Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new niches to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic training, or “e-training,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students have no face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
Online training marketplaces like Udemy show that the eLearning industry is growing at a significant rate every year.
Udemy.com provides over 30,000 online courses on every topic imaginable, from marketing and personal development, to courses on better parenting and improving memory & study skills, etc …
(Udemy.com offers 30,000+ ecourses covering every subject imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to gain useful skills, but also for businesses that have unique content to share.
e-Training – Benefits & Drawbacks
The digital medium provides many technologies and a great environment for developing and selling training courses online. eLearning tools include Learning Management Systems (LMS), video tutorials, audio training, web-conferencing apps, online forums, slide presentations, etc. There are, however, some challenges when it comes to planning, developing and implementing effective e-courses.
Some of these include:
- Working out the best training delivery methods,
- Using familiar tools that don’t require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistency of standards delivered across content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Assessing scores,
- Generating reports, completion certificates
Additionally, you need to take into account factors like lack of face-to-face contact, learner boredom, distractions, etc.
Online Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating products that help people learn practical subjects to others is a great way to grow a list and develop a new stream of revenue. 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. Almost every topic imaginable can be taught online.
(Got an interest or passion for fashion photography, gardening or copywriting? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. If you have been online for a while, however, you probably already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
If your website is built using WordPress and you are searching for a cost-effective way to develop and sell training courses there’s a powerful plugin that you may want to keep in mind.
Introducing …
WPCourseware – Online Course Creation Software
Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up professional training courses and build e-learning products fast using WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
Over 7,000 websites have the WPCourseware plugin installed. The software makes creating training courses in WordPress simple.
Courses in WP Courseware comprise of training modules and training modules include units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu section that lets you create new courses, edit modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export data, add certificates, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WPCourseware Widget)
The courses you add can be completely configured and customized.
For example, you can decide whether learners must complete a course unit before they can progress through to the next section …
(Course settings can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your courses inside the WP dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View training course information inside your WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” section)
Adding modules and units is as easy 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 content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the Ordering screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done adding content to your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
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 …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can add training course content to your pages and manage all of your course details from your dashboard …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
After your e-course is published, you can restrict access to registered students only …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more about this plugin: WP Courseware
Benefits Of Using WP Courseware
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WP Courseware to create training courses online on your web site:
Be Up And Running In Very Little Time
WPCourseware installs just like every plugin. Simply upload it to your Plugin folder via your WP admin user login and activate.
Create Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Just create a new course, module, or course unit with course content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to organize the content and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expandability
The WPCourseware plugin allows you to set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of students to courses.
Add Any Kind Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would normally insert into WordPress pages or posts besides text, like videos, audio, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want in your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include:
- Compatible with all themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin works on all devices.
Features
WP Courseware offers many great features to WP users. Here are a few of these:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create course outlines and course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through your course using a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track student progress inside your dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Automatically Enroll New Participants
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Course Certificates
Students who successfully complete your training courses can be issued with customized course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to course completion certificates …
(Customized certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import feature allows you to set up your course on a different WordPress site.
Custom Email Notifications
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom email messages to congratulate students after completing modules or courses and communicating on course-related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated after completing a quiz. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to students with their final grades with a single click …
(User Notifications – WPCourseware)
Quizzes And Surveys
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Surveys And 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.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. Surveys allow you to download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help track how your students are progressing …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Works With Membership & eCommerce Sites
WPCourseware integrates with many well-known WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With WordPress Membership & e-Commerce Sites)
User Feedback
Below are some of the testimonials and feedback that customers have published 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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you already have plenty of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WP Courseware allows you to convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if there are a number of “how to” articles and step-by-step tutorials have already posted 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 courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourced business tasks.
Product Support
WPCourseware 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 settings menu explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Plugin Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This option allows you to run WPCourseware on one domain only. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This enables you to configure WPCourseware on 10 sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This license enables you to run WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress websites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Price details for the WP Courseware product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The price above was current at the time this content was published. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the software author when you visit the product website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing here:
Additional Information
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
The Bottom Line
WP Courseware helps you build and sell elearning products fast. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware solution you should definitely consider adding to your site.
For complete details, check out the plugin here:
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