Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are discovering new niches to profit from in areas like online training and education.
Electronic learning (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
eLearning sites like Udemy show that the e-Learning industry is growing at a massive rate each year.
Udemy provides 30,000+ courses online covering all topics, from design and developing influence, to courses about religion & spirituality and making better lifestyle choices, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ e-courses covering every topic imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to acquire new skills, but also for businesses that have unique information to teach others.
eLearning – Benefits And Drawbacks
The internet provides many technologies and a great environment for creating e-courses. Training performance-boosting tools include Learning Management Systems (LMS), videos, audio training, video-conferencing, PDF reports, online forums, etc. There are, however, a number of challenges when it comes to developing e-courses.
Some of these include:
- Working out the,
- Employing popular tools that do not require taking on an additional learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency of methods used throughout the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing scores,
- Creating useful reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account factors like lack of human contact, lack of motivation, distractions, etc.
e-Courses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your business online, creating an e-training course that helps people learn subjects in high interest is a great way to grow a list and develop a new stream of revenue. Creating products is one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Every topic imaginable can be turned into an ecourse.
(Got skills, knowledge or an interest in photography, landscaping or copywriting? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch can be very time-consuming. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create e-courses and your website is built using WordPress, then here’s a great plugin you may want to consider using on your site.
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WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Plugin
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up e-courses and build e-learning products quickly using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
WP Courseware is currently being used on thousands of websites and makes creating e-courses in WordPress simple.
A training course in WP Courseware includes training modules and training modules can contain units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. The plugin adds a new section to your main menu that lets you add new courses, add or edit existing modules and units, edit quizzes, edit plugin, import/export course information, create custom 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 Widget)
You can fully customize and configure all courses.
For example, you can choose whether participants must complete a training section before they can progress to the next section …
(Course settings can be fully configured to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your training courses inside your WP dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View course information inside the WP dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and notifications, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Edit your course settings easily)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished adding content to your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of your course units in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you insert courses and module information into pages using shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you add course content to your pages and manage all of your course details from a central location …
(Create professional-looking training courses easily with WPCourseware)
After publishing your e-course, registered members can access the content …
(Users must log in and have permission to view your training content)
Learn more about the plugin here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WPCourseware to create courses online on your WordPress website:
Ready To Go To Work In Minutes
WP Courseware installs like any other WP plugin. Simply upload a zip folder that contains the plugin to your Plugin folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Very Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Just create a course, module, or unit with course 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 add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and students.
Add Different Content Formats
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add anything you would normally add to a WordPress page or postWordPress posts or pages besides text, such as embedded media, images, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Add different content types to create your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Compatible with all WordPress themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: The plugin deliver training content that can be viewed on all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WPCourseware offers a number of great features to WordPress users. Here are some:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create a course outline and course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through your courses with a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track student progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll New Students Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Certificates
Students can be issued with customized training course certificates. Course certificates can be customized with custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Certificates of completion)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export feature allows you to move your course to other websites.
Custom User Notifications
WP Courseware lets you create custom user messages for course participants upon module or 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 course quizzes. You can also send out mass emails to your students with their final course grade with just one click …
(WP Courseware – Email Messages)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
Add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you choose to build the course.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. The survey feature allows you to download a CSV file with survey results.
- The course grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Membership Site & eCommerce Plugin Integration
WP Courseware can be used with many leading WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With Membership & eCommerce Sites)
User Testimonials
Below are a few of the testimonials customers have provided for 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
Plugin Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WPCourseware lets you easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are some educational content like tutorials published on your website or blog, you probably have a partially-created product …
(Convert any post or page into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the export/import feature to create 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.
Support
WPCourseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty 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 explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Plugin Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This allows you to set up WPCourseware on a single WordPress domain. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This license lets you run WP Courseware on ten websites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This allows you to run WP Courseware on 25 WordPress sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Price details for WP Courseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the software is selling for the prices shown above. This may not be the actual pricing set by the product seller when you visit the product 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 Plugin Information
For a demo video showing how the plugin works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Install The Product
WPCourseware helps you build a training course quickly and easily. This is a great solution that you should definitely download.
For full details, visit the plugin website here:
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