Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are now finding new niches to profit from in areas like online education.
e-Learning is is the technological equivalent of distance learning, where students do not have face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
eTraining marketplaces like Udemy.com show that the eTraining industry is growing at a tremendous rate.
Udemy offers 30,000+ e-courses covering all topics, from office productivity and personal development, to parenting & relationships and hobbies, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ ecourses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to acquire useful skills, but also for individuals that have unique educational content that can help transform the lives of others.
eLearning – Opportunities And Challenges
The internet provides great opportunities for developing elearning courses, but there are also a number of challenges and drawbacks.:
- Working out methods of delivering training content,
- Using popular tools and technologies that course students can immediately use to access the content,
- Ensuring consistency across content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Assessing scores,
- Creating useful reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account important factors like lack of human contact, boredom, distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
Online Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating products that help people acquire useful skills is a great way to attract new subscribers and monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your industry or niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about every topic where there is interest and demand to learn can be taught online.
(Got knowledge, skills or a passion for commercial photography, gardening or writing sales copy? Turn it into an online training product!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital product.
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to develop and sell ecourses and your site is built with WordPress, then let me introduce you to a powerful solution that can help you.
Introducing …
WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Plugin
WP Courseware is the leading WordPress course management system plugin.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin)
Over 7,000 WordPress sites use the WP Courseware plugin. WPCourseware makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
In WP Courseware, A training course consists of modules and modules can include units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu section that lets you add new training courses, edit existing modules and units, edit quizzes, edit plugin, import/export your data, create certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, giving you further customization options …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
You can completely configure and customize all courses.
For example, you can choose whether participants must complete a training section before they can advance through to the next unit …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of all course details inside the admin dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View training course details inside your dashboard)
If you already understand WordPress, you can create courses quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and notifications, issue certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Easily edit course settings)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can arrange the order of your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished creating 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 modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you use the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert course and training module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all the information you have configured …
(Creating professional training courses with WP Courseware)
After your training product has been published, registered members can access it …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Learn more about this plugin here: WP Courseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create professional training courses online on your web site:
Fast And Easy To Install And Set Up. Be Up And Running In No Time.
WPCourseware is really easy to install. Simply upload a zip folder that contains the plugin to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Simply create a course, module, or 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 students to courses.
Use Different Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which allow you to add anything you would typically add to a WordPress post or pageWordPress pages or posts besides text, like video, audio files, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Use on all WP themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin deliver content accross all devices.
Plugin Features
WP Courseware provides many features to site owners. 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 the courses students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
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 Students
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Course Certificates
Students can receive customized training course certificates. Training course certificates can be customized with a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Customized training certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export feature lets you set up training courses on a new WordPress site.
Custom Email Notifications And User Messages
WPCourseware allows you to create custom user notifications to congratulate trainees upon module and course completion and to communicate course-related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who pass the quiz. You can also send out mass emails to your students with their final course grade with one click …
(WP Courseware – Email Notifications)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you decide to structure your course.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download a CSV file with survey results.
- The course grade book helps track how your students are progressing in a course …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
Integrates With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Sites
WP Courseware integrates with leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce & Membership Site Integration)
User Feedback
Below are just some testimonials and comments that plugin users have provided 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, 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
Product Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
WP Courseware allows you to easily convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if there are some “how to” articles and step-by-step tutorials already published on your website, you could already have a product partially created …
(Convert any WordPress post or page into a course unit)
You can use the export/import 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 business tasks.
WP Courseware Support
WPCourseware is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, 100% refund 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 explains how to use the shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Plugin Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This allows you to use WP Courseware on a single web site. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This license option lets you configure WP Courseware on 10 web sites. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This edition lets you configure WP Courseware on 25 WordPress websites. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: Pricing details of the WP Courseware software can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The price above was current at the time this content was written. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the software author when you visit the site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing information:
Additional Information
For ”how to” videos showing how the software works, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Install This Product
If you plan to develop e-courses, the WP Courseware plugin is an inexpensive and powerful WordPress plugin that you need to know about.
For more details, visit the plugin website:
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