Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from in areas like online training and education.
Electronic training (e-Training) is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where students have no direct face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
Online course sites like Udemy.com show that the e-Training industry is growing.
Udemy.com provides 30,000+ online courses covering all topics, from IT & software and personal transformation, to courses about happiness and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy provides over 30,000 e-courses covering every topic imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to gain useful skills, but also for individuals that have valuable educational content that can help transform the lives of others.
eTraining – Opportunities And Challenges
The digital medium provides great opportunities and technologies for developing and selling e-learning courses. e-Learning delivered via computers and increasingly mobile-based tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems (LMS), videos, web-conferencing apps, audio courses, e-Books, online forums, etc. There are, however, some challenges involved in developing e-courses.
Some of the challenges and drawbacks include:
- Working out training content delivery methods,
- Using easy-to-use tools that do not require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistent standards are applied throughout the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Grading scores,
- Providing useful reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account factors like lack of face-to-face interaction, boredom and lack of motivation, distractions, etc.
e-Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a digital product creator, creating elearning products that help people gain the skills they need to advance further 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 build a loyal customer base, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every imaginable topic can be taught online.
(Got knowledge, skills or a passion for commercial photography, horticulture or copywriting? Turn it into an online training product!)
The problem 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 blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to develop and sell e-courses and your website is driven by WordPress, then here is a powerful WordPress plugin you should definitely look into.
Let’s Review …
WPCourseware – Online Learning Management System Plugin For WordPress
Product Description
WPCourseware is a leading WordPress course creation plugin.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
WP Courseware is currently being used by 7,000+ businesses online and makes creating e-training courses in WordPress simple.
In WP Courseware, A course consists of training modules and training modules can include course units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds a new section to your menu that lets you create a new training course, add or edit modules and units, edit quizzes, edit plugin, import/export course information, create custom training certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in the sidebar, allowing users to view their course progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can completely customize and configure all courses.
For example, you can choose whether learners must complete a training unit before they can advance through to the next section …
(Course settings can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of your courses inside the admin dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View course details inside the WP dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, 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 messages and user notifications, provide course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(”Edit Course” section)
Adding modules and course units is as simple as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorganize the order of your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done creating 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” area …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you use the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert courses and training module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
Shortcodes let you add course information to your pages and manage all of your course details from your dashboard …
(Creating professional training courses with WPCourseware)
After publishing your e-course, the content can be viewed by members with exclusive access permission …
(Users must log in and have permission to view your training content)
Learn more about the plugin here: WP Courseware
Product Benefits
Here we have listed just some of the many benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create courses online on your WordPress site:
Quick And Simple To Install And Configure. Ready To Go To Work In No Time.
WPCourseware installs just like every other plugin. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Just create a course, training module, or unit with course 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 Expansion Capacity
The plugin lets you create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Use Different Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would typically insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as video, audio files, images, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Add any type of content you want in your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include:
- Compatible with all WP themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Use with all devices: WP Courseware deliver training content accross all devices.
Plugin Features
WPCourseware offers many features to site owners. Here are just some of those features:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through your course using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Enroll Course Participants Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Course Completion Certificates
Students can be issued with a training certificate. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to certificates …
(Training course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export functionality allows you to set up a course on a new WP website.
User Messaging
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom user notifications for course participants upon module or course completion and for communicating course-related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who successfully complete course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to your students with their final grade with one click …
(Email Notifications – WPCourseware)
Add Surveys And Quizzes
You can add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you decide to build the 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 CSV files with the survey results.
- The course grade book helps you track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
Integrates With eCommerce & Membership Plugins
WP Courseware works with many ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With WordPress Membership & e-Commerce Plugins)
Testimonials
Here are some of the testimonials and feedback plugin users have submitted regarding 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
WP Courseware – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you probably already have the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if there are some educational content like tutorials already published on your website or blog, you probably already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress page or post into a course unit)
You can use the import/export feature to create and sell completed 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 tasks in your business.
Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty 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 area provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 ”how-to” videos …
(WP Courseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Plugin Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This lets you activate WPCourseware on a single WordPress website. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This edition enables you to install WPCourseware on 10 WordPress web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This license lets you run WP Courseware on twenty-five sites. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: The price of this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the software retails for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software developer 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 current pricing details:
Additional Product Information
For demo videos showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Download The Product
WP Courseware helps you build a training product fast. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use WordPress plugin that you should definitely consider using.
For more details, check out the plugin here:
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