Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like online training and education.
Electronic training, or “e-training,” is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where learners do not have face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
eLearning sites like Udemy are indicative of the massive growth of the eTraining industry.
Udemy provides over 30,000 ecourses covering all topics, from marketing and personal finance, to courses on happiness and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy provides over 30,000 online courses covering every subject imaginable!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing is not only great for people looking to acquire practical knowledge, but also for businesses that have unique information that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Courses – Opportunities & Challenges
Some of the drawbacks of planning, developing and implementing effective online courses include:
- Figuring out methods of delivering training content,
- Employing familiar tools and technologies that do not require an additional learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Assessing scores,
- Generating useful reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors like lack of human contact, boredom, loss of focus, etc.
e-Training – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating products that help people acquire the skills they need to advance further is a great way to grow a list and develop a new stream of revenue. Creating products is one of the best ways to build a customer base, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be taught online.
(Got an interest or passion for photography, gardening or creative writing? Turn it into an online training course!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. Chances are, however, you already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to create ”how-to” products and your site is driven by WordPress, then there is a powerful courseware plugin that can help you.
Our Featured WordPress Plugin …
WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Software
Product Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up training courses and build e-learning products fast using WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
Over 7,000 WordPress websites use WP Courseware. The software makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
Training courses in WP Courseware contain training modules and training modules are built using units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add new training courses, edit modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export your course information, create custom certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, allowing users to monitor their own course progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
You can fully customize and configure all of your courses.
For example, you can choose whether students need to have completed a training section before they are allowed to progress through to the next section …
(Courses can be fully configured to suit your needs)
You can view course information “at a glance” and perform various types of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View information about your courses inside your admin dashboard)
If you already understand how WordPress works, you can create courses very quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, issue certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Edit course details easily)
Adding training modules and units is as simple as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, videos, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your training content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the Ordering screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you are done adding content to your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of 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 use a range of shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all of the content you have configured …
(Creating professional-looking training courses with WP Courseware)
Once your training course is published, registered users can access it …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Product Benefits
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to add courses to your WordPress web site on your WordPress web site:
Quick And Simple To Install And Configure. Be Up And Running In Very Little Time.
WP Courseware installs like every plugin. Just upload it to your Plugins folder via your WP admin account and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create training courses in minutes using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply 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 Expandability
The WPCourseware plugin lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and course participants.
Add Any Kind Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would normally insert into WordPress pages or posts besides text, like embedded media, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add different content types in your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Compatible with all WordPress themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin deliver content that can be viewed on all devices.
WP Courseware Features
WPCourseware offers many features to WordPress users. Below we have listed just a few of these:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline or course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses your students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress with 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 participants.
Training Certificates
Students can receive a customized training certificate. Certificates can be customized with a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Customized certificates of completion)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export functionality allows you to set up training courses on other WP websites.
Email Notifications
WP Courseware lets you create custom email messages for trainees after completing modules and courses and to communicate related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who successfully complete a quiz. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails trainees with their final course grades with a single click …
(WP Courseware – Custom Notifications)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Add Quizzes & Surveys)
- Depending on how you choose to structure the course, 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 track your student’s progress …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Works With Membership & eCommerce Plugins
WPCourseware can be used with many WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce & Membership Site Plugin Integration)
Feedback From Users
Here are a few 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
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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 content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, full money-back 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 menu provides a list of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – How-To Videos)
Plugin Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This option lets you activate WPCourseware on 1 WordPress website only. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Edition – This license option enables you to set up WP Courseware on ten web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This edition allows you to configure WP Courseware on twenty-five domains. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The cost of purchasing this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the pricing at the time this article was published. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software seller when you visit the plugin site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing here:
Additional Information
For a demo video of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Install The Product
If you plan to develop e-courses, the WP Courseware plugin is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use plugin you may want to consider adding to your site.
To learn more, visit the plugin website here:
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