Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
e-Training is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where students do not interact face-to-face with the teacher or trainer.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
Online course marketplaces like Udemy.com show that the e-Training industry is growing.
Udemy provides 30,000+ e-courses covering all topics, from office productivity and personal productivity, to courses about stress management and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy offers over 30,000 courses online covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Training industry is growing is not only great for people looking to gain practical knowledge and skills, but also for individuals that have unique and valuable information to teach.
e-Learning – Opportunities & Drawbacks
The internet provides many tools and a great environment for developing ecourses. e-Training computer-based tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems, video tutorials, audio training, web-conferencing apps, e-Guides, forums, etc. There are, however, a number of drawbacks when it comes to planning e-learning courses.
Some of these include:
- Working out the best way to deliver content,
- Employing easy-to-use tools that students can intuitively use to access the content,
- Ensuring consistent methods are used throughout content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Grading student performance,
- Creating reports, completion certificates
You also need to take into account important factors such as the lack of human contact, lack of motivation, distractions, etc.
e-Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating an e-course that helps people gain useful skills is a great way to grow a list or monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be taught online.
(Got a business or passion for fashion photography, horticulture or copywriting? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch is very time-consuming. Chances are, however, that if you have been online for a while, you probably already have loads of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to develop and sell e-training products and your site is built with WordPress, here’s a great solution that you need to know about.
Introducing …
WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Product Description
WP Courseware is a leading online learning management plugin for WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Online Learning Management Plugin For WordPress)
WPCourseware is currently being used by over 7,000 businesses online and makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
Training courses in WP Courseware consist of training modules and training modules are built using units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware integrates fully with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu section that lets you add new training courses, edit modules and units, edit quizzes, edit plugin, import/export data, modify training certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, allowing users to view their own progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
You can completely customize and configure all of your courses.
For example, you can decide whether participants need to have completed a training section before they are allowed to advance through to the next section …
(Courses can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of all course information inside your dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View course information inside your WP dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can create courses quickly using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, issue 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 …
(Easily edit your course settings)
Adding modules and units is as simple as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, videos, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorganize the order of your content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the Ordering screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, simply 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 …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware allows you to use a range of shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you display training 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 is published, the content can be viewed by logged in registered users …
(Members must log in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more about this plugin: WP Courseware
Benefits
Below are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to add professional courses to your website or blog on your WordPress web site:
Fast And Simple To Install And Implement. Be Up And Running In Minutes.
WP Courseware is really easy to install. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Very Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can create courses quickly and easily using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Just create a course, 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
WP Courseware allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and course participants.
Use Different Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which enables you to add any type of content you would normally add to WordPress pages or posts besides text, like embedded media, graphic elements, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Add any type of content you want in your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Compatible with all WP themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware allows you to deliver your training content across multiple devices.
Product Features
WP Courseware provides WordPress users with many features. Here are some:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines and course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also navigate through their courses with a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll Course Participants Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Course Completion Certificates
At the end of a course, you can provide students who successfully complete training courses with customized course certificates. Course completion certificates can be customized with custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Training course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import feature lets you set up a course on a different site.
Custom Notifications
WPCourseware allows you to create custom email notifications to congratulate students after completing modules or courses and for communicating other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who successfully complete the quiz. You can also send out a mass email to students with their final grade with one click …
(WPCourseware – User Messaging)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Quizzes And Surveys)
- Depending on how you decide to structure the course, 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. The survey feature allows you to download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Works With eCommerce & Membership Plugins
WPCourseware can be used with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Works With WordPress Membership & e-Commerce Sites)
Feedback From Customers
Here are just a few of the testimonials that customers have provided for 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, 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
WPCourseware Plugin – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been 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 new digital training product.
WPCourseware allows you to convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if there are some “how to” content like step-by-step tutorials already published on your website or blog, you could already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress page or post 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 e-training courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourced tasks.
Product Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, complete refund 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 area provides a list of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of training tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Software Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This allows you to activate WP Courseware on one WordPress web site only. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This lets you install WP Courseware on 10 WordPress websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This edition allows you to set up WPCourseware on 25 WordPress sites. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing for WPCourseware depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The pricing above was current when this content was published. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin author when you visit the plugin site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Info
For ”how-to” videos showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Our Recommendation
WPCourseware helps you develop ecourses fast. This is a great courseware plugin that you should definitely check out.
To learn more, visit the plugin website here:
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