Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like online training and education.
eTraining is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where students do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
eLearning course sites like Udemy.com show that the eTraining industry is growing at an astounding rate.
Udemy currently offers over 30,000 online courses covering all topics, from business and personal development, to courses on stress management and motivation, etc …
(Udemy offers 30,000+ online courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for individuals that have unique information that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Courses – Benefits & Challenges
Some of the drawbacks of planning, developing and implementing etraining courses include:
- Figuring out the best way to deliver training content,
- Employing easy-to-use tools that learners can instinctively use to access the content,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Grading student scores,
- Providing reports, completion certificates
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors such as lack of human contact, boredom and lack of student motivation, distracting environments, etc.
eLearning – A World Of Possibilities
If you are trying to expand your business online, creating an ecourse that helps people gain new skills is a great way to grow a list and develop another stream of revenue. 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. Almost anything can be taught online.
(Got skills, knowledge or an interest in commercial photography, horticulture or writing sales copy? Turn it into an online training course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, that if you have been online for a while, you already have plenty of useful training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to develop and sell an online training course and your site is built with WordPress, then here’s a powerful plugin you may want to consider using.
Let’s Review …
WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Plugin Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up professional training courses and build e-learning products quickly and easily using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
The WP Courseware plugin is currently being used on over 7,000 websites and makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
In WPCourseware, courses include training modules and training modules contain units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add a new training course, add or edit modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export your training content, add certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a widget in the sidebar, allowing users to monitor their own progress …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can fully customize and configure your courses.
For example, you can decide whether course students need to have completed a training unit before they can progress through to the next section …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can view course information ”at a glance” inside your WP dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View training course information inside the admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, 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 information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(”Edit Course” section)
Adding training modules and course units is as simple as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, videos, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the ”Order Course” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done creating your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use shortcodes to insert courses and training module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
With shortcodes, you can display course information on your pages and manage all of your course options from your dashboard …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
Once your training course has been published, users must log in and have permission to view your training content …
(Users must log in and have permission to view your training content)
For more details go here: WPCourseware
Plugin Benefits
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WP Courseware to add courses to your WordPress website or blog on your WordPress web site:
Fast And Simple To Install And Configure. Be Up And Running In No Time.
WPCourseware installs just like every other plugin. Simply upload it to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Simply create a new 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 Capability
The plugin lets you set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of students to courses.
Add Different Content Types
Course units use WordPress custom types, which enable you to add any type of content you would normally add to WordPress posts or pages besides text, like video, audio files, graphic elements, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Add any type of content you want in your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include:
- Works with all WP themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware deliver training content that can be viewed on all devices.
Features
WP Courseware provides a number of great features to web site owners. Below we have listed just a few:
Course Outline
You can create course outlines and course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through your course with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track student progress inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll Students
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Certificates Of Completion
Students can receive a certificate. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to certificates …
(Certificates of completion)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import functionality allows you to set up training courses on other WordPress sites.
Email Notifications
WPCourseware allows you to set up custom user messages for course participants upon module or course completion and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who complete a quiz. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to your students with their final course grade with just one click …
(Custom Email Notifications And Messages – WPCourseware)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
You can add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Add Quizzes & 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.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help you track how well your students are progressing …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Membership Site & eCommerce Integration
WP Courseware integrates with many leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Membership Site And eCommerce Plugin Integration)
Testimonials
Below are just a few of the testimonials plugin customers have written 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
WPCourseware Plugin – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
WP Courseware allows you to easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are a number of great “how to” content like step-by-step tutorials have already posted on your website or blog, you probably have a product partially created …
(Convert any post or page into a course unit)
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-courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks in your business.
WPCourseware Plugin Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, complete refund 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 explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Software Price
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This license lets you activate WPCourseware on a single WordPress domain. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This edition allows you to set up WP Courseware on ten web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This license option lets you run WP Courseware on twenty-five web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing details of this product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the pricing when this review was written. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software seller when you visit the plugin site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing information:
Additional Plugin Information
For a demo video of the plugin in action, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
We Recommend
WP Courseware will help you create and sell ecourses fast. This is a great courseware solution that you should definitely consider using.
For more details, visit the plugin website:
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