Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like online training and education.
Electronic learning, or “e-learning,” is is the technological equivalent of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
Online education sites like Udemy.com are indicative of the explosive growth of the eLearning industry.
Udemy provides 30,000+ online courses covery every topic imaginable, from internet marketing and personal skills, to courses on religion & spirituality and music, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ courses online covering every subject imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for businesses that have something valuable that can help transform the lives of others.
Online Courses – Benefits & Challenges
The internet provides many useful tools and a great environment for developing and selling training courses online, but there are also a number of challenges.:
- Figuring out the best training delivery method,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that students can use to ,
- Ensuring consistency of methods delivered across content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Assessing student scores,
- Providing reports, completion certificates
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors such as the lack of face-to-face interaction, boredom, distracting environments, etc.
e-Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a digital product creator, creating a course that teaches others practical subjects is a great way to grow a subscriber list or monetize your website. Product creation is, after all, 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. Almost every subject imaginable can be turned into a teaching product.
(Got skills, knowledge or a passion for commercial photography, landscaping or writing sales copy? Turn it into an online training product!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. Chances are, however, you probably already have the building blocks of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital product.
If your site is built using WordPress and you plan to develop and sell e-courses, there’s an inexpensive and professional courseware plugin that you need to know about.
Introducing …
WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Product Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products quickly with WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Management System Plugin For WordPress)
Over 7,000 websites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. WP Courseware makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
Courses in WP Courseware include training modules and training modules are built from course units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new course, add or edit course modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export training content, edit certificates of completion, access training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, allowing users to monitor their course progress …
(WPCourseware Widget)
Your courses can be entirely customized and configured.
For example, you decide if participants must complete a course section before they can advance through to the next unit …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of all training course information inside your dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View training course information inside your admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, provide course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Edit course settings easily)
Adding modules and course units is as simple as adding 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 reorder your units inside training modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of your course units in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you 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 options and settings you have added …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
After your e-course has been published, users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content …
(Users must log in and have permission to view your training content)
More info: WP Courseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WP Courseware to add professional courses to your web site on your web site:
Installation Is Easy, Quick And Simple
WPCourseware installs like any regular WP plugin. Simply upload a zip file containing the plugin to your Plugin folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Create Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Just create a course, training module, or course 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 allows you to set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of students to courses.
Use Different Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would normally insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as embedded media, images, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Add any type of content you want in your training courses)
Additional benefits of the plugin include:
- Works with all WordPress themes: WPCourseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WPCourseware offers many unique features to site owners. Below we have listed some of these features:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create a course outline or course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also navigate through their course with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course 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 participants.
Course Certificates
At the end of a course, you can issue students with training course certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to certificates of completion …
(Customized training certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import option lets you set up training courses on another WP website.
Custom Email Notifications And User Messages
WP Courseware allows you to create custom user messages for trainees after completing modules and courses and for communicating other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after completing the quiz. You can also send out mass emails to your students with their final course grades with a single click …
(User Messaging – WP Courseware)
Quizzes And Surveys
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Quizzes And Surveys)
- Depending on how you choose to build 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.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help you track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WPCourseware)
Integrates With eCommerce & Membership Plugins
WPCourseware can be used with leading WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Site Plugins)
Testimonials
Below are some of the testimonials that plugin users have written about 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
WPCourseware Plugin – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you already have the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
WPCourseware allows you to convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if you have published some instructional articles and step-by-step tutorials.
WP Courseware Support
WP Courseware is very 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 explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Plugin Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This license allows you to configure WPCourseware on a single domain. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This license lets you run WP Courseware on ten web sites. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This license allows you to configure WP Courseware on twenty-five web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: The price of the WPCourseware plugin depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the price when this review was written. This may or may not be the actual price set by the software 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 current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Info
For ”how to” videos of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Get The Plugin
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop an online training product WP Courseware is a powerful courseware plugin you need to check out.
For full details, check out the plugin here:
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