Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
e-Learning is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners have no face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
eTraining sites like Udemy.com show that the eLearning industry is growing at a massive rate every year.
Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ online courses covering all topics, from office productivity and leadership, to courses about building healthy relationships and hobbies, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics!)
The fact that the eLearning 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 that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Learning – Opportunities And Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning and developing effective ecourses include:
- Working out content delivery methods,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that learners can instinctively use to ,
- Ensuring consistent methods are used throughout the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading student scores,
- Generating useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of human contact, student boredom, distracting environments, etc.
Online Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your business online, creating e-courses that teach practical subjects to others is a great way to grow a subscriber list and monetize your website. Creating products is one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
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 business or passion for photography, gardening or writing sales copy? Turn it into an etraining course!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, you already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to create and sell training courses and your website is built with WordPress, this article will introduce you to a great WordPress solution that can help you.
Our WordPress Plugin Is …
WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin
Plugin Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up e-courses and build e-learning products quickly and easily using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
7,000+ websites use WP Courseware. WP Courseware makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
In WP Courseware, e-Courses contain training modules and modules are built using units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add new courses, edit existing modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export your data, add training certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
Courses can be fully customized and configured.
For example, you decide if course students need to complete a course section before they are allowed to progress to the next unit …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of all courses inside the admin dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View course details inside your dashboard)
If you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create courses quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, create 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 …
(Easily edit your course details)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, videos, and any other form 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 section)
When you are done adding content to your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you insert courses and training module information into pages using the plugin’s built-in shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
With shortcodes, you can display training course information on your pages and manage all of your course details from your dashboard …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
Once your e-training product has been published, the content can be viewed by members with access permission …
(Users must log in and have permission to view your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WP Courseware
Plugin Benefits
Here we have listed just some of the many benefits of using WPCourseware to add training courses to your WordPress web site on your web site:
Quick And Easy To Install And Use. Be Up And Running In Very Little Time.
WPCourseware is really easy to install. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your WP administrator section and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Just create a new course, training module, or unit with 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 allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and users.
Use Different Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which allow you to add anything you would typically insert into WordPress pages or posts besides text, such as audio, videos, images, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different content types in your training courses)
Additional benefits of using this plugin include the following:
- Use on all themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Use with all devices: WP Courseware works on all devices.
WP Courseware Features
WP Courseware offers many features to WP users. Below we have listed just a few of these:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create a course outline and course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses your students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also view their course progress with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Course Certificates
Students can receive customized course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to course completion certificates …
(Customized training certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import functionality lets you transfer your course to other sites.
Email Messages
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom user notifications for trainees upon module and course completion and communicating on related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated after completing a quiz. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to students with their final grade with just one click …
(WPCourseware – User Messaging)
Add Surveys And Quizzes
You can add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Add 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. Surveys allow you to download CSV files with survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps track how students are doing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WPCourseware)
Integrates With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Site Plugins
WP Courseware can be used with many leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With Membership & eCommerce Plugins)
User Feedback
Here are a few of the testimonials that plugin users have submitted regarding 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
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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 online for a while, you already have loads of useful training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
WPCourseware lets you easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are a number of great educational content like step-by-step tutorials already published 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 completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourcing business tasks.
Support
WPCourseware is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, full money-back 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 menu explains how to use the shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete ”how-to” videos …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Software Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This allows you to install WP Courseware on one WordPress site only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Edition – This enables you to configure WP Courseware on ten WordPress sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This option allows you to configure WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: The price of the WPCourseware plugin depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the price when this review was written. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the software seller when you visit the product site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price:
Additional Product Information
For a demo video showing how the software works, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Install This Plugin
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to develop teaching courses WPCourseware is a powerful WordPress plugin you may want to download.
For full details, visit the plugin website here:
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