Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are discovering new niches to profit from in areas like providing teaching and training courses online and elearning.
e-Learning is based on the concept of distance learning, where students have no face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
eTraining course sites like Udemy are strong indicators of the tremendous growth of the eTraining industry.
Udemy provides over 30,000 ecourses on every subject imaginable, from web development and personal brand building, to courses on building healthy relationships and music, etc …
(Udemy currently offers 30,000+ courses online covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for businesses that have unique and valuable information that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Learning – Opportunities And Drawbacks
The digital medium provides many great opportunities for creating and selling courses online, but there are also many drawbacks and challenges.:
- Working out training content delivery methods,
- Using familiar tools that don’t require investing additional effort, money or time in a new learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Grading student scores,
- Generating useful reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account factors like the lack of human contact, learner boredom, distracting environments, etc.
eTraining – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell digital products, creating an e-course that teaches subjects in areas of strong demand is a great way to grow a list or develop an online stream of revenue. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your niche or industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be turned into an etraining course.
(Got an interest or passion for photography, horticulture or technical writing? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, you probably already have plenty of useful content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
If your website is driven by WordPress and you would like to develop and sell ecourses, there’s a cost-effective and powerful WordPress plugin that can help you.
Introducing …
WP Courseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin
Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up professional training courses and build e-learning products quickly with WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
Over 7,000 WordPress sites use WP Courseware. The plugin makes creating training courses in WordPress very simple.
A training course in WP Courseware consists of modules and modules are built using units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add new training courses, add or edit course modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export your training content, modify training certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, allowing users to monitor their own course progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
Your courses can be entirely customized and configured.
For example, you can decide whether course participants must complete a training unit before they can advance to the next unit …
(Configure your course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your training course details inside your admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View training course details inside your admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WP interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and user 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, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” section)
Adding training modules and course units is as simple as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your training content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you have finished adding content to your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” area …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you insert courses and training module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you display course content on your pages and manage all of your course options from your dashboard …
(Create professional-looking training courses easily with WPCourseware)
After your training product has been published, it can be viewed by members with exclusive permission to access the information …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more about this plugin: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Below we have listed just some of the many benefits of using WP Courseware to add professional courses to your WordPress site on your WordPress website:
Easy, Fast & Simple To Install
WPCourseware installs like every plugin. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your admin area and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create training courses fast using familiar interfaces and functions.
Just create a course, training module, or course 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
The plugin lets you create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of enrollees to courses.
Add Different Content Formats
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would typically insert into WordPress pages or posts besides text, such as audio, video, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include:
- Use on all themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin deliver training content accross all devices.
Plugin Features
WP Courseware provides many features to WordPress users. Below we have listed just a few:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create course outlines or course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also view their course progress with a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll New Course Participants Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Customized Training Certificates
Provide students who successfully complete training courses with course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to certificates of completion …
(Certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import feature lets you transfer courses to other websites.
User Messaging
WP Courseware allows you to create custom email messages for course participants upon module and course completion and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who pass a quiz. You can also send out a mass email to your students with their final course grades with just one click …
(WP Courseware – Custom Notifications)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Surveys & Quizzes)
- 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. The survey feature allows you to download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help track how well your students are progressing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
Membership Site & e-Commerce Integration
WP Courseware integrates with leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Plugins)
User Testimonials
Below are a few of the testimonials that plugin users have written about 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, 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
Plugin Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if you already have some educational articles and step-by-step tutorials.
Product Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, full refund 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 area explains how to use the shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of ”how-to” videos …
(Plugin Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Software Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This edition enables you to install WP Courseware on 1 WordPress website only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Edition – This license allows you to install WP Courseware on ten domains. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This license allows you to run WPCourseware on 25 websites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The cost of purchasing the WP Courseware product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the current pricing at the time this content was published. This may not be the actual pricing set by the product author when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing:
Additional Information
For demo videos of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
The Bottom Line
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to create an online training course WPCourseware is a great WP plugin you may want to check out.
For more details, check out the plugin here:
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