Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are now finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online training and education.
Electronic learning, or “elearning,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students have no face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
Online course marketplaces like Udemy are indicative of the explosive growth of the eTraining industry.
Udemy.com provides 30,000+ online courses covering all topics, from IT & software and personal brand building, to courses about stress management and improving memory & study skills, etc …
(Udemy offers over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics!)
The fact that the eLearning industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for businesses that have valuable educational content that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Learning – Opportunities & Drawbacks
Some of the challenges of planning, developing and implementing effective e-training courses include:
- Figuring out methods of delivering training,
- Using popular tools and technologies that don’t require spending additional time learning,
- Ensuring consistency of methods delivered across content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading student scores,
- Creating reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account factors like the lack of human contact, boredom, lack of focus, etc.
Online Training – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell products online, creating e-courses that teach people practical things is a great way to grow a list and monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract new customers, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every topic imaginable can be turned into a teaching course.
(Got skills, knowledge or a passion for fashion photography, horticulture or creative writing? Turn it into an etraining product!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
If your website is built using WordPress and you want to develop and sell e-courses, there’s an inexpensive and powerful courseware solution that can help you.
Our Featured WordPress Plugin …
WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management Plugin
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 quickly using WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Online Learning Management Plugin For WordPress)
7,000+ websites use the WP Courseware plugin. WPCourseware makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
A course in WP Courseware includes modules and training modules can include course units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware integrates fully with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new course, add or edit modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export course information, modify training certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WP Courseware Widget)
Your courses can be fully customized and configured.
For example, you can choose whether course students need to complete a training unit before they can advance through to the next unit …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can view training course information ”at a glance” inside your WP dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View training course information inside the admin dashboard)
If you already understand WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” section)
Adding training modules and units is as simple as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done adding content to your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all of your course units in the “Course Units” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you use a range of shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the options and settings you have added …
(Creating professional training courses with WP Courseware)
After your training product is published, you can restrict access to the content to registered users only …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more about this plugin: WP Courseware
Benefits Of Using WP Courseware
Here are just some of the many benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to add professional training courses to your site or blog on your WordPress site:
Easy To Install
WP Courseware is quite easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugins folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Very 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 course, 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 Capacity
The WP Courseware plugin lets you set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of students to courses.
Add Any Type Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would normally add to a WordPress page or postWordPress posts or pages besides text, like embedded media, images, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Works on all themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: The plugin allows you to deliver content across multiple devices.
WP Courseware Features
WPCourseware provides site owners with many unique features. Here are some of those features:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline or course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also navigate through their courses with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatically Enroll Participants
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Customized Course Certificates
Students can be issued with a training course certificate. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Customized course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import option lets you move courses to other sites.
Custom Email Notifications And Messages
WPCourseware lets you create custom user notifications for trainees after completing modules and courses and for communicating course-related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who pass training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to students with their final course grade with one click …
(Email Messages – WPCourseware)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
You can add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Quizzes And Surveys)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you decide to build your course.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. The survey feature allows you to download CSV files with survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps track your student’s progress …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
Integrates With eCommerce & Membership Sites
WPCourseware works with leading WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Plugins)
Testimonials From Customers
Below are a couple of the testimonials plugin customers 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
WP Courseware – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have plenty of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
WP Courseware allows you to easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if you already have lots of great educational articles and step-by-step tutorials.
Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, complete money-back guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and one year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” section inside the plugin’s settings menu provides examples of the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of ”how-to” videos …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Plugin Price
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This license allows you to install WPCourseware on one WordPress website only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This enables you to set up WP Courseware on 10 WordPress web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This allows you to install WPCourseware on twenty-five WordPress websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing for WP Courseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The pricing shown above was correct at the time this content was published. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software author when you visit the site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing:
Additional Plugin Information
For demo videos of the plugin in action, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
In Conclusion
WP Courseware will help you build and sell training courses fast. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use solution that you should definitely download.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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