Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from areas like online education.
Electronic learning, or “e-learning,” is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where students don’t have direct face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
Online education marketplaces like Udemy show that the eTraining industry is growing.
Udemy currently offers 30,000+ online courses covering all topics, from web design and personal transformation, to courses on health and fitness and making better lifestyle choices, etc …
(Udemy currently offers over 30,000 ecourses covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Training industry is growing and that so many topics can be taught online is not only great for people looking to gain practical knowledge and skills, but also for individuals that have valuable educational content to teach.
Online Training – Benefits & Challenges
The internet provides many tools and a great environment for creating and selling online training courses. e-Learning tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems (LMS), video tutorials, video-conferencing apps, audio courses, e-Books, forums, etc. There are, however, some drawbacks when it comes to planning training courses online.
Some of these include:
- Working out content delivery methods,
- Employing familiar tools and technologies that learners can immediately use to access the training content,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Grading student scores,
- Providing useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include the lack of human contact, boredom, distracting environments, etc.
Online Learning – A World Of Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating an e-course that teaches people useful things is a great way to grow a subscriber list or develop a new stream of revenue. Product creation 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 industry or niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be turned into an e-course.
(Got knowledge, skills or a passion for photography, gardening or writing sales copy? Turn it into an online training product!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you probably already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to develop ecourses and your website is built with WordPress, then let me introduce you to a great WP solution you may want to keep in mind.
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WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Plugin
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products fast with WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
WPCourseware is currently being used by 7,000+ businesses online and makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
A course in WPCourseware consists of training modules and training modules can include course units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware integrates fully with any WordPress site. The plugin adds its own menu section that lets you add new training courses, add or edit modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export course information, modify certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a widget in your sidebar, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
Your courses can be completely customized and configured.
For example, you can specify if participants need to have completed a course section before they are allowed to advance to the next section …
(Courses can be customized to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of all training courses inside your WP dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View course details inside your admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, issue certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Edit your course settings easily)
Adding modules and course units is as simple as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing your course units in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you insert courses and module information into pages using shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the options and settings you have added …
(Create training courses with WPCourseware)
Once your training course has been published, you can restrict content access to registered users only …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WP Courseware
Product Benefits
Below are just some of the benefits of using WPCourseware to add professional training courses to your WordPress site or blog on your site:
Ready To Go To Work In Minutes
WPCourseware is very easy to install. Just upload a zip file that contains the plugin to your Plugins folder via your WordPress administrator account and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Simply create a course, training module, or unit with course content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to arrange the content and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Capacity
The plugin lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and course participants.
Add Different Content Formats
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would normally insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress posts or pages besides text, such as embedded media, graphic elements, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits include the following:
- Compatible with all WordPress themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Use on all devices: WPCourseware deliver training content that can be viewed on all devices.
Plugin Features
WP Courseware provides site owners with a number of great features. Here are some of these:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through your courses with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Customized Certificates Of Completion
Issue course participants who successfully complete courses with customized certificates of completion. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to training certificates …
(Training certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export functionality allows you to set up your course on other websites.
User Messaging
WP Courseware lets you set up custom user notifications to congratulate trainees after completing modules and courses and communicating on course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after completing course quizzes. You can also send out mass emails to your students with their final grades with one click …
(WPCourseware – Custom Email Notifications And User Messages)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Depending on your needs, you can use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. The survey feature allows you to download CSV files with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help track how your students are progressing …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Membership And e-Commerce Integration
WP Courseware can be used with leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With WordPress eCommerce & Membership Sites)
Testimonials
Here are some of the testimonials plugin users 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
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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
Product Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
WPCourseware allows you to convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, 100% 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 options and settings area explains how to use the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of ”how-to” videos …
(Plugin Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Plugin Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This option lets you run WP Courseware on one WordPress web site only. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This enables you to configure WPCourseware on ten WordPress websites. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This license enables you to activate WPCourseware on 25 web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: The price of WPCourseware depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Presently, the product retails for the prices shown above. This 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 the current price here:
Additional Product Info
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
The Bottom Line
WPCourseware will help you create products fast. This is a great plugin that you should definitely download and add to your site.
To learn more, check out the plugin here:
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