Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like online training and education.
Electronic learning, or “elearning,” is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where learners have no face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
eLearning marketplaces like Udemy.com show that the e-Training industry is growing at a tremendous rate year on year.
Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 courses online covering all topics, from internet marketing and personal productivity, to creativity and photography, etc …
(Udemy.com provides over 30,000 ecourses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for individuals that have unique and valuable content to share.
e-Training – Benefits And Challenges
The digital medium provides benefits and opportunities for creating online training courses. e-Learning tools include Learning Management Systems, videos, audio training, web-conferencing apps, slide and multimedia presentations, online forums, etc. There are, however, some challenges involved in developing e-training courses.
Some of the challenges and drawbacks include:
- Figuring out training content delivery methods,
- Using popular tools and technologies that don’t require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistent methods are applied throughout the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Grading scores,
- Providing reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors like the lack of human contact, lack of student motivation, loss of focus, etc.
eLearning – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell products online, creating products that teach others useful subjects is a great way to grow a list or develop another stream of revenue. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract new customers, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every subject where there is interest and demand to learn can be taught online.
(Got a business or passion for fashion photography, gardening or creative writing? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can be very time-consuming. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have the building blocks of great 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 etraining products, there’s a cost-effective and professional solution that can help you.
Presenting …
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.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress)
7,000+ sites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. The software makes creating etraining courses in WordPress simple.
A course in WPCourseware comprises of training modules and modules are built from units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware integrates fully with any WordPress site. The plugin adds a new section to your admin menu that lets you create a new training course, add or edit modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit settings, import/export your course information, add training certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about their course progress …
(WPCourseware Widget)
Courses can be completely customized and configured.
For example, you can decide if participants need to complete a training unit before they can progress to the next unit …
(Course settings can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of all training courses inside the admin dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View details about all courses inside your WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, provide course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” section)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as creating 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 reorder your training content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the Ordering section …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished creating your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware uses the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert courses and training module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the content you have added …
(Creating professional training courses with WP Courseware)
Once your etraining course is published, it can be viewed by logged in users with exclusive access permission …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
To learn more about this plugin go here: WP Courseware
Plugin Benefits
Here are just some of the many benefits of using WPCourseware to create courses online on your web site:
Fast And Easy To Install And Configure. Ready To Go To Work In Very Little Time.
WP Courseware is really easy to install. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your admin user login and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Just create a course, training module, or course unit with 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 Expandability
The plugin allows you to set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of participants to courses.
Add Any Type Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which enables you to add anything you would typically insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as video, audio, graphic elements, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Add different content types to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Use on all themes: WPCourseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware deliver content that can be viewed on all devices.
Features
WPCourseware offers many great features to WP users. Below we have listed a few:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines or course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses your students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also view their course progress using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll New Course Participants
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Customized Training Course Certificates
Students can be issued with a customized course certificate. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to course completion certificates …
(Customized certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import function lets you move your course to other websites.
Custom User Notifications
WP Courseware lets you set up custom user notifications to congratulate course participants upon module and course completion and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who complete a quiz. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails trainees with their final grade with one click …
(WPCourseware – Custom Notifications)
Surveys And Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Add Surveys And Quizzes)
- Depending on your needs, you can use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download CSV files with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Works With Membership & eCommerce Plugins
WPCourseware integrates with many leading WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(eCommerce And Membership Site Plugin Integration)
User Testimonials
Here are a couple of the testimonials that customers have written about the WP Courseware 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, Entrepreneur, Blogger, & Speaker
Plugin Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
WPCourseware allows you to convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if there are some educational content like tutorials published on your website or blog, you probably have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress post or page into a course unit)
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 e-courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourced tasks in your business.
Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, full money-back guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and one 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 available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Product Licensing Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This allows you to use WPCourseware on a single WordPress domain. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This license option enables you to use WP Courseware on ten sites. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This enables you to activate WPCourseware on twenty-five WordPress sites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: Price details for WPCourseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the software is selling for the amounts shown above. This may or may not be the actual price set by the software developer when you visit the product site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing here:
Additional Product Information
For ”how-to” videos of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Install This Plugin
If you would like to develop e-courses, the WPCourseware plugin is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use WordPress solution that you may want to consider.
For full details, check out the plugin here:
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