Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic training, or “e-training,” is is the technological equivalent of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
Online learning sites like Udemy show that the eTraining industry is growing at an impressive rate.
Udemy offers 30,000+ online courses covery every subject imaginable, from web development and building self-esteem, to courses on building healthy relationships and photography, etc …
(Udemy.com provides 30,000+ courses online on every topic imaginable!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for individuals that have valuable information to teach others.
Online Training – Opportunities & Challenges
Some of the drawbacks of planning courses online include:
- Figuring out delivery methods,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that do not require an additional learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading student scores,
- Creating reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include lack of face-to-face interaction, boredom, potential lack of focus, etc.
Online Training – A World Of Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your business online, creating courses that teach useful skills is a great way to grow a list and develop a new stream of revenue. Product creation 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.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every imaginable subject can be turned into an online training product.
(Got an interest or passion for commercial photography, horticulture or copywriting? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you probably already have the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell etraining products and your site is built using WordPress, then here’s a powerful plugin you may want to consider using.
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WPCourseware – Online Learning Management System 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 and easily with WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin)
Over 7,000 sites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. WPCourseware makes creating e-learning courses in WordPress simple.
Courses in WPCourseware comprise of training modules and modules are built from units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with WordPress. The plugin adds its own menu item that lets you create a new training course, edit modules and units, add quizzes, edit settings, import/export training content, edit certificates, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can fully configure and customize your courses.
For example, you can decide whether learners need to have completed a course unit before they are allowed to advance through to the next unit …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your training courses inside the WP dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View details about all training courses inside the admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can quickly create courses using familiar WP 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 switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Easily edit your course details)
Adding training modules and course units is as simple as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can rearrange the order of your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you are done adding content to your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of all course units in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you insert courses and training module information into pages using a range of built-in shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the information you have configured …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
After publishing your training product, you can restrict access to the content to registered users only …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details go here: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Here we have listed just some of the many benefits of using WP Courseware to create professional training courses online on your site:
Quick And Easy To Install And Set Up. Ready To Go To Work In No Time.
WP Courseware is quite easy to install. Simply upload a zip folder containing the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Simply create a course, 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 Expandability
The plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and course participants.
Use Different Content Formats
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add anything you would typically add to a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, like audio files, videos, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want to create your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Compatible with all WordPress themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Use on all devices: WPCourseware allows you to deliver your content across multiple devices.
Plugin Features
WP Courseware offers WordPress users with many unique features. Below we have listed just a few:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create a course outline or course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses your students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress with a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Automatically Enroll Course Members
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Course Certificates
Provide students who successfully complete training courses with course certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to training course certificates …
(Training course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export feature lets you set up your course on other websites.
Email Messages
WP Courseware allows you to create custom user messages for students after completing modules and courses and for communicating other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after successfully completing training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to students with their final grade with just one click …
(WPCourseware – User Messaging)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
You can add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you decide to structure the course.
- 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 CSV files with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Works With e-Commerce & Membership Sites
WP Courseware works with leading WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With eCommerce & Membership Sites)
Feedback From Customers
Here are a few of the testimonials that users have provided 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, 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 online for a while, you already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a training product.
WP Courseware allows you to convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if there are a number of instructional articles and tutorials published on your site, you probably already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress page or post into a course unit)
You can use the export/import feature to build and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourced tasks.
Plugin Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, 100% money-back guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and 1 year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” screen inside the plugin’s options and settings area explains how to use the shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of “how-to” tutorials …
(WP Courseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Software Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This enables you to set up WPCourseware on a single website. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This edition allows you to configure WP Courseware on ten WordPress web sites. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This allows you to configure WP Courseware on twenty-five web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Price details for the WP Courseware plugin can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the product sells for the pricing shown above. This may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin author when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Info
For ”how to” videos showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
We Highly Recommend This
WPCourseware helps you develop and sell e-courses quickly and easily. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use solution that you should definitely consider using on your site.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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