Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are now finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
eLearning is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
Online teaching marketplaces like Udemy.com show that the eLearning industry is growing at an astounding rate.
Udemy.com offers 30,000+ e-courses covering all topics, from marketing and improving self esteem, to creativity and photography, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ ecourses covering all topics!)
This 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.
eCourses – Opportunities & Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning ecourses include:
- Figuring out the,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that learners can use immediately to ,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Assessing student scores,
- Generating reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include the lack of human contact, learner boredom, loss of focus, etc.
e-Training – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are trying to expand your business online, creating an etraining course that helps people learn new skills is a great way to attract new subscribers or monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be taught online.
(Got skills, knowledge or a passion for photography, gardening or creative writing? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you probably already have plenty of useful training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If your site is built using WordPress and you want to develop elearning courses, there’s a cost-effective and powerful courseware solution that can help you.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin
Description
WPCourseware is a leading online course creation plugin for WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Management System Plugin)
The WP Courseware plugin is currently being used by 7,000+ businesses online and makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
In WP Courseware, training courses comprise of modules and modules can include course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. The plugin adds a new section to the dashboard menu that lets you create new courses, edit existing course modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export your training content, modify certificates, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving you further customization options …
(WP Courseware Widget)
The courses you add can be entirely customized and configured.
For example, you can specify whether participants must complete a course section before they are allowed to progress through to the next section …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of your course information inside the admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View details about all courses inside your WP dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can quickly create courses using familiar WP interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize 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 and drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” screen)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can arrange the order of your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you are done adding content to your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of built-in shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can add course content to your pages and manage all of your course options from the plugin settings section …
(Create training courses with WPCourseware)
Once your e-course is published, it can be viewed by authorized members …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
More info: WP Courseware
Product Benefits
Below are just a few of the benefits of using WPCourseware to create professional courses online on your site:
Fast And Simple To Install And Configure. Be Up And Running In Minutes.
WPCourseware is quite easy to install. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your administrator account and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a course, module, or unit with content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to organize the course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expandability
The plugin lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and enrollees.
Add Any Kind Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which allow you to add any type of content you would typically add to WordPress pages or posts besides text, such as videos, audio files, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add different content types in your training courses)
Additional benefits include:
- Use on all WP themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin deliver content accross all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WP Courseware offers web site owners with many features. Here are a few:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline and course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses your students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatically Enroll New Course Participants
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Customized Training Certificates
At the end of a course, you can provide course participants who successfully complete training courses with certificates of completion. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to course completion certificates …
(Training certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export option lets you move courses to other sites.
Custom Email Notifications
WP Courseware lets you create custom email notifications for trainees upon module and course completion and for communicating related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon successfully completing training quizzes. You can also send out mass emails trainees with their final grade with a single click …
(Custom Email Notifications And User Messages – WPCourseware)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Quizzes And 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 a CSV file with the survey results.
- The course grade book helps you track how students are progressing …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Membership Site & e-Commerce Plugin Integration
WP Courseware can be used with many leading WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With Membership & eCommerce Plugins)
Feedback From Users
Here are just a few of the testimonials and comments customers have written about 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
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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
Product Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have plenty of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
WP Courseware lets you convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to complete certain tasks.
Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, full refund 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 examples of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of “how-to” tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Product Price
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This edition allows you to install WP Courseware on a single domain. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This license option lets you set up WP Courseware on ten WordPress websites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This enables you to run WPCourseware on 25 WordPress sites. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The cost of purchasing the WP Courseware product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the product sells for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the product developer when you visit the plugin website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Info
For ”how-to” videos of the plugin in action, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Get This Plugin
If you want to develop ecourses, WP Courseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use plugin that you may want to consider adding to your site.
For more information, visit the plugin website here:
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