Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from areas like online training and education.
Electronic learning, or “elearning,” is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where students do not have face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
Online training sites like Udemy.com are strong indicators of the tremendous growth of the e-Training industry.
Udemy provides 30,000+ e-courses on every subject imaginable, from IT & software and leadership, to courses on health and fitness and music, etc …
(Udemy provides 30,000+ courses online covering every subject imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for businesses that have valuable knowledge that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Learning – Opportunities And Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning and developing effective online training courses include:
- Working out methods of delivery,
- Employing easy-to-use tools that students can use immediately to ,
- Ensuring consistency of methods used throughout content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing scores,
- Providing useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of human contact, learner boredom, loss of focus, etc.
Online Courses – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell information products, creating e-training products that help people gain practical knowledge in useful areas is a great way to attract new subscribers or monetize your website. Creating products 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. Just about anything can be turned into an e-course.
(Got skills, knowledge or an interest in fashion photography, gardening or technical writing? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you already have plenty of useful content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
If your website is powered by WordPress and you’re searching for a cost-effective way to develop and sell an online training product here’s a powerful courseware solution that you may want to consider.
Presenting …
WP Courseware – WordPress Learning Management Plugin
Description
WP Courseware is a leading WordPress learning management plugin.
(WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Software)
The WP Courseware plugin is used in 7,000+ websites and makes creating elearning courses in WordPress simple.
Training courses in WPCourseware comprise of modules and training modules include units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. The plugin adds a new section to your main menu that lets you add a new course, add or edit existing course modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export course information, create training certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
Courses can be fully configured and customized.
For example, you decide if students need to have completed a training unit before they are allowed to advance through to the next section …
(Course settings can be configured to suit your needs)
You can view information about your training courses “at a glance” and perform various types of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View information about your training courses inside your dashboard)
If you already understand WordPress, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, provide course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(”Edit Course” area)
Adding modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, videos, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished creating your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to insert course and module information into pages using a range of built-in shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all the options you have configured …
(Create professional-looking training courses easily with WPCourseware)
After your e-course is published, registered users can access it …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details go here: WP Courseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Here are just some of the many benefits of using WP Courseware to add professional training courses to your site or blog on your web site:
Quick And Easy To Install And Set Up. Ready To Go To Work In No Time.
WP Courseware is very easy to install. Just upload a zip folder that contains the plugin to your Plugins folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Just create a course, training module, or course 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 Capacity
The plugin allows you to set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of enrollees to courses.
Add Any Type Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which enables you to add anything you would typically add to a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as embedded media, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Additional benefits include the following:
- Works on all WP themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
Plugin Features
WP Courseware offers WP users with many features. Here are some:
Course Outline
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through your course using a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll New Course Participants Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Customized Course Certificates
Students who successfully complete courses can be issued with course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import option lets you move courses to other sites.
Custom Notifications
WPCourseware allows you to set up custom email notifications to congratulate students after completing modules and courses and for communicating course-related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated after successfully completing training quizzes. You can also send out a mass email trainees with their final grades with a single click …
(Custom Email Notifications And User Messages – WPCourseware)
Quizzes And Surveys
You can add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you choose to build the course.
- 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 will help track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
eCommerce And Membership Plugin Integration
WP Courseware works with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Plugins)
Testimonials
Here are a few of the testimonials and feedback users have submitted regarding the WP Courseware 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, 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
Plugin Tips
As mentioned earlier, 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.
WP Courseware lets you easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if there are a number of instructional articles and step-by-step tutorials already published on your site, you probably already have a product partially created …
(Convert any post or page into a course unit)
You can use the export/import feature to build and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourced tasks.
Plugin Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 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 settings menu explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete plugin training step-by-step tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Plugin Price
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This license lets you run WPCourseware on one website only. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This option allows you to run WPCourseware on ten WordPress web sites. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This lets you install WP Courseware on 25 web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: Price details for the WPCourseware software depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the price when this content was published. This may not be the actual pricing set by the product 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 current pricing details:
Additional Information
For a demo video of the plugin in action, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Download This Plugin
If you want to create an online training course, WP Courseware is an inexpensive and professional courseware plugin that you need to know about.
For more details, visit the plugin website:
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