Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are now finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like providing e-training courses and elearning.
Electronic training (eTraining) is based on the concept of distance learning, where students don’t have face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
eTraining course marketplaces like Udemy.com are strong indicators of the explosive growth of the e-Training industry.
Udemy currently offers over 30,000 e-courses on every topic imaginable, from internet marketing and building self-esteem, to courses about parenting & relationships and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy currently offers 30,000+ e-courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for individuals that have something unique to teach.
Online Courses – Opportunities And Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning and developing effective online courses include:
- Working out the best delivery methods,
- Employing familiar tools that don’t require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistent standards are applied throughout content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Grading scores,
- Creating reports, completion certificates
You also need to take into account factors such as the lack of face-to-face interaction, potential lack of student motivation (e.g. boredom), loss of focus, etc.
e-Courses – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell products online, creating a learning product that helps people gain practical knowledge is a great way to grow a list or monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to build a loyal customer base, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every imaginable topic can be turned into an elearning product.
(Got a business built around photography, horticulture or creative writing? Turn it into an e-training course!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been online for a while, however, you probably already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
If your site is built with WordPress and you would like to create teaching courses, there’s an inexpensive and powerful courseware solution that you need to know about.
Introducing …
WP Courseware – Online Course Management System Plugin For WordPress
Plugin Description
WP Courseware is the leading online course creation software for WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
The WP Courseware plugin is currently being used on 7,000+ WP websites and makes creating e-courses in WordPress simple.
Training courses in WPCourseware consist of modules and modules can include course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. The plugin adds a new section to the admin menu that lets you add new training courses, edit existing course modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export data, create certificates of completion, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, allowing users to monitor their course progress …
(WPCourseware Widget)
The courses you add can be entirely configured and customized.
For example, you can specify if learners must complete a training unit before they can advance to the next unit …
(Course settings can be configured to suit your needs)
You can view training course information ”at a glance” inside your WP dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View details about your training courses inside your admin dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can create training courses quickly using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, issue certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Plugin options area)
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 type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can arrange the order of your content by dragging and dropping units inside training 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 your course units in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can display course content on your pages and manage all of your course options from a central location …
(Create training courses easily with WP Courseware)
Once your e-course has been published, it can be viewed by logged in authorized members …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
For more details go here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits of using WPCourseware to create courses online on your site:
Quick And Simple To Install And Configure. Ready To Start Using In No Time.
WPCourseware installs just like every plugin. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your admin user section and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Just create a new course, module, or course unit with course content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to arrange the course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expandability
The WP Courseware plugin allows you to create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of enrollees to courses.
Use Different Content Formats
Course units use WordPress custom types, which enable you to add any type of content you would typically add to a WordPress post or pageWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as audio files, video, images, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Additional benefits include:
- Works with all WordPress themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware allows you to deliver training content across multiple devices.
Product Features
WPCourseware offers WordPress users with many great features. Here are a few of these:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create course outlines or course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students are enrolled in while also 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 student progress inside the dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Enroll Students Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Course Completion Certificates
At the end of a course, you can issue course participants who successfully complete training courses with customized course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to certificates of completion …
(Course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import functionality lets you set up training courses on a different WordPress website.
Custom Email Notifications And Messages
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom user messages to congratulate trainees upon module or course completion and to communicate related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated upon passing the quiz. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to your students with their final course grade with just one click …
(User Messaging – WP Courseware)
Quizzes And Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Add Surveys & Quizzes)
- 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.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. Surveys allow you to download CSV files with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
eCommerce & Membership Site Plugin Integration
WP Courseware works with many e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With Membership & e-Commerce Plugins)
Testimonials
Below are a few of the testimonials that plugin users 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, 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
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 digital product.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to complete certain tasks.
Product Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, 100% money-back 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 menu provides a list of the shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of plugin training video step-by-step tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Plugin Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This enables you to activate WP Courseware on 1 WordPress web site only. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This license lets you use WPCourseware on ten WordPress sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This allows you to set up WP Courseware on 25 domains. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: Price details for this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The pricing shown above was current at the time this article was written. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the product developer 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 current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Info
For demo videos showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Our Recommendation
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell ecourses, WPCourseware is a powerful WP plugin you may want to consider.
For more details, check out the plugin here:
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