Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are discovering new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like providing teaching and training courses online and e-learning management systems.
Electronic training, or “e-training,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students have no direct face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
eTraining sites like Udemy.com show that the e-Training industry is growing at an impressive rate.
Udemy currently offers over 30,000 courses online on every topic imaginable, from web development and personal brand building, to courses on creativity and music, etc …
(Udemy.com offers over 30,000 courses online covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for individuals that have unique educational content to teach.
Online Training – Benefits And Challenges
The internet provides many technologies and opportunities for creating and selling online courses. Learning performance-boosting tools include Learning Management Systems (LMS), video tutorials, audio training, web-conferencing, forums, slide and multimedia presentations, etc. There are, however, some drawbacks involved in developing e-learning courses.
Some of these include:
- Working out the best way to deliver training content,
- Using easy-to-use tools that students can intuitively use to start learning,
- Ensuring consistency across content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Assessing scores,
- Generating useful reports, completion certificates
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors like the lack of human contact, boredom, potential lack of focus, etc.
eCourses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating a learning product that teaches commercial subjects in strong interest is a great way to grow a subscriber list or monetize your website. Creating products is one of the best ways to attract new customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your industry or niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Anything can be taught online.
(Got an interest or passion for photography, gardening or writing sales copy? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. 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 online training product.
If your website is built with WordPress and you would like to create online training courses, there’s an inexpensive and professional plugin that can help you.
Presenting …
WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products quickly and easily using WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
Over 7,000 sites have the WPCourseware plugin installed. The plugin makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
In WP Courseware, eCourses comprise of modules and training modules are built from course units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu section that lets you add new training courses, edit course modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export training content, create training certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
The courses you add can be completely customized and configured.
For example, you decide if course students must complete a course section before they are allowed to progress to the next unit …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of your training courses inside your dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View course details inside your dashboard)
If you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create training courses fast using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily 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 clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Plugin options area)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, videos, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can rearrange the order of your units inside training modules using drag and drop inside the Ordering screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you are done adding content to your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. You can use shortcodes to insert course and training module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you display training course content on your pages and manage all of your course details from a central location …
(Creating professional-looking training courses is easy with WP Courseware)
After your e-course has been published, the content can be viewed by your registered users …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
Learn more about this plugin here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create training courses online on your website:
Quick And Easy To Install And Set Up. Be Up And Running In Minutes.
WPCourseware is very easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugins folder via your WordPress admin user section and activate.
Create Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can create training courses very quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Just create a course, module, or course unit with course 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 Expandability
WPCourseware lets you set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of enrollees to courses.
Add Any Kind Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would normally add to WordPress pages or posts besides text, such as audio files, video, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits include:
- Use on all themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: The plugin deliver content accross all devices.
Product Features
WPCourseware offers a number of great features to web site owners. Below we have listed just some:
Course Outline
You can create course outlines and course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses your students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through your course with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Certificates
Students can receive a customized certificate of completion. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to course certificates …
(Customized certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import function allows you to transfer your course to other websites.
User Notifications
WPCourseware allows you to set up custom user notifications for trainees after completing modules or courses and for communicating other administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who successfully complete course quizzes. You can also send out a mass email to students with their final grade with one click …
(User Messaging – WP Courseware)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
Add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Depending on how you decide to build the course, 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 a CSV file with survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help you track how well your students are progressing …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Works With Membership & eCommerce Sites
WP Courseware works with leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With Membership & eCommerce Plugins)
User Feedback
Here are just a few of the testimonials 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
WPCourseware Plugin – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
WPCourseware lets you easily convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
Plugin Support
WPCourseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, full 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 options and settings area provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of ”how-to” videos …
(WP Courseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Product Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This enables you to set up WP Courseware on a single web site. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This edition enables you to install WPCourseware on ten WordPress websites. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This allows you to configure WP Courseware on 25 websites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: The price of WP Courseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Presently, the plugin is selling for the amounts shown above. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the product developer when you visit the plugin site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Product Information
For ”how to” videos showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
The Bottom Line
If you would like to develop online training courses, the WPCourseware plugin is an inexpensive and powerful courseware solution you may want to consider using.
For more details, visit the plugin website here:
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