Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
eLearning is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
Online teaching sites like Udemy.com show that the eLearning industry is growing at a significant rate year on year.
Udemy.com offers over 30,000 courses online on every topic imaginable, from office productivity and personal development, to courses on health and fitness and photography, etc …
(Udemy.com provides 30,000+ online courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for individuals that have valuable information to share.
eTraining – Opportunities & Challenges
The internet provides many tools and a great environment for developing courses online, but there are also significant challenges.:
- Working out the best training content delivery methods,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that students can use instinctively to access the training content,
- Ensuring consistency of standards in the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Grading student scores,
- Generating useful reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include lack of face-to-face interaction, lack of student motivation, loss of focus, etc.
e-Courses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell digital products, creating courses that help people learn practical things is a great way to grow a list or monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be turned into an ecourse.
(Got skills, knowledge or an interest in commercial photography, horticulture or writing sales copy? Turn it into an online training course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, that if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If your website is built using WordPress and you plan to create and sell training courses, there’s a cost-effective and powerful WP solution that you need to know about.
Presenting …
WPCourseware – Online Course Creation Software
Description
WP Courseware is a leading WordPress course management plugin.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
Over 7,000 sites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. WPCourseware makes creating e-courses in WordPress simple.
In WP Courseware, A course comprises of modules and training modules include units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware integrates fully with any WordPress site. The plugin adds its own menu item that lets you add a new training course, edit course modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export data, add certificates of completion, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WP Courseware Widget)
You can completely configure and customize your courses.
For example, you decide if students need to have completed a training section before they are allowed to progress through to the next section …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can view course information ”at a glance” inside the admin dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View course details inside the WP dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WP interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, issue course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Plugin options screen)
Adding training modules and units is as simple as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other form 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 training modules inside the Ordering section …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done creating your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units will be listed in a table 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 course and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the options and settings you have added …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
Once your training product is published, you can restrict access to the content to registered students only …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
To learn more about the plugin go here: WP Courseware
Product Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to create courses online on your site:
Quick And Easy To Install And Set Up. Be Up And Running In Very Little Time.
WPCourseware installs just like every other plugin. Simply upload a zip file that contains the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your administrator section and activate.
Create Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Just create a course, module, or course unit with 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 Capacity
The WPCourseware plugin lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and course participants.
Add Any Type 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, like audio files, video, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add different content types to create your training courses)
Some additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Works with all WordPress themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware allows you to deliver training content across multiple devices.
Features
WPCourseware provides WordPress users with many unique features. Here are just some of these features:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create a course outline and course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through their course using a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll New Course Participants Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Customized Certificates
At the end of a course, you can provide students with customized certificates of completion. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Course completion certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export option lets you set up training courses on another website.
Custom User Notifications
WPCourseware allows you to set up custom email messages to congratulate trainees after completing modules or courses and communicating on related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after completing training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to students with their final grade with a single click …
(Custom Notifications – WP Courseware)
Quizzes And Surveys
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Add 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. The survey feature allows you to download CSV files with survey results.
- The course grade book will help you track how your students are doing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
Integrates With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Plugins
WPCourseware integrates with many well-known WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(eCommerce & Membership Site Integration)
User Testimonials
Below are some of the testimonials and feedback plugin customers have written about 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, 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 – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you already have plenty of useful content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WPCourseware lets you convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are some instructional content like tutorials have already posted on your website or blog, you probably already have a product partially created …
(Convert any post or page into a course unit)
Additionally, 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-courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourced business tasks.
WPCourseware Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 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 menu provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ plugin training tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Plugin Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This enables you to configure WPCourseware on one website only. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This lets you set up WPCourseware on ten WordPress websites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This edition lets you configure WPCourseware on 25 websites. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing for the WPCourseware plugin can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the software is selling for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual price charged by the software author when you visit the product website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing:
Additional Information
For ”how-to” videos of the plugin in action, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
We Recommend
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop an online training course The WP Courseware plugin is a powerful courseware plugin that you need to look into.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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