Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new niches to profit from in areas like online training and education.
eTraining is based on the concept of distance learning, where students don’t have direct face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
e-Training course marketplaces like Udemy are indicative of the growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy offers over 30,000 online courses covery every subject imaginable, from IT & software and leadership, to courses about creativity and motivation, etc …
(Udemy.com provides 30,000+ ecourses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for individuals that have unique and valuable information that can help transform the lives of others.
eCourses – Benefits And Challenges
The internet provides loads of opportunities for developing and selling online courses. eLearning tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems (LMS), online videos, audio courses, web-conferencing apps, eBooks, online forums, etc. There are, however, some challenges involved in planning, developing and implementing effective courses online.
Some of the drawbacks include:
- Working out the,
- Employing easy-to-use tools that don’t require spending additional time learning,
- Ensuring consistent methods are applied throughout the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing student performance,
- Creating reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors like the lack of human contact, boredom, distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
eCourses – A World Of Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating a training product that teaches new skills is a great way to grow a list or develop a new stream of revenue. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract new customers, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be taught online.
(Got a business or passion for photography, horticulture or creative writing? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been online for a while, however, you probably already have plenty of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
If your website is built using WordPress and you would like to create e-training products, there’s an inexpensive and powerful WordPress plugin that you need to know about.
Let’s Review …
WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Description Of Plugin
WPCourseware is a leading WordPress course creation plugin.
(WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
WP Courseware is currently being used by 7,000+ businesses online and makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
In WP Courseware, courses comprise of modules and modules are built from course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add a new course, edit existing modules and units, edit quizzes, edit settings, import/export training content, add certificates of completion, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can completely customize and configure all of your courses.
For example, you decide if course students need to complete a training unit before they can progress through to the next section …
(Courses can be fully configured to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of all training courses inside your admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View information about all training courses inside your dashboard)
If you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, provide certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” area)
Adding training modules and course units is as simple as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, videos, and any other form 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” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, simply 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. WP Courseware allows you to insert course and module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
Shortcodes let you add course content to your pages and manage all of your course details from your dashboard …
(Creating professional-looking training courses with WPCourseware)
After your training product is published, members must log in and have permission to access your training content …
(Members must log in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more: WPCourseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WPCourseware to create professional training courses online on your site:
Fast And Simple To Install And Implement. Be Up And Running In No Time.
WP Courseware is very easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugin folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Create Training Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly and easily using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Just create a course, training module, or unit with course content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to organize the content 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, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of participants to courses.
Use 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 video, audio, graphic elements, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Compatible with all WordPress themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
Features
WPCourseware offers many unique features to web site owners. Here are some of these features:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create a course outline and course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses your students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also navigate through their courses with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside your dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Automatically Enroll Course Participants
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Course Completion Certificates
Students can be issued with a certificate. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Customized course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export option allows you to set up training courses on a different WordPress website.
Custom Email Notifications And Messages
WP Courseware lets you set up custom email notifications for course participants upon module and course completion and communicating on related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated upon successfully completing training quizzes. You can also send out a mass email to students with their final course grade with just one click …
(WP Courseware – Custom Email Notifications And Messages)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you choose to structure the course.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download CSV files with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help you track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WPCourseware)
Membership Site & eCommerce Plugin Integration
WPCourseware works with many leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(eCommerce & Membership Plugin Integration)
User Feedback
Below are just some testimonials and comments that plugin users have published about 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
Product 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.
WPCourseware allows you to convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are a number of “how to” articles and tutorials published on your website, you probably have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress page or post into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the import/export feature to build and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourced tasks.
Plugin Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, complete refund guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and one year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” section inside the plugin’s options and settings menu provides examples of the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Product Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This enables you to use WP Courseware on one WordPress website only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This edition enables you to use WPCourseware on 10 web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This license option enables you to use WPCourseware on twenty-five websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Pricing for the WPCourseware software can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The price above was current when this review was written. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the software author when you visit the plugin website 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 a demo video of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
In Conclusion
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to create ecourses, WP Courseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware solution that you may want to consider using on your site.
To learn more, visit the plugin website here:
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