Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new niches to profit from in areas like providing teaching and training courses online and e-learning.
Electronic training, or “etraining,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students have no face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
Online training marketplaces like Udemy show that the e-Training industry is growing at a tremendous rate.
Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 online courses on every topic imaginable, from marketing and personal productivity, to courses on building healthy relationships and motivation, etc …
(Udemy.com offers over 30,000 courses online covering every topic imaginable!)
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 learn new things, but also for businesses that have something unique that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Training – Benefits & Challenges
Some of the drawbacks of developing e-courses include:
- Working out the best training content delivery method,
- Employing easy-to-use tools and technologies that learners can instinctively use to access the content,
- Ensuring consistent methods are used throughout content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading student scores,
- Generating useful reports, completion certificates
You also need to take into account factors such as lack of human contact, boredom and potential lack of motivation, potential lack of focus, etc.
e-Learning – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell digital products, creating a learning product that teaches people useful subjects is a great way to grow a subscriber list or monetize your website. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to attract new customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be turned into a learning course.
(Got an interest or passion for photography, gardening or creative writing? Turn it into an online training product!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you already have plenty of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to create and sell ecourses and your website is driven by WordPress, there’s a powerful plugin you need to know about.
Introducing …
WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Description
WPCourseware is the leading WordPress course creation plugin.
(WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
Over 7,000 websites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. The plugin makes creating training courses in WordPress very simple.
A course in WP Courseware comprises of modules and training modules can include units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware integrates fully with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create new courses, edit course modules and units, add quiz questions, edit settings, import/export data, create custom certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about their course progress …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
You can completely configure and customize all of your courses.
For example, you can specify whether participants must complete a course unit before they can progress to the next unit …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your training course information inside your admin dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View course details inside your admin dashboard)
If you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, provide 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, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(”Edit Course” section)
Adding training modules and course units is as simple as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the Ordering section …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you are done adding content to your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all course units in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you use shortcodes to insert courses and training module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can add course content to your pages and manage all of your course details from the plugin settings section …
(Create professional training courses easily with WPCourseware)
After publishing your e-course, registered members can access it …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details go here: WPCourseware
Plugin Benefits
Below are just some of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create professional training courses online on your WordPress site:
Fast And Easy To Install And Implement. Ready To Start Using In Very Little Time.
WPCourseware is quite easy to install. Just upload it to your Plugins folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Create Training Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create courses fast using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Just create a course, module, or course 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 Capacity
The plugin allows you to set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of participants to courses.
Add Different Content Formats
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would normally insert into WordPress pages or posts besides text, such as embedded media, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want to create your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Compatible with all themes: WPCourseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: The plugin works on all devices.
Features
WPCourseware offers a number of features to WP users. Here are just some of these:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create course outlines and course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses students have enrolled in while also 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 your dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Enroll Students Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Training Certificates
At the end of a course, you can issue students with customized certificates of completion. Course completion certificates can be personalized with a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Certificates of completion)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export option lets you set up training courses on other WordPress sites.
Custom Email Notifications And Messages
WP Courseware lets you set up custom user notifications for students upon module and course completion and to communicate other administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who successfully complete training quizzes. You can also send out a mass email to students with their final course grades with just one click …
(Custom Email Notifications – WP Courseware)
Surveys And Quizzes
You can add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Depending on how you choose to structure the course, you can use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes.
- 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 CSV files with survey results.
- The course grade book helps you track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WP Courseware)
Membership Site And e-Commerce Integration
WP Courseware integrates with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Works With Membership & e-Commerce Sites)
User Feedback
Below are some of the testimonials and comments 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, 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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have plenty of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
WP Courseware lets you easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if you have published some “how to” content like step-by-step tutorials.
Plugin Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, complete refund 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 settings menu explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Plugin Price
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This license lets you configure WP Courseware on a single domain. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This option lets you install WP Courseware on 10 WordPress web sites. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This license allows you to set up WPCourseware on twenty-five WordPress web sites. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: The cost to purchase WPCourseware depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. When we last checked, the software is selling for the amounts shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the software developer when you visit the plugin site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing:
Additional Info
For a demo video of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
We Recommend
If you would like to create and sell online training products, the WPCourseware plugin is a cost-effective and powerful courseware plugin you need to know about.
For complete details, visit the plugin website:
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