Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from areas like providing teaching and training courses online and e-learning management systems.
e-Training is based on the concept of distance learning, where students have no face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
e-Training course marketplaces like Udemy.com are strong indicators of the growth of the eLearning industry.
Udemy offers over 30,000 ecourses covery every topic imaginable, from design and personal transformation, to courses about creativity and photography, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 ecourses on every topic imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for individuals that have valuable knowledge to teach others.
e-Training – Benefits & Drawbacks
The digital medium provides benefits and opportunities for creating e-courses, but there are also many drawbacks and challenges.:
- Working out the best training content delivery method,
- Employing easy-to-use tools and technologies that do not require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistency of standards in content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Grading student scores,
- Generating reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include the lack of face-to-face interaction, boredom, distractions, etc.
eTraining – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a digital product creator, creating etraining courses that help people learn new skills is a great way to grow a list or develop a new stream of revenue. Product creation is one of the best ways to build a customer base, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your niche or industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every imaginable subject can be taught online.
(Got an interest or business built around fashion photography, gardening or copywriting? Turn it into an e-training product!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, you already have plenty of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
If your site is powered by WordPress and you are searching for a cost-effective way to create etraining products then here’s a powerful plugin that can help you.
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WPCourseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin
Description
WPCourseware is the leading online course creation plugin for WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Management Plugin)
WPCourseware is used by over 7,000 businesses online and makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
Training courses in WPCourseware consist of training modules and training modules can contain units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add a new course, edit modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export data, add certificates of completion, view training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, allowing users to monitor their course progress …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can completely configure and customize all of your courses.
For example, you can decide if course participants must complete a course unit before they are allowed to advance to the next section …
(Configure course settings to suit your needs)
You can view details about all training courses “at a glance” and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View training course information inside your admin dashboard)
If you already understand WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and notifications, provide course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(”Edit Course” section)
Adding modules and course units is as easy as adding 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 order your units inside training modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you are done adding content to your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of your course units in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you insert course and training module information into pages using shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can add training course content to your pages and manage all of your course options from the plugin settings section …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
After publishing your training course, authorized members can access it …
(Members must log in and have permission to access your training content)
Learn more here: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WPCourseware to add professional training courses to your WordPress web site on your WordPress site:
Easy & Quick To Install
WP Courseware is very easy to install. Simply upload a zip file containing the plugin to your Plugins folder via your admin user section and activate.
Create Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create courses fast using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Just create a new course, training module, or course unit with content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to organize the course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expansion Capacity
The plugin lets you set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Add Different Content Types
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add anything you would normally insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress posts or pages besides text, like video, audio files, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Additional benefits include the following:
- Works on all themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Use on all devices: WP Courseware works on all devices.
Features
WP Courseware offers many unique features to website owners. Here are just a few of these:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline or course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses your students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also navigate through your course using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll Course Members
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Customized Certificates
Students can receive customized training course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to certificates …
(Training course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export feature lets you set up training courses on another website.
User Notifications
WPCourseware allows you to create custom email notifications for 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 complete training quizzes. You can also send out mass emails trainees with their final grades with a single click …
(WP Courseware – Custom Email Message)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
You can add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on your needs.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download CSV files with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps track how students are progressing in a course …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Works With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Site Plugins
WP Courseware can be used with many leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce & Membership Plugin Integration)
User Feedback
Here are a couple of the testimonials and comments plugin 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, 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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
WP Courseware lets you easily convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if you have already published some educational articles and step-by-step tutorials.
WPCourseware Support
WPCourseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, full refund 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 settings area explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of ”how-to” videos …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Software Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This license option enables you to run WP Courseware on one WordPress web site only. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This enables you to run WP Courseware on ten websites. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This license option enables you to use WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress web sites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Current pricing for the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the price at the time this article was published. This may or may not be the actual price set by the software seller when you visit the product site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Info
For a demo video of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Install This Plugin
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to create etraining courses WPCourseware is a powerful courseware plugin you may want to keep in mind.
For full details, visit the plugin website here:
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