Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like providing online training and elearning systems.
Electronic learning (eLearning) is based on the concept of distance learning, where students don’t have direct face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
Online teaching marketplaces like Udemy show that the e-Training industry is growing at a massive rate each year.
Udemy provides over 30,000 online courses covering all topics, from internet marketing and personal skills, to health and fitness and hobbies, etc …
(Udemy currently offers 30,000+ courses online covering all topics!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing is not only great for people looking to gain practical knowledge, but also for businesses that have something unique that can help transform the lives of others.
eLearning – Benefits And Challenges
The internet provides many opportunities and technologies for creating and selling online training courses, but there are also many challenges.:
- Figuring out the,
- Using popular tools that do not require spending additional time learning,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Grading scores,
- Creating reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors like the lack of human contact, boredom and potential lack of motivation, distractions, etc.
e-Training – A World Of Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating products that teach people practical things is a great way to grow a list or monetize your website. Creating products is one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Every imaginable topic can be taught online.
(Got an interest or business built around fashion photography, landscaping or copywriting? Turn it into an online training product!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch can be very time-consuming. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have the building blocks of great 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 are searching for an inexpensive way to develop an online training course then there’s a great plugin that you may want to consider using on your site.
Announcing …
WPCourseware – Online Learning Management Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Plugin
WP Courseware is a leading WordPress course management plugin.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management Plugin)
Over 7,000 websites use the WP Courseware plugin. WP Courseware makes creating e-learning courses in WordPress very simple.
Courses in WPCourseware comprise of training modules and modules can contain units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new course, add or edit existing course modules and units, edit quizzes, edit plugin, import/export your data, create custom training certificates, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, allowing users to monitor their own course progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can fully customize and configure your courses.
For example, you can choose whether course students must complete a training section before they can advance through to the next section …
(Courses can be fully configured to suit your needs)
You can view details about all training courses “at a glance” and perform a number of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View details about all courses inside your dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WP interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can 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 data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Easily edit course settings)
Adding modules and units is as simple as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can rearrange the order of your content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished 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. WP Courseware uses shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
With shortcodes, you can display course information on your pages and manage all of your course details from a central location …
(Create professional-looking training courses with WPCourseware)
After publishing your e-learning course, it can be viewed by users with access permission …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
To learn more about this plugin go here: WP Courseware
Plugin Benefits
Here are just some of the many benefits of using WPCourseware to create training courses online on your WordPress website:
Be Up And Running In Minutes
WPCourseware is really easy to install. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your administrator account and activate.
Create Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Simply create a new course, 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 Capability
WP Courseware lets you set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Use Different Content Formats
Course units use WordPress custom types, which allow you to add any type of content you would normally insert into WordPress posts or pages besides text, like videos, audio, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits include the following:
- Compatible with all WP themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works on all devices: WP Courseware allows you to deliver content across multiple devices.
Features
WP Courseware provides a number of great features to website owners. Below we have listed some of these:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through your courses with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Training Course Certificates
Students can receive course completion certificates. Certificates can be customized with a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Training course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export function allows you to set up training courses on another website.
Email Notifications
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom user notifications for students upon module or course completion and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated upon completing the quiz. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails trainees with their final course grades with a single click …
(Custom User Notifications – WPCourseware)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
Add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Depending on how you choose to build your course, you can use 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 survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help track how students are doing …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
Membership & eCommerce Integration
WP Courseware can be used with many e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Sites)
Testimonials
Here are just a few of the testimonials and comments plugin users have published about 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
WP Courseware – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have loads of useful training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a training product.
WPCourseware lets you easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are a number of educational articles and step-by-step tutorials have already posted on your site, you probably have a product partially created …
(Convert any WordPress post or page into a course unit)
You can use the export/import feature to build and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourced business tasks.
Support
WPCourseware is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, full refund 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 menu provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of plugin “how to” tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Software Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This lets you activate WPCourseware on a single website. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Edition – This enables you to use WPCourseware on ten sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This license allows you to run WPCourseware on 25 WordPress websites. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: The price of this product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the price at the time this review was written. This may not be the actual price set by the software author when you visit the website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing here:
Additional Info
For a demo video showing how the plugin works, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Our Recommendation
WPCourseware helps you create and sell ecourses fast. This is a powerful courseware plugin that you should definitely add to your site.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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