Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are now finding new niches to profit from in areas like providing e-training courses and e-learning systems.
Electronic training, or “e-training,” is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where learners have no direct face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
e-Learning course marketplaces like Udemy show that the eLearning industry is growing.
Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 courses online covering all topics, from web development and personal productivity, to religion & spirituality and photography, etc …
(Udemy provides 30,000+ e-courses covering every topic imaginable!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing is not only great for people looking to gain useful skills, but also for businesses that have something valuable to teach.
e-Training – Benefits & Drawbacks
Some of the challenges of planning and developing effective online courses include:
- Working out training delivery methods,
- Employing familiar tools and technologies that don’t require an additional learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Assessing student performance,
- Generating reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include lack of human contact, boredom, loss of focus, etc.
e-Learning – A World Of Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating an e-training product that teaches new skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list and monetize your website. 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 niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be taught online.
(Got a passion or interest in photography, gardening or technical writing? Turn it into an training course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to create and sell e-learning products and your site is built using WordPress, then here is a great WordPress solution that can help you.
Introducing …
WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin
Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up professional training courses and build e-learning products fast with WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Learning Management Plugin)
Over 7,000 sites have the WPCourseware plugin installed. The software makes creating learning courses in WordPress simple.
In WPCourseware, A course consists of modules and training modules contain course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new training course, add or edit course modules and units, add quiz questions, edit settings, import/export your data, create custom training certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a widget in your sidebar, giving users access to information about their course progress …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
Your courses can be completely configured and customized.
For example, you can specify whether course participants must complete a training section before they are allowed to progress to the next section …
(Courses can be customized to suit your needs)
You can view training course information “at a glance” and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View training course information inside the admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create courses quickly using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Easily edit course details)
Adding modules and course units is as simple as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the ”Order Course” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you are done creating your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware allows you to insert course and module information into pages using the plugin’s built-in shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you add course information to your pages and manage all of your course options from a central location …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
After publishing your elearning product, it can be viewed by members with access permission …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Learn more about the plugin here: WPCourseware
Product Benefits
Below are just some of the benefits of using WPCourseware to add professional courses to your site or blog on your website:
Quick And Simple To Install And Use. Be Up And Running In Very Little Time.
WPCourseware installs just like any WordPress plugin. Just upload a zip folder that contains the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with how WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Simply create a new course, module, or course unit with content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to organize the course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Capacity
The WPCourseware plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and students.
Use Different Content Formats
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would typically add to WordPress posts or pages besides text, like audio files, video, images, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different content types to create your training courses)
Additional benefits include the following:
- Compatible with all WP themes: WPCourseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
Features
WPCourseware provides many unique features to website owners. Below we have listed just a few:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline and course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through your courses with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Customized Course Certificates
Students who successfully complete training courses can receive a certificate. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to training certificates …
(Training certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import option lets you transfer courses to other sites.
User Messaging
WP Courseware lets you set up custom user messages to congratulate students upon module or course completion and communicating on related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who pass training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to your students with their final course grade with just one click …
(Custom Email Notifications And User Messages – WPCourseware)
Add Surveys And Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Quizzes And 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 course grade book will help track how your students are progressing in a course …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WPCourseware)
Integrates With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Plugins
WPCourseware can be used with many well-known WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With Membership & eCommerce Sites)
User Feedback
Below are some of the testimonials plugin 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
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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
Plugin Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
WPCourseware lets you easily convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if you have published some instructional content like step-by-step tutorials.
WP Courseware Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 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” screen inside the plugin’s options and settings area provides examples of the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Plugin Price
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This license option enables you to run WP Courseware on 1 WordPress web site only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This option allows you to set up WP Courseware on 10 WordPress websites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This option lets you set up WPCourseware on 25 WordPress sites. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Price details for the product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the plugin is being retailed for the pricing shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the product author when you visit the product website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing here:
Additional Info
For demo videos showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Our Recommendation
If you plan to create and sell an online training product, the WPCourseware plugin is an inexpensive and powerful courseware solution you may want to consider using on your site.
For full details, visit the plugin website:
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