Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from in areas like online training and education.
e-Training is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where students do not interact face-to-face with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
eLearning marketplaces like Udemy.com show that the eLearning industry is growing at a significant rate.
Udemy.com provides over 30,000 courses online covering all topics, from web design and developing influence, to courses on building healthy relationships and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy.com offers 30,000+ courses online covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to acquire new skills, but also for businesses that have unique and valuable content that can help transform the lives of others.
eLearning – Opportunities And Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning ecourses include:
- Working out the best delivery method,
- Employing popular tools that students can use to access the training content,
- Ensuring consistent standards are applied throughout the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Assessing student scores,
- Generating reports, completion certificates
You also need to take into account factors such as the lack of human contact, boredom, potential lack of focus, etc.
eCourses – A World Of Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating etraining courses that help people gain the skills they need is a great way to attract new subscribers or monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be turned into an online training course.
(Got an interest or business built around photography, landscaping or writing sales copy? Turn it into an online training course!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you probably already have plenty of useful content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
If your website is powered by WordPress and you are searching for a cost-effective way to create ”how-to” products this article will introduce you to a great courseware solution that you need to keep in mind.
Announcing …
WPCourseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin
Product Description
WPCourseware is the leading online learning management system plugin for WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management Plugin)
Thousands of sites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. The software makes creating e-courses in WordPress simple.
A training course in WPCourseware contains training modules and training modules contain course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware integrates fully with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds a new section to your main menu that lets you create new courses, edit course modules and units, edit quizzes, edit plugin, import/export your course information, create training certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, allowing users to view their own progress …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can completely configure and customize all of your courses.
For example, you can choose if learners need to have completed a course section before they are allowed to progress to the next section …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can view course details “at a glance” and perform a number of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View information about all training courses inside your dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can create courses fast using familiar WP interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, provide certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” section)
Adding training modules and course units is as simple as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, videos, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your training content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the Ordering screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of all course units in the “Course Units” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to insert courses and training module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can add training course information to your pages and manage all of your course options from the plugin settings section …
(Create professional training courses easily with WPCourseware)
After publishing your e-training product, the content can be accessed by logged in authorized users …
(Members must log in and have permission to access your training content)
Learn more here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Here are just some of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to add courses to your web site on your WordPress web site:
Quick And Easy To Install And Configure. Ready To Start Using In No Time.
WP Courseware is really easy to install. Just upload it to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Very Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create training courses in minutes using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Just 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 Expansion Capacity
WP Courseware lets you create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of enrollees to courses.
Use Different Content Formats
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which enables you to add anything you would typically add to a WordPress page or postWordPress posts or pages besides text, like audio files, videos, images, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include:
- Use on all WordPress themes: WPCourseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Works on all devices: WPCourseware deliver content that can be viewed on all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WPCourseware offers web site owners with many features. Below we have listed a few of these:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create a course outline or course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses your students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also navigate through your courses using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll New Students Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Certificates
Provide course participants who successfully complete courses with customized certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to course certificates …
(Customized training certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import functionality allows you to move your course to other websites.
Custom Email Notifications
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom email notifications for students upon module and course completion and to communicate related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who successfully complete course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails trainees with their final grades with one click …
(WPCourseware – Email Notifications)
Surveys & Quizzes
Add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Add Quizzes & Surveys)
- Depending on how you decide to build the course, 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. Surveys allow you to download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help track how students are progressing …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
eCommerce And Membership Site Plugin Integration
WP Courseware can be used with many WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce And Membership Plugin Integration)
Testimonials From Users
Here are some of the testimonials plugin customers have published about the WPCourseware 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 the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
WPCourseware allows you to convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if you have published a number of “how to” articles and tutorials.
Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, complete 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 settings menu provides examples of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Plugin Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This lets you activate WP Courseware on a single WordPress site. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This edition allows you to install WPCourseware on ten WordPress web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This edition lets you use WPCourseware on 25 WordPress web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: The price of the WP Courseware product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the plugin retails for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the software author when you visit the 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 Plugin Info
For ”how-to” videos of the plugin in action, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
In Conclusion
WP Courseware will help you create and sell ecourses fast. This is a powerful WordPress solution you should definitely consider using.
For more information, visit the plugin website:
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