Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are discovering new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like providing e-training courses and elearning.
e-Learning is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners have no face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
eLearning course sites like Udemy show that the eLearning industry is growing at a tremendous rate.
Udemy provides over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics, from office productivity and personal brand building, to courses about health and fitness and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy provides over 30,000 online courses covering every topic imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for individuals that have something unique to share.
e-Learning – Opportunities & Challenges
The internet provides great opportunities for developing and selling online courses, but there are also many challenges and drawbacks.:
- Figuring out methods of delivery,
- Using easy-to-use tools that don’t require investing additional effort, money or time in a new learning curve,
- Ensuring consistent standards are applied throughout the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading student scores,
- Generating reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors such as lack of face-to-face interaction, boredom and potential lack of student motivation, distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
eTraining – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell digital products, creating an etraining product that teaches useful skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list and monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to build a customer base, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every imaginable subject can be turned into an etraining course.
(Got a passion or interest in commercial photography, gardening or copywriting? Turn it into an online training product!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. Chances are, however, that if you have been online for a while, you probably already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If your website is built using WordPress and you would like to develop and sell e-courses, there’s a cost-effective and powerful WordPress solution that can help you.
Introducing …
WPCourseware – WordPress Course Management System Plugin
Plugin Description
WPCourseware is the leading WordPress learning management system plugin.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Management System Plugin For WordPress)
Thousands of sites use the WPCourseware plugin. WPCourseware makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
In WPCourseware, A course includes modules and training modules are built using units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new course, add or edit modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export data, create custom certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
You can completely customize and configure all of your courses.
For example, you can specify if participants need to have completed a training section before they can progress through to the next unit …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can view information about all training courses “at a glance” and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View course details inside the WP dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can create courses fast using familiar interfaces and functionality.
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, selecting options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Plugin options section)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, videos, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can arrange the order of your content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the Ordering settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
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” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to use shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all the content you have configured …
(Creating professional training courses is easy with WP Courseware)
After your elearning course is published, the content can be viewed by logged in users with permission to access the information …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WP Courseware
Plugin Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the many benefits of using WP Courseware to add training courses to your WordPress web site on your web site:
Quick And Simple To Install And Use. Be Up And Running In No Time.
WP Courseware installs like any other WP plugin. Simply upload it to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Simply create a new course, module, or course unit with course content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to organize the course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expansion Capacity
The plugin allows you to set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of students to courses.
Add Any Kind Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which enables you to add any type of content you would typically add to a WordPress page or postWordPress posts or pages besides text, like embedded media, graphic elements, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Add any type of content you want in your training courses)
Some additional benefits include:
- Compatible with all WP themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin works on all devices.
Product Features
WP Courseware provides many unique features to web site owners. Here are just some:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline or course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an 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 participants.
Customized Certificates Of Completion
Students can receive a training certificate. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to certificates of completion …
(Course completion certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import feature lets you transfer your course to other websites.
Email Messages
WPCourseware allows you to set up custom email messages to congratulate students upon module or course completion and for communicating other 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 trainees with their final course grades with one click …
(WP Courseware – Custom Email Notifications And User Messages)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
You can add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Add Quizzes And Surveys)
- Use 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 the survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help you track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Integrates With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Sites
WP Courseware integrates with many leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce & Membership Site Integration)
Testimonials
Here are a couple of the testimonials customers have written 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, 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
WPCourseware – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
WPCourseware lets you convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if you have already published some “how to” content like step-by-step tutorials.
Plugin Support
WPCourseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 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 options and settings menu explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Software Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This allows you to use WPCourseware on a single WordPress website. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This lets you configure WPCourseware on 10 WordPress websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This edition lets you install WPCourseware on 25 websites. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing details of this product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The price above was correct at the time this article was published. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the product author when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For ”how-to” videos of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Install This Plugin
If you want to develop and sell an online training product, WP Courseware is a cost-effective and professional WordPress plugin you need to know about.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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