Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from areas like online education.
eLearning is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners have no direct face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
e-Learning course sites like Udemy show that the e-Learning industry is growing at an astounding rate every year.
Udemy provides 30,000+ e-courses on every topic imaginable, from marketing and building self-esteem, to courses about happiness and making better lifestyle choices, etc …
(Udemy.com offers over 30,000 courses online covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to gain new skills, but also for individuals that have unique content that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Learning – Benefits And Drawbacks
The digital medium provides many useful technologies and a great environment for creating and selling ecourses, but there are also a number of challenges.:
- Working out training delivery methods,
- Using familiar tools that course students can use intuitively to ,
- Ensuring consistency of standards used in content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading scores,
- Generating useful reports, completion certificates
You also need to take into account factors such as the lack of human contact, boredom, distractions, etc.
eTraining – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a digital product creator, creating e-courses that teach new skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list and develop a new stream of revenue. Creating products 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. Almost anything can be taught online.
(Got a passion for photography, landscaping or copywriting? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch can be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, that if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
If your site is built with WordPress and you are searching for a cost-effective way to develop ecourses then there is a great WordPress solution you may want to check out.
Announcing …
WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Plugin Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up e-courses and build e-learning products quickly with WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin)
Over 7,000 sites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. The software makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
Courses in WP Courseware consist of training modules and modules can include units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add a new course, add or edit existing course modules and units, add quizzes, edit settings, import/export your course information, edit certificates of completion, access training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, allowing users to view their own progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can completely customize and configure all of your courses.
For example, you can specify if course participants must complete a training section before they can progress through to the next unit …
(Course settings can be customized to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your course information inside the WP dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View course details inside the admin dashboard)
If you already understand the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, provide course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” area)
Adding modules and course units is as simple as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, videos, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorganize the order of your units inside training modules using drag and drop inside the Ordering settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done creating your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of all course units in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you insert course and training module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the options you have added …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
After your e-course has been published, users must log in and have permission to access your training content …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
To learn more about the plugin go here: WPCourseware
Plugin Benefits
Here we have listed just some of the many benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create courses online on your web site:
Fast And Simple To Install And Implement. Be Up And Running In No Time.
WP Courseware installs like any WP plugin. Simply upload it to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a course, module, or course 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 Expansion Capacity
The WP Courseware plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and users.
Use Different Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which allow you to add anything you would normally add to a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as embedded media, graphic elements, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different content types to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits include the following:
- Works with all WP themes: WPCourseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: WP Courseware deliver content accross all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WP Courseware provides a number of features to web site owners. Here are just a few of these:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create course outlines and course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses your students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also navigate through their course with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll Participants
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Certificates Of Completion
Students can receive course completion certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export functionality lets you set up a course on a new WordPress site.
User Messaging
WP Courseware lets you set up custom user notifications to congratulate course participants upon module or course completion and to communicate course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who pass training quizzes. You can also send out a mass email trainees with their final course grades with one click …
(Email Messages – WP Courseware)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Quizzes And Surveys)
- 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.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. Surveys allow you to download CSV files with survey results.
- The course grade book helps track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
Works With WordPress eCommerce & Membership Sites
WP Courseware works with many ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Plugins)
Feedback From Users
Here are a few of the testimonials that users have submitted regarding 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
WP Courseware Plugin – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WPCourseware lets you easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
Plugin Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, 100% 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 menu provides examples of the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Product Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This option allows you to install WPCourseware on a single WordPress web site. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This lets you configure WP Courseware on 10 WordPress web sites. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This license option enables you to install WPCourseware on twenty-five sites. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing details of the WPCourseware product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Presently, the plugin sells for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual price charged by the software author when you visit the product site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing details:
Additional Product Info
For a demo video of the plugin in action, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
The Bottom Line
If you would like to create e-courses, WP Courseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware plugin that you need to know about.
To learn more, check out the plugin here:
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