Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are now finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like providing online courses and elearning.
Electronic learning, or “elearning,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students do not have direct face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
Online teaching marketplaces like Udemy are indicative of the explosive growth of the eTraining industry.
Udemy.com provides over 30,000 courses online covering all topics, from web development and personal productivity, to courses on religion & spirituality and improving memory & study skills, etc …
(Udemy.com provides 30,000+ ecourses covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Learning industry is growing is not only great for people looking to acquire useful skills, but also for businesses that have something that can help transform the lives of others.
Online Courses – Benefits & Drawbacks
The internet provides many useful tools and a great environment for creating and selling courses online, but there are also significant challenges.:
- Working out methods of delivery,
- Employing popular tools that do not require a time-consuming learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency of standards used in the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Grading student performance,
- Creating useful reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors such as lack of human contact, learner boredom, distracting environments, etc.
eTraining – A World Of Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating ecourses that help people gain useful skills is a great way to grow a list and monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Every topic imaginable can be taught online.
(Got an interest or passion for photography, gardening or creative writing? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, that if you have been online for a while, you already have the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
If your site is built using WordPress and you would like to create e-courses, there’s an inexpensive and powerful solution that can help you.
Presenting …
WP Courseware – WordPress Course Management System Plugin
Description Of Plugin
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products fast using WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
7,000+ WordPress websites have the WPCourseware plugin installed. The software makes creating e-courses in WordPress simple.
Courses in WP Courseware contain modules and training modules are built using units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. The plugin adds a new section to the dashboard menu that lets you add new courses, edit modules and units, add quizzes, edit settings, import/export training content, edit certificates, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, allowing users to view their own course progress …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
Courses can be entirely customized and configured.
For example, you can choose whether course participants must complete a training section before they can advance to the next unit …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of all courses inside the WP dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View information about all training courses inside your admin dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can quickly create courses using familiar WP interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and notifications, provide course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Easily edit your course settings)
Adding training modules and course units is as simple as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can arrange the order of your training content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished adding content to your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of all of your course units in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to insert course and training module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
With shortcodes, you can add training course content to your pages and manage all of your course details from your dashboard …
(Creating professional-looking training courses is easy with WPCourseware)
After your etraining product is published, you can restrict access to the content to registered users only …
(Users must log in and have permission to view your training content)
Learn more here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits of using WP Courseware to add professional courses to your site or blog on your website:
Easy To Install
WP Courseware installs like any plugin. Just upload it to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create training courses very quickly using familiar 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 Expandability
WP Courseware allows you to create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of enrollees to courses.
Add Any Type Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which allow you to add any type of content you would typically insert into a WordPress post or pageWordPress posts or pages besides text, like audio files, video, graphic elements, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Compatible with all WP themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Works on all devices: WP Courseware allows you to deliver your content across multiple devices.
Features
WPCourseware provides many features to site owners. Below we have listed just a few:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Automatically Enroll New Students
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Training Course Certificates
Issue course participants with certificates of completion. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to training course certificates …
(Customized training course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export feature allows you to set up a course on another WP website.
User Messaging
WPCourseware allows you to create custom user messages for course participants after completing modules or courses and communicating on course-related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated upon passing a quiz. You can also send out a mass email to your students with their final course grades with one click …
(User Notifications – WP Courseware)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on your needs.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. Surveys allow you to download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WPCourseware)
Works With Membership & eCommerce Sites
WPCourseware can be used with many WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce And Membership Site Integration)
Feedback From Users
Below are a couple of the testimonials that plugin 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
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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 online for a while, you probably already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WP Courseware allows you to easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if there are a number of educational articles and tutorials have already posted on your website, 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-courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks.
Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, 100% 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 over 15 plugin training video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Product Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This license enables you to run WP Courseware on one site only. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This lets you use WP Courseware on ten WordPress web sites. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This option lets you configure WP Courseware on twenty-five web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Price details for WP Courseware depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The pricing shown above was current at the time this article was published. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the product developer when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Info
For a demo video of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Download This Product
If you would like to create an online training product, WP Courseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware plugin that you need to know about.
To learn more, check out the plugin here:
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