Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like providing online training and e-learning systems.
e-Training is based on the concept of distance learning, where students do not have direct face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
Online course marketplaces like Udemy show that the e-Learning industry is growing at a tremendous rate each year.
Udemy offers over 30,000 online courses on every subject imaginable, from web design and developing influence, to courses about happiness and improving memory & study skills, etc …
(Udemy.com offers 30,000+ online courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for individuals that have valuable information to teach others.
e-Training – Benefits & Challenges
The digital medium provides benefits and opportunities for creating online training courses, but there are also many challenges and drawbacks.:
- Working out content delivery methods,
- Employing popular tools that students can intuitively use to ,
- Ensuring consistency of standards in content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading student scores,
- Generating useful reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include the lack of human contact, learner boredom, distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
e-Courses – A World Of Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating an e-learning course that teaches others useful subjects is a great way to grow a list or develop a new stream of revenue. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be turned into an e-learning course.
(Got a business or passion for photography, horticulture or writing sales copy? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you probably already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop teaching courses and your site is built using WordPress, there’s a powerful courseware plugin that you may want to download.
Our WordPress Plugin Is …
WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products fast using WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
7,000+ sites use the WPCourseware plugin. The plugin makes creating e-courses in WordPress simple.
A course in WP Courseware contains training modules and modules contain units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add a new course, add or edit modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export training content, create certificates, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WP Courseware Widget)
You can completely configure and customize your courses.
For example, you can choose if learners need to have completed a training section before they can advance through to the next unit …
(Courses can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can view details about all courses ”at a glance” inside your admin dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View details about your courses inside your dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can create courses very quickly using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, issue certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Edit your course details easily)
Adding training modules and units is as simple as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, videos, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order 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, just 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. WPCourseware lets you use shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you add course information to your pages and manage all of your course details from your dashboard …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
After publishing your e-course, your registered users can access it …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details go here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the many benefits of using WP Courseware to create professional training courses online on your web site:
Quick And Easy To Install And Implement. Ready To Use In No Time.
WPCourseware is very easy to install. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can create courses fast using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Just create a course, 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 WPCourseware plugin lets you create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Add Any Kind Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would typically insert into WordPress posts or pages besides text, like video, audio files, graphic elements, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Add any type of content you want in your training courses)
Additional benefits include the following:
- Works on all WP themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: The plugin deliver training content that can be viewed on all devices.
Plugin Features
WPCourseware provides site owners with many features. Here are some:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses students have enrolled in while also 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 the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll Course Participants
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Certificates Of Completion
Students can be issued with a certificate. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to course certificates …
(Certificates of completion)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import functionality lets you transfer courses to other websites.
Email Messages
WPCourseware lets you set up custom user notifications for trainees after completing modules and courses and communicating on course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who successfully complete the quiz. You can also send out mass emails trainees with their final grades with a single click …
(Custom User Notifications – WP Courseware)
Surveys And Quizzes
You can add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Quizzes And 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. You can also download CSV files with survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps track how your students are doing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WPCourseware)
Membership Site & eCommerce Integration
WPCourseware integrates with many leading WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership And eCommerce Plugin Integration)
User Feedback
Below are some of the testimonials that customers have written 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, 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, Entrepreneur, Blogger, & Speaker
Product Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been 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 product.
WPCourseware lets you easily convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
Product Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, full refund guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and 1 year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” section inside the plugin’s options and settings area explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of plugin training video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Plugin Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This edition enables you to use WPCourseware on a single WordPress web site. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This option enables you to set up WP Courseware on ten websites. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This option enables you to configure WP Courseware on twenty-five domains. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost to purchase WPCourseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the product retails for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software seller when you visit the site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price here:
Additional Plugin Info
For ”how to” videos of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
The Bottom Line
If you plan to develop and sell ecourses, WP Courseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use plugin that you need to know about.
To learn more, check out the plugin here:
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