Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from areas like online education.
Electronic training (e-Training) is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where learners don’t have direct face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
e-Learning course sites like Udemy show that the e-Training industry is growing at a massive rate.
Udemy.com offers over 30,000 online courses covering all topics, from design and personal transformation, to courses about health and fitness and hobbies, etc …
(Udemy offers over 30,000 ecourses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for businesses that have valuable educational content to teach.
e-Training – Opportunities & Challenges
The digital medium provides many useful technologies and a great environment for creating courses online. e-Training delivered via computers and mobile-based tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems (LMS), online videos, audio training, video-conferencing, eBooks, forums, etc. There are, however, a number of challenges when it comes to planning and developing effective courses online.
Some of these include:
- Figuring out content delivery methods,
- Using easy-to-use tools and technologies that students can use to ,
- Ensuring consistency of standards delivered across the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Assessing scores,
- Generating reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of human contact, student boredom, distractions, etc.
e-Training – A World Of Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating an elearning product that helps people acquire practical knowledge is a great way to grow a list and develop a new stream of revenue. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your niche or industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be turned into an e-course.
(Got a business built around fashion photography, horticulture or writing sales copy? Turn it into an online training course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you already have plenty of useful content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital product.
If your site is built using WordPress and you’re searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell an online training course there’s a powerful WP plugin that you should know about.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Product Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up training courses and build e-learning products quickly and easily using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
WP Courseware is currently being used by 7,000+ businesses online and makes creating e-training courses in WordPress simple.
In WPCourseware, e-Courses comprise of modules and training modules contain course units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware integrates fully with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu item that lets you add new training courses, edit existing course modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export your course information, create custom training certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in the sidebar, allowing users to view their course progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
Your courses can be fully customized and configured.
For example, you can choose if course students need to have completed a training unit before they are allowed to progress through to the next unit …
(Courses can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can view course details “at a glance” and perform a range of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View course details inside the admin dashboard)
If you already understand 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 user messages and notifications, issue certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” screen)
Adding modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your training content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the ”Order Course” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished creating your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing your course units in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to use a range of built-in shortcodes to insert courses and training module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can display course content on your pages and manage all of your course details from a central location …
(Creating training courses with WPCourseware)
After publishing your e-course, you can restrict content access to registered users only …
(Members must log in and have permission to view your training content)
More info: WP Courseware
Benefits
Here are just some of the benefits of using WPCourseware to add professional training courses to your WordPress web site on your WordPress site:
Quick And Simple To Install And Use. Be Up And Running In Minutes.
WPCourseware is quite easy to install. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Very Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Just create a course, training module, or course unit with course 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 Expansion Capability
WP Courseware allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and course participants.
Use Different Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would normally insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as video, audio files, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include:
- Compatible with all WordPress themes: WPCourseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: WP Courseware deliver content that can be viewed on all devices.
WP Courseware Features
WPCourseware provides many unique features to WordPress users. Below we have listed just a few of these:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create course outlines and course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track student progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Certificates Of Completion
Provide students with customized certificates. Course certificates can be customized with a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import feature allows you to set up training courses on a new WordPress site.
User Messaging
WP Courseware allows you to create custom email notifications for students upon module and course completion and to communicate related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon completing course quizzes. You can also send out mass emails to your students with their final course grades with one click …
(Custom Notifications – WP Courseware)
Surveys And Quizzes
You can add a quiz or survey 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. You can also download a CSV file with survey results.
- The course grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Works With eCommerce & Membership Plugins
WP Courseware works with leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership & e-Commerce Plugin Integration)
Feedback From Users
Below are a few of the testimonials that 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
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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
WPCourseware – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have loads of useful content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
WP Courseware allows you to convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
WP Courseware Support
WP Courseware is 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 settings area provides a list of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of ”how-to” videos …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Product Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This enables you to activate WP Courseware on a single WordPress domain. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This lets you set up WP Courseware on 10 web sites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This license lets you run WP Courseware on 25 WordPress websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: Pricing for this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The price shown above was correct at the time this review was published. This may not be the actual price set by the software seller when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price here:
Additional Info
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Our Recommendation
WPCourseware will help you create ecourses quickly and easily. This is a powerful solution you should definitely check out.
For more details, visit the plugin website here:
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