Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like providing teaching and training courses online and elearning systems.
e-Training is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners have no face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
e-Learning sites like Udemy show that the eLearning industry is growing.
Udemy provides over 30,000 ecourses covering all topics, from IT & software and building self-esteem, to courses about health and fitness and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ online courses on every topic imaginable!)
The fact that the e-Training industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for individuals that have unique educational content to teach.
eCourses – Opportunities & Drawbacks
Some of the drawbacks of planning e-training courses include:
- Figuring out the best training content delivery method,
- Employing familiar tools and technologies that learners can use to get trained,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Grading student scores,
- Providing reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include lack of human contact, learner boredom, lack of focus, etc.
e-Courses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are trying to expand your business online, creating training courses that help people acquire new skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list and develop an online stream of revenue. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be taught online.
(Got a business built around commercial photography, gardening or writing sales copy? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. Chances are, however, that if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you already have loads of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
If your site is built using WordPress and you’re searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell ecourses this article will introduce you to a great solution that can help you.
Presenting …
WP Courseware – Online Learning Management Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Product
WP Courseware is a leading online course creation plugin for WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Learning Management Plugin)
WP Courseware is currently being used on over 7,000 sites and makes creating training courses in WordPress simple.
A training course in WP Courseware consists of training modules and training modules include course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new course, edit modules and units, add quizzes, edit settings, import/export course information, create certificates of completion, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, allowing users to monitor their own course progress …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can completely configure and customize all of your courses.
For example, you can choose if course students must complete a training section before they are allowed to advance to the next unit …
(Courses can be configured to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of all training courses inside your dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View course information inside your dashboard)
If you already understand the way WordPress works, you can create courses quickly using familiar WP interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, create course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(”Edit Course” screen)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your training content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you are done creating your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware allows you to insert course and module information into pages using the plugin’s built-in shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can add course content to your pages and manage all of your course details from your dashboard …
(Create training courses easily with WP Courseware)
After publishing your e-course, your registered users can access it …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WP Courseware
Benefits Of Using WP Courseware
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WP Courseware to add professional training courses to your site on your site:
Fast And Easy To Install And Configure. Ready To Start Using In Minutes.
WPCourseware is really easy to install. Just upload a zip file containing the plugin to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand the way WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly and easily using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a course, training module, or unit with course content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to organize the content and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expandability
WP Courseware allows you to create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of participants to courses.
Add Any Type Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would typically add to a WordPress page or postWordPress posts or pages besides text, such as audio, videos, images, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Add different content types in your training courses)
Some additional benefits of the plugin include:
- Compatible with all themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware allows you to deliver your content across multiple devices.
Features
WPCourseware provides many great features to web site owners. Below we have listed a few of these:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline and course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll Course Participants
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Course Certificates
At the end of a course, you can provide students with customized certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Customized training course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export functionality allows you to set up your course on other WP sites.
User Notifications
WPCourseware lets you set up custom user messages for trainees upon module or course completion and communicating on related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon completing a quiz. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to your students with their final grade with one click …
(User Notifications – WPCourseware)
Surveys And Quizzes
Add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Quizzes And Surveys)
- 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 the survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps you track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Works With WordPress eCommerce & Membership Plugins
WPCourseware can be used with many leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership Site And eCommerce Plugin Integration)
User Testimonials
Below are just a few of the testimonials and comments plugin customers have written 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 – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have loads of useful content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
WPCourseware lets you easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
WPCourseware Plugin Support
The plugin 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 provides a list of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Product Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This license lets you use WPCourseware on a single WordPress website. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This allows you to install WPCourseware on ten WordPress websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This lets you install WPCourseware on twenty-five websites. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Pricing for WPCourseware depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the price when this article was written. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin developer 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 Info
For ”how to” videos showing how the software works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Install This Product
WPCourseware helps you develop and sell elearning courses fast. This is a great WordPress plugin that you should definitely consider using on your site.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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