Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online training and education.
Electronic learning, or “elearning,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students don’t have direct face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
e-Learning sites like Udemy show that the eLearning industry is growing at a significant rate.
Udemy.com provides over 30,000 online courses covering all topics, from IT & software and building self-esteem, to courses about religion & spirituality and photography, etc …
(Udemy currently offers over 30,000 e-courses on every subject imaginable!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing and that so many subjects can be taught online is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for individuals that have valuable educational content that can help transform the lives of others.
Online Training – Benefits & Challenges
The internet provides tools and technologies for creating elearning courses, but there are also significant challenges and drawbacks.:
- Working out the,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that course students can use to get trained,
- Ensuring consistency across content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading student scores,
- Creating reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account factors such as lack of human contact, lack of motivation, distractions, etc.
eLearning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are trying to expand your business online, creating e-courses that teach useful subjects is a great way to grow a list and develop a new stream of revenue. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract customers, as well as 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 business or passion for fashion photography, horticulture or copywriting? Turn it into an online training product!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, you already have plenty of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell e-courses and your site is built using WordPress, then there’s a powerful plugin that you may want to look into.
Let’s Review …
WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Description
WP Courseware is the leading online course management plugin for WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Software)
Over 7,000 WordPress websites have the WPCourseware plugin installed. The software makes creating etraining courses in WordPress simple.
A course in WPCourseware comprises of training modules and modules comprise of units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add a new course, add or edit existing course modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit settings, import/export data, add certificates of completion, access training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a widget in the sidebar, giving users access to information about their course progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
You can fully customize and configure your courses.
For example, you can specify whether participants need to complete a course section before they are allowed to advance through to the next section …
(Course settings can be configured to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of your courses inside your dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View details about all courses inside your dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create courses very quickly using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, issue course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” screen)
Adding modules and course units is as simple as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your training content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the Ordering section …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done adding content to your module, 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 training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you insert course and module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the options and settings you have configured …
(Create professional-looking training courses with WP Courseware)
After publishing your elearning product, members must log in and have permission to access your training content …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
More info: WP Courseware
Product Benefits
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to create professional training courses online on your website:
Installation Is Easy, Fast & Simple
WPCourseware installs just like any WordPress plugin. Simply upload it to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Training Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can create training courses very quickly using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Just create a course, module, or unit with content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to organize the content and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expansion Capability
WP Courseware lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and students.
Use Different Types Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would normally add to a WordPress post or pageWordPress posts or pages besides text, such as embedded media, graphic elements, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want in your training courses)
Some additional benefits include the following:
- Compatible with all WordPress themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
Plugin Features
WP Courseware provides a number of great features to web site owners. Below we have listed a few of these:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create course outlines and course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
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)
Automatically Enroll Course Participants
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Course Completion Certificates
Issue students who successfully complete courses with training certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Course completion certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export feature allows you to transfer your course to other websites.
Email Messages
WPCourseware allows you to set up custom user notifications for trainees upon module or course completion and to communicate other administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated upon passing the quiz. You can also send out mass emails trainees with their final grade with a single click …
(WP Courseware – Email Notifications)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Surveys & 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.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. Surveys allow you to download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The course grade book helps track how your students are doing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WPCourseware)
eCommerce & Membership Site Plugin Integration
WP Courseware integrates with many e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With WordPress eCommerce & Membership Sites)
Testimonials
Here are a couple of the testimonials and feedback that plugin users have provided 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, 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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you already have loads of useful training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WP Courseware allows you to easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are some “how to” content like tutorials published on your site, you probably have a product partially created …
(Convert any page or post into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the export/import feature to build and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable learning courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourced business tasks.
Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, complete money-back 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 settings area explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Plugin Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This allows you to use WPCourseware on a single domain. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This license option lets you use WP Courseware on ten WordPress websites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This license option enables you to set up WP Courseware on 25 domains. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Pricing details of the WPCourseware software can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Presently, the product sells for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software developer when you visit the site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For a demo video of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
In Conclusion
WPCourseware will help you build e-courses quickly and easily. This is a powerful solution that you should definitely check out.
For complete details, check out the plugin here:
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