Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are discovering new niches to profit from in areas like online training and education.
Electronic learning, or “elearning,” is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where learners have no face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
Online learning sites like Udemy.com are strong indicators of the tremendous growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy.com offers over 30,000 courses online covery every subject imaginable, from business and growing your influence, to building healthy relationships and making better lifestyle choices, etc …
(Udemy.com offers over 30,000 online courses covering every topic imaginable!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing and that so many topics can be taught online is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for individuals that have something unique to teach.
eCourses – Benefits And Challenges
The digital medium provides many useful tools and a great environment for developing training courses online, but there are also many drawbacks.:
- Working out methods of delivering training content,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that don’t require investing additional effort, money or time in a new learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency of standards used in the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing scores,
- Creating reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of face-to-face contact, potential lack of motivation (e.g. boredom), loss of focus, etc.
eLearning – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell information products, creating training products that teach people useful things is a great way to grow a subscriber list or monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract new customers, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be turned into an ecourse.
(Got a business built around commercial photography, gardening or writing sales copy? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you probably already have plenty of useful content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If your site is built with WordPress and you would like to develop online training courses, there’s a cost-effective and powerful WordPress solution that can help you.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – Online Learning Management Plugin For WordPress
Description
WPCourseware is a leading learning management system courseware plugin for WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
The WPCourseware plugin is currently being used in over 7,000 WP sites and makes creating elearning courses in WordPress very simple.
In WP Courseware, training courses comprise of modules and modules include units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. The plugin adds a new section to your menu that lets you create new training courses, add or edit existing course modules and units, add quizzes, edit settings, import/export training content, create certificates, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, allowing users to view their course progress …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
You can fully customize and configure all courses.
For example, you decide if participants need to complete a training section before they are allowed to advance through to the next unit …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can view information about your training courses “at a glance” and perform various types of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View course information inside your dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, 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 messages and user notifications, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” area)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can rearrange the order of your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished creating your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the information you have added …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
Once your e-training course is published, users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
For more details go here: WP Courseware
Plugin Benefits
Here we have listed just some of the benefits of using WP Courseware to add training courses to your WordPress website on your WordPress site:
Quick Installation
WPCourseware is really easy to install. Just upload a zip file containing the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Simply create a new course, module, or course 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 Expandability
WP Courseware lets you set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of enrollees to courses.
Add Different Content Types
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would normally insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, like audio, video, graphic elements, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits include:
- Works with all themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: WPCourseware deliver content that can be viewed on all devices.
Features
WP Courseware offers many features to WordPress users. Here are just some:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses your students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also navigate through their course using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside your dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Customized Course Certificates
Students can be issued with certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to course completion certificates …
(Certificates of completion)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import feature allows you to move your course to other sites.
User Messaging
WPCourseware lets you create custom user messages to congratulate trainees upon module and course completion and to communicate other administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who complete course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to students with their final grades with just one click …
(Custom Email Notifications – WP Courseware)
Quizzes And Surveys
Add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Depending on your needs, you can add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes.
- 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 the survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps track how your students are doing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WPCourseware)
Integrates With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Sites
WPCourseware can be used with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Works With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Site Plugins)
User Feedback
Here are some of the testimonials and comments plugin users have provided for 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, Entrepreneur, Blogger, & Speaker
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you already have loads of useful training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
WP Courseware lets you easily convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if there are some educational articles and tutorials have already posted on your site, you probably have a product partially created …
(Convert any WordPress post or page into a course unit)
You can use the export/import feature to create and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks in your business.
Product Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, 100% money-back guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and one 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 available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 plugin training video step-by-step tutorials …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Plugin Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This license enables you to run WP Courseware on a single WordPress domain. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This license option lets you configure WPCourseware on 10 websites. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This license option enables you to install WP Courseware on twenty-five websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The price of the WPCourseware software can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the plugin is selling for the prices shown above. This may not be the actual price charged by the plugin seller when you visit the plugin website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest price here:
Additional Information
For ”how to” videos showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Our Recommendation
If you want to create ecourses, the WPCourseware plugin is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use solution you may want to consider adding to your site.
To learn more, visit the plugin website here:
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