Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from in areas like providing online courses and elearning management systems.
Electronic training (e-Training) is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners do not have direct face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
Online education marketplaces like Udemy show that the eLearning industry is growing at a tremendous rate.
Udemy.com provides 30,000+ online courses covery every subject imaginable, from business and personal finance, to stress management and motivation, etc …
(Udemy.com provides 30,000+ courses online covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for individuals that have something valuable to teach.
eCourses – Opportunities & Drawbacks
Some of the challenges of planning and developing effective online training courses include:
- Figuring out methods of delivery,
- Employing easy-to-use tools that students can use instinctively to get trained,
- Ensuring consistent methods are used throughout the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Grading student performance,
- Creating useful reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include lack of human contact, lack of motivation (e.g. boredom), distractions, etc.
eLearning – A World Of Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating a course that teaches others subjects in areas of strong interest is a great way to attract new subscribers and monetize your website. Creating products is one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your industry or niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be taught online.
(Got an interest or passion for commercial photography, landscaping or writing sales copy? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch is very time-consuming. If you have been marketing your business 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 digital training product.
If your site is built with WordPress and you want to create online training products, there’s a cost-effective and professional WordPress solution that can help you.
Let’s Review …
WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up e-courses and build e-learning products fast with WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
7,000+ websites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. The software makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
In WP Courseware, A training course comprises of modules and modules can include course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new course, edit course modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit settings, import/export your data, add training certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about their course progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can completely customize and configure your courses.
For example, you can decide if students need to have completed a course unit before they can advance to the next unit …
(Configure course settings to suit your needs)
You can view details about all courses ”at a glance” inside your admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View information about all courses inside the WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin options section)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing your course units in the “Course Units” area …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware allows you to insert courses and training module information into pages using a range of built-in shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you display course information on your pages and manage all of your course details from the plugin settings section …
(Create professional training courses with WP Courseware)
After your e-training product is published, you can restrict access to registered users only …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details go here: WP Courseware
Plugin Benefits
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to add professional training courses to your WordPress website or blog on your website:
Be Up And Running In Very Little Time
WP Courseware is quite easy to install. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your admin account and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand the way WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly and easily using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a course, training module, or course unit with content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to arrange the course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expansion Capacity
The plugin lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and students.
Use Different Content Formats
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which allows you to add anything you would typically add to WordPress pages or posts besides text, like video, audio files, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Additional benefits include the following:
- Compatible with all themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin works on all devices.
WP Courseware Features
WP Courseware provides many great features to website owners. Here are just some:
Course Outline & Progress Page
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 while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track student progress inside the dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Automatically Enroll Course Participants
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Customized Certificates
Students who successfully complete courses can receive customized certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Customized certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export option allows you to move your course to other sites.
User Messaging
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom user notifications to congratulate trainees upon module and course completion and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after completing training quizzes. You can also send out mass emails to students with their final grade with a single click …
(WP Courseware – Email Notifications)
Quizzes And Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you choose to structure the course.
- 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 survey results.
- The course grade book helps track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WPCourseware)
eCommerce & Membership Site Plugin Integration
WP Courseware can be used with many well-known WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With e-Commerce & Membership Plugins)
Feedback From Users
Here are just some testimonials and comments plugin customers 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, 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, Entrepreneur, Blogger, & Speaker
WP Courseware – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you already have the building blocks of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
WPCourseware allows you to convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if there are some “how to” articles and step-by-step tutorials already published on your website or blog, you probably already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress post or page into a course unit)
You can use the import/export feature to create and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks.
WPCourseware Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, full money-back 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 menu explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 plugin training step-by-step tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Software Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This enables you to activate WP Courseware on one site only. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This edition lets you activate WPCourseware on ten websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This enables you to run WPCourseware on twenty-five websites. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The cost of purchasing the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The price shown above was current at the time this content was published. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the product developer when you visit the plugin site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest price here:
Additional Info
For demo videos showing how the software works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Get The Plugin
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to create an online training product WP Courseware is a great solution that you should definitely keep in mind.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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