Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like providing teaching and training courses online and e-learning systems.
e-Training is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where students don’t have direct face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
eTraining sites like Udemy.com are strong indicators of the explosive growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy provides over 30,000 courses online on every subject imaginable, from design and personal development, to stress management and music, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ online courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for individuals that have something valuable that can help transform the lives of others.
eCourses – Opportunities And Challenges
The internet provides benefits and opportunities for developing and selling online training courses. Training-boosting delivered via computers and mobile-based tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems (LMS), videos, audio training, web-conferencing apps, forums, slide presentations, etc. There are, however, some challenges involved in planning ecourses.
Some of the drawbacks and challenges include:
- Working out the best delivery methods,
- Using easy-to-use tools and technologies that do not require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistency of standards used throughout content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Assessing student scores,
- Providing useful reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include the lack of human contact, boredom and lack of student motivation, potential lack of focus, etc.
eTraining – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell products online, creating courses that teach others useful things is a great way to grow a subscriber list and monetize your website. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as 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 e-course.
(Got an interest or passion for fashion photography, landscaping or writing sales copy? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you already have the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
If your website is driven by WordPress and you want to create and sell e-courses, there’s a cost-effective and professional courseware solution that can help you.
Let’s Review …
WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Plugin
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up professional training courses and build e-learning products quickly and easily using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Management Plugin)
WP Courseware is currently being used on 7,000+ websites and makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
Courses in WP Courseware contain training modules and training modules include units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with WordPress. The plugin adds its own menu section that lets you create a new training course, add or edit modules and units, add quiz questions, edit settings, import/export course information, modify training certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a widget in your sidebar, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
You can completely configure and customize all of your courses.
For example, you can specify if students must complete a training section before they are allowed to advance to the next section …
(Course settings can be customized to suit your needs)
You can view details about your training courses ”at a glance” inside the admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View course details inside your dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can create courses very quickly using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, issue certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Edit course options easily)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as creating 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 reorder your training content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you are done adding content to your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you insert course and training module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the options you have added …
(Creating professional-looking training courses with WP Courseware)
After your etraining course is published, you can restrict access to registered students only …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more about the plugin: WP Courseware
Product Benefits
Here we have listed just some of the benefits of using WP Courseware to add professional training courses to your WordPress website or blog on your site:
Installation Is Easy And Simple
WP Courseware is really easy to install. Just upload a zip folder that contains the plugin to your Plugin folder via your administrator login and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create courses quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a course, training module, or unit with course 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
WPCourseware allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and course participants.
Use Different Content Formats
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would typically add to a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as videos, audio, graphic elements, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Some additional plugin benefits include:
- Works with all themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: The plugin works on all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WP Courseware offers WordPress users with a number of great features. Here are a few:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline and course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
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 Participants Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Training Course Certificates
At the end of a course, you can issue students who successfully complete training courses with course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to certificates …
(Certificates of completion)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export option allows you to set up your course on other WordPress websites.
Custom Email Notifications
WP Courseware allows you to create custom user messages to congratulate course participants upon module or course completion and for communicating course-related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who complete training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to your students with their final grades with one click …
(WP Courseware – Email Notifications)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
Add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Add Surveys & Quizzes)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you decide to structure the course.
- 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 helps you track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Integrates With e-Commerce & Membership Sites
WPCourseware works with many leading WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership And eCommerce Plugin Integration)
Feedback From Plugin Users
Below are just 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, Entrepreneur, Blogger, & Speaker
Product Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you probably already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WP Courseware lets you convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if there are some “how to” content like step-by-step tutorials published on your site, you could already have a product partially created …
(Convert any WordPress page or post into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the import/export feature to build and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks.
Plugin Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, 100% refund guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and 1 year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” section inside the plugin’s options and settings menu explains how to use the shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Plugin Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This allows you to activate WPCourseware on 1 WordPress web site only. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This license option lets you run WP Courseware on 10 WordPress web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This license option enables you to run WP Courseware on 25 websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Price details for the WPCourseware product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The pricing shown above was correct at the time this content was published. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin seller when you visit the plugin website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing:
Additional Information
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Install This Plugin
If you want to develop e-courses, the WPCourseware plugin is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware solution that you may want to consider using on your site.
For full details, visit the plugin website:
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