Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
e-Learning is based on the concept of distance learning, where students have no face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
e-Learning marketplaces like Udemy.com are indicative of the tremendous growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy currently offers 30,000+ online courses on every topic imaginable, from marketing and leadership, to religion & spirituality and making better lifestyle choices, etc …
(Udemy offers over 30,000 online courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for businesses that have unique information that can help transform the lives of others.
Online Courses – Benefits And Drawbacks
Some of the drawbacks of planning, developing and implementing ecourses include:
- Working out delivery methods,
- Using popular tools that students can instinctively use to ,
- Ensuring consistent methods are used throughout the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Grading scores,
- Generating useful reports, completion certificates
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors such as lack of human contact, boredom, distractions, etc.
Online Courses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating elearning products that help people acquire new skills is a great way to attract new subscribers or monetize your website. Creating products is one of the best ways to build a loyal customer base, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your industry or niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be turned into an online training product.
(Got an interest or business built around commercial photography, gardening or technical writing? Turn it into an etraining product!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. Chances are, however, that if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
If your site is built with WordPress and you would like to develop teaching products, there’s an inexpensive and powerful courseware plugin that can help you.
Our WordPress Product …
WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin
Plugin Description
WP Courseware is the leading WordPress learning management system plugin.
(WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress)
The WP Courseware plugin is used in thousands of websites and makes creating e-courses in WordPress simple.
Training courses in WPCourseware comprise of modules and modules can contain course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. The plugin adds a new section to the menu that lets you add a new course, add or edit existing course modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export data, create custom training certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a widget in the sidebar, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can completely customize and configure all courses.
For example, you can choose whether students need to have completed a course section before they can progress through to the next unit …
(Courses can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of all course details inside your admin dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View details about your training courses inside your admin 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 add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize 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, selecting drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Easily edit your course settings)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the Ordering screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you are done creating your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of your course units in the “Course Units” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you insert course and training module information into pages using shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can add course content to your pages and manage all of your course details from a central location …
(Create professional training courses easily with WP Courseware)
After your e-training product is published, you can restrict access to the content to registered users only …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Plugin Benefits
Here we have listed just some of the many benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create training courses online on your WordPress site:
Be Up And Running In Very Little Time
WPCourseware is very easy to install. Simply upload a zip folder that contains the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can create training courses fast using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Simply create a new course, training module, or unit with course 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 Expandability
The plugin lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and enrollees.
Use Different Types Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would typically insert into WordPress posts or pages besides text, such as audio, videos, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different content types in your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Works on all themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
WP Courseware Features
WP Courseware provides a number of features to web site owners. Here are just some of these features:
Course Outlines
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 as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also navigate through your course with a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Course Certificates
At the end of a course, you can provide students with course certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Customized training certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export function lets you set up training courses on other websites.
User Notifications
WP Courseware allows you to create custom email notifications for course participants upon module or course completion and to communicate related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who successfully complete training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to your students with their final grade with just one click …
(WPCourseware – Custom Notifications)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Add 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.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. The survey feature allows you to download CSV files with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help track how students are progressing in a course …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
Integrates With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Plugins
WPCourseware integrates with leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce And Membership Site Plugin Integration)
Testimonials
Here are a few of the testimonials that 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
WPCourseware – 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 digital training product.
WPCourseware allows you to convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are some “how to” articles and step-by-step tutorials have already posted on your site, you probably already have a partially-created product …
(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 etraining courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourcing business tasks.
WPCourseware Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, complete refund guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and one year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” section inside the plugin’s settings area provides examples of the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” videos …
(Plugin Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Product Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This enables you to configure WPCourseware on a single site. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This edition lets you use WP Courseware on ten WordPress websites. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This option allows you to install WPCourseware on twenty-five WordPress sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing details of WPCourseware depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the plugin is selling for the prices shown above. This may not be the actual price charged by the plugin developer when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing details:
Additional Info
For demo videos of the plugin in action, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
In Conclusion
WP Courseware helps you create and sell an e-training product quickly and easily. This is a powerful plugin that you should definitely download.
For more details, visit the plugin website:
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