Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are now finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like providing teaching and training courses online and elearning systems.
Electronic training (eTraining) is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where learners do not have direct face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
e-Training sites like Udemy show that the e-Training industry is growing at an astounding rate.
Udemy.com provides over 30,000 ecourses covery every topic imaginable, from business and improving self esteem, to creativity and hobbies, etc …
(Udemy.com provides 30,000+ online courses covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Training industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for individuals that have valuable educational content to share with others.
e-Learning – Opportunities & Challenges
The internet provides benefits and opportunities for developing courses online, but there are also many challenges.:
- Working out methods of delivery,
- Using popular tools and technologies that do not require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistency across content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading student scores,
- Generating reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of face-to-face contact, learner boredom, distractions, etc.
eCourses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating an e-training course that helps people gain practical skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list or develop an online stream of revenue. Creating products is, after all, 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.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Every imaginable topic can be turned into an e-course.
(Got knowledge, skills or business interest in photography, horticulture or creative writing? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch is very time-consuming. Chances are, however, that if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have loads of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create and sell ecourses and your website is built using WordPress, then there is a powerful solution that can help you.
Announcing …
WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin
Description Of Plugin
WPCourseware is the leading online learning management plugin for WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Online Course Management Plugin For WordPress)
WP Courseware is used in 7,000+ WordPress websites and makes creating e-learning courses in WordPress simple.
Courses in WPCourseware include modules and modules contain units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu section that lets you create a new training course, add or edit modules and units, edit quizzes, edit settings, import/export your course information, add training certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving you further customization options …
(WPCourseware Widget)
Your courses can be fully customized and configured.
For example, you can choose whether learners need to complete a training section before they are allowed to advance to the next unit …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your courses inside your admin dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View details about all courses inside the admin dashboard)
If you already understand WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, provide certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” section)
Adding training modules and units is as simple as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can 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 content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the ”Order Course” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done creating your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing your course units in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of built-in shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can display training course content on your pages and manage all of your course details from a central location …
(Create professional-looking training courses easily with WP Courseware)
After your training course is published, users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WP Courseware
Benefits
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WP Courseware to create professional courses online on your WordPress web site:
Quick And Easy To Install And Configure. Ready To Go To Work In Minutes.
WPCourseware is quite easy to install. Just upload it to your Plugins folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can create courses in minutes using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Just create a new course, 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
WP Courseware allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and students.
Use Different Content Types
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add anything you would typically insert into WordPress posts or pages besides text, like audio files, videos, graphic elements, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Add any type of content you want in your training courses)
Some additional benefits of using this plugin include the following:
- Use with all themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: WP Courseware allows you to deliver training content across multiple devices.
Product Features
WPCourseware offers many unique features to WordPress users. Below we have listed just some of these features:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline and course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses your students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track student progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll New Students Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Training Course Certificates
Students who successfully complete courses can receive a customized certificate. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to course certificates …
(Certificates of completion)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import feature lets you transfer your course to other sites.
Custom Notifications
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom user notifications for students upon module or course completion and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after passing course quizzes. You can also send out a mass email to your students with their final course grade with a single click …
(Email Notifications – WPCourseware)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Quizzes And Surveys)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you choose to build your course.
- 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 will help track how well your students are doing …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Membership Site & e-Commerce Integration
WPCourseware integrates with many ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership And e-Commerce Integration)
User Feedback
Below are just a few of the testimonials and feedback plugin customers have published about WPCourseware:
“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 Plugin – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have plenty of useful training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WP Courseware allows you to convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
Plugin Support
WPCourseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty 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 provides a list of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of plugin training video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Software Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This option enables you to use WP Courseware on a single WordPress domain. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This license lets you set up WP Courseware on 10 websites. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This license allows you to activate WP Courseware on 25 WordPress websites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing for the WPCourseware software depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Presently, the plugin is selling for the prices shown above. This may not be the actual price charged by the software author 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 latest pricing:
Additional Plugin Info
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Get This Plugin
WPCourseware will help you create and sell courses quickly and easily. This is a powerful plugin you should definitely download and add to your site.
To learn more, check out the plugin here:
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