Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new niches to profit from in areas like online training and education.
e-Learning is is the technological equivalent of distance learning, where learners don’t have face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
e-Learning course sites like Udemy.com show that the eLearning industry is growing at a massive rate.
Udemy offers 30,000+ online courses covering all topics, from business and personal transformation, to courses about better parenting and language learning, etc …
(Udemy.com provides 30,000+ e-courses on every subject imaginable!)
The fact that the e-Learning industry is growing is not only great for people looking to acquire useful skills, but also for individuals that have unique information to share with others.
e-Courses – Benefits & Drawbacks
The digital medium provides benefits and opportunities for creating online courses. Training-boosting tools include Learning Management Systems, online videos, video-conferencing apps, audio courses, online forums, eBooks, etc. There are, however, some challenges when it comes to planning ecourses.
Some of these include:
- Figuring out the best methods to deliver content,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that don’t require investing additional effort, money or time in a new learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading student performance,
- Providing reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of human contact, learner boredom, lack of focus, etc.
eLearning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating an etraining course that teaches others new skills is a great way to grow a list or develop another stream of revenue. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Anything can be turned into an ecourse.
(Got a business built around fashion photography, landscaping or writing sales copy? Turn it into an online training product!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, you probably already have loads of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If your site is powered by WordPress and you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create and sell an online training product then let me introduce you to a great plugin that can help you.
Announcing …
WPCourseware – Online Learning Management System Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Product
WP Courseware is a leading online learning management system plugin for WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Management Plugin)
Over 7,000 WordPress sites use WP Courseware. WPCourseware makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
A training course in WPCourseware contains modules and training modules are built using course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds a new section to your menu that lets you create new training courses, edit modules and units, add quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export data, create custom certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about their course progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
The courses you add can be entirely configured and customized.
For example, you can decide whether learners need to have completed a training unit before they are allowed to progress through to the next section …
(Courses can be fully configured to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your training course details inside your WP dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View training course details inside your admin dashboard)
If you already understand 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 messages and notifications, provide course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(”Edit Course” section)
Adding modules and units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, videos, 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” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished adding content to your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” area …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you insert courses and module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can display course information on your pages and manage all of your course details from the plugin settings section …
(Creating professional training courses with WP Courseware)
After your training product has been published, you can restrict access to the content to registered users only …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WP Courseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to add training courses to your WordPress website or blog on your WordPress website:
Quick And Easy To Install And Use. Be Up And Running In Minutes.
WP Courseware installs just like every other WordPress plugin. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your administrator area and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Just create a new course, module, or unit with 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 Expandability
The plugin lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and course participants.
Add Any Kind Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which enable you to add anything you would typically insert into WordPress posts or pages besides text, like embedded media, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you like in your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include:
- Use on all WP themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Works on all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
Features
WP Courseware provides website owners with many features. Here are a few of these:
Course Outline
You can create course outlines and course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses students have enrolled in as well as 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 …
(Track student progress)
Enroll New Participants Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Course Certificates
Provide course participants with training course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to certificates …
(Customized training course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export feature allows you to transfer your course to other websites.
Email Messages
WP Courseware allows you to create custom email notifications to congratulate course participants after completing modules or courses and communicating on related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who pass a quiz. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to students with their final grades with a single click …
(Custom Notifications – WPCourseware)
Add Surveys And Quizzes
You can add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Depending on how you choose to structure the course, 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. Surveys allow you to download a CSV file with survey results.
- The course grade book helps track how well your students are progressing in a course …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WP Courseware)
Integrates With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Plugins
WPCourseware can be used with many leading WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(eCommerce & Membership Site Integration)
Feedback From Users
Below are just some testimonials plugin users have provided for WP Courseware:
“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
Product Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
WPCourseware allows you to convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if there are some instructional articles and step-by-step tutorials already published on your site, you probably have a product partially created …
(Convert any page or post into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the import/export feature to create and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourced tasks.
Product Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, complete 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 options and settings area provides examples of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete ”how-to” videos …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Plugin Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This enables you to set up WPCourseware on a single website. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This enables you to run WP Courseware on ten WordPress websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This option enables you to configure WP Courseware on 25 WordPress websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Pricing for the product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The price above was current when this article was published. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the product author when you visit the product website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Info
For a demo video showing how the software works, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
In Conclusion
If you plan to develop an online training course, WPCourseware is a cost-effective and professional WordPress solution you need to know about.
For more details, check out the plugin here:
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