Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from areas like online training and education.
eTraining is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners don’t have face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
e-Training course sites like Udemy.com are indicative of the massive growth of the e-Training industry.
Udemy offers 30,000+ ecourses covery every subject imaginable, from internet marketing and personal transformation, to courses on happiness and photography, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ e-courses on every subject imaginable!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for businesses that have valuable educational content that can help transform the lives of others.
eTraining – Benefits And Drawbacks
Some of the drawbacks of planning, developing and implementing ecourses include:
- Figuring out the best methods to deliver training content,
- Employing familiar tools that don’t require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistent methods are applied throughout the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Grading student performance,
- Generating reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account important factors like lack of human contact, boredom and lack of motivation, distracting environments, etc.
e-Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating an e-course that teaches useful skills is a great way to grow a list and monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract new customers, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your niche or industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Anything can be turned into an etraining product.
(Got an interest or business built around fashion photography, horticulture or writing sales copy? Turn it into an elearning course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, that if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have loads of useful training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If your site is driven by WordPress and you plan to create ecourses, there’s an inexpensive and professional plugin you may want to consider adding to your site.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin
Plugin Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up training courses and build e-learning products quickly and easily using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin)
The WP Courseware plugin is currently being used by over 7,000 businesses online and makes creating e-courses in WordPress simple.
In WP Courseware, eCourses consist of training modules and training modules are built from course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware integrates fully with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds a new section to your main menu that lets you add a new training course, add or edit modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export course information, create training certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a widget in your sidebar, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WP Courseware Widget)
You can completely customize and configure all of your courses.
For example, you can choose if students need to have completed a training unit before they can advance through to the next unit …
(Configure course settings to suit your needs)
You can view training course details “at a glance” and perform various types of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View information about all courses inside the admin dashboard)
If you already understand the way WordPress works, you can create training courses fast using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, provide course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Edit your course settings easily)
Adding modules and course 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 reorder your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the Ordering settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to insert course and training module information into pages using the plugin’s built-in shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
Shortcodes let you add course information to your pages and manage all of your course details from your dashboard …
(Creating professional training courses is easy with WPCourseware)
After publishing your e-course, your registered members can access the content …
(Members must log in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to add professional training courses to your WordPress website or blog on your WordPress web site:
Be Up And Running In Minutes
WPCourseware installs just like any other WP plugin. Simply upload it to your Plugins folder via your WP admin user section and activate.
Create Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a new course, training module, or course unit with content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to arrange the course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expansion Capacity
The plugin lets you create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of participants to courses.
Add Different Content Types
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which enables you to add anything you would normally add to WordPress pages or posts besides text, such as videos, audio files, images, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different content types to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits include:
- Compatible with all WordPress themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware deliver content accross all devices.
Product Features
WP Courseware offers many unique features to WP users. Here are a few:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline or course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses your students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
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 …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll New Course Participants
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Training Certificates
Students can receive customized training course certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to course certificates …
(Customized course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export feature lets you set up training courses on other sites.
Email Messages
WPCourseware allows you to set up custom user messages for course participants after completing modules and courses and for communicating other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who complete the quiz. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to your students with their final course grade with a single click …
(WP Courseware – Email Notifications)
Surveys And Quizzes
You can add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Add Surveys And Quizzes)
- Use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you choose to structure the course.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. The survey feature allows you to download a CSV file with survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps you track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WPCourseware)
eCommerce And Membership Site Integration
WP Courseware works with many ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Sites)
Feedback From Users
Here are some of the testimonials and comments that users have submitted for 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
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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
Product 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.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if you already have loads of instructional articles and tutorials.
WP Courseware Plugin Support
WPCourseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, complete 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 settings menu provides a list of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete plugin “how to” tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Product Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This enables you to set up WPCourseware on one WordPress web site only. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This lets you activate WP Courseware on 10 websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This enables you to install WPCourseware on twenty-five domains. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing for the WPCourseware product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the current pricing at the time this article was written. This may not be the actual price set by the product developer when you visit the website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing information:
Additional Information
For demo videos of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
We Highly Recommend This
WPCourseware will help you build a training product fast. This is a great WordPress plugin you should definitely download.
For complete details, check out the plugin here:
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