Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are discovering new niches to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic training (eTraining) is based on the concept of distance learning, where students do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
e-Learning sites like Udemy are strong indicators of the explosive growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy.com offers over 30,000 online courses covering all topics, from marketing and building self-esteem, to courses on stress management and photography, 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 educational content to share with others.
e-Courses – Opportunities & Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning, developing and implementing effective training courses online include:
- Figuring out methods of delivering training content,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that learners can use instinctively to ,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing student performance,
- Generating useful reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account factors such as the lack of face-to-face contact, boredom and lack of motivation, distracting environments, etc.
eCourses – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell information-based products, creating an ecourse that helps people gain practical skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list and monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about every imaginable subject can be turned into an e-course.
(Got a passion for fashion photography, gardening or creative writing? Turn it into an training course!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch is very time-consuming. If you have been online for a while, however, you probably already have loads of useful content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
If your site is built using WordPress and you want to develop an online training course, there’s a cost-effective and powerful plugin that can help you.
Let’s Review …
WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up training courses and build e-learning products quickly with WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
Over 7,000 WordPress sites use WP Courseware. WPCourseware makes creating elearning courses in WordPress very simple.
In WPCourseware, A training course comprises of training modules and modules are built using units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware integrates fully with any WordPress site. The plugin adds its own menu section that lets you create a new course, edit existing modules and units, add quizzes, edit settings, import/export your course information, edit certificates of completion, access training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, allowing users to monitor their own progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
The courses you add can be entirely customized and configured.
For example, you can choose if learners need to have completed a training unit before they can progress to the next section …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of your course information inside the admin dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View information about all courses inside the admin dashboard)
If you already understand WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, issue certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” section)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you are done adding content to your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware uses a range of shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the information you have added …
(Creating training courses with WP Courseware)
After publishing your e-course, you can restrict access to the content to registered students only …
(Members must log in and have permission to view your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the many benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to add professional training courses to your WordPress website on your WordPress web site:
Be Up And Running In Minutes
WPCourseware is really easy to install. Just upload it to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a course, module, or unit with course 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
WPCourseware lets you set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of participants 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 posts or pages besides text, like videos, audio, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Some additional plugin benefits include:
- Use with all WordPress themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware allows you to deliver training content across multiple devices.
Features
WP Courseware provides a number of great features to website owners. Here are just some of those features:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline or course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students have enrolled in as well as 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 student progress inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatically Enroll New Course Participants
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Customized Certificates Of Completion
Students who successfully complete courses can receive course completion certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to training certificates …
(Customized course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import option allows you to move your course to other sites.
Email Messages
WPCourseware lets you set up custom email messages to congratulate course participants after completing modules or courses and for communicating other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon completing course quizzes. You can also send out a mass email to your students with their final grade with a single click …
(WPCourseware – Custom Email Notifications And Messages)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
You can add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you decide to structure your course.
- 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 the survey results.
- The course grade book helps you track how well your students are doing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WP Courseware)
Works With Membership & eCommerce Plugins
WPCourseware integrates with many leading WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(eCommerce & Membership Plugin Integration)
Feedback From Users
Below are some of the testimonials and comments plugin customers have submitted for WPCourseware:
“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
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 website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WP Courseware lets you easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if there are a number of “how to” content like tutorials published on your website or blog, you probably already have a product partially created …
(Convert any WordPress post or page into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the import/export 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 WPCourseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks.
Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty 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” section inside the plugin’s options and settings menu explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – How-To Videos)
Software Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This lets you configure WPCourseware on a single site. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This license option allows you to run WP Courseware on 10 domains. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This allows you to use WPCourseware on 25 web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing details of this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the plugin is being retailed for the pricing shown above. This may not be the actual price charged by the product developer when you visit the product website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing here:
Additional Info
For demo videos of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
We Recommend
WP Courseware will help you build an e-learning course quickly and easily. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use solution you should definitely look into.
For full details, check out the plugin here:
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