Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from areas like online training and education.
eTraining is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
eTraining marketplaces like Udemy show that the eLearning industry is growing at an astounding rate year on year.
Udemy currently offers over 30,000 online courses on every topic imaginable, from IT & software and personal development, to courses on religion & spirituality and motivation, etc …
(Udemy provides over 30,000 courses online covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for businesses that have valuable information that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Training – Benefits And Drawbacks
The digital medium provides many useful tools and a great environment for developing and selling online courses, but there are also many challenges.:
- Figuring out methods of delivering training content,
- Employing familiar tools that learners can use to access the training content,
- Ensuring consistency of methods delivered across content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Grading student performance,
- Creating useful reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account factors such as lack of human contact, lack of student motivation, distractions, etc.
eTraining – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell information products, creating a product that helps people learn useful skills is a great way to grow a list and monetize your website. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to build a customer base, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your industry or niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every subject where there is a strong interest and demand to learn can be taught online.
(Got a passion for fashion photography, landscaping or writing sales copy? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, you already have loads of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop an online training course and your website is powered by WordPress, then here is a great plugin you may want to check out.
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WP Courseware – Online Learning Management Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Product
WPCourseware is the leading WordPress learning management plugin.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
7,000+ sites use the WP Courseware plugin. The software makes creating e-learning courses in WordPress very simple.
Courses in WP Courseware comprise of training modules and modules comprise of course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu section that lets you create new courses, add or edit existing course modules and units, add quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export your data, modify certificates of completion, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WP Courseware Widget)
The courses you add can be fully configured and customized.
For example, you can choose whether course participants must complete a training section before they are allowed to advance through to the next section …
(Courses can be fully configured to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of all training courses inside your WP dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View information about your courses inside your admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses 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 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, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Easily edit your course details)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your units inside training modules using drag and drop inside the Ordering section …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished creating your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” section …
(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 shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you display course information on your pages and manage all of your course options from the plugin settings section …
(Create professional training courses easily with WPCourseware)
Once your e-training course has been published, members must log in and have permission to access your training content …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Below are just a few of the benefits of using WPCourseware to create professional training courses online on your web site:
Quick And Easy To Install And Configure. Be Up And Running In Minutes.
WPCourseware installs like every other plugin. Just upload it to your Plugins folder via your administrator section and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can create courses quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Just create a new course, training module, or course 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 allows you to set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Add Different Content Types
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would normally add to a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as video, audio, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want in your training courses)
Additional benefits include:
- Compatible with all themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: WPCourseware allows you to deliver your training content across multiple devices.
WPCourseware Features
WPCourseware offers website owners with many features. Below we have listed some:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline or course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through their course using a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll New Participants Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Customized Training Course Certificates
Provide students who successfully complete your training courses with customized course certificates. Course certificates can be customized with a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Course completion certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export functionality allows you to set up a course on a different WP site.
Email Messages
WPCourseware lets you create custom email notifications for students after completing modules or courses and communicating on course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon passing training quizzes. You can also send out mass emails to students with their final course grades with just one click …
(Custom User Message – WPCourseware)
Surveys And Quizzes
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Surveys & Quizzes)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on your needs.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. The survey feature allows you to download CSV files with survey results.
- The course grade book will help you track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
Integrates With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Plugins
WPCourseware integrates with many well-known WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(eCommerce And Membership Plugin Integration)
Feedback From Users
Here are some of the testimonials that 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, Entrepreneur, Blogger, & Speaker
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
WPCourseware allows you to convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if you already have a number of instructional articles and step-by-step tutorials.
WPCourseware Plugin Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty 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 options and settings menu provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 plugin training tutorials …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Software Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This license enables you to activate WPCourseware on a single web site. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This lets you activate WPCourseware on ten web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This license allows you to configure WP Courseware on twenty-five sites. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost to purchase the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the plugin is being retailed for the amounts shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the product author when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing:
Additional Information
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
We Recommend
WP Courseware helps you build and sell courses quickly and easily. This is a great courseware solution you should definitely check out.
For more details, check out the plugin here:
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