insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress posts or pages besides text, like embedded media, images, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Some additional benefits of the plugin include:
- Use on all WP themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Works on all devices: The plugin allows you to deliver training content across multiple devices.
Features
WPCourseware provides site owners with many great features. Below we have listed a few of these:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create course outlines and course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses your students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through their course with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Training Course Certificates
Students who successfully complete training courses can be issued with certificates of completion. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to course certificates …
(Customized training certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import functionality lets you set up your course on other websites.
Email Messages
WPCourseware lets you set up custom email notifications for course participants upon module and course completion and communicating on related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon successfully completing the quiz. You can also send out a mass email to students with their final course grades with a single click …
(WP Courseware – User Messaging)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Surveys & Quizzes)
- 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.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. Surveys allow you to download a CSV file with survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WP Courseware)
Membership & eCommerce Plugin Integration
WP Courseware works with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Plugins)
Feedback From Users
Here are a few of the testimonials that plugin users have submitted for the WP Courseware plugin:
“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 – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
WP Courseware allows you to convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if you have already published some “how to” content like tutorials.
WP Courseware Support
WPCourseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, complete 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 available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Software Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This allows you to configure WPCourseware on 1 WordPress site only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This allows you to run WPCourseware on 10 web sites. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This enables you to configure WPCourseware on twenty-five web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost of purchasing WPCourseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The pricing above was current when this content was written. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software seller when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price:
Additional Info
For ”how-to” videos of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
We Highly Recommend This
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell training products, WP Courseware is a great courseware plugin that you may want to add to your site.
To learn more, visit the plugin website here:
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