Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are discovering new niches to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic training, or “etraining,” is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where learners do not have direct face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
Online teaching sites like Udemy.com are strong indicators of the explosive growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy offers over 30,000 courses online on every subject imaginable, from marketing and building self-esteem, to courses on creativity and music, etc …
(Udemy.com offers 30,000+ online courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for businesses that have valuable educational content to teach others.
eCourses – Benefits And Challenges
The digital medium provides many tools and a great environment for developing and selling training courses online, but there are also significant challenges and drawbacks.:
- Figuring out methods of delivering training content,
- Employing popular tools that do not require spending additional time learning,
- Ensuring consistency of methods used throughout the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Assessing student performance,
- Creating useful reports, completion certificates
You also need to take into account important factors like the lack of face-to-face contact, potential lack of student motivation, distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
e-Learning – A World Of Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating etraining products that teach others practical skills to others is a great way to grow a list or develop an online stream of revenue. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be taught online.
(Got a passion for photography, landscaping or creative writing? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem with product creation, however, 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 website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
If your site is powered by WordPress and you are searching for an inexpensive way to create and sell an online training product there’s a great solution that can help you.
Presenting …
WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management Plugin
Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products quickly and easily with WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
The WP Courseware plugin is currently being used in over 7,000 sites and makes creating training courses in WordPress simple.
Courses in WPCourseware consist of modules and modules contain course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with WordPress. The plugin adds a new section to your menu that lets you add a new course, add or edit existing modules and units, add quiz questions, edit settings, import/export training content, add certificates of completion, view training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about their course progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
The courses you add can be completely customized and configured.
For example, you can specify whether participants need to have completed a training section before they are allowed to advance through to the next section …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of all course information inside the admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View information about your courses inside the WP dashboard)
If you already understand the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, provide 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 options)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, videos, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can arrange the order of your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the Ordering screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you have finished creating your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to insert course and training module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you add course information to your pages and manage all of your course details from the plugin settings section …
(Creating professional-looking training courses is easy with WP Courseware)
After your e-course has been published, your registered users can access it …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
More info: WPCourseware
Plugin Benefits
Below are just some of the benefits of using WPCourseware to create professional training courses online on your site:
Fast And Easy To Install And Use. Be Up And Running In No Time.
WPCourseware is really easy to install. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can create training courses very quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Simply 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
The plugin lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and students.
Add Any Kind Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would typically insert into a WordPress post or pageWordPress posts or pages besides text, like video, audio files, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include:
- Use on all WordPress themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware deliver training content accross all devices.
Plugin Features
WP Courseware provides many features to WP users. Here are just some of these:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines and course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses your students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also view their course progress using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Enroll New Course Participants Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Certificates
Students who successfully complete training courses can receive a customized course certificate. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to certificates of completion …
(Training certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import function allows you to move your course to other sites.
Email Messages
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom email messages to congratulate course participants upon module and course completion and for communicating related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after successfully completing course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to students with their final course grades with just one click …
(WPCourseware – Custom Email Message)
Surveys & Quizzes
You can add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Depending on how you decide 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. You can also download CSV files with survey results.
- The course grade book helps you track how your students are progressing …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
Works With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Sites
WP Courseware can be used with many leading WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce And Membership Site Plugin Integration)
User Feedback
Here are a few of the testimonials that customers have published about the WPCourseware 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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have 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 showing outsourced workers how to complete certain tasks.
Support
WPCourseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, full money-back 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 settings area provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Plugin Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This option allows you to set up WPCourseware on one website only. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This license allows you to set up WP Courseware on 10 WordPress websites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This option allows you to install WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress websites. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Pricing for the product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Currently, the plugin sells for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual price charged by the product seller when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing details:
Additional Info
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
We Recommend
WPCourseware helps you create products fast. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use WP plugin you should definitely download and add to your site.
To learn more, check out the plugin here:
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