Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are now finding new niches to profit from in areas like online training and education.
Electronic training (e-Training) is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners don’t have face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
e-Training sites like Udemy.com show that the e-Learning industry is growing.
Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 ecourses covering all topics, from web development and improving self esteem, to courses on creativity and improving memory & study skills, etc …
(Udemy currently offers 30,000+ online courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for individuals that have unique content to share with others.
e-Training – Benefits And Drawbacks
The internet provides tools and technologies for creating online training courses, but there are also a number of challenges and drawbacks.:
- Working out methods of delivering training content,
- Employing easy-to-use tools that students can immediately use to ,
- Ensuring consistency of methods in content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Assessing student scores,
- Generating reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of human contact, lack of motivation (e.g. boredom), distractions, etc.
e-Training – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating courses that teach others useful subjects is a great way to grow a subscriber list or monetize your website. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to attract new customers, 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. Every imaginable topic can be taught online.
(Got an interest or passion for fashion photography, horticulture or copywriting? Turn it into an etraining course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, that if you have been online for a while, you already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a training product.
If your website is built using WordPress and you plan to create and sell e-courses, there’s an inexpensive and powerful courseware plugin that you need to know about.
Our WordPress Plugin …
WP Courseware – Online Course Management System Plugin For WordPress
Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up professional training courses and build e-learning products quickly and easily using WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin)
Over 7,000 sites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. The software makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
A training course in WPCourseware consists of training modules and training modules comprise of units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu item that lets you create a new training course, edit existing course modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit settings, import/export course information, modify certificates, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a widget in the sidebar, allowing users to monitor their course progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
Courses can be completely customized and configured.
For example, you decide if participants need to have completed a course unit before they are allowed to progress through to the next section …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of all course details inside your WP dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View course details inside your WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can create courses very quickly using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, create course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” section)
Adding modules and course units is as easy as creating 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 reorder your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you are done creating your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of your course units in the “Course Units” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware allows you to use shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the options you have configured …
(Create training courses easily with WP Courseware)
Once your training product has been published, registered users can access it …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WP Courseware
Product Benefits
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create courses online on your WordPress web site:
Ready To Use In Minutes
WP Courseware is really easy to install. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Create Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can create courses quickly using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a new course, training 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
WPCourseware allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and enrollees.
Use Different Content
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 files, video, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you like in your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include:
- Compatible with all themes: WPCourseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware allows you to deliver your training content across multiple devices.
Product Features
WP Courseware provides website owners with many features. Here are just a few:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create course outlines and course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses your students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also navigate through your courses using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Enroll Course Participants Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Course Certificates
Issue course participants with certificates. Certificates of completion can be customized with a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Certificates of completion)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import function lets you move courses to other websites.
User Messaging
WPCourseware lets you create custom email notifications to congratulate course participants after completing modules or courses and to communicate course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who pass training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to students with their final grade with just one click …
(WP Courseware – Custom User Notifications)
Add 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 choose to build the course.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. Surveys allow you to download a CSV file with survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help you track how students are doing …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
eCommerce & Membership Plugin Integration
WP Courseware can be used with many e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Membership & e-Commerce Plugin Integration)
User Feedback
Here are a couple of the testimonials and feedback 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
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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 Plugin – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you already have plenty of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a training product.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are a number of “how to” content like step-by-step tutorials already published on your website or blog, you probably have a partially-created product …
(Convert any post or page into a course unit)
You can use the export/import 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 WP Courseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks in your business.
Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, full 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 options and settings menu provides a list of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 plugin “how to” step-by-step tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Plugin Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This license option allows you to activate WPCourseware on one WordPress site only. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This lets you install WP Courseware on 10 WordPress websites. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This allows you to run WPCourseware on twenty-five WordPress sites. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: Price details for WPCourseware depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The price shown above was correct at the time this review was written. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin seller when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Info
For demo videos of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Install The Product
WP Courseware helps you build a training product fast. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use WordPress plugin that you should definitely download and add to your site.
For full details, check out the plugin here:
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