Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are discovering new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like providing e-training courses and e-learning.
Electronic learning, or “e-learning,” is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
e-Learning course sites like Udemy.com show that the eTraining industry is growing at a tremendous rate each year.
Udemy.com provides 30,000+ online courses covering all topics, from design and improving self esteem, to courses on building healthy relationships and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy.com provides over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics!)
The fact that the eLearning industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for businesses that have valuable information that can help transform the lives of others.
eLearning – Opportunities & Drawbacks
The digital medium provides many useful technologies and a great environment for creating e-courses. e-Learning delivered via computers and increasingly mobile-based tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems (LMS), video tutorials, video-conferencing apps, audio training, reports, online forums, etc. There are, however, a number of drawbacks involved in planning e-learning courses.
Some of the drawbacks include:
- Figuring out the best way to deliver content,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that do not require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Assessing student performance,
- Generating reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include the lack of face-to-face interaction, potential lack of student motivation (e.g. boredom), distracting environments, etc.
eLearning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating ecourses that teach others new skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list or monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to build a loyal customer base, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every imaginable topic can be turned into an online training course.
(Got an interest or passion for fashion photography, landscaping or copywriting? Turn it into an elearning product!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. Chances are, however, you already have plenty of useful training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If your website is driven by WordPress and you would like to create and sell training products, there’s an inexpensive and powerful courseware solution you may want to consider using on your site.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – Online Learning Management System Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Plugin
WP Courseware is a leading online learning management plugin for WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Learning Management Plugin)
7,000+ WordPress sites use WPCourseware. WPCourseware makes creating training courses in WordPress very simple.
A course in WPCourseware includes modules and modules can contain course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu item that lets you add a new course, add or edit course modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export course information, modify training certificates, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, allowing users to monitor their own progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can completely configure and customize all of your courses.
For example, you decide if participants must complete a course section before they are allowed to progress to the next section …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can view course information ”at a glance” inside your admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View training course information inside your dashboard)
If you already understand how WordPress works, you can create courses quickly using familiar WP interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and notifications, provide certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(”Edit Course” screen)
Adding training modules and units is as simple as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you are done creating your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
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 uses the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all of the content you have added …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
Once your etraining product has been published, it can be viewed by users with exclusive access permission …
(Members must log in and have permission to view your training content)
To learn more about the plugin go here: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Here are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to create training courses online on your WordPress web site:
Fast And Simple To Install And Configure. Ready To Start Using In Very Little Time.
WP Courseware is very easy to install. Simply upload a zip file that contains the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your WP admin user area and activate.
Very Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can create courses quickly and easily using familiar interfaces and functions.
Simply create a course, training module, or course unit with course 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 allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and students.
Use Different Content Formats
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would normally add to a WordPress page or postWordPress posts or pages besides text, like video, audio, images, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Add any type of content you like to create your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include:
- Works with all themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Use on all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
Features
WPCourseware offers WP users with a number of features. Here are a few of these:
Course Outline
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode 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 with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Customized Course Certificates
Issue course participants with course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Training certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import feature allows you to transfer your course to other sites.
Custom User Notifications
WP Courseware lets you create custom user messages for course participants upon module and course completion and to communicate other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who successfully complete a quiz. You can also send out mass emails trainees with their final course grade with just one click …
(Email Notifications – WPCourseware)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Surveys & Quizzes)
- Depending on how you decide to build the course, you can add 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. Surveys allow you to download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help you track how well your students are progressing in a course …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WPCourseware)
Works With Membership & e-Commerce Plugins
WPCourseware integrates with leading WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With eCommerce & Membership Plugins)
User Feedback
Here are a few of the testimonials and feedback that users have published about 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, 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, Entrepreneur, Blogger, & Speaker
WPCourseware Plugin – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have loads of useful training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
WPCourseware allows you to convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to complete certain tasks.
Product Support
WPCourseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, 100% money-back 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 area provides examples of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of ”how-to” videos …
(WP Courseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Product Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This lets you install WP Courseware on one domain only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This option lets you configure WP Courseware on 10 WordPress sites. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This license allows you to configure WP Courseware on 25 domains. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: The cost to purchase the WP Courseware plugin can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the software is selling for the amounts shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin developer when you visit the site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For ”how to” videos showing how the plugin works, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
The Bottom Line
If you would like to create ecourses, WP Courseware is a cost-effective and professional solution you need to know about.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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