Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from areas like online training and education.
Electronic learning (eLearning) is based on the concept of distance learning, where students don’t have face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
e-Learning sites like Udemy show that the e-Learning industry is growing.
Udemy currently offers over 30,000 ecourses on every topic imaginable, from office productivity and personal productivity, to health and fitness and improving memory & study skills, etc …
(Udemy offers over 30,000 e-courses on every topic imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to gain useful skills, but also for businesses that have something valuable to teach others.
e-Learning – Benefits And Challenges
The internet provides many opportunities and tools for creating and selling training courses online, but there are also many drawbacks and challenges.:
- Working out content delivery methods,
- Using easy-to-use tools and technologies that learners can immediately use to access the content,
- Ensuring consistency of standards used in content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Grading student scores,
- Creating reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include the lack of human contact, student boredom, distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
eCourses – A World Of Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating an etraining product that helps people gain practical knowledge is a great way to grow a subscriber list and monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract customers, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every imaginable subject can be taught online.
(Got a business built around fashion photography, gardening or writing sales copy? Turn it into an online training course!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. If you have been online for a while, however, you probably already have the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If your site is built using WordPress and you are searching for a cost-effective way to create an online training product then let me introduce you to a powerful WP plugin that can help you.
Let’s Review …
WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Plugin Description
WPCourseware is a leading WordPress course management plugin.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
7,000+ sites have the WPCourseware plugin installed. The software makes creating e-courses in WordPress simple.
In WPCourseware, A course consists of modules and training modules include course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new course, add or edit existing modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export training content, create custom certificates of completion, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WP Courseware Widget)
Your courses can be fully configured and customized.
For example, you can choose if participants need to complete a course unit before they can advance through to the next unit …
(Configure course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your course information inside your admin dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View details about your courses inside the admin dashboard)
If you are already familiar with how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, issue course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” section)
Adding modules and course units is as simple as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder 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.
Your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the options you have added …
(Creating professional-looking training courses is easy with WP Courseware)
After publishing your training product, your registered users can access it …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
Learn more about the plugin here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Here are just some of the many benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to add professional training courses to your WordPress web site on your website:
Quick And Simple To Install And Configure. Ready To Go To Work In Minutes.
WP Courseware is very easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Training Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Just create a new course, module, or course 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 Capacity
The WPCourseware plugin allows you to set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of students to courses.
Add Any Kind Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would typically add to WordPress posts or pages besides text, such as video, audio files, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want to create your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Works with all WP themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WPCourseware provides a number of great features to WordPress users. Below we have listed just a few of these:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through your courses with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Course Certificate Distribution
Issue students with customized training course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to certificates …
(Customized certificates of completion)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export feature lets you move your course to other websites.
Email Notifications
WPCourseware allows you to set up custom user notifications to congratulate trainees after completing modules or courses and to communicate course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after successfully completing training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to students with their final course grade with a single click …
(WPCourseware – User Messaging)
Quizzes And Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Add Surveys & Quizzes)
- Depending on your needs, you can use 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 course grade book helps you track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Membership Site And e-Commerce Plugin Integration
WP Courseware works with many ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership Site And eCommerce Integration)
User Feedback
Here are a few of the testimonials that plugin customers have submitted for 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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have the building blocks of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, full refund 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 options and settings area provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of plugin “how to” step-by-step tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Software Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This license option allows you to activate WP Courseware on 1 site only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This allows you to install WPCourseware on ten domains. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This license allows you to configure WP Courseware on 25 WordPress sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Pricing details of the WPCourseware software depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the plugin is being retailed for the amounts shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software seller when you visit the site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price:
Additional Information
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
In Conclusion
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to create and sell an online training product, WPCourseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware plugin you should check out.
For full details, visit the plugin website here:
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