Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are discovering new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online training and education.
eTraining is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where learners have no direct face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
Online learning sites like Udemy show that the e-Learning industry is growing at an astronomical rate year on year.
Udemy currently offers over 30,000 ecourses covering all topics, from office productivity and personal productivity, to courses about building healthy relationships and language learning, etc …
(Udemy offers 30,000+ courses online covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Training industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for individuals that have valuable information that can help transform the lives of others.
eCourses – Opportunities And Drawbacks
The internet provides tools and technologies for creating and selling online training courses, but there are also significant challenges.:
- Figuring out methods of delivery,
- Using familiar tools that students can use immediately to get trained,
- Ensuring consistency of methods in content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Grading scores,
- Generating reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include lack of human contact, boredom, distractions, etc.
eLearning – A World Of Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your business online, creating e-courses that teach useful subjects is a great way to grow a subscriber list or monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract new customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be taught online.
(Got a business or passion for photography, gardening 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 can take a lot of time. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If your website is built using WordPress and you want to create e-courses, there’s an inexpensive and powerful courseware plugin that you may want to consider.
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WPCourseware – Online Learning Management System Plugin For WordPress
Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products quickly with WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Online Learning Management System Plugin For WordPress)
WP Courseware is used on 7,000+ sites and makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
A training course in WP Courseware contains training modules and training modules can include course units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add a new course, add or edit course modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export your training content, modify training certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, allowing users to view their own course progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can completely customize and configure all courses.
For example, you can decide whether students need to have completed a course section before they can progress to the next unit …
(Courses can be customized to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your courses inside the WP dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View information about your training courses inside your WP dashboard)
If you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, issue course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” area)
Adding training modules and course units is as simple as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can arrange the order of your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished creating your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you use a range of shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all the information you have added …
(Creating professional-looking training courses is easy with WP Courseware)
After publishing your etraining course, authorized users can access the content …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Below are just some of the many benefits of using WPCourseware to create training courses online on your site:
Fast Installation
WPCourseware installs like any plugin. Simply upload a zip folder containing the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your administrator account and activate.
Create Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Simply create a course, module, or course 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 Capacity
The WP Courseware plugin allows you to set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of enrollees to courses.
Add Different Content Types
Course units use WordPress custom types, which allow you to add anything you would typically insert into a WordPress post or pageWordPress posts or pages besides text, like audio, video, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different content types in your training courses)
Some additional benefits of this plugin include the following:
- Compatible with all WP themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Use with all devices: WP Courseware works on all devices.
Plugin Features
WP Courseware offers web site owners with many features. Below we have listed some of those features:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create a course outline and course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses your students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through their course with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track student progress inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll Course Participants
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Certificates Of Completion
At the end of a course, you can issue students with course completion certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to training certificates …
(Customized certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import option lets you set up your course on a new WordPress site.
Custom Email Notifications
WP Courseware allows you to create custom email notifications to congratulate course participants after completing modules or courses and to communicate related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who pass the quiz. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to students with their final course grade with one click …
(WPCourseware – Custom User Notifications)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Surveys & 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 course grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WPCourseware)
eCommerce & Membership Plugin Integration
WP Courseware works with many well-known WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Membership And e-Commerce Integration)
User Feedback
Here are just a few of the testimonials that users have provided for WPCourseware:
“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 online for a while, you already have plenty of useful content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
WP Courseware lets you convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if there are some educational content like tutorials already published on your site, you could already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any 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 new staff, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks.
Product Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, 100% refund 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 settings menu provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of training step-by-step tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Plugin Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This license allows you to run WP Courseware on one WordPress website only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This lets you use WP Courseware on ten WordPress websites. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This edition lets you run WP Courseware on 25 WordPress websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The cost of purchasing the WPCourseware software depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the price when this review was written. This may not be the actual price set by the software author when you visit the site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest price here:
Additional Information
For ”how-to” videos showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Get The Product
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create and sell e-courses, WPCourseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware plugin that you should definitely look into.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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