Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from areas like online training and education.
eTraining is is the technological equivalent of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
Online learning sites like Udemy are indicative of the growth of the e-Training industry.
Udemy.com offers over 30,000 courses online covery every subject imaginable, from internet marketing and career development, to courses about building healthy relationships and motivation, etc …
(Udemy offers over 30,000 courses online covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Training industry is growing and that anything can be taught online is not only great for people looking to acquire practical knowledge, but also for individuals that have valuable educational content that can help transform the lives of others.
eCourses – Benefits & Challenges
Some of the drawbacks of planning, developing and implementing courses online include:
- Working out methods of delivery,
- Using easy-to-use tools that do not require taking on an additional learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Assessing scores,
- Creating reports, completion certificates
Additionally, you need to take into account factors such as lack of human contact, student boredom, distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
e-Training – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your business online, creating an e-learning course that helps people acquire new skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list or monetize your website. Creating products is one of the best ways to build a loyal customer base, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Anything can be taught online.
(Got a passion or interest in fashion photography, horticulture or copywriting? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, that if you have been online for a while, you already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
If your site is driven by WordPress and you want to develop an online training course, there’s a cost-effective and professional courseware plugin that can help you.
Introducing …
WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress
Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up training courses and build e-learning products quickly with WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin)
7,000+ websites use WPCourseware. The software makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
Training courses in WPCourseware contain training modules and training modules include units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new training course, add or edit existing modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export your course information, edit training certificates, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, allowing users to monitor their course progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
You can fully customize and configure your courses.
For example, you decide if participants need to have completed a training section before they are allowed to progress to the next unit …
(Courses can be configured to suit your needs)
You can view details about your training courses “at a glance” and perform a number of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View course details inside your dashboard)
If you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, provide course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Edit course settings easily)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the Ordering screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you are done adding content to your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you use a range of built-in shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the information you have added …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
After publishing your etraining course, members must be logged in and have permission to view your training content …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more: WPCourseware
Product Benefits
Below are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to add professional courses to your WordPress web site on your WordPress website:
Be Up And Running In Minutes
WP Courseware installs like any plugin. Just upload it to your Plugin folder via your WP admin user area and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create training courses very quickly 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 arrange the content and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Capacity
The plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and users.
Use Different Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would normally insert into WordPress pages or posts besides text, like video, audio, graphic elements, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Add any type of content you like in your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Compatible with all themes: WPCourseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Use on all devices: WP Courseware allows you to deliver training content across multiple devices.
Features
WPCourseware provides WordPress users with a number of great features. Here are some:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines or course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also navigate through your course with a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Customized Certificates
At the end of a course, you can issue course participants with course certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to course certificates …
(Customized certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export feature lets you move your course to other websites.
User Notifications
WPCourseware lets you create custom email messages to congratulate course participants upon module or 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 a mass email trainees with their final course grade with one click …
(WP Courseware – User Messaging)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
You can add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Add Surveys And Quizzes)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you decide to structure the course.
- 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 the survey results.
- The course grade book will help track how your students are progressing …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
Integrates With WordPress Membership & e-Commerce Sites
WP Courseware integrates with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With WordPress Membership & e-Commerce Plugins)
User Testimonials
Here are some of the testimonials and comments customers have submitted for 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
Plugin Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have training 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.
WP Courseware Plugin Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 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 provides examples of the shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of ”how-to” videos …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Product Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This edition enables you to configure WP Courseware on a single domain. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This lets you install WP Courseware on 10 domains. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This edition allows you to run WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing for the WPCourseware plugin can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The price shown above was current when this review was written. This may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin seller when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Info
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
In Conclusion
If you plan to create and sell ”how-to” products, WPCourseware is an inexpensive and professional courseware solution that you may want to consider using.
To learn more, check out the plugin here:
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