Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from areas like providing online training and elearning.
e-Learning is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where students have no direct face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
Online course marketplaces like Udemy.com show that the eTraining industry is growing.
Udemy provides over 30,000 online courses covery every subject imaginable, from marketing and personal skills, to courses about parenting & relationships and music, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ courses online covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Learning industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for businesses that have unique and valuable content to teach.
e-Learning – Opportunities & Drawbacks
The internet provides tools and technologies for creating online training courses. eTraining tools include Learning Management Systems (LMS), online videos, web-conferencing apps, audio courses, slide and multimedia presentations, online forums, etc. There are, however, some challenges involved in planning online training courses.
Some of these include:
- Working out the,
- Using familiar tools that course students can intuitively use to ,
- Ensuring consistency of methods used in the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing student performance,
- Generating useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include the lack of face-to-face contact, potential lack of student motivation (e.g. boredom), distractions, etc.
e-Courses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your web presence, creating elearning courses that teach new skills is a great way to attract new subscribers or monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to build a loyal customer base, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be turned into an training course.
(Got a business or passion for fashion photography, landscaping or technical writing? Turn it into an elearning course!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you probably already have plenty of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell learning products and your website is powered by WordPress, then there’s a powerful plugin that can help you.
Presenting …
WPCourseware – Online Course Management System Plugin For WordPress
Description
WP Courseware is a leading WordPress learning management plugin.
(WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Software)
7,000+ WordPress sites use the WPCourseware plugin. WPCourseware makes creating elearning courses in WordPress simple.
In WP Courseware, A course consists of training modules and training modules can include course units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware integrates fully with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add new courses, add or edit existing modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export your data, create certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a widget in the sidebar, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WPCourseware Widget)
The courses you add can be completely configured and customized.
For example, you can decide whether participants need to complete a course section before they can advance to the next section …
(Configure course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your courses inside your dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View information about all training courses inside the WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WP interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” section)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can arrange the order of your units inside training modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of all course units in the “Course Units” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the options and settings you have configured …
(Creating training courses with WPCourseware)
Once your e-course is published, it can be accessed by registered users …
(Members must log in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the many benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to add professional training courses to your site or blog on your WordPress site:
Quick And Simple To Install And Configure. Be Up And Running In Minutes.
WPCourseware is quite easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugins folder via your WP administrator account and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create training courses fast using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Simply 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 Capability
WP Courseware lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and users.
Add Different Content Types
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would typically add to WordPress posts or pages besides text, like audio files, video, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different content types to create your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Compatible with all themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Use with all devices: The plugin works on all devices.
Features
WP Courseware provides many great features to web site owners. Below we have listed a few of these:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create course outlines and course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses your students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through their course using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside your dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Enroll New Course Participants Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Certificates
Provide course participants with certificates. Training course certificates can be customized with custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Training course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export function lets you move courses to other websites.
Custom User Message
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom email messages to congratulate 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 upon successfully completing training quizzes. You can also send out a mass email to students with their final course grades with a single click …
(WP Courseware – Email Notifications)
Quizzes & Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- 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 survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help track how your students are progressing in a course …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
Integrates With eCommerce & Membership Sites
WP Courseware works with leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With eCommerce & Membership Plugins)
User Feedback
Here are a couple of the testimonials that plugin users have published about the WP Courseware 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
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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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
WP Courseware lets you easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are some instructional articles and tutorials published on your website or blog, you probably have a product partially created …
(Convert any page or post into a course unit)
You can use the import/export feature to build and sell completed 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 new staff, or document instructions for outsourced business tasks.
WPCourseware Plugin Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, 100% refund 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 settings area explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ “how-to” step-by-step tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Software Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This license option enables you to configure WP Courseware on one WordPress website only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This license option enables you to run WPCourseware on 10 websites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This lets you activate WP Courseware on 25 web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost to purchase the WP Courseware software depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Presently, the plugin sells for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin developer when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest price:
Additional Plugin Info
For demo videos showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
We Highly Recommend This
WPCourseware helps you develop ecourses fast. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware plugin you should definitely consider adding to your site.
For more details, check out the plugin here:
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