Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online training and education.
Electronic training, or “etraining,” 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 sites like Udemy.com are indicative of the tremendous growth of the e-Training industry.
Udemy currently offers 30,000+ e-courses covery every subject imaginable, from office productivity and leadership, to courses about creativity and motivation, etc …
(Udemy.com offers 30,000+ online courses covering every topic imaginable!)
The fact that the eLearning industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for individuals that have unique content that can help transform the lives of others.
Online Courses – Opportunities And Challenges
The digital medium provides benefits and opportunities for developing e-courses. eLearning tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems (LMS), videos, audio training, video-conferencing, online forums, e-Books, etc. There are, however, some drawbacks when it comes to planning, developing and implementing ecourses.
Some of these include:
- Figuring out delivery methods,
- Using easy-to-use tools and technologies that students can instinctively use to ,
- Ensuring consistency of methods used in the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Assessing scores,
- Providing reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of human contact, lack of student motivation (e.g. boredom), distracting environments, etc.
e-Training – A World Of Possibilities
If you are a digital product creator, creating e-courses that help people gain practical knowledge and skills is a great way to attract new subscribers or develop another stream of revenue. Product creation is one of the best ways to build a customer base, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about every topic imaginable can be taught online.
(Got an interest or passion for photography, gardening or technical writing? Turn it into an elearning product!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, that if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you already have the building blocks of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
If your website is built using WordPress and you plan to develop and sell ”how-to” products, there’s a cost-effective and powerful courseware solution that can help you.
Let’s Review …
WPCourseware – WordPress Course Management Plugin
Description
WPCourseware is a leading WordPress course creation plugin.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin)
Thousands of WordPress sites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. WP Courseware makes creating training courses in WordPress very simple.
In WPCourseware, eCourses include training modules and modules are built using units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds a new section to your main menu that lets you add new training courses, edit existing modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export data, create custom training certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WPCourseware Widget)
The courses you add can be entirely configured and customized.
For example, you can specify if learners need to have completed a course unit before they can advance to the next unit …
(Course settings can be customized to suit your needs)
You can view information about your courses “at a glance” and perform a range of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View details about all courses inside the WP dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, issue course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Edit course settings easily)
Adding modules and course units is as simple as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, embedded media, 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 ”Order Course” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you are done creating your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all course units in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all the information you have added …
(Create professional training courses with WP Courseware)
After publishing your training product, you can restrict content access to registered students only …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Below are just a few of the benefits of using WPCourseware to create courses online on your site:
Quick And Easy To Install And Set Up. Ready To Go To Work In No Time.
WP Courseware installs like any plugin. Simply upload it to your Plugin folder via your WP administrator login and activate.
Create Training Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Just create a course, module, or unit with 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 Expansion Capability
The plugin allows you to create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of students to courses.
Use Different Content Types
Course units use WordPress custom types, which enable you to add any type of content you would normally insert into WordPress pages or posts besides text, such as audio files, video, graphic elements, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Add any type of content you want to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits include:
- Use with all WordPress themes: WPCourseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
Product Features
WP Courseware provides WP users with a number of features. Here are just a few:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline or course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses your students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Course Certificates
Issue course participants with certificates. Course certificates can be customized with custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Training course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import functionality allows you to set up training courses on other WP websites.
Email Messages
WP Courseware lets you create custom email messages for course participants after completing modules and courses and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who pass course quizzes. You can also send out mass emails to your students with their final course grade with a single click …
(Email Messages – WP Courseware)
Surveys & Quizzes
You can add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Add Quizzes & Surveys)
- Depending on how you decide to build your course, 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. Surveys allow you to download a CSV file with survey results.
- The course grade book helps you track how well your students are progressing in a course …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WPCourseware)
Membership Site And eCommerce Integration
WPCourseware works with many leading WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Membership Site & e-Commerce Plugin Integration)
Feedback From Users
Here are a couple of the testimonials and feedback users 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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you already have 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 some educational articles and tutorials have already posted on your site, you probably already have a product partially created …
(Convert any post or page into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the export/import feature to build and sell completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourced tasks in your business.
Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 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 options and settings area provides a list of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WP Courseware Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Product Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This lets you set up WPCourseware on one site only. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This license allows you to activate WP Courseware on 10 WordPress web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This enables you to run WPCourseware on twenty-five domains. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: Price details for WPCourseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the product sells for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual price set by the product seller when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing information here:
Additional Information
For ”how to” videos showing how the software works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
We Recommend
If you plan to create and sell ecourses, WPCourseware is a cost-effective and professional plugin that you may want to consider adding to your site.
For complete details, visit the plugin website:
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