Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like providing online courses and e-learning.
Electronic learning, or “elearning,” is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where learners do not have face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
eTraining course marketplaces like Udemy.com show that the e-Training industry is growing at a significant rate.
Udemy offers 30,000+ courses online on every subject imaginable, from web development and personal productivity, to happiness and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy currently offers 30,000+ ecourses covering all topics!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing and that so many subjects can be taught online is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for businesses that have unique content that can help transform the lives of others.
eCourses – Opportunities And Challenges
The digital medium provides great opportunities for creating courses online, but there are also a number of challenges and drawbacks.:
- Figuring out the best way to deliver training content,
- Using familiar tools that students can use to get trained,
- Ensuring consistent standards are used throughout the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Grading student performance,
- Generating useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include the lack of human contact, learner boredom, loss of focus, etc.
Online Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are trying to expand your web presence, creating an ecourse that helps people acquire practical knowledge in useful things is a great way to grow a list or develop another stream of revenue. Creating products is one of the best ways to attract customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be turned into an online training course.
(Got a business or passion for photography, gardening or copywriting? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you probably already have the building blocks of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
If your website is built with WordPress and you want to develop e-courses, there’s a cost-effective and professional plugin you need to know about.
Let’s Review …
WPCourseware – Online Course Management Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Product
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up professional training courses and build e-learning products fast with WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management Plugin)
Thousands of WordPress websites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. WP Courseware makes creating training courses in WordPress simple.
Courses in WP Courseware include modules and training modules are built from course units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. The plugin adds a new section to your main menu that lets you add a new training course, add or edit existing modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export your data, edit certificates of completion, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options 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 can specify whether participants need to have completed a training section before they can advance to the next section …
(Courses can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can view course details ”at a glance” inside your admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View training course details inside the WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can create courses quickly using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, create course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Edit your course details easily)
Adding modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can easily 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 training modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you have finished creating your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of all course units in the “Course Units” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware uses shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the information you have added …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
After publishing your e-training product, registered users can access it …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more about this plugin: WPCourseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the many benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to create professional training courses online on your WordPress site:
Be Up And Running In Minutes
WP Courseware is very easy to install. Just upload it to your Plugin folder via your admin user account and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create courses quickly and easily using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Just create a course, training module, or course unit with content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to arrange the content and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expansion Capability
WP Courseware allows you to create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of enrollees to courses.
Add Different Content Formats
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would normally add to WordPress pages or posts besides text, such as audio, videos, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you like to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits of using this plugin include the following:
- Works on all themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin allows you to deliver your training content across multiple devices.
Product Features
WP Courseware offers a number of features to WP users. Here are a few of these:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline and course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses your students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also navigate through your courses with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Customized Training Certificates
Students can receive training certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Customized training certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import functionality allows you to set up your course on other websites.
Custom Notifications
WPCourseware allows you to create custom email messages for students after completing modules or courses and to communicate other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon completing training quizzes. You can also send out a mass email trainees with their final course grades with one click …
(WPCourseware – User Notifications)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
Add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- 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. The survey feature allows you to download CSV files with survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help you track how well your students are progressing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
Works With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Sites
WP Courseware works with many leading WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Sites)
Feedback From Users
Here are a couple of the testimonials that plugin customers have submitted for 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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you probably already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
WPCourseware lets you easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if there are some instructional articles and step-by-step tutorials published on your website or blog, you probably already have a product partially created …
(Convert any WordPress post or page into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the import/export feature to create and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks.
WPCourseware 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 1 year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” screen inside the plugin’s settings area explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of training step-by-step tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Software Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This license option allows you to set up WP Courseware on a single site. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This allows you to activate WPCourseware on ten WordPress web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This allows you to run WPCourseware on twenty-five websites. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The cost to purchase the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the current pricing when this article was published. This may not be the actual price charged by the product author when you visit the plugin 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 Info
For ”how-to” videos of the plugin in action, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
We Recommend
WP Courseware will help you develop and sell courses quickly and easily. This is a powerful solution you should definitely download and add to your site.
For more information, visit the plugin website here:
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