Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic training, or “etraining,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
Online course sites like Udemy.com are indicative of the explosive growth of the e-Training industry.
Udemy.com provides 30,000+ e-courses covering all topics, from office productivity and personal finance, to courses on religion & spirituality and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy currently offers over 30,000 courses online on every subject imaginable!)
The fact that the eLearning industry is growing is not only great for people looking to gain new skills, but also for individuals that have unique and valuable content that can help transform the lives of others.
eCourses – Opportunities & Drawbacks
The digital medium provides tools and technologies for developing and selling online courses, but there are also a number of challenges and drawbacks.:
- Figuring out the best training delivery method,
- Employing popular tools that don’t require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistency of standards used in content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Assessing student performance,
- Creating reports, completion certificates
You also need to take into account important factors such as the lack of human contact, potential lack of student motivation (e.g. boredom), loss of focus, etc.
e-Training – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating products that help people acquire commercial skills and competency in subjects that will advance their opportunities to grow or succeed is a great way to grow a subscriber list or develop a new stream of revenue. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to build a customer base, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every topic imaginable can be turned into an training course.
(Got a passion for 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 takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, that if you have been online for a while, you probably already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If your website is built using WordPress and you are searching for a cost-effective way to develop etraining products there’s a great plugin that you should look into.
Presenting …
WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Product
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products quickly and easily using WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Online Learning Management System Plugin For WordPress)
The WPCourseware plugin is currently being used on thousands of WP sites and makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
Courses in WP Courseware contain modules and training modules include units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new training course, edit course modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export your data, create certificates of completion, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a widget in your sidebar, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WPCourseware Widget)
Your courses can be fully configured and customized.
For example, you can specify whether students must complete a course section before they are allowed to advance through to the next section …
(Course settings can be customized to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of your training courses inside your dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View information about your courses inside your dashboard)
If you already understand WordPress, you can create courses very quickly using familiar WP interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily 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 data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Edit your course settings easily)
Adding modules and course units is as easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your units inside training modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished creating your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” area …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and 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 of the options and settings you have configured …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
After publishing your etraining product, users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WP Courseware
Benefits
Below are just some of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to create courses online on your website:
Easy & Quick To Install
WP Courseware is quite easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugins folder via your WP administrator area and activate.
Create Training Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with how WordPress works, you can create courses quickly and easily using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Just create a new course, training module, or unit with course 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 allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and students.
Add Any Kind Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would typically insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, like audio, videos, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different content types to create your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include:
- Works on all WordPress themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware allows you to deliver content across multiple devices.
Product Features
WP Courseware provides web site owners with many features. Below we have listed just a few:
Course Outline
You can create course outlines and course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through their courses 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 Students
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Customized Training Certificates
Students who successfully complete your training courses can be issued with a customized certificate of completion. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to certificates …
(Course completion certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import function allows you to transfer courses to other websites.
User Messaging
WPCourseware allows you to create custom email messages to congratulate course participants upon module and course completion and to communicate course-related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated after passing a quiz. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails trainees with their final course grades with one click …
(User Notifications – WP Courseware)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
You can add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Add Quizzes & Surveys)
- Depending on how you choose to build your course, 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. The survey feature allows you to download CSV files with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps track how your students are progressing in a course …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Works With eCommerce & Membership Plugins
WPCourseware can be used with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce And Membership Plugin Integration)
Testimonials
Here are just a few of the testimonials that users have provided 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, 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
WP Courseware Plugin – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
WP Courseware allows you to easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are a number of “how to” articles and step-by-step tutorials published on your website, you probably have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress post or page into a course unit)
Additionally, 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 WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourced tasks.
WP Courseware Plugin Support
The plugin 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 settings menu explains how to use the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Plugin Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This option lets you activate WPCourseware on a single site. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This allows you to configure WPCourseware on 10 WordPress sites. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This license option allows you to use WPCourseware on 25 WordPress web sites. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: The price of the WP Courseware software can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the software sells for the pricing shown above. This may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin seller when you visit the site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For demo videos showing how the plugin works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
We Recommend
WPCourseware helps you create e-courses fast. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use WP plugin that you should definitely consider using.
For complete details, check out the plugin here:
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