Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are now finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic training, or “e-training,” is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where learners do not have face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
e-Learning sites like Udemy.com show that the eLearning industry is growing at an impressive rate each year.
Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 ecourses covery every topic imaginable, from internet marketing and improving self esteem, to courses on parenting & relationships and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy provides over 30,000 online courses covering every topic imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to acquire useful skills, but also for businesses that have unique and valuable content to share.
e-Learning – Benefits And Drawbacks
The internet provides many technologies and a great environment for creating and selling online courses. eLearning computer-based tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems (LMS), online videos, video-conferencing apps, audio training, slide presentations, forums, etc. There are, however, a number of drawbacks involved in planning, developing and implementing effective e-courses.
Some of the challenges and drawbacks include:
- Figuring out delivery methods,
- Employing easy-to-use tools that students can use instinctively to ,
- Ensuring consistency across content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Assessing student performance,
- Creating reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include lack of face-to-face contact, lack of student motivation, distractions, etc.
e-Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating learning courses that teach others practical subjects to others is a great way to grow a subscriber list or monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be turned into an online training course.
(Got a passion or interest in fashion photography, landscaping or technical writing? Turn it into an elearning course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, that if you have been online for a while, you already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop an online training product and your website is built with WordPress, then here is a great WP solution that you should look into.
Presenting …
WPCourseware – Online Course Management Plugin For WordPress
Product Description
WPCourseware is the leading WordPress learning management system plugin.
(WP Courseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin)
Thousands of WordPress sites use the WP Courseware plugin. The plugin makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
In WPCourseware, A training course consists of modules and training modules can include units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu section that lets you create a new course, edit existing modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export your course information, add training certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a widget in the sidebar, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WP Courseware Widget)
You can completely configure and customize all of your courses.
For example, you decide whether learners need to have completed a training unit before they can progress to the next unit …
(Courses can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can view course information “at a glance” and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View information about all training courses inside the WP dashboard)
If you already understand the way WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking 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 a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished creating your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to insert course and module information into pages using a range of built-in shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
With shortcodes, you can display training course information on your pages and manage all of your course options from the plugin settings section …
(Creating professional training courses is easy with WPCourseware)
After publishing your e-course, it can be viewed by users with exclusive permission to access the information …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more about this plugin: WPCourseware
Product Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to create professional training courses online on your WordPress web site:
Fast And Easy To Install And Use. Be Up And Running In Minutes.
WP Courseware installs just like every other plugin. Simply upload a zip file that contains the plugin to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create training courses very quickly using familiar interfaces and functions.
Just create a course, training module, or course unit with 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 Capacity
The WP Courseware plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and users.
Use Different Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would typically add to a WordPress post or pageWordPress pages or posts besides text, like embedded media, images, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Works on all WP themes: WPCourseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: WPCourseware deliver content that can be viewed on all devices.
Features
WP Courseware provides a number of great features to WordPress users. Here are some of these:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create course outlines and course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses your students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll New Course Participants Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Course Completion Certificates
Students can receive course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Training certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export function lets you move your course to other sites.
Email Messages
WPCourseware lets you create custom email messages for trainees after completing modules or courses and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated upon passing a quiz. You can also send out a mass email trainees with their final grade with just one click …
(WP Courseware – Custom Notifications)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
You can add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Quizzes And Surveys)
- Depending on your needs, you can add 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 CSV files with survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps you track how well your students are progressing in a course …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
eCommerce And Membership Site Integration
WP Courseware integrates with many WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With Membership & eCommerce Sites)
Testimonials
Here are some of the testimonials that customers have provided for the WPCourseware plugin:
“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
WPCourseware – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have loads of useful content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
WP Courseware allows you to easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if there are a number of great instructional articles and step-by-step tutorials published on your website or blog, you could already have a product partially created …
(Convert any WordPress post or page into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the export/import feature to build and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-training courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourcing business tasks.
WPCourseware Support
WPCourseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 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” screen inside the plugin’s options and settings menu provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete ”how-to” videos …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Software Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This option allows you to activate WPCourseware on 1 WordPress website only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This lets you install WP Courseware on ten web sites. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This lets you install WPCourseware on 25 WordPress websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost of purchasing the WPCourseware plugin depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. When we last checked, the software sells for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the product seller when you visit the 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 Plugin Info
For ”how-to” videos of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
We Recommend
WPCourseware helps you create e-courses fast. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use solution you should definitely consider.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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