Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from areas like providing online courses and elearning systems.
e-Learning is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where learners have no direct face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
eLearning sites like Udemy.com show that the eTraining industry is growing.
Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 online courses covering all topics, from business and personal development, to courses about better parenting and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy.com provides over 30,000 ecourses covering every topic imaginable!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for businesses that have something to teach.
e-Learning – Benefits & Drawbacks
Some of the drawbacks of planning training courses online include:
- Working out the best training delivery methods,
- Employing easy-to-use tools and technologies that do not require investing additional effort, money or time in a new learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Grading student scores,
- Providing reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include lack of face-to-face interaction, student boredom, loss of focus, etc.
e-Courses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your business online, creating products that help people gain practical skills is a great way to grow a list and monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to build a customer base, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be turned into an etraining course.
(Got an interest or passion for fashion photography, landscaping or creative writing? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you probably already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a training product.
If your website is built using WordPress and you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell e-courses then let me introduce you to a powerful WP plugin that you should definitely know about.
Presenting …
WP Courseware – WordPress Course Management System Plugin
Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up training courses and build e-learning products quickly with WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
7,000+ websites use WP Courseware. WPCourseware makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
In WP Courseware, e-Courses comprise of modules and modules can include units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware integrates fully with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds a new section to the main menu that lets you create a new training course, edit modules and units, edit quizzes, edit settings, import/export data, edit training certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, allowing users to monitor their course progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can completely configure and customize all courses.
For example, you can decide whether course students need to have completed a course unit before they are allowed to advance to the next unit …
(Courses can be configured to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of all courses inside your WP dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View training course information inside your dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can create courses fast using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, issue 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, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin options section)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your training content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of shortcodes to insert course and training module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
With shortcodes, you can add course content to your pages and manage all of your course options from your dashboard …
(Creating professional training courses with WP Courseware)
After publishing your e-course, users must log in and have permission to access your training content …
(Users must log in and have permission to view your training content)
For more details go here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Below are just some of the many benefits of using WPCourseware to create professional courses online on your WordPress site:
Fast And Simple To Install And Set Up. Be Up And Running In Minutes.
WP Courseware installs just like every other WordPress plugin. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly and easily using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Just create a new course, module, or course 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 allows you to set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of students 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 post or pageWordPress posts or pages besides text, such as embedded media, graphic elements, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Some additional benefits include the following:
- Use with all WP themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin works on all devices.
Features
WPCourseware offers site owners with many unique features. Below we have listed just a few:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline or course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses your students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also navigate through their courses using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Enroll Course Members Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Customized Course Certificates
Issue students who successfully complete your training courses with customized course certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to course certificates …
(Certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export function allows you to set up your course on other WP sites.
Custom Notifications
WP Courseware allows you to create custom email messages to congratulate trainees after completing modules and courses and for communicating other administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who pass a quiz. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email trainees with their final course grades with one click …
(Custom Notifications – WP Courseware)
Add Surveys And Quizzes
Add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Add Quizzes & Surveys)
- Use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you choose to build 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 a CSV file with survey results.
- The course grade book will help you track how your students are progressing in a course …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WP Courseware)
Works With WordPress eCommerce & Membership Site Plugins
WP Courseware integrates with many leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Plugins)
Testimonials
Below are a few of the testimonials and feedback 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
Product Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you probably already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
WP Courseware lets you convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if you have already published some instructional articles and tutorials.
Product Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, 100% money-back 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 options and settings area provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete “how-to” tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Product Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This enables you to install WPCourseware on a single site. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This enables you to set up WP Courseware on ten domains. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This edition lets you activate WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress websites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: The price of WP Courseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The price above was current at the time this content was published. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the product seller when you visit the product site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing here:
Additional Product Info
For a demo video showing how the software works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
In Conclusion
WPCourseware helps you create courses quickly and easily. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use WP plugin that you should definitely add to your site.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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