Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from in areas like providing teaching and training courses online and elearning.
Electronic training, or “etraining,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
e-Learning course sites like Udemy are indicative of the massive growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy.com provides 30,000+ online courses covering all topics, from business and building self-esteem, to creativity and hobbies, etc …
(Udemy currently offers over 30,000 courses online covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Training industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for individuals that have something to teach others.
eTraining – Opportunities & Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning online courses include:
- Working out delivery methods,
- Employing familiar tools that do not require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistent methods are used throughout content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Assessing scores,
- Providing reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of face-to-face contact, learner boredom, loss of focus, etc.
eTraining – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating an ecourse that helps people acquire the skills they need to advance further is a great way to attract new subscribers or develop an online stream of revenue. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to build a customer base, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be taught online.
(Got a passion for photography, horticulture or creative writing? Turn it into an training course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have the building blocks of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a training product.
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to develop and sell ecourses and your site is powered by WordPress, then here is a powerful courseware plugin that you may want to consider adding to your site.
Let’s Review …
WPCourseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress
Description
WPCourseware is the leading online course creation plugin for WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
Over 7,000 sites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. The software makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
In WPCourseware, e-Courses comprise of training modules and training modules comprise of course units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. The plugin adds its own menu item that lets you add a new training course, edit course modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export your training content, create custom certificates of completion, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, allowing users to view their own course progress …
(WPCourseware Widget)
The courses you add can be entirely configured and customized.
For example, you can choose whether learners need to complete a course unit before they can progress to the next section …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can view information about all training courses “at a glance” and perform a number of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View details about your training courses inside the admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can create courses quickly and easily using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, provide course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(”Edit Course” screen)
Adding modules and course units is as simple as adding 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 arrange the order of your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you are done creating 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” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to insert course and training module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the content you have configured …
(Creating professional-looking training courses is easy with WPCourseware)
After your e-learning product is published, registered members can access the content …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
To learn more about this plugin go here: WP Courseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Here are just some of the many benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create professional courses online on your WordPress site:
Easy Installation
WP Courseware is very easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugin folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Create Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a course, module, or unit with course 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
The WP Courseware plugin allows you to create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of students to courses.
Use Different Types Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would normally insert into a WordPress post or pageWordPress posts or pages besides text, like audio, video, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add different content types in your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Works with all themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
Plugin Features
WPCourseware offers many features to WordPress users. Below we have listed some:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create course outlines and course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through their courses with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track student progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll Participants
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Certificates Of Completion
Students who successfully complete training courses can be issued with training course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to course certificates …
(Certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import functionality lets you set up training courses on another site.
Custom Notifications
WP Courseware lets you set up custom user messages to congratulate trainees upon module and course completion and to communicate related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who complete course quizzes. You can also send out a mass email to students with their final course grades with one click …
(WP Courseware – Custom Email Notifications)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Depending on how you decide to structure the course, 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 a CSV file with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WP Courseware)
Works With WordPress Membership & e-Commerce Sites
WP Courseware integrates with many leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Works With eCommerce & Membership Site Plugins)
Feedback From Users
Below are a few of the testimonials and feedback that users have written 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
WPCourseware – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have loads of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if there are a number of great instructional articles and step-by-step tutorials have already posted on your website, you probably already have a product partially created …
(Convert any WordPress page or post into a course unit)
You can use the import/export 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.
Product Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, 100% refund 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 settings area explains how to use the shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Plugin Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This license option lets you activate WP Courseware on a single WordPress site. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This enables you to activate WPCourseware on 10 websites. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This lets you configure WP Courseware on twenty-five web sites. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing details of the WP Courseware product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The pricing shown above was correct when this content was written. This may or may not be the actual price set by the plugin seller when you visit the plugin website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing information here:
Additional Product Info
For ”how to” videos showing how the software works, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Get This Plugin
WPCourseware helps you build a training product quickly and easily. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use solution you should definitely consider using on your site.
For full details, visit the plugin website:
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