Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from areas like online training and education.
eLearning is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where students don’t have face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
Online teaching marketplaces like Udemy.com are indicative of the explosive growth of the eTraining industry.
Udemy offers 30,000+ ecourses covering all topics, from web development and personal transformation, to courses on creativity and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy provides 30,000+ ecourses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for individuals that have valuable information to teach.
e-Learning – Opportunities And Challenges
The digital medium provides tools and technologies for developing and selling etraining courses. eTraining tools include Learning Management Systems (LMS), video tutorials, audio courses, video-conferencing, reports, online forums, etc. There are, however, a number of drawbacks involved in planning online training courses.
Some of the drawbacks include:
- Figuring out methods of delivering training content,
- Employing familiar tools and technologies that course students can immediately use to get trained,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Assessing student scores,
- Creating reports, completion certificates
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors such as the lack of face-to-face interaction, student boredom, loss of focus, etc.
eCourses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating a product that teaches others useful skills is a great way to attract new subscribers and monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to build a loyal customer base, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Every subject where there is a strong interest and demand to learn can be turned into an ecourse.
(Got a business built around photography, gardening or creative writing? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, that if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you already have plenty of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create an online training course and your website is built with WordPress, then here is a powerful plugin you may want to add to your site.
Introducing …
WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Description
WPCourseware is the leading learning management system courseware plugin for WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
WP Courseware is used in 7,000+ sites and makes creating e-training courses in WordPress simple.
In WP Courseware, courses comprise of modules and training modules comprise of course units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware integrates fully with any WordPress site. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add new training courses, edit existing modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export data, modify certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, allowing users to monitor their course progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can fully customize and configure your courses.
For example, you can decide whether learners need to have completed a training section before they can advance to the next unit …
(Courses can be customized to suit your needs)
You can view details about your courses “at a glance” and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View training course information inside the WP dashboard)
If you already understand how WordPress works, you can create training courses very quickly using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Edit course settings easily)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as adding 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 section)
When you are done adding content to your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to insert courses and training module information into pages using a range of built-in shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can display course information on your pages and manage all of your course options from a central location …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
After publishing your etraining course, you can restrict access to the content to registered users only …
(Users must log in and have permission to view your training content)
Go here to learn more: WP Courseware
Product Benefits
Below are just some of the benefits of using WPCourseware to create training courses online on your web site:
Be Up And Running In No Time
WPCourseware installs like any regular WordPress plugin. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your WP admin section and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with how WordPress works, you can create training courses in minutes using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a course, 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 Expansion Capability
The WP Courseware plugin lets you set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of enrollees to courses.
Use Different Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which allow you to add any type of content you would typically insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, like audio, video, graphic elements, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Add different content types to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits of this plugin include:
- Works with all WordPress themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: WP Courseware deliver content accross all devices.
WP Courseware Features
WP Courseware offers a number of features to site owners. Below we have listed a few:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline or course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses your students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress using a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside your dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatically Enroll New Students
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Customized Certificates Of Completion
Students who successfully complete your training courses can be issued with a customized training certificate. Training certificates can be personalized with a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Customized certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import option allows you to transfer your course to other websites.
Email Messages
WP Courseware allows you to create custom user notifications for trainees upon module or course completion and communicating on related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who successfully complete training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to students with their final grade with just one click …
(WP Courseware – Email Messages)
Add Surveys And Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Add Quizzes And Surveys)
- Depending on how you choose to build your course, you can use 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 course grade book helps you track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Membership Site And eCommerce Plugin Integration
WPCourseware integrates with many leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Membership & e-Commerce Integration)
Testimonials
Below are some of the testimonials that plugin customers have published about 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, Entrepreneur, Blogger, & Speaker
WPCourseware Plugin – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you probably already have the building blocks of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
WP Courseware lets you easily convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if there are some educational content like tutorials published on your website, you could already have a product partially created …
(Convert any page or post into a course unit)
Additionally, 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 learning courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourced tasks.
WPCourseware Plugin Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, complete refund 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 examples of the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 plugin training video step-by-step tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Product Price
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This license enables you to use WPCourseware on 1 site only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Edition – This allows you to install WPCourseware on 10 WordPress websites. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This option enables you to run WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Pricing details of the WP Courseware plugin depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the product is selling for the amounts shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin seller when you visit the site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing details:
Additional Information
For ”how to” videos of the plugin in action, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Our Recommendation
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop ecourses, WP Courseware is a great WP solution that you may want to add to your site.
To learn more, visit the plugin website here:
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