Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from areas like online education.
eLearning is is the technological equivalent of distance learning, where students don’t have face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
e-Training marketplaces like Udemy show that the e-Training industry is growing at an impressive rate year on year.
Udemy.com provides 30,000+ online courses covery every subject imaginable, from marketing and personal brand building, to parenting & relationships and language learning, etc …
(Udemy offers 30,000+ online courses covering all topics!)
The fact that the eLearning industry is growing and that anything can be taught online is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for businesses that have valuable educational content to share with others.
eCourses – Benefits And Challenges
Some of the drawbacks of planning e-courses include:
- Figuring out the best method to deliver training content,
- Using easy-to-use tools and technologies that course students can use immediately to ,
- Ensuring consistency of methods delivered across the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Assessing student performance,
- Creating useful reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account factors like lack of face-to-face interaction, lack of motivation, distractions, etc.
eTraining – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating ecourses that help people acquire useful skills and competency in subjects where there is a strong level of need 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 build a customer base, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Anything can be turned into an e-course.
(Got knowledge, skills or a passion for fashion photography, landscaping or copywriting? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, you already have plenty of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If your website is built with WordPress and you’re searching for an inexpensive way to develop e-courses then let me introduce you to a powerful courseware solution that you may want to consider adding to your site.
Let’s Review …
WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management Plugin
Description Of Plugin
WPCourseware is a leading WordPress course creation plugin.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
The WPCourseware plugin is currently being used on over 7,000 sites and makes creating e-learning courses in WordPress simple.
Training courses in WPCourseware comprise of training modules and modules contain course units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with WordPress. The plugin adds its own menu section that lets you create a new course, add or edit course modules and units, edit quizzes, edit settings, import/export training content, add certificates of completion, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options 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 Widget)
The courses you add can be completely customized and configured.
For example, you decide if participants need to have completed a training unit before they are allowed to progress to the next unit …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of your course information inside the admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View course information inside the WP dashboard)
If you already understand how WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly and easily using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, create course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Easily edit your course options)
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 form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your units inside training modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished adding content to your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the options you have added …
(Creating professional training courses is easy with WP Courseware)
After publishing your training course, members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details go here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WP Courseware to add professional training courses to your web site on your WordPress website:
Fast And Easy To Install And Set Up. Ready To Start Using In Minutes.
WPCourseware installs like any plugin. Simply upload a zip file that contains the plugin to your Plugin folder via your WP administrator section and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create training courses in minutes using familiar interfaces and functions.
Just create a new course, module, or unit with course 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 Expansion Capacity
The plugin allows you to set up 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 lets you add any type of content you would normally add to a WordPress post or pageWordPress posts or pages besides text, such as video, audio, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Use with all themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: The plugin allows you to deliver your content across multiple devices.
WP Courseware Features
WP Courseware provides a number of great features to web site owners. Below we have listed a few of these:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatically Enroll New Participants
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Training Course Certificates
Provide students who successfully complete courses with customized course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Customized certificates of completion)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import function lets you move courses to other sites.
Email Notifications
WPCourseware lets you set up custom user notifications to congratulate course participants after completing modules and courses and communicating on 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 grades with just one click …
(Email Messages – WPCourseware)
Quizzes & Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Depending on how you choose to structure your course, 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 a CSV file with the survey results.
- The course grade book helps track how students are doing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
Membership & e-Commerce Integration
WPCourseware can be used with many leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With Membership & e-Commerce Sites)
User Feedback
Below are a couple of the testimonials customers have published about WPCourseware:
“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
WP Courseware – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
WPCourseware lets you easily convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if there are some “how to” articles and tutorials have already posted on your website or blog, you probably have a partially-created product …
(Convert any 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 e-courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourced business tasks.
WP Courseware Plugin Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, full refund guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and 1 year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” section inside the plugin’s settings menu provides a list of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Plugin Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This enables you to use WPCourseware on one WordPress website only. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This license option allows you to install WP Courseware on 10 web sites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This lets you run WP Courseware on twenty-five domains. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Current pricing for the product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the current price when this article was written. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the product seller when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price:
Additional Info
For demo videos of the plugin in action, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Download The Plugin
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to create e-courses, The WPCourseware plugin is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use WP solution that you may want to add to your site.
For more information, visit the plugin website here:
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