Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like providing online training and elearning.
Electronic learning (e-Learning) is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where students have no direct face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
e-Training course marketplaces like Udemy.com are strong indicators of the massive growth of the eTraining industry.
Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 courses online covery every subject imaginable, from web development and personal productivity, to courses about stress management and language learning, etc …
(Udemy.com provides 30,000+ e-courses covering every subject imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for businesses that have valuable educational content that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Training – Opportunities And Challenges
Some of the drawbacks of developing courses online include:
- Figuring out methods of delivering training content,
- Employing popular tools that students can instinctively use to get trained,
- Ensuring consistency of standards in content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Assessing student scores,
- Providing reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account important factors like lack of human contact, potential lack of student motivation (e.g. boredom), distractions, etc.
Online Courses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a digital product creator, creating ecourses that help people acquire practical skills is a great way to grow a list or monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about every topic where there is interest and demand to learn can be taught online.
(Got a business or passion for commercial photography, horticulture or technical writing? Turn it into an online training course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. If you have been online for a while, however, you probably already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to create online training courses and your website is built using WordPress, here’s a great WP plugin that can help you.
Presenting …
WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Software
Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up training courses and build e-learning products quickly using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
The WP Courseware plugin is currently being used by over 7,000 businesses online and makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
In WP Courseware, training courses contain training modules and training modules comprise of units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. The plugin adds its own menu section that lets you add a new training course, edit existing course modules and units, add quiz questions, edit settings, import/export your course information, modify training certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a widget in the sidebar, allowing users to view their own course progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
The courses you add can be fully configured and customized.
For example, you can choose if students must complete a training section before they can progress through to the next unit …
(Courses can be fully configured to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your courses inside the admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View course information inside the admin dashboard)
If you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create training courses fast using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” screen)
Adding modules and course units is as easy as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can arrange the order of your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished 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” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. You can use the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert courses and training module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the options and settings you have configured …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
After publishing your training course, registered users can access the content …
(Members must log in and have permission to view your training content)
More info: WPCourseware
Benefits
Below are just some of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to add professional courses to your website or blog on your site:
Fast And Simple To Install And Set Up. Ready To Use In No Time.
WPCourseware installs like every WordPress plugin. Just upload it to your Plugins folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can create training courses very quickly using familiar interfaces and functions.
Simply create a course, module, or unit with course content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to organize the course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expansion Capacity
The plugin lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and users.
Use Different Content Types
Course units use WordPress custom types, which enable you to add any type of content you would normally add to a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as embedded media, graphic elements, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Additional benefits include:
- Compatible with all WP themes: WPCourseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin deliver training content that can be viewed on all devices.
Plugin Features
WPCourseware provides web site owners with many unique features. Below we have listed some:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline and course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also view their course progress using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Enroll New Students Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Course Certificates
Students can receive a course certificate. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to certificates …
(Customized course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import functionality lets you move courses to other sites.
Email Messages
WPCourseware lets you create custom user notifications to congratulate trainees upon module or course completion and for communicating other administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who pass training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email trainees with their final course grades with one click …
(WPCourseware – Custom Email Notifications And Messages)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- 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.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. The survey feature allows you to download CSV files with survey results.
- The course grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WP Courseware)
Integrates With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Sites
WP Courseware works with many well-known WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership Site And e-Commerce Integration)
Feedback From Users
Here are just a few of the testimonials plugin customers have provided for 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, 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
Product Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you already have the building blocks of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if you have published a number of great instructional articles and step-by-step tutorials.
WPCourseware Plugin Support
WPCourseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, complete 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 menu explains how to use the shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Software Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This allows you to run WPCourseware on a single website. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This lets you activate WPCourseware on 10 WordPress web sites. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This allows you to run WPCourseware on twenty-five web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost to purchase the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The pricing above was current when this article was published. This may not be the actual price charged by the product developer when you visit the site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price:
Additional Product Information
For a demo video of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Install This Product
WPCourseware helps you build e-training courses fast. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use plugin that you should definitely download.
For complete details, check out the plugin here:
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