Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are now finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like providing teaching and training courses online and elearning.
Electronic training (eTraining) is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners have no direct face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
e-Training course marketplaces like Udemy show that the e-Training industry is growing at a significant rate.
Udemy provides 30,000+ e-courses covery every topic imaginable, from web design and building self-esteem, to courses on parenting & relationships and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy offers 30,000+ ecourses covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Learning industry is growing and that anything can be taught online is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for individuals that have unique and valuable content to share with others.
e-Training – Benefits & Challenges
The internet provides benefits and opportunities for developing e-training courses. eLearning tools include Learning Management Systems, videos, web-conferencing apps, audio courses, forums, e-Guides, etc. There are, however, some challenges involved in developing e-courses.
Some of these include:
- Figuring out the,
- Using popular tools that don’t require spending additional time learning,
- Ensuring consistent methods are used throughout content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Assessing student performance,
- Providing useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include the lack of face-to-face contact, boredom, distractions, etc.
e-Courses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell products online, creating an etraining course that teaches others useful subjects is a great way to grow a subscriber list or monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about every topic imaginable can be turned into an e-course.
(Got skills, knowledge or a passion for commercial photography, gardening or copywriting? Turn it into an online training product!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch is very time-consuming. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you probably already have plenty of useful content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to develop and sell ecourses and your site is driven by WordPress, then there’s a great courseware solution that can help you.
Announcing …
WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin
Description
WPCourseware is the leading online learning management plugin for WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin)
WP Courseware is used in 7,000+ WordPress websites and makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
A course in WP Courseware consists of modules and training modules can include course units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add a new training course, edit modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export your training content, create certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a widget in the sidebar, allowing users to monitor their own course progress …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
You can fully configure and customize all courses.
For example, you decide whether participants need to have completed a training unit before they are allowed to progress through to the next unit …
(Course settings can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can view training course information ”at a glance” inside your dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View details about your courses inside your dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, issue certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Plugin options area)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other kind 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 Ordering section …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you have finished adding content to your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of all course units in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware allows you to use a range of built-in shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
With shortcodes, you can display course information on your pages and manage all of your course options from a central location …
(Creating training courses is easy with WP Courseware)
After publishing your elearning course, authorized users can access the content …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
More info: WPCourseware
Benefits
Here we have listed just some of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to add courses to your WordPress website on your WordPress website:
Ready To Go To Work In No Time
WPCourseware is quite easy to install. Just upload it to your Plugin folder via your WP admin section and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Just create a new course, training module, or 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 Expandability
The WP Courseware plugin lets you set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of participants 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 add to WordPress posts or pages besides text, like video, audio, graphic elements, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Use with all WordPress themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin works on all devices.
Features
WPCourseware provides a number of features to WP users. Below we have listed some:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline or course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses your students are enrolled in as well as 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 your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll Course Members Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Certificates Of Completion
At the end of a course, you can provide students with certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to course certificates …
(Certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export functionality allows you to set up training courses on other WordPress websites.
Custom Notifications
WP Courseware allows you to create custom user notifications for course participants upon module or course completion and for communicating related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who pass course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails trainees with their final grade with a single click …
(Email Notifications – WPCourseware)
Surveys And Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Add Quizzes & Surveys)
- Use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you choose to build the course.
- 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 a CSV file with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help you track how well your students are doing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WPCourseware)
eCommerce & Membership Site Integration
WP Courseware integrates with many well-known WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Works With Membership & eCommerce Plugins)
Feedback From Users
Here are just a few of the testimonials and feedback plugin customers have published about the WPCourseware 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
WP Courseware Plugin – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have the building blocks of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if you have published lots of “how to” content like step-by-step tutorials.
WP Courseware Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 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 menu provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of ”how-to” videos …
(Plugin Documentation – How-To Videos)
Software Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This allows you to configure WP Courseware on a single WordPress site. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This allows you to activate WPCourseware on ten web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This allows you to activate WP Courseware on 25 WordPress sites. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The cost of purchasing this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the pricing when this content was written. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin author when you visit the plugin website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For a demo video showing how the software works, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Install The Product
WP Courseware helps you develop elearning products quickly and easily. This is a great WordPress solution that you should definitely consider adding to your site.
For complete details, check out the plugin here:
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