Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are now finding new niches to profit from in areas like providing online training and elearning systems.
Electronic training (eTraining) is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where students don’t have face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
eTraining course marketplaces like Udemy.com are strong indicators of the growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy.com provides 30,000+ e-courses covery every topic imaginable, from office productivity and personal development, to courses on building healthy relationships and music, etc …
(Udemy.com provides 30,000+ online courses on every subject imaginable!)
The fact that the e-Training industry is growing is not only great for people looking to acquire the skills they need, but also for individuals that have unique information to share.
Online Learning – Benefits & Drawbacks
The digital medium provides tools and technologies for developing courses online, but there are also significant drawbacks and challenges.:
- Working out training content delivery methods,
- Using familiar tools that course students can instinctively use to get trained,
- Ensuring consistent methods are used throughout the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing student scores,
- Generating reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include the lack of human contact, boredom, distracting environments, etc.
eTraining – A World Of Possibilities
If you are trying to expand your web presence, creating ecourses that help people learn useful subjects is a great way to grow a list or monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to build a loyal customer base, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your industry or niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be taught online.
(Got knowledge, skills or a passion for photography, horticulture or copywriting? Turn it into an online training product!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, you probably already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
If your site is built with WordPress and you plan to create e-courses, there’s an inexpensive and powerful WP solution you need to know about.
Our WordPress Plugin …
WP Courseware – Online Course Management Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Plugin
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up training courses and build e-learning products quickly with WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Creation Software)
Thousands of websites use WPCourseware. The software makes creating training courses in WordPress very simple.
A course in WPCourseware includes modules and modules can include units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware integrates fully with WordPress. The plugin adds its own menu item that lets you add a new training course, edit modules and units, add quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export your course information, create certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, allowing users to view their own progress …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
Your courses can be entirely customized and configured.
For example, you can choose if course participants need to have completed a training section before they can advance to the next section …
(Configure your course settings to suit your needs)
You can view details about all courses “at a glance” and perform various types of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View training course information inside your WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and notifications, provide certificates of completion for courses 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 ”Edit Course” area)
Adding modules and units is as simple as adding 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 order your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the Ordering screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished adding content to your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all course units in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to insert courses and training module information into pages using a range of built-in shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the options and settings you have added …
(Create training courses easily with WPCourseware)
After publishing your e-course, registered users can access the content …
(Members must log in and have permission to access your training content)
Learn more about the plugin here: WP Courseware
Product Benefits
Below are just a few of the benefits of using WPCourseware to add professional training courses to your WordPress website on your WordPress site:
Installation Is Easy
WPCourseware is very easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugins folder via your administrator account and activate.
Create Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Simply create a new course, 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 Expandability
WPCourseware allows you to set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Use Different Types Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would typically add to a WordPress post or pageWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as video, audio files, images, 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: WPCourseware allows you to deliver your training content across multiple devices.
WP Courseware Features
WPCourseware provides many unique features to web site owners. Below we have listed just a few:
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 have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track student progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll Course Participants Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Course Certificates
Students who successfully complete training courses can be issued with course completion certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to course certificates …
(Customized course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import function lets you transfer courses to other sites.
Email Notifications
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom email notifications to congratulate students upon module and course completion and to communicate course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after completing training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to students with their final grade with a single click …
(WPCourseware – Custom Email Notifications And User Messages)
Quizzes And Surveys
Add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Use 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.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The course grade book helps track how students are progressing in a course …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WPCourseware)
Membership And eCommerce Plugin Integration
WPCourseware works with leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(eCommerce & Membership Site Integration)
Testimonials From Users
Here are some of the testimonials and comments 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
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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 marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if you have already published some “how to” articles and step-by-step tutorials.
Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 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” screen inside the plugin’s options and settings area provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete ”how-to” videos …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Software Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This license allows you to run WP Courseware on a single website. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This edition enables you to run WPCourseware on ten sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This option enables you to activate WP Courseware on 25 WordPress sites. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Price details for the WPCourseware plugin depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the pricing at the time this article was written. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the product seller when you visit the product 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 demo videos showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Download This Plugin
WP Courseware will help you build elearning courses quickly and easily. This is a great solution that you should definitely add to your site.
For more information, visit the plugin website here:
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