Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from areas like online training and education.
Electronic learning (e-Learning) is based on the concept of distance learning, where students have no face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
eLearning marketplaces like Udemy show that the e-Learning industry is growing.
Udemy.com offers over 30,000 e-courses covery every topic imaginable, from marketing and personal brand building, to courses about religion & spirituality and motivation, etc …
(Udemy provides over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to acquire practical knowledge and skills in useful things, but also for individuals that have unique educational content to share.
e-Courses – Opportunities & Challenges
Some of the challenges of developing courses online include:
- Working out training content delivery methods,
- Using popular tools and technologies that students can immediately use to ,
- Ensuring consistency of standards delivered across the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Assessing student performance,
- Providing useful reports, completion certificates
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors such as lack of face-to-face contact, boredom and potential lack of student motivation, distracting environments, etc.
eLearning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell products online, creating products that teach practical things is a great way to attract new subscribers or develop a new stream of revenue. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your niche or industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be turned into an training product.
(Got knowledge, skills or a passion for commercial photography, landscaping or creative writing? Turn it into an online training course!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, you already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to create and sell e-courses and your site is powered by WordPress, this article will introduce you to a powerful courseware solution you may want to check out.
Presenting …
WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress
Description
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 – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin)
7,000+ sites have the WPCourseware plugin installed. WPCourseware makes creating e-training courses in WordPress simple.
In WPCourseware, A training course comprises of modules and modules are built using course units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add new training courses, add or edit modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export your course information, modify certificates of completion, view training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WP Courseware Widget)
You can completely customize and configure all courses.
For example, you can specify whether participants must complete a training section before they are allowed to progress through to the next section …
(Courses can be customized to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your training courses inside the admin dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View course information inside the admin dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WP interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, create course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin options screen)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, videos, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can arrange the order of your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished creating your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of built-in shortcodes to insert courses and training module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can add course content to your pages and manage all of your course details from your dashboard …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
After publishing your e-course, your registered members can access the content …
(Members must log in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details go here: WP Courseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WP Courseware to create courses online on your site:
Fast Installation
WP Courseware is really easy to install. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your WordPress administrator section and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Just 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 Capacity
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
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which enables you to add anything you would normally insert into a WordPress post or pageWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as videos, audio files, graphic elements, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Use different content types to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits include:
- Compatible with all WP themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: The plugin deliver training content accross all devices.
WP Courseware Features
WPCourseware offers many unique features to WP users. Here are just some of these features:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline and course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses your students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through their courses using a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track student progress inside your dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Customized Training Course Certificates
At the end of a course, you can issue students who successfully complete training courses with customized certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Training certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export feature lets you transfer your course to other sites.
Custom Notifications
WP Courseware allows you to create custom email notifications to congratulate trainees upon module and course completion and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated upon passing training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to your students with their final grade with just one click …
(WPCourseware – Email Messages)
Quizzes And Surveys
Add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- 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.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download CSV files with survey results.
- The course grade book will help you track how your students are progressing in a course …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
Works With WordPress eCommerce & Membership Sites
WP Courseware can be used with many well-known WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(eCommerce And Membership Plugin Integration)
Testimonials
Here are a couple of the testimonials that users have published about WPCourseware:
“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 – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
WP Courseware allows you to convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are some instructional articles and step-by-step tutorials have already posted on your website or blog, you probably have a product partially created …
(Convert any WordPress post or page into a course unit)
You can use the import/export feature to build and sell completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourcing business tasks.
WP Courseware Plugin Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, full money-back guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and one year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” section inside the plugin’s options and settings menu provides examples of the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of plugin “how to” step-by-step tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Software Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This license option enables you to activate WPCourseware on a single WordPress domain. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Edition – This license option enables you to configure WPCourseware on ten websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This enables you to install WPCourseware on twenty-five WordPress web sites. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The price of this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The price above was correct at the time this review was written. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the software seller when you visit the site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing here:
Additional Information
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.
Our Recommendation
If you want to develop and sell training courses, WPCourseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use plugin you need to know about.
For full details, visit the plugin website here:
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