Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from areas like providing online courses and elearning.
eLearning is based on the concept of distance learning, where students do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
e-Learning sites like Udemy show that the eLearning industry is growing at a tremendous rate.
Udemy provides 30,000+ courses online covering all topics, from design and growing your influence, to courses on creativity and motivation, etc …
(Udemy.com provides 30,000+ ecourses 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 learn new things, but also for businesses that have unique information that can help transform the lives of others.
Online Learning – Benefits & Drawbacks
Some of the challenges of planning online courses include:
- Working out the,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that do not require taking on an additional learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency of standards delivered across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Grading student scores,
- Providing useful reports, completion certificates
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors like lack of human contact, boredom and lack of motivation, distractions, etc.
e-Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell information-based products, creating a product that helps people acquire practical skills is a great way to grow a list or monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to build a 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 knowledge, skills or business interest in fashion photography, horticulture or creative writing? Turn it into an etraining course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, that if you have been online for a while, you probably already have plenty of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create and sell learning products and your website is built with WordPress, there’s a powerful solution that can help you.
Let’s Review …
WP Courseware – WordPress Course Management System Plugin
Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products quickly and easily using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
The WP Courseware plugin is used by 7,000+ businesses online and makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
A training course in WPCourseware comprises of modules and modules include units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add a new course, edit modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export your training content, modify training certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a widget in the sidebar, allowing users to monitor their own progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
The courses you add can be completely customized and configured.
For example, you decide whether course students need to have completed a course section before they can progress through to the next unit …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your training course details inside your WP dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View training course details inside your admin dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can create training courses fast using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, issue certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Plugin options screen)
Adding modules and course units is as simple as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, 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” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you are done adding content to your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to insert courses and training module information into pages using the plugin’s built-in shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
Shortcodes let you add training course information to your pages and manage all of your course details from your dashboard …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
After publishing your elearning course, you can restrict access to registered users only …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Learn more about the plugin here: WP Courseware
Product Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create professional training courses online on your web site:
Quick And Simple To Install And Configure. Be Up And Running In Very Little Time.
WPCourseware is really easy to install. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Simply create a course, module, or course unit with 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 Capacity
WP Courseware allows you to create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Add Different Content Types
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would typically insert into WordPress pages or posts besides text, such as video, audio files, images, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different content types to create your training courses)
Some additional plugin benefits include:
- Compatible with all WP themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Use with all devices: WP Courseware works on all devices.
Product Features
WP Courseware provides many features to WP users. Below we have listed a few:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline and course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll New Course Participants
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Course Completion Certificates
At the end of a course, you can issue course participants with customized certificates of completion. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to certificates …
(Course completion certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import feature allows you to move your course to other sites.
User Messaging
WPCourseware lets you create custom user notifications for trainees upon module and course completion and for communicating course-related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who pass training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to your students with their final course grade with a single click …
(Custom Email Notifications And Messages – WPCourseware)
Surveys And Quizzes
You can add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Add Quizzes And Surveys)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you choose to build your course.
- 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 you track how well your students are doing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WP Courseware)
Membership Site And e-Commerce Integration
WPCourseware works with leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Sites)
User Feedback
Here are just a few of the testimonials that plugin customers have written about WP Courseware:
“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 online for a while, you probably already have loads of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
WP Courseware lets you easily convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if you already have loads of great “how to” articles and tutorials.
WP Courseware Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, full money-back guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and one 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 shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of “how-to” tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Plugin Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This lets you configure WPCourseware on a single domain. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Edition – This license option allows you to configure WPCourseware on 10 WordPress web sites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This lets you run WP Courseware on 25 websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing for the WPCourseware product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Currently, the plugin is selling for the prices shown above. This may not be the actual price set by the product developer when you visit the site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Product Information
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Get The Product
WP Courseware helps you build e-learning courses fast. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use WP plugin that you should definitely consider using on your site.
To learn more, visit the plugin website here:
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