Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from in areas like providing online training and elearning management systems.
eTraining is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the teacher or trainer.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
eLearning course sites like Udemy.com are strong indicators of the massive growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy currently offers over 30,000 online courses covery every subject imaginable, from web development and developing influence, to courses about religion & spirituality and photography, etc …
(Udemy.com provides over 30,000 courses online covering every topic imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for businesses that have unique information that can help transform the lives of others.
Online Courses – Opportunities And Drawbacks
The digital medium provides many technologies and a great environment for creating online courses, but there are also a number of drawbacks.:
- Figuring out methods of delivering training,
- Using popular tools and technologies that do not require investing additional effort, money or time in a new learning curve,
- Ensuring consistent standards are used throughout the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Grading scores,
- Providing useful reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account factors such as lack of human contact, potential lack of student motivation (e.g. boredom), distracting environments, etc.
Online Training – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating ecourses that help people gain the skills they need to advance further is a great way to grow a list or develop an online stream of revenue. Product creation is 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. Every subject imaginable can be taught online.
(Got a passion for commercial photography, landscaping or writing sales copy? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, that if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create learning courses and your website is built with WordPress, there’s a powerful courseware plugin that can help you.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – Online Learning Management System Plugin For WordPress
Product Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up professional training courses and build e-learning products quickly using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Management Plugin)
7,000+ sites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. The software makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
A course in WP Courseware consists of training modules and training modules include course units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware integrates fully with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new course, add or edit course modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export your training content, create custom certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, allowing users to monitor their course progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
The courses you add can be entirely configured and customized.
For example, you can decide if participants need to complete a course section before they can advance to the next section …
(Configure your course settings to suit your needs)
You can view course details “at a glance” and perform a range of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View course details inside your admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can create training courses quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, provide 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, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” screen)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other type 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 have finished adding content to your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all of your course units in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the content you have added …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
After publishing your training course, members must log in and have permission to view your training content …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more about this plugin: WP Courseware
Product Benefits
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WPCourseware to add training courses to your web site on your website:
Installation Is Easy & Simple
WP Courseware installs just like every WP plugin. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your admin account and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand the way WordPress works, you can create training courses fast using familiar interfaces and functions.
Simply create a course, training module, or unit with 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 Expansion Capability
The plugin lets you set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of participants to courses.
Add Any Kind Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which allow you to add any type of content you would typically insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress posts or pages besides text, like video, audio, images, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Add any type of content you like to create your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include:
- Works on all WordPress themes: WPCourseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works on all devices: WP Courseware allows you to deliver content across multiple devices.
WP Courseware Features
WPCourseware offers many unique features to website owners. Here are just some:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline or course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses 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 an administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll New Course Participants Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Customized Training Course Certificates
Students can receive a customized training course certificate. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to course completion certificates …
(Customized certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import option allows you to set up training courses on another WordPress website.
Custom Notifications
WPCourseware lets you set up custom user notifications for students upon module or course completion and for communicating other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after passing training quizzes. You can also send out a mass email to students with their final grades with just one click …
(User Messaging – WPCourseware)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
Add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Add Surveys And Quizzes)
- Use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on your needs.
- 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 will help you track how students are progressing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WP Courseware)
eCommerce & Membership Plugin Integration
WPCourseware can be used with many e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With Membership & e-Commerce Sites)
Testimonials
Below are a couple of the testimonials customers have published about WP Courseware:
“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 – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you already have plenty of useful training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WP Courseware allows you to easily convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if there are some “how to” content like tutorials published on your website, you could 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 completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourced business tasks.
WPCourseware Plugin Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, 100% refund 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 examples of the shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of ”how-to” videos …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Plugin Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This lets you configure WPCourseware on 1 WordPress site only. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This license option enables you to use WP Courseware on ten sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This license option allows you to configure WP Courseware on 25 sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing details of WP Courseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The pricing shown above was correct at the time this content was published. This may not be the actual price charged by the plugin seller when you visit the site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Info
For a demo video of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Our Recommendation
If you want to develop an online training course, WPCourseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use WP solution that you may want to consider using.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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