Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from areas like online education.
Electronic learning, or “elearning,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students do not interact face-to-face with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
e-Learning course marketplaces like Udemy.com show that the eLearning industry is growing.
Udemy.com provides over 30,000 ecourses covering all topics, from web design and personal development, to courses about happiness and improving memory & study skills, etc …
(Udemy provides 30,000+ online courses on every subject imaginable!)
The fact that the eLearning industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for individuals that have unique and valuable information to teach others.
e-Courses – Benefits & Challenges
The digital medium provides tools and technologies for developing and selling online training courses. e-Learning tools include Learning Management Systems (LMS), videos, audio courses, video-conferencing, e-Books, online forums, etc. There are, however, a number of drawbacks when it comes to planning, developing and implementing online courses.
Some of these include:
- Working out training delivery methods,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that learners can immediately use to get trained,
- Ensuring consistency of standards used in the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing student performance,
- Creating useful reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account important factors such as lack of face-to-face interaction, learner boredom, potential lack of focus, etc.
e-Courses – A World Of Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your web presence, creating products that help people gain useful skills is a great way to attract new subscribers and monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to build a customer base, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be taught online.
(Got a business built around fashion photography, horticulture or technical 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 the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If your website is built with WordPress and you want to create elearning courses, there’s a cost-effective and professional plugin that can help you.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Plugin
WP Courseware is the leading online course creation software for WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
Thousands of sites use the WP Courseware plugin. WP Courseware makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
A course in WP Courseware contains training modules and training modules contain course units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. The plugin adds a new section to the main menu that lets you add new training courses, edit modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export training content, modify certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in the sidebar, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WP Courseware Widget)
You can completely customize and configure all of your courses.
For example, you decide if participants must complete a course unit before they are allowed to progress through to the next section …
(Configure your course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your courses inside your admin dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View information about your training courses inside the admin dashboard)
If you already understand how WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly and easily using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, issue course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Easily edit course settings)
Adding training modules and units is as simple as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the Ordering screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you are done adding content to your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of all of your course units in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert course and training module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the options and settings you have added …
(Creating professional training courses with WP Courseware)
After publishing your e-course, members must be logged in and have permission to view your training content …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
More info: WPCourseware
Benefits
Below are just some of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to add professional courses to your web site on your WordPress website:
Fast And Simple To Install And Implement. Be Up And Running In No Time.
WPCourseware installs like every plugin. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Simply create a new 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 WP Courseware plugin lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and users.
Use Different Content Formats
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would typically add to 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 benefits include the following:
- Compatible with all themes: WPCourseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: WP Courseware works on all devices.
Features
WPCourseware provides site owners with many great features. Below we have listed a few:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create course outlines and course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses your students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also navigate through their course with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll Course Participants
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Customized Training Course Certificates
Students who successfully complete courses can receive a training course certificate. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to course completion certificates …
(Course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export option lets you set up your course on other WordPress sites.
Custom Notifications
WP Courseware lets you set up custom email messages for trainees after completing modules and courses and for communicating related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated after passing training quizzes. You can also send out mass emails to your students with their final grade with just one click …
(WP Courseware – Custom Email Notifications And User Messages)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
You can add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Add Surveys And Quizzes)
- 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.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. The survey feature allows you to download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help track how well your students are doing …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
eCommerce And Membership Plugin Integration
WP Courseware works with leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Sites)
Testimonials From Plugin Users
Here are a few of the testimonials and feedback plugin users have submitted regarding 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
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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 content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WP Courseware allows you to convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if there are a number of great educational articles and step-by-step tutorials have already posted on your site, you probably have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress post or page into a course unit)
You can use the export/import feature to build and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourced tasks.
Plugin Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 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” section inside the plugin’s options and settings menu provides examples of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Product Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This option lets you install WP Courseware on a single WordPress domain. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This edition allows you to activate WPCourseware on 10 domains. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This license enables you to run WPCourseware on 25 WordPress web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost of purchasing this product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the current pricing at the time this article was written. This may or may not be the actual price set by the product seller when you visit the product site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Product Info
For ”how to” videos of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
We Highly Recommend This
WP Courseware helps you build and sell courses quickly and easily. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware solution you should definitely look into.
For full details, check out the plugin here:
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