Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are now finding new niches to profit from in areas like providing online training and elearning management systems.
Electronic learning (e-Learning) is based on the concept of distance learning, where students do not have face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
Online teaching sites like Udemy.com are strong indicators of the massive growth of the eTraining industry.
Udemy.com offers over 30,000 e-courses covery every topic imaginable, from web design and personal transformation, to happiness and photography, etc …
(Udemy.com offers 30,000+ courses online covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for individuals that have something to teach others.
e-Learning – Opportunities And Drawbacks
The digital medium provides benefits and opportunities for developing and selling training courses online. Training-boosting computer-based tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems (LMS), videos, web-conferencing apps, audio training, downloadable reports, online forums, etc. There are, however, a number of challenges when it comes to planning, developing and implementing ecourses.
Some of these include:
- Working out the best training content delivery method,
- Using popular tools and technologies that don’t require taking on an additional learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing scores,
- Creating useful reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include lack of human contact, boredom, loss of focus, etc.
e-Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell products online, creating products that help people gain practical skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list or monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to build a loyal customer base, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be turned into a learning product.
(Got an interest or business built around photography, landscaping or technical writing? Turn it into an e-training course!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If your site is powered by WordPress and you want to develop e-courses, there’s an inexpensive and powerful courseware plugin that can help you.
Announcing …
WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up training courses and build e-learning products quickly and easily using WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Management System Plugin)
7,000+ websites have the WPCourseware plugin installed. WPCourseware makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
A training course in WPCourseware includes training modules and training modules include course units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware integrates fully with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create new courses, edit existing modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit settings, import/export data, edit training certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a widget in the sidebar, giving you further customization options …
(WP Courseware Widget)
Your courses can be fully customized and configured.
For example, you can choose whether course students must complete a training section before they are allowed to progress to the next section …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can view training course information ”at a glance” inside the admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View information about all courses inside your dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, create course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Edit course details easily)
Adding modules and units is as simple as adding and editing a WordPress post. 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 training content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you are done creating your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of all of your 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 training module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the options you have added …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
Once your e-learning course is published, it can be viewed by logged in users with access permission …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
To learn more about the plugin go here: WP Courseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the many benefits of using WPCourseware to add professional courses to your WordPress website on your WordPress web site:
Quick And Easy To Install And Set Up. Ready To Start Using In No Time.
WPCourseware is really easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugins folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Create Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can create courses very quickly using familiar 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 course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expandability
The plugin lets you create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of enrollees to courses.
Use Different Content Types
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which enables you to add anything you would normally add to WordPress pages or posts besides text, like audio, video, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want in your training courses)
Some additional benefits include:
- Compatible with all WordPress themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works on all devices: The plugin deliver content accross all devices.
Features
WP Courseware offers a number of great features to WP users. Here are a few of these:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines and course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses your students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also navigate through their course with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Enroll New Course Participants Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Customized Certificates
At the end of a course, you can provide course participants with course certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Training certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import option lets you move courses to other sites.
User Notifications
WP Courseware lets you create custom user notifications to congratulate course participants upon module and course completion and communicating on course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after successfully completing a quiz. You can also send out a mass email trainees with their final course grade with a single click …
(WPCourseware – Custom User Notifications)
Surveys And Quizzes
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Quizzes And Surveys)
- 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. You can also download CSV files with survey results.
- The course grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
Works With eCommerce & Membership Site Plugins
WPCourseware works with leading WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce & Membership Plugin Integration)
Feedback From Product Users
Below are a few of the testimonials that plugin customers have submitted for 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
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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 online for a while, you probably already have the building blocks of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
WP Courseware allows you to easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to complete certain tasks.
Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 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 area provides examples of the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Software Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This allows you to configure WP Courseware on a single website. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This option lets you configure WPCourseware on 10 WordPress sites. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This enables you to use WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress websites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost to purchase this product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the current price when this article was published. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software developer when you visit the site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest price here:
Additional Info
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Install This Plugin
WPCourseware helps you build ecourses fast. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use plugin that you should definitely consider adding to your site.
For complete details, check out the plugin here:
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