Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new niches to profit from in areas like providing teaching and training courses online and elearning.
eLearning is based on the concept of distance learning, where students have no direct face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
e-Training course sites like Udemy show that the e-Learning industry is growing at a significant rate.
Udemy currently offers over 30,000 e-courses covery every subject imaginable, from web design and leadership, to parenting & relationships and photography, etc …
(Udemy currently offers over 30,000 courses online covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to gain useful skills, but also for businesses that have unique content that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Learning – Benefits & Drawbacks
The internet provides many technologies and a great environment for creating and selling courses online, but there are also a number of drawbacks and challenges.:
- Figuring out methods of delivery,
- Using easy-to-use tools that learners can use immediately to access the training content,
- Ensuring consistent standards are applied throughout content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Assessing scores,
- Providing reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account factors like the lack of human contact, lack of student motivation, distractions, etc.
Online Learning – A World Of Possibilities
If you are a digital product creator, creating etraining products that help people acquire useful skills is a great way to grow a list and develop a new stream of revenue. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract new customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Anything can be turned into an ecourse.
(Got an interest or passion for photography, horticulture or copywriting? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can be very time-consuming. If you have been online for a while, however, you probably already have the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital product.
If your site is powered by WordPress and you would like to develop and sell an online training product, there’s a cost-effective and powerful courseware solution that can help you.
Announcing …
WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Plugin Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products fast using WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Online Course Management System Plugin For WordPress)
WP Courseware is used on thousands of websites and makes creating elearning courses in WordPress very simple.
In WP Courseware, training courses contain modules and training modules contain course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new training course, edit modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export your data, add training certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about their course progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
You can completely customize and configure all of your courses.
For example, you can specify whether course participants need to have completed a training section before they are allowed to advance through to the next unit …
(Courses can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can view training course details ”at a glance” inside the admin dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View details about all courses inside your admin dashboard)
If you already understand the way WordPress works, you can create training courses fast using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, 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 information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Easily edit your course options)
Adding modules and units is as simple as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the ”Order Course” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
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 course units in the “Course Units” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware uses a range of shortcodes to insert courses and training module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the information you have configured …
(Create professional training courses easily with WPCourseware)
Once your e-course is published, you can restrict access to the content to registered users only …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
More info: WP Courseware
Benefits
Below are just a few of the benefits of using WPCourseware to create courses online on your WordPress site:
Easy To Install
WPCourseware installs just like every WordPress plugin. Just upload it to your Plugin folder via your admin user section and activate.
Very Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create courses quickly and easily using familiar interfaces and functions.
Just create a new 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 Expansion Capacity
The WP Courseware plugin allows you to create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of participants to courses.
Use Different Content Formats
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would typically insert into WordPress posts or pages besides text, like embedded media, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Some additional benefits of using this plugin include the following:
- Compatible with all themes: WPCourseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Use on all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
WP Courseware Features
WP Courseware provides many features to WordPress users. Here are just a few:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline or course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses students have enrolled in as well as 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 the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Customized Certificates Of Completion
Students can be issued with a customized course certificate. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to course completion certificates …
(Customized certificates of completion)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export option lets you move courses to other sites.
Custom Email Notifications
WPCourseware allows you to create custom user notifications for trainees after completing modules or courses and for communicating related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who pass training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to students with their final grade with a single click …
(Custom Notifications – WP Courseware)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Add Quizzes & Surveys)
- Add 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 CSV files with survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help track how well your students are progressing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WPCourseware)
Membership And eCommerce Integration
WPCourseware works with many leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With e-Commerce & Membership Plugins)
Feedback From Users
Here are some of the testimonials plugin customers 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, 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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WPCourseware lets you convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
WP Courseware Support
WPCourseware is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, full money-back guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and 1 year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” screen inside the plugin’s settings area explains how to use the shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete ”how-to” videos …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Product Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This edition enables you to configure WP Courseware on a single site. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Edition – This allows you to activate WPCourseware on ten WordPress sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This allows you to configure WP Courseware on 25 WordPress sites. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: Pricing for WP Courseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the pricing when this article was written. This may not be the actual price set by the software seller when you visit the website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing:
Additional Product Information
For demo videos showing how the software works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Download The Plugin
WP Courseware helps you create and sell ecourses quickly and easily. This is a great courseware solution that you should definitely consider adding to your site.
For more details, visit the plugin website:
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