Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like providing online courses and elearning.
eLearning is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners have no face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
e-Learning marketplaces like Udemy show that the e-Training industry is growing at an astounding rate every year.
Udemy currently offers over 30,000 ecourses covering all topics, from office productivity and personal skills, to courses about building healthy relationships and hobbies, etc …
(Udemy.com offers 30,000+ online courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for individuals that have something valuable that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Training – Opportunities And Challenges
The digital medium provides tools and technologies for creating online courses, but there are also significant challenges.:
- Working out the best methods to deliver content,
- Using popular tools that do not require taking on an additional learning curve,
- Ensuring consistent methods are used throughout content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Assessing student performance,
- Providing reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account factors such as lack of human contact, boredom and lack of motivation, loss of focus, etc.
Online Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating products that help people acquire useful skills is a great way to grow a list or monetize your website. 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 a leader in your industry or niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Anything can be turned into an etraining course.
(Got an interest or business built around photography, landscaping or technical writing? Turn it into an elearning product!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you probably already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to develop and sell online training products and your website is driven by WordPress, then there’s a powerful courseware solution that you may want to look into.
Announcing …
WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Description
WPCourseware is a leading online course creation software for WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
Thousands of sites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. The software makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
Training courses in WPCourseware include training modules and modules contain units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. The plugin adds a new section to your dashboard menu that lets you create a new training course, add or edit existing modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export data, edit certificates of completion, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a widget in the sidebar, giving users access to information about their course progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can fully configure and customize all of your courses.
For example, you can decide if students need to complete a training section before they can advance to the next section …
(Configure course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of all training courses inside your admin dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View information about all courses inside the WP dashboard)
If you are already familiar with how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, provide certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Easily edit course settings)
Adding modules and units is as easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, videos, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all of your course units in the “Course Units” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to insert course and training module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you display course information on your pages and manage all of your course details from a central location …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
After publishing your training course, members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Here are just some of the many benefits of using WPCourseware to create training courses online on your WordPress web site:
Ready To Use In No Time
WPCourseware installs just like every plugin. Just upload a zip file containing the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Just create a course, training 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 Expansion Capability
WPCourseware lets you set up 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 anything you would normally add to a WordPress post or pageWordPress pages or posts besides text, like audio files, videos, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you like in your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Works on all themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware allows you to deliver content across multiple devices.
Features
WPCourseware offers WordPress users with many features. Below we have listed a few of these:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines and course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students are 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 student progress inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Course Completion Certificates
At the end of a course, you can provide students who successfully complete training courses with certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Training course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export function allows you to set up training courses on a new WordPress website.
User Messaging
WPCourseware allows you to set up custom email notifications for course participants upon module and course completion and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated after completing course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email trainees with their final course grade with just one click …
(WPCourseware – User Messaging)
Surveys And Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you decide to build the course.
- 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 the survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps you track how students are doing …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Membership Site & e-Commerce Plugin Integration
WP Courseware can be used with many leading WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Works With WordPress eCommerce & Membership Plugins)
Feedback From Users
Below are some of the testimonials users have published 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, 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, Entrepreneur, Blogger, & Speaker
WP Courseware – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have plenty of useful content on your website or blog 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 there are a number of great “how to” articles and tutorials published on your website, you could already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any page or post into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the export/import feature to build and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourced tasks in your business.
WPCourseware Plugin Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, complete money-back guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and 1 year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” section inside the plugin’s options and settings menu explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Software Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This allows you to install WPCourseware on a single website. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This enables you to configure WP Courseware on ten sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This lets you configure WPCourseware on twenty-five domains. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: The cost to purchase the WP Courseware software can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the software is being retailed for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin seller when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Info
For ”how-to” videos showing how the software works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Install The Plugin
If you plan to create training courses, WP Courseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use solution you may want to consider using.
To learn more, visit the plugin website:
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