Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new niches to profit from in areas like providing teaching and training courses online and elearning systems.
Electronic learning, or “e-learning,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students have no direct face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
e-Training marketplaces like Udemy.com are indicative of the tremendous growth of the eLearning industry.
Udemy provides over 30,000 e-courses on every subject imaginable, from web development and career development, to courses on parenting & relationships and photography, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 online courses covering all topics!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing and that anything can be taught online is not only great for people looking to gain commercial skills and competency in subjects where there is a high level of need, but also for individuals that have unique and valuable content to share with others.
e-Learning – Benefits & Challenges
The digital medium provides many opportunities for developing and selling online training courses. e-Learning tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems, online videos, audio courses, video-conferencing apps, slide presentations, online forums, etc. There are, however, some challenges involved in planning, developing and implementing training courses online.
Some of these include:
- Working out delivery methods,
- Employing easy-to-use tools and technologies that don’t require spending additional time learning,
- Ensuring consistent methods are used throughout the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing student scores,
- Generating useful reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account important factors such as the lack of face-to-face contact, lack of student motivation (e.g. boredom), distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
e-Training – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a digital product creator, creating a training course that helps people gain skills and competency in subjects where there is a high level of demand is a great way to grow a list or develop a new stream of revenue. Creating products is one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about every imaginable topic can be taught online.
(Got knowledge, skills or business interest in fashion photography, landscaping or writing sales copy? Turn it into an training product!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you probably already have the building blocks of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
If your website is driven by WordPress and you would like to create an online training product, there’s a cost-effective and professional WP plugin that you need to know about.
Presenting …
WP Courseware – Online Learning Management Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Product
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products fast with WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Management Plugin For WordPress)
WPCourseware is currently being used in over 7,000 websites and makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
A training course in WPCourseware contains training modules and modules can include course units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware integrates fully with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu section that lets you create new courses, edit existing course modules and units, edit quizzes, edit settings, import/export your course information, create custom training certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a widget in your sidebar, allowing users to view their course progress …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
The courses you add can be fully configured and customized.
For example, you can choose if participants need to complete a training section before they can progress to the next unit …
(Courses can be configured to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of all training courses inside your WP dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View course information inside your dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, provide certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” screen)
Adding training modules and course units is as simple as adding 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 rearrange the order of your content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the Ordering screen …
(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.
All of your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware allows you to insert courses and training module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all the content you have configured …
(Create professional-looking training courses with WPCourseware)
Once your e-learning product has been published, you can restrict access to registered students only …
(Users must log in and have permission to view your training content)
Go here to learn more: WPCourseware
Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create courses online on your WordPress site:
Ready To Go To Work In No Time
WP Courseware is very easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugin folder via your admin section and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly and easily using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a course, module, or course unit with course 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 Capacity
The WPCourseware plugin lets you create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Use Different Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which enables you to add any type of content you would typically add to a WordPress page or postWordPress posts or pages besides text, such as videos, audio files, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want in your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Works on all WordPress themes: WPCourseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: WPCourseware deliver content accross all devices.
WP Courseware Features
WPCourseware offers WordPress users with many features. Here are just some:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines and course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses your students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also navigate through your course with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll New Students Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Course Certificate Distribution
Students can be issued with course certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to certificates of completion …
(Certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export functionality lets you set up a course on a new site.
User Messaging
WPCourseware lets you set up custom user messages to congratulate course participants after completing modules or courses and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon passing the quiz. You can also send out a mass email to your students with their final grade with one click …
(User Messaging – WPCourseware)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Add 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.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download a CSV file with survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WPCourseware)
Membership Site And eCommerce Integration
WPCourseware works with many leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With Membership & eCommerce Sites)
Testimonials
Here are some of the testimonials and feedback plugin users have provided for 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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
WP Courseware allows you to convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if there are some instructional articles and tutorials published on your website or blog, you could already have a product partially created …
(Convert any post or page into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the export/import feature to create and sell completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-learning courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourcing business tasks.
WPCourseware Plugin Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty 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 options and settings area provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of plugin training video step-by-step tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Product Licensing Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This lets you run WP Courseware on a single website. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Edition – This option allows you to run WPCourseware on ten web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This edition allows you to activate WPCourseware on 25 web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: Current pricing for the WP Courseware plugin depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the current price when this review was written. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software developer when you visit the product website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Information
For a demo video of the plugin in action, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
The Bottom Line
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to develop elearning products WPCourseware is a great WordPress plugin you need to keep in mind.
For complete details, check out the plugin here:
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