Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like online training and education.
e-Learning is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where students have no face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
Online training marketplaces like Udemy.com show that the e-Training industry is growing at a massive rate.
Udemy offers 30,000+ courses online on every topic imaginable, from business and career development, to courses about religion & spirituality and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy provides over 30,000 ecourses on every topic imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for individuals that have valuable knowledge to share with others.
e-Learning – Benefits & Challenges
The digital medium provides benefits and opportunities for creating and selling ecourses, but there are also a number of drawbacks and challenges.:
- Working out methods of delivering training content,
- Employing easy-to-use tools and technologies that students can use intuitively to access the content,
- Ensuring consistency of methods delivered across the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Assessing student performance,
- Generating useful reports, completion certificates
You also need to take into account important factors like lack of human contact, learner boredom, distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
e-Training – A World Of Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your business online, creating an e-training course that helps people gain practical skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list and develop a new stream of revenue. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Every topic imaginable can be taught online.
(Got an interest or passion for commercial photography, horticulture or technical writing? Turn it into an online training course!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you probably already have the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create learning products and your website is powered by WordPress, then here’s a great plugin that you may want to consider.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up training courses and build e-learning products quickly using WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress)
The WPCourseware plugin is currently being used in thousands of sites and makes creating e-courses in WordPress simple.
In WPCourseware, training courses comprise of modules and modules are built from units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu section that lets you add a new course, edit modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit settings, import/export your data, edit certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving you further customization options …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
Courses can be entirely configured and customized.
For example, you can specify whether students must complete a course section before they are allowed to advance to the next unit …
(Configure your course settings to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of your courses inside your dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View training course details inside the admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can create training courses fast using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, issue 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 course units is as easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other type 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” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done adding content to your module, 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 training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you use a range of shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the options and settings you have configured …
(Creating professional training courses with WP Courseware)
Once your training course is published, registered users can access it …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the many benefits of using WP Courseware to add professional courses to your WordPress site or blog on your WordPress web site:
Be Up And Running In Very Little Time
WPCourseware is quite easy to install. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Create Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand the way WordPress works, you can create training courses very quickly using familiar interfaces and functions.
Simply create a new course, training module, or unit with content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to arrange the course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expandability
The WPCourseware plugin allows you to create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of enrollees to courses.
Use Different Content Types
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would typically insert into WordPress posts or pages besides text, like video, audio, graphic elements, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Use with all WordPress themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware works on all devices.
Features
WP Courseware provides website owners with a number of great features. Below we have listed a few of these:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines and course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses your students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also view their course progress using a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track student progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Customized Training Certificates
Students who successfully complete training courses can be issued with a course certificate. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Customized certificates of completion)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import function allows you to move courses to other sites.
Email Messages
WP Courseware lets you set up custom user messages for trainees upon module and course completion and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon passing course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to your students with their final grades with a single click …
(Email Messages – WP Courseware)
Quizzes & Surveys
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Add Surveys & Quizzes)
- Depending on your needs, you can add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes.
- 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 the survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps you track how your students are progressing in a course …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
eCommerce & Membership Plugin Integration
WP Courseware works with leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With e-Commerce & Membership Plugins)
User Feedback
Here are a couple of the testimonials that plugin users have written 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
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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 already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WPCourseware allows you to convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to complete certain tasks.
Support
WPCourseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, 100% money-back guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and 1 year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” section inside the plugin’s settings menu provides examples of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Plugin Price
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This enables you to run WP Courseware on one WordPress web site only. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This lets you install WP Courseware on 10 sites. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This option enables you to use WPCourseware on twenty-five domains. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: The price of the product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. When we last checked, the product is being retailed for the prices shown above. This may not be the actual price charged by the software 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 current pricing details:
Additional Information
For demo videos showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Download This Plugin
WP Courseware helps you develop an e-learning course fast. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware plugin you should definitely look into.
For full details, visit the plugin website:
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