Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from areas like providing online courses and e-learning.
Electronic training, or “e-training,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students have no direct face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
eTraining course marketplaces like Udemy.com are strong indicators of the tremendous growth of the eLearning industry.
Udemy offers 30,000+ courses online covering all topics, from business and leadership, to courses about building healthy relationships and music, etc …
(Udemy.com offers 30,000+ courses online covering every topic imaginable!)
The fact that the e-Learning industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for individuals that have valuable educational content to share.
eTraining – Benefits And Drawbacks
The digital medium provides many tools and a great environment for creating ecourses. e-Training tools include Learning Management Systems (LMS), videos, audio training, web-conferencing apps, e-Guides, forums, etc. There are, however, a number of drawbacks involved in planning, developing and implementing training courses online.
Some of the challenges and drawbacks include:
- Figuring out the best training delivery method,
- Using easy-to-use tools and technologies that students can use immediately to start learning,
- Ensuring consistency of methods delivered across the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing student scores,
- Creating useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of human contact, boredom, loss of focus, etc.
eTraining – Unlimited Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell information products, creating an ecourse that helps people acquire practical knowledge and skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list and develop another stream of revenue. Creating products is one of the best ways to attract customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be taught online.
(Got a business or passion for fashion photography, landscaping or copywriting? Turn it into an online training course!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, you probably already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If your site is built using WordPress and you are searching for an inexpensive way to create ”how-to” products then here’s a powerful solution that can help you.
Introducing …
WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products quickly with WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Online Course Management System Plugin For WordPress)
WP Courseware is currently being used on 7,000+ sites and makes creating learning courses in WordPress very simple.
Training courses in WPCourseware consist of training modules and modules can include units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with WordPress. The plugin adds a new section to your dashboard menu that lets you add new courses, edit modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export your training content, modify certificates of completion, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, giving you further customization options …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can fully customize and configure all of your courses.
For example, you decide whether students need to have completed a course section before they are allowed to advance through to the next section …
(Course settings can be configured to suit your needs)
You can view training course information ”at a glance” inside your WP dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View training course information inside the admin dashboard)
If you already understand WordPress, you can create training courses fast using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, create certificates of completion for courses 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 & drop, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” section)
Adding modules and units is as easy as creating 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 reorganize the order of your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished adding content to your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all of your course units in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware uses a range of shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the content you have added …
(Creating professional-looking training courses with WPCourseware)
After your e-learning course is published, the content can be viewed by users with permission to access the information …
(Users must log in and have permission to view your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WP Courseware
Plugin Benefits
Here are just some of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to create professional courses online on your site:
Fast And Easy To Install And Configure. Be Up And Running In Minutes.
WP Courseware is very easy to install. Simply upload a zip folder containing the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Simply create a new course, module, or unit with course 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 Expansion Capability
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
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add anything you would typically add to a WordPress post or pageWordPress pages or posts besides text, like audio files, video, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you like in your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include:
- Works with all WP themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin deliver training content that can be viewed on all devices.
Product Features
WPCourseware offers WP users with many features. Below we have listed some:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline and course progress page via 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 using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track student progress inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatically Enroll Course Members
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Customized Course Certificates
Provide course participants with certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to certificates of completion …
(Course completion certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import function lets you set up a course on a new WP site.
Custom Email Message
WPCourseware allows you to set up custom user notifications for course participants after completing modules or courses and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who pass course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to students with their final course grade with a single click …
(Custom Notifications – WPCourseware)
Surveys And Quizzes
You can add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Depending on your needs, you can add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes.
- 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 helps you track how students are progressing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WPCourseware)
eCommerce And Membership Plugin Integration
WPCourseware works with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With eCommerce & Membership Site Plugins)
Testimonials
Here are a couple of the testimonials and comments users have published about 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, 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 already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
WPCourseware lets you convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if there are a number of educational articles and step-by-step tutorials published on your site, you probably have a product partially created …
(Convert any WordPress post or page into a course unit)
You can use the export/import feature to create and sell completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks.
Product Support
WPCourseware is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, full refund 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 options and settings area explains how to use the shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WP Courseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Software Price
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This edition allows you to activate WP Courseware on a single domain. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This license option lets you activate WP Courseware on 10 WordPress websites. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This license allows you to set up WP Courseware on twenty-five sites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The price of the product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the current price at the time this review was published. This may or may not be the actual price set by the software seller when you visit the site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price here:
Additional Plugin Information
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Download This Plugin
WP Courseware helps you create and sell an etraining course fast. This is a powerful solution you should definitely consider using.
For full details, check out the plugin here:
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