Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
eTraining is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners do not have face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
eTraining sites like Udemy are indicative of the explosive growth of the eTraining industry.
Udemy offers over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics, from office productivity and personal finance, to courses about better parenting and photography, etc …
(Udemy provides over 30,000 e-courses covering every subject imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to gain practical knowledge of useful areas, but also for individuals that have something unique to share.
eTraining – Opportunities And Drawbacks
Some of the challenges of planning, developing and implementing e-courses include:
- Working out training delivery methods,
- Using familiar tools that don’t require a time-consuming learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Assessing scores,
- Creating reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account factors such as lack of face-to-face interaction, potential lack of student motivation, potential lack of focus, etc.
eLearning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell information-based products, creating a product that teaches people new skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list or develop a new stream of revenue. 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 a leader in your industry or niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every imaginable topic can be taught online.
(Got skills, knowledge or a passion for fashion photography, landscaping or copywriting? Turn it into an e-training course!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch is very time-consuming. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you probably already have the building blocks of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to create elearning products and your website is driven by WordPress, this article will introduce you to a powerful courseware plugin that you should definitely know about.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up training courses and build e-learning products quickly with WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Management Plugin)
7,000+ WordPress websites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. The software makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
In WPCourseware, A course comprises of training modules and training modules contain course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add a new training course, add or edit existing course modules and units, add quiz questions, edit settings, import/export your training content, add certificates of completion, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
Courses can be fully configured and customized.
For example, you can specify whether course participants must complete a training unit before they are allowed to progress through to the next section …
(Configure course settings to suit your needs)
You can view training course information ”at a glance” inside your dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View details about all training courses inside your WP dashboard)
If you already understand the way WordPress works, you can create courses quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, provide certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data 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 units is as easy as adding 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 order your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished creating your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of your course units in the “Course Units” section …
(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)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the content you have configured …
(Creating training courses is easy with WPCourseware)
After your training course has been published, it can be viewed by users with permission to access the information …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
More info: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WP Courseware
Here are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to add professional training courses to your WordPress site or blog on your site:
Very Easy To Install
WP Courseware is very easy to install. Simply upload a zip folder containing the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Simply create a course, module, or course 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 Expansion Capability
The plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and course participants.
Add Different Content Formats
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would normally insert into WordPress posts or pages besides text, like embedded media, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Some additional benefits include the following:
- Compatible with all themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Works on all devices: WP Courseware works on all devices.
WP Courseware Features
WP Courseware provides a number of features to WP users. Here are just some:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline or course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track student progress inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Customized Training Certificates
Issue course participants who successfully complete courses with customized training course certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Customized training certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import function lets you transfer your course to other sites.
Email Messages
WPCourseware allows you to create custom user messages to congratulate course participants after completing modules and courses and communicating on course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon completing course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to students with their final course grades with one click …
(Custom Email Message – WPCourseware)
Quizzes And Surveys
You can add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you decide to build the 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 a CSV file with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WPCourseware)
e-Commerce And Membership Plugin Integration
WPCourseware integrates with many e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Works With Membership & eCommerce Plugins)
User Testimonials
Here are some of the testimonials and comments customers 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, 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
WP Courseware Plugin – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
WP Courseware allows you to convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if there are some “how to” articles and tutorials have already posted on your website, you probably already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress page or post into a course unit)
Additionally, 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 courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks in your business.
Support
WPCourseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, 100% money-back guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and 1 year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” section inside the plugin’s options and settings menu provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Plugin Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This edition enables you to install WP Courseware on a single website. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Edition – This allows you to configure WP Courseware on 10 WordPress websites. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This lets you use WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress sites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost to purchase WP Courseware depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The price shown above was current at the time this content was written. This may not be the actual pricing set by the software seller when you visit the site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Product Information
For a demo video of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
In Conclusion
WP Courseware will help you develop and sell a training product fast. This is a great courseware plugin you should definitely consider using on your site.
To learn more, check out the plugin here:
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