Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are discovering new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic learning, or “elearning,” is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where learners have no direct face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
Online teaching marketplaces like Udemy are strong indicators of the explosive growth of the e-Training industry.
Udemy provides 30,000+ online courses covering all topics, from design and growing your influence, to happiness and language learning, etc …
(Udemy currently offers 30,000+ e-courses covering all topics!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing is not only great for people looking to acquire the skills they need, but also for individuals that have unique information that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Training – Opportunities And Challenges
The internet provides benefits and opportunities for developing and selling e-courses, but there are also significant challenges and drawbacks.:
- Working out methods of delivering training,
- Employing easy-to-use tools and technologies that do not require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistency of standards in the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing student performance,
- Generating useful reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors like the lack of face-to-face contact, student boredom, distractions, etc.
e-Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell products online, creating an ecourse that teaches people useful skills is a great way to attract new subscribers or monetize your website. Creating products is one of the best ways to build a customer base, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be turned into an online training course.
(Got an interest or passion for photography, gardening or writing sales copy? 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 probably already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
If your site is driven by WordPress and you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop training courses then here’s a powerful courseware plugin that you may want to consider.
Our WordPress Plugin …
WP Courseware – WordPress Course Management System Plugin
Description
WPCourseware is a leading learning management system courseware plugin for WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin)
WPCourseware is used on 7,000+ websites and makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
A course in WP Courseware contains modules and modules include units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new course, add or edit modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export your data, edit certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, allowing users to monitor their own progress …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can fully customize and configure all of your courses.
For example, you decide if participants must complete a training unit before they are allowed to progress to the next section …
(Course settings can be customized to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of all training course details inside the WP dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View course details inside your WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create courses quickly using familiar WP interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily 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 switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” screen)
Adding modules and course units is as easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your training content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” screen …
(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” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of shortcodes to insert course and training module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
With shortcodes, you can display course content on your pages and manage all of your course options from the plugin settings section …
(Creating professional training courses is easy with WP Courseware)
After your e-course has been published, you can restrict access to the content to registered students only …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WP Courseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create professional training courses online on your WordPress site:
Quick And Simple To Install And Implement. Be Up And Running In Very Little Time.
WPCourseware is quite easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugins folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a new course, module, or unit with content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to organize the content and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expandability
The plugin lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and course participants.
Add Different Content Formats
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which enables you to add any type of content you would typically add to WordPress posts or pages besides text, like embedded media, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Some additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Compatible with all themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works on all devices: WPCourseware deliver content accross all devices.
Features
WP Courseware offers many features to web site owners. Here are some of these:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create a course outline and course progress page using 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 your courses with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll Course Participants Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Customized Training Course Certificates
Provide course participants with course certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to certificates of completion …
(Customized training certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export functionality lets you set up training courses on a new website.
Custom Email Notifications And User Messages
WP Courseware allows you to create custom email notifications for students after completing modules and courses and to communicate course-related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who pass a quiz. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to students with their final grade with one click …
(Email Notifications – WP Courseware)
Add Surveys And Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Surveys & 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 a CSV file with survey results.
- The course grade book helps you track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
Membership Site And eCommerce Integration
WPCourseware integrates with leading WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Membership And e-Commerce Plugin Integration)
User Testimonials
Here are a few of the testimonials customers 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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
WP Courseware lets you easily convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to complete certain tasks.
Plugin Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 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” screen inside the plugin’s options and settings area explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Plugin Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This enables you to install WPCourseware on a single web site. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This enables you to use WP Courseware on 10 WordPress sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This allows you to set up WP Courseware on 25 WordPress websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing for WPCourseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Currently, the product is selling for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual pricing set by the software developer when you visit the product site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price here:
Additional Info
For demo videos of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
The Bottom Line
If you would like to develop and sell e-courses, the WP Courseware plugin is an inexpensive and professional solution that you may want to consider using.
For more details, check out the plugin here:
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