Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic learning, or “e-learning,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students don’t have face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
e-Training course sites like Udemy show that the e-Training industry is growing.
Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 online courses covering all topics, from office productivity and growing your influence, to parenting & relationships and music, etc …
(Udemy currently offers over 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 valuable educational content that can help transform the lives of others.
eLearning – Opportunities And Drawbacks
The internet provides many tools and a great environment for creating and selling online courses, but there are also significant challenges.:
- Figuring out methods of delivery,
- Employing familiar tools that do not require an additional learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency of methods used throughout the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Assessing student performance,
- Generating useful reports, completion certificates
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors like lack of face-to-face interaction, boredom and potential lack of student motivation, loss of focus, etc.
e-Courses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your business online, creating e-courses that teach people useful skills is a great way to grow a list or develop an online stream of revenue. Creating products is one of the best ways to build a customer base, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your industry or niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be taught online.
(Got a passion for commercial photography, horticulture or technical writing? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been online for a while, however, you probably already have plenty of useful training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
If your website is built with WordPress and you want to create ecourses, there’s an inexpensive and powerful solution that can help you.
Let’s Review …
WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Description Of Product
WP Courseware is a leading WordPress learning management system plugin.
(WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
Over 7,000 WordPress sites use the WP Courseware plugin. The plugin makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
Training courses in WPCourseware include training modules and modules contain course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add a new training course, add or edit modules and units, edit quizzes, edit settings, import/export data, create custom certificates, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in the sidebar, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can completely configure and customize your courses.
For example, you can choose if course participants need to have completed a training section before they can advance to the next unit …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of all training course details inside your WP dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View details about all training courses inside your dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, provide certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Plugin options screen)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can rearrange the order of your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the Ordering screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished creating your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of built-in shortcodes to insert course and training module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the options and settings you have added …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
After publishing your elearning product, members must log in and have permission to view your training content …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
To learn more about this plugin go here: WP Courseware
Plugin Benefits
Here we have listed just some of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to create professional courses online on your web site:
Quick And Simple To Install And Configure. Ready To Use In Very Little Time.
WPCourseware installs just like every plugin. Just upload it to your Plugin folder via your WP admin account and activate.
Create Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create 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 Capacity
The WPCourseware plugin lets you create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of students to courses.
Use Different Content Formats
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add anything you would typically add to a WordPress page or postWordPress posts or pages besides text, like embedded media, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include:
- Compatible with all themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware allows you to deliver training content across multiple devices.
Features
WP Courseware offers many features to WordPress users. Below we have listed just some:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also view their course progress using a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Customized Training Certificates
Students who successfully complete courses can be issued with a course certificate. Certificates can be personalized with custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Customized certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export feature lets you transfer your course to other websites.
Email Messages
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom email messages for trainees after completing modules or courses and for communicating other administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated upon successfully completing training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to students with their final grade with one click …
(WP Courseware – Email Messages)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
Add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you decide to structure the course.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps track how well your students are progressing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
Works With WordPress eCommerce & Membership Plugins
WPCourseware works with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Membership Site And e-Commerce Integration)
Testimonials
Below are just some testimonials and comments that users have written about 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
Plugin Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
WP Courseware lets you easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if there are some instructional articles and step-by-step tutorials have already posted on your website or blog, you could already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress post or page into a course unit)
You can use the import/export feature to build and sell completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourced business tasks.
Support
WPCourseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, 100% money-back 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 …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of video step-by-step tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Plugin Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This allows you to install WP Courseware on one web site only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This edition lets you configure WPCourseware on 10 WordPress web sites. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This allows you to use WPCourseware on twenty-five WordPress websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Price details for the WPCourseware software can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The pricing above was correct when this article was published. This may not be the actual pricing set by the product developer when you visit the plugin site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing details here:
Additional Info
For ”how to” videos showing how the plugin works, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
In Conclusion
WP Courseware will help you develop and sell courses quickly and easily. This is a great courseware solution you should definitely consider adding to your site.
For full details, visit the plugin website:
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