Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like providing online courses and elearning.
Electronic learning (eLearning) is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where students have no face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
e-Training sites like Udemy are strong indicators of the tremendous growth of the eLearning industry.
Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ online courses covery every subject imaginable, from design and personal finance, to courses on parenting & relationships and photography, etc …
(Udemy offers 30,000+ ecourses covering every subject imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for businesses that have unique and valuable information that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Courses – Opportunities And Drawbacks
Some of the drawbacks of planning, developing and implementing ecourses include:
- Figuring out delivery methods,
- Using popular tools and technologies that learners can use intuitively to get trained,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Grading scores,
- Generating reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include the lack of face-to-face interaction, boredom and lack of motivation, distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
Online Courses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating products that help people gain practical knowledge and skills is a great way to attract new subscribers or monetize your website. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to build a loyal customer base, 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. Almost every imaginable topic can be turned into an elearning course.
(Got a business or passion for fashion photography, horticulture or copywriting? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch is very time-consuming. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to create and sell training courses and your website is built with WordPress, there’s a great courseware solution that can help you.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Software
Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products fast using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Management Plugin For WordPress)
WP Courseware is used on thousands of sites and makes creating e-training courses in WordPress simple.
A course in WPCourseware includes modules and modules contain course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds a new section to the admin menu that lets you add new training courses, add or edit modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export your course information, create custom certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a widget in your sidebar, giving you further customization options …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
You can fully configure and customize all of your courses.
For example, you can decide whether course participants need to have completed a course unit before they are allowed to advance to the next unit …
(Course settings can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can view training course details ”at a glance” inside your admin dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View course details inside your admin dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, create course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(”Edit Course” section)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other kind 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 are done creating your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all course units in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you use the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can add course content to your pages and manage all of your course options from your dashboard …
(Create professional-looking training courses easily with WP Courseware)
After publishing your training product, it can be accessed by logged in registered users …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more about this plugin: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Here are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to add training courses to your site on your website:
Fast Installation
WP Courseware is quite easy to install. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with how WordPress works, you can create courses very quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Just 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 Capacity
WP Courseware lets you set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Add Any Type Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which enable you to add any type of content you would normally add to WordPress pages or posts besides text, like audio, videos, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Works with all WP themes: WPCourseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Works on all devices: WP Courseware allows you to deliver content across multiple devices.
Plugin Features
WP Courseware provides many features to WP users. Below we have listed just some:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create a course outline or course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses your students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also navigate through their courses with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Customized Certificates
Students can receive a customized course certificate. Training course certificates can be personalized with custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Customized course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export functionality allows you to move courses to other websites.
User Notifications
WP Courseware lets you create custom user messages for course participants after completing modules or courses and communicating on course-related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who pass a quiz. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails trainees with their final grades with just one click …
(Custom Email Notifications And User Messages – WP Courseware)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
You can add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Add Quizzes & 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. The survey feature allows you to download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help track how students are progressing …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Membership Site & e-Commerce Integration
WP Courseware works with many well-known WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With Membership & e-Commerce Plugins)
User Feedback
Here are some of the testimonials and comments customers 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
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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
Plugin Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you already have loads of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
WP Courseware lets you easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to complete certain tasks.
WPCourseware Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, 100% refund guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and one year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” section inside the plugin’s settings area explains how to use the shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of ”how-to” videos …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Product Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This option enables you to set up WP Courseware on a single website. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This allows you to install WP Courseware on 10 websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This option allows you to activate WPCourseware on 25 WordPress sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: Pricing details of WPCourseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Currently, the software is being retailed for the amounts shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin developer when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price:
Additional Product Info
For a demo video of the plugin in action, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
We Highly Recommend This
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to create ecourses, The WPCourseware plugin is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use plugin that you may want to consider using on your site.
For complete details, check out the plugin here:
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