Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from areas like online education.
e-Learning is based on the concept of distance learning, where students don’t have direct face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
e-Learning sites like Udemy are indicative of the growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy.com offers 30,000+ e-courses on every topic imaginable, from marketing and personal productivity, to courses on building healthy relationships and motivation, etc …
(Udemy.com provides 30,000+ courses online on every subject imaginable!)
The fact that the e-Learning industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for businesses that have unique and valuable content that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Courses – Opportunities & Drawbacks
The internet provides benefits and opportunities for developing online courses. e-Training tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems, videos, video-conferencing apps, audio courses, slide presentations, forums, etc. There are, however, some drawbacks involved in planning, developing and implementing online courses.
Some of these include:
- Working out content delivery methods,
- Using popular tools and technologies that don’t require investing additional effort, money or time in a new learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency across content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading student performance,
- Generating reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of face-to-face interaction, boredom, loss of focus, etc.
e-Courses – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell information products, creating courses that teach others subjects in areas of strong interest is a great way to grow a list or develop another stream of revenue. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be turned into an online training course.
(Got a passion or interest in fashion photography, gardening or creative writing? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch is very time-consuming. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you already have plenty of useful content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If your site is built with WordPress and you want to create and sell training courses, there’s an inexpensive and professional solution that you need to know about.
Our Featured WordPress Plugin …
WPCourseware – Online Course Management System Plugin For WordPress
Product Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up professional training courses and build e-learning products fast with WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin)
7,000+ sites use the WP Courseware plugin. The plugin makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
A course in WPCourseware comprises of modules and training modules include course units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware integrates fully with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu item that lets you add a new course, add or edit existing modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export data, edit training certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in the sidebar, giving you further customization options …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
You can fully configure and customize your courses.
For example, you can decide if students need to complete a course unit before they can progress through to the next section …
(Courses can be fully configured to suit your needs)
You can view details about all training courses ”at a glance” inside the admin dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View details about your training courses inside your admin dashboard)
If you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, provide 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 & drop, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” area)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done creating your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you insert courses and module information into pages using the plugin’s built-in shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
With shortcodes, you can display course information on your pages and manage all of your course options from the plugin settings section …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
Once your e-course has been published, registered members can access the content …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Below are just some of the benefits of using WPCourseware to add professional training courses to your web site on your WordPress web site:
Ready To Go To Work In Minutes
WP Courseware is quite easy to install. Just upload it to your Plugins folder via your WP admin section and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with 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
The WPCourseware plugin lets you set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of students to courses.
Add Any Type Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which enable you to add anything you would normally insert into WordPress posts or pages besides text, like audio, videos, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Additional benefits of this plugin include:
- Compatible with all themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works on all devices: WPCourseware allows you to deliver training content across multiple devices.
Plugin Features
WP Courseware provides many features to WP users. Here are some of those features:
Course Outline
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using 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 with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll Course Members
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Customized Training Course Certificates
Provide course participants who successfully complete courses with course completion certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Course completion certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export feature lets you set up training courses on another WordPress site.
Email Messages
WP Courseware allows you to create custom user notifications for course participants after completing modules or courses and for communicating course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after successfully completing a quiz. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to your students with their final grade with one click …
(Custom User Message – WPCourseware)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
You can add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Surveys & Quizzes)
- Depending on your needs, you can use 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. You can also download CSV files with survey results.
- The course grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WP Courseware)
Works With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Site Plugins
WPCourseware works with leading WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership Site & eCommerce Integration)
User Feedback
Here are a few of the testimonials and comments plugin 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
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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
Useful 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 new digital 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 have already posted on your site, you probably already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress post or page into a course unit)
You can use the export/import feature to create and sell completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable elearning courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourced tasks.
Support
WPCourseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 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 settings menu explains how to use the shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WP Courseware Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Product Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This license option enables you to set up WP Courseware on a single WordPress web site. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This license lets you use WPCourseware on ten domains. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This allows you to configure WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Price details for WPCourseware depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The pricing shown above was current at the time this review was published. This may or 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 current price:
Additional Info
For ”how to” videos of the plugin in action, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Our Recommendation
If you plan to create and sell an online training product, WPCourseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use WordPress plugin that you may want to consider adding to your site.
For more information, visit the plugin website here:
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