Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from areas like online training and education.
Electronic learning, or “elearning,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students don’t have face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
Online training sites like Udemy.com are indicative of the tremendous growth of the eTraining industry.
Udemy provides over 30,000 courses online covery every subject imaginable, from IT & software and personal skills, to courses on better parenting and music, etc …
(Udemy.com offers over 30,000 courses online covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for businesses that have unique and valuable information that can help transform the lives of others.
eTraining – Opportunities And Challenges
Some of the challenges of developing courses online include:
- Working out the best training content delivery methods,
- Using easy-to-use tools and technologies that course students can instinctively use to ,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Assessing student performance,
- Creating useful reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors such as the lack of face-to-face contact, boredom and lack of student motivation, distracting environments, etc.
e-Training – Unlimited Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell information products, creating courses that help people acquire new skills is a great way to grow a list and monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your niche or industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Anything can be taught online.
(Got skills, knowledge or a passion for fashion photography, horticulture or writing sales copy? Turn it into an training product!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If your website is driven by WordPress and you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create and sell training courses then here is a powerful plugin you should look into.
Let’s Review …
WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Description Of Plugin
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up e-courses and build e-learning products quickly with WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Management Plugin For WordPress)
Thousands of websites have the WPCourseware plugin installed. WP Courseware makes creating training courses in WordPress very simple.
A course in WPCourseware includes training modules and modules can include units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. The plugin adds its own menu item that lets you add a new course, edit existing modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export course information, create training certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving you further customization options …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
Courses can be entirely customized and configured.
For example, you decide whether course participants need to have completed a training unit before they can advance through to the next section …
(Courses can be fully configured to suit your needs)
You can view information about all training courses ”at a glance” inside the WP dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View details about your training courses inside your WP dashboard)
If you already understand WordPress, you can create training courses quickly using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and notifications, create course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” screen)
Adding training modules and course units is as simple 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 arrange the order of your training content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the Ordering settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done adding content to your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all course units in the “Course Units” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware allows you to use shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
Shortcodes let you add training course information to your pages and manage all of your course details from a central location …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
After your training course has been published, it can be accessed by logged in registered members …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WP Courseware
Benefits Of Using WP Courseware
Below are just some of the benefits of using WP Courseware to add professional courses to your WordPress website or blog on your web site:
Really Easy To Install
WP Courseware is really easy to install. Simply upload a zip file containing the plugin to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create courses quickly and easily using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a new course, module, or unit with content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to arrange the course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expansion Capacity
The WP Courseware plugin allows you to create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of students to courses.
Add Any Kind Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would typically insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as embedded media, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits of this plugin include the following:
- Works with all WP themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: The plugin works on all devices.
Features
WP Courseware provides a number of great features to WP users. Below we have listed just a few:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create a course outline and course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses your students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also navigate through your course with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track student progress inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Training Certificates
Issue course participants who successfully complete courses with course certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to course certificates …
(Course completion certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import option lets you transfer courses to other websites.
Custom Email Notifications And Messages
WP Courseware lets you set up custom email notifications to congratulate students after completing modules and courses and to communicate course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who complete the quiz. You can also send out a mass email to your students with their final course grade with a single click …
(WPCourseware – Custom Notifications)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Depending on how you choose to build your course, 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 a CSV file with survey results.
- The course grade book will help you track how well your students are progressing in a course …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Membership & e-Commerce Plugin Integration
WP Courseware integrates with many leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership And e-Commerce Integration)
User Testimonials
Below are a couple of the testimonials and comments that customers have published about the WP Courseware 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, 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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have the building blocks of great 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 showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
WPCourseware Plugin Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, 100% money-back guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and 1 year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” screen inside the plugin’s settings menu provides examples of the shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Product Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This allows you to configure WPCourseware on a single website. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Edition – This edition enables you to install WPCourseware on ten sites. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This enables you to activate WPCourseware on 25 WordPress sites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost to purchase this product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the software is being retailed for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software developer when you visit the website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional 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.
We Highly Recommend This
If you want to develop learning courses, WPCourseware is a cost-effective and professional courseware plugin that you need to know about.
For full details, visit the plugin website:
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