Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are now finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like providing online training and elearning systems.
e-Training is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners have no direct face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
eLearning course sites like Udemy show that the e-Learning industry is growing at an astronomical rate year on year.
Udemy provides over 30,000 online courses on every subject imaginable, from IT & software and personal brand building, to courses about happiness and photography, etc …
(Udemy provides over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for businesses that have valuable educational content that can help transform the lives of others.
Online Training – Opportunities & Drawbacks
The digital medium provides many tools and a great environment for creating e-courses. e-Training tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems (LMS), online videos, video-conferencing apps, audio courses, online forums, PDF reports, etc. There are, however, some challenges involved in planning, developing and implementing ecourses.
Some of these include:
- Figuring out methods of delivering training content,
- Employing popular tools that don’t require investing additional effort, money or time in a new learning curve,
- Ensuring consistent methods are used throughout content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Grading scores,
- Providing reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include lack of face-to-face contact, student boredom, distractions, etc.
eLearning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell digital products, creating an ecourse that helps people learn commercial subjects in strong interest is a great way to attract new subscribers and monetize your website. Creating products is one of the best ways to attract customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every topic imaginable can be turned into a teaching product.
(Got a business built around fashion photography, landscaping 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 great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
If your site is built with WordPress and you plan to create and sell elearning products, there’s a cost-effective and powerful courseware solution you may want to consider using.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Product
WP Courseware is a leading WordPress course creation plugin.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
The WPCourseware plugin is currently being used on over 7,000 websites and makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
Courses in WPCourseware comprise of modules and modules include course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. The plugin adds a new section to your main menu that lets you create a new training course, edit modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export data, create certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in the sidebar, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
The courses you add can be entirely customized and configured.
For example, you decide if course students need to have completed a training unit before they are allowed to advance to the next unit …
(Configure your course settings to suit your needs)
You can view course information ”at a glance” inside your admin dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View course details inside your dashboard)
If you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, provide course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Easily edit course details)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, videos, 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” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you are done adding content to your unit, 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. You can use a range of shortcodes to insert course and training module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all of the options you have added …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
Once your e-learning product is published, your registered members can access the content …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
Learn more here: WP Courseware
Benefits
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WP Courseware to create training courses online on your site:
Quick And Simple To Install And Set Up. Be Up And Running In Very Little Time.
WPCourseware installs just like any plugin. Just upload it to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Just create a course, training 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 Expandability
WP Courseware allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and students.
Use Different Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which enable you to add any type of content you would normally add to WordPress pages or posts besides text, like embedded media, images, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Add different content types in your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Use on all WP themes: WPCourseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
Product Features
WPCourseware provides a number of great features to web site owners. Here are just a few of these:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create a course outline or course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
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 …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll New Students Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Course Certificate Distribution
Students who successfully complete your training courses can receive a training certificate. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export feature lets you set up your course on other WP sites.
Email Notifications
WPCourseware lets you create custom user messages for trainees after completing modules and courses and for communicating other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon successfully completing course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to students with their final grade with just one click …
(Custom Email Notifications And User Messages – WPCourseware)
Surveys & Quizzes
You can add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you choose to structure your course.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download CSV files with survey results.
- The course grade book helps you track how well your students are progressing …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
eCommerce & Membership Plugin Integration
WP Courseware integrates with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(eCommerce & Membership Plugin Integration)
User Testimonials
Here are a couple of the testimonials that users have submitted for 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
WPCourseware Plugin – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have plenty of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
WP Courseware allows you to convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to complete certain tasks.
Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 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” screen inside the plugin’s settings menu provides examples of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Product Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This lets you install WPCourseware on 1 website only. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Edition – This option lets you run WPCourseware on ten WordPress sites. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This option allows you to use WPCourseware on 25 websites. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost of purchasing WP Courseware depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The price shown above was correct at the time this article was published. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software author when you visit the plugin site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing here:
Additional Information
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Download The Plugin
WPCourseware will help you build and sell elearning courses quickly and easily. This is a powerful plugin you should definitely download.
To learn more, visit the plugin website here:
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