Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from areas like providing e-training courses and e-learning.
Electronic learning, or “e-learning,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
eTraining course marketplaces like Udemy show that the e-Training industry is growing at a tremendous rate.
Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ ecourses covering all topics, from office productivity and developing influence, to courses on parenting & relationships and hobbies, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 courses online covering every subject imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for individuals that have valuable educational content that can help transform the lives of others.
eLearning – Benefits And Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning training courses online include:
- Figuring out methods of delivering training,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that learners can use intuitively to access the content,
- Ensuring consistency of methods delivered across content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing student performance,
- Generating useful reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account important factors such as the lack of face-to-face contact, lack of motivation, distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
eCourses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell digital products, creating an e-course that helps people acquire new skills is a great way to grow a list and monetize your website. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to attract new customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your niche or industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be turned into a teaching course.
(Got skills, knowledge or business interest in photography, landscaping or writing sales copy? Turn it into an e-training course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can be very time-consuming. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you probably already have loads of useful content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
If your site is powered by WordPress and you plan to develop and sell etraining products, there’s an inexpensive and powerful courseware solution you need to know about.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin
Product Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up training courses and build e-learning products quickly and easily with WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Online Course Management System Plugin For WordPress)
Over 7,000 websites use WPCourseware. The plugin makes creating e-learning courses in WordPress very simple.
Courses in WP Courseware comprise of modules and modules are built using course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create new courses, edit existing modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export course information, add training certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a widget in the sidebar, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
You can completely configure and customize your courses.
For example, you can decide if students need to have completed a training unit before they can progress through to the next unit …
(Courses can be configured to suit your needs)
You can view information about your training courses “at a glance” and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View course details inside your dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create courses fast using familiar WP interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, issue course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Easily edit course details)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can rearrange the order of your content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the ”Order Course” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you are done creating your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all course units in the “Course Units” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of built-in shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the content you have added …
(Create professional training courses easily with WP Courseware)
After publishing your training product, the content can be viewed by authorized users …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
To learn more about the plugin go here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WPCourseware to create professional training courses online on your site:
Ready To Use In Minutes
WPCourseware installs just like any WordPress plugin. Just upload it to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Just create a new course, 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 Capacity
WPCourseware lets you set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of participants to courses.
Use Different Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add anything you would normally add to a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, like embedded media, graphic elements, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits of this plugin include the following:
- Works on all themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Use on all devices: WPCourseware deliver training content that can be viewed on all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WPCourseware offers many great features to WordPress users. Here are a few of these:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create a course outline or course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses your students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through your courses with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll New Course Participants
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Course Certificate Distribution
At the end of a course, you can provide course participants who successfully complete courses with customized training certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Course completion certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import feature lets you set up training courses on other WordPress websites.
Custom Email Notifications And Messages
WP Courseware allows you to create custom user messages to congratulate course participants upon module and course completion and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who pass training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email trainees with their final course grade with just one click …
(User Messaging – WPCourseware)
Quizzes And Surveys
Add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Add Surveys And Quizzes)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on your needs.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. Surveys allow you to download CSV files with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps track how students are doing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
eCommerce & Membership Site Plugin Integration
WPCourseware can be used with many well-known WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership And e-Commerce Integration)
Testimonials
Below are just a few of the testimonials that users have published about WPCourseware:
“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, Entrepreneur, Blogger, & Speaker
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have loads of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to complete certain tasks.
Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, 100% 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 options and settings area provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of plugin “how to” step-by-step tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Product License Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This lets you install WPCourseware on a single WordPress site. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This edition allows you to run WP Courseware on 10 WordPress web sites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This license allows you to set up WP Courseware on twenty-five sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost of purchasing the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The price above was correct at the time this review was published. This may or may not be the actual price set by the plugin seller when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For a demo video of the plugin in action, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Install The Plugin
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to create an online training course, The WP Courseware plugin is a great plugin you may want to look into.
For complete details, check out the plugin here:
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