Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are now finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
e-Training is is the technological equivalent of distance learning, where learners have no face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
e-Learning marketplaces like Udemy.com are indicative of the growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy offers 30,000+ courses online on every topic imaginable, from business and personal transformation, to courses on parenting & relationships and language learning, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ courses online covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Learning industry is growing and that any subject can be taught online is not only great for people looking to acquire practical skills, but also for businesses that have something unique that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Courses – Opportunities And Challenges
The internet provides many useful tools and a great environment for developing and selling e-courses. Training tools include Learning Management Systems, online videos, audio courses, video-conferencing, e-Books, forums, etc. There are, however, some drawbacks involved in planning e-courses.
Some of these include:
- Working out training delivery methods,
- Employing easy-to-use tools that don’t require an additional learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency of standards used throughout content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Grading scores,
- Generating useful reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include the lack of human contact, potential lack of motivation (e.g. boredom), distractions, etc.
eLearning – A World Of Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your web presence, creating e-training products that help people learn practical subjects to others is a great way to grow a list or develop an online stream of revenue. 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. Every imaginable subject can be turned into an e-training course.
(Got a passion or interest in photography, horticulture or creative writing? Turn it into an etraining 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 the building blocks of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell e-learning products and your site is driven by WordPress, then there’s a great courseware plugin that you may want to consider adding to your site.
Let’s Review …
WPCourseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress
Description
WPCourseware is a leading WordPress learning management plugin.
(WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
Over 7,000 websites use WP Courseware. WPCourseware makes creating e-learning courses in WordPress simple.
In WP Courseware, courses contain modules and training modules are built from course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds a new section to your dashboard menu that lets you create new training courses, edit modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export data, create certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, giving you further customization options …
(WPCourseware Widget)
Courses can be fully customized and configured.
For example, you decide whether participants need to have completed a course unit before they can advance through to the next section …
(Configure your course settings to suit your needs)
You can view training course details ”at a glance” inside your dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View information about all courses inside your dashboard)
If you already understand WordPress, you can create training courses quickly and easily using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, issue certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Edit your course options easily)
Adding modules and course units is as easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the Ordering settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done creating your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing your course units in the “Course Units” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you insert course and module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the content you have added …
(Creating professional-looking training courses is easy with WP Courseware)
After your e-training course has been published, you can restrict content access to registered users only …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
More info: WP Courseware
Benefits Of Using WP Courseware
Here are just some of the many benefits of using WP Courseware to create courses online on your web site:
Ready To Start Using In Minutes
WP Courseware is really easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugin folder via your WordPress admin login and activate.
Very Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Just create a new course, module, or unit with content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to arrange the course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expansion Capability
The plugin lets you set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of participants to courses.
Use Different Types Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would normally add to a WordPress page or postWordPress posts or pages besides text, like video, audio files, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Some additional benefits of using the plugin include:
- Use on all WP themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware deliver content that can be viewed on all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WPCourseware offers many unique features to website owners. Below we have listed a few:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create a course outline or course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also view their course progress using a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track student progress inside the dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Automatically Enroll Students
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Customized Certificates
At the end of a course, you can issue students with customized course certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to course certificates …
(Course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import feature allows you to set up your course on other WP sites.
Custom Notifications
WPCourseware allows you to create custom user notifications for course participants upon module or course completion and to communicate related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who complete course quizzes. You can also send out a mass email trainees with their final course grade with one click …
(WP Courseware – Custom Notifications)
Quizzes And Surveys
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Quizzes & 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 the survey results.
- The course grade book helps track how your students are progressing …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Works With Membership & eCommerce Sites
WPCourseware can be used with leading WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership Site & eCommerce Plugin Integration)
User Testimonials
Below are just a few of the testimonials and comments plugin users have written about WP Courseware:
“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
WPCourseware – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have loads of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WPCourseware lets you convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if there are a number of great instructional articles and step-by-step tutorials already published on your website or blog, you probably have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress page or post into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the export/import feature to create 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 in your business.
Support
WPCourseware is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, full money-back 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 explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Software Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This license enables you to install WP Courseware on a single WordPress website. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This license option lets you set up WP Courseware on ten WordPress websites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This allows you to configure WPCourseware on twenty-five sites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing for the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the price at the time this article was published. This may not be the actual price set by the software seller when you visit the plugin website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For ”how-to” videos showing how the plugin works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
The Bottom Line
WPCourseware helps you develop e-courses quickly and easily. This is a powerful courseware solution that you should definitely consider using.
To learn more, visit the plugin website:
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