Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from areas like online training and education.
Electronic learning (e-Learning) is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where students do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
eLearning course sites like Udemy.com are strong indicators of the massive growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy provides over 30,000 e-courses on every topic imaginable, from web development and personal brand building, to courses about religion & spirituality and motivation, etc …
(Udemy.com offers over 30,000 online courses on every topic imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for individuals that have valuable educational content that can help transform the lives of others.
eCourses – Opportunities & Drawbacks
The digital medium provides great technologies and opportunities for developing and selling ecourses, but there are also a number of challenges and drawbacks.:
- Figuring out the,
- Employing familiar tools and technologies that learners can immediately use to access the content,
- Ensuring consistent methods are applied throughout content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading scores,
- Providing reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of face-to-face interaction, lack of motivation (e.g. boredom), distractions, etc.
eTraining – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell information-based products, creating e-courses that help people acquire practical knowledge and skills is a great way to attract new subscribers or monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract new 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 taught online.
(Got an interest or passion for commercial photography, gardening or creative writing? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you probably already have plenty of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
If your site is built with WordPress and you would like to develop and sell an online training course, there’s a cost-effective and professional solution that you may want to consider using.
Announcing …
WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Plugin Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up training courses and build e-learning products fast using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Creation Software)
Thousands of sites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. The plugin makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
In WPCourseware, e-Courses consist of modules and training modules are built using course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu section that lets you create a new course, add or edit existing course modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export course information, modify certificates of completion, access training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can fully configure and customize all courses.
For example, you can specify if students need to have completed a course section before they are allowed to progress to the next unit …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can view details about all training courses ”at a glance” inside your WP dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View course information inside the admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can create courses very quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
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 data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Easily edit course settings)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, videos, 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 training modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished creating your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all course units in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of built-in shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you add course content to your pages and manage all of your course details from a central location …
(Creating professional-looking training courses is easy with WP Courseware)
After your training product is published, it can be accessed by logged in your registered users …
(Members must log in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WP Courseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to create professional courses online on your web site:
Be Up And Running In Minutes
WP Courseware installs just like every plugin. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your WordPress admin user area and activate.
Create Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Simply 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 Capacity
WPCourseware allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and enrollees.
Use Different Content Types
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which enables you to add any type of content you would normally add to a WordPress post or pageWordPress posts or pages besides text, such as embedded media, graphic elements, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you like to create your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include:
- Compatible with all WordPress themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin works on all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WPCourseware provides a number of features to WordPress users. Below we have listed just a few:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create a course outline or course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through their course using a dynamic 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.
Course Certificates
At the end of a course, you can issue course participants with customized training certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Customized course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import functionality lets you set up your course on a new website.
Custom User Notifications
WPCourseware allows you to create custom email notifications to congratulate course participants after completing modules or courses and for communicating course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who successfully complete the quiz. You can also send out a mass email trainees with their final course grade with one click …
(WP Courseware – Custom Email Notifications And User Messages)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Add Surveys & Quizzes)
- Depending on your needs, 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 instructor grade book will help you track how well your students are progressing in a course …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
e-Commerce & Membership Site Plugin Integration
WPCourseware integrates with many leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce & Membership Site Plugin Integration)
Feedback From Users
Here are a few of the testimonials and comments that users have published about the WPCourseware 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
***
“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
WP Courseware – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
WPCourseware lets you convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if there are some “how to” content like step-by-step tutorials published on your website, you probably already have a product partially created …
(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 WP Courseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks in your business.
Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, 100% refund 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 …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Plugin Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This enables you to run WPCourseware on a single domain. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This option lets you use WP Courseware on ten WordPress web sites. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This option allows you to activate WPCourseware on 25 WordPress sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost of purchasing the WP Courseware product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the current price at the time this review was written. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the product developer when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price here:
Additional Information
For demo videos of the plugin in action, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Install This Product
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell training products, WPCourseware is a great plugin that you should keep in mind.
For complete details, check out the plugin here:
***
***