Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic training, or “etraining,” is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
Online training sites like Udemy.com are indicative of the explosive growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy.com provides 30,000+ ecourses on every topic imaginable, from internet marketing and personal brand building, to courses about happiness and hobbies, etc …
(Udemy.com provides over 30,000 ecourses covering every subject imaginable!)
The fact that the e-Learning industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for businesses that have unique and valuable information to teach.
e-Courses – Opportunities & Challenges
The digital medium provides many technologies and a great environment for developing and selling online courses, but there are also significant challenges.:
- Working out methods of delivery,
- Employing popular tools that do not require investing additional effort, money or time in a new learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency of methods in content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Assessing student scores,
- Providing useful reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account factors such as the lack of human contact, student boredom, loss of focus, etc.
eLearning – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell products online, creating a course that helps people gain practical skills is a great way to attract new subscribers and monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to build a customer base, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be taught online.
(Got a business built around fashion photography, gardening or technical writing? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you probably already have plenty of useful content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop ecourses and your site is built using WordPress, then let me introduce you to a powerful courseware solution that you should check out.
Introducing …
WPCourseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin
Product Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up professional training courses and build e-learning products quickly using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
The WPCourseware plugin is used in over 7,000 sites and makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
Training courses in WPCourseware comprise of training modules and training modules comprise of units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu item that lets you add a new course, edit modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export training content, create certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WP Courseware Widget)
Your courses can be fully customized and configured.
For example, you can choose if participants need to complete a course section before they are allowed to advance to the next section …
(Courses can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of all training courses inside the WP dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View training course details inside the WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, issue course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Edit your course settings easily)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your units inside training modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done 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” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you use the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the information you have added …
(Create training courses with WPCourseware)
Once your e-course has been published, members must log in and have permission to view your training content …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WP Courseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the many benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to add training courses to your WordPress web site on your site:
Fast And Simple To Install And Set Up. Be Up And Running In Very Little Time.
WP Courseware is very easy to install. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your WP administrator account and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a course, module, or unit with course content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to organize the course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expandability
WP Courseware lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and students.
Add Any Type Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which enables you to add anything you would normally insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as embedded media, images, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Use with all themes: WPCourseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Use on all devices: WPCourseware allows you to deliver content across multiple devices.
Product Features
WPCourseware provides many great features to WordPress users. Below we have listed some:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline and course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through your course with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll Course Members
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Training Course Certificates
Provide students who successfully complete training courses with certificates. Training certificates can be customized with a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Customized certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export feature lets you set up your course on other WP websites.
Custom User Notifications
WP Courseware lets you create custom user notifications to congratulate course participants after completing modules or courses and to communicate course-related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated after successfully completing training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to your students with their final grade with a single click …
(WP Courseware – User Messaging)
Surveys And Quizzes
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Surveys & Quizzes)
- Use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you decide to build the course.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. The survey feature allows you to download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The course grade book helps track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WPCourseware)
Integrates With WordPress Membership & e-Commerce Plugins
WP Courseware works with many leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership Site And e-Commerce Plugin Integration)
User Testimonials
Below are a few of the testimonials that users have written about WP Courseware:
“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 probably already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
WP Courseware allows you to convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if there are some instructional content like step-by-step tutorials already published on your site, you could already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress page or post into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the import/export feature to build and sell completed 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 business tasks.
Plugin Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, full 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 options and settings area provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete ”how-to” videos …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Product Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This license option lets you install WP Courseware on 1 site only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This license enables you to set up WPCourseware on 10 WordPress websites. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This license enables you to configure WPCourseware on twenty-five WordPress web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Pricing for the WP Courseware plugin can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The price above was current at the time this content was written. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the product seller when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing:
Additional Information
For ”how to” videos showing how the software works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
We Recommend
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to create e-courses WPCourseware is a powerful solution that you may want to consider.
For full details, check out the plugin here:
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