Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic training, or “etraining,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students don’t have face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
Online teaching marketplaces like Udemy.com show that the eTraining industry is growing at a tremendous rate year on year.
Udemy.com provides 30,000+ ecourses on every subject imaginable, from business and personal development, to courses on happiness and making better lifestyle choices, etc …
(Udemy offers over 30,000 courses online covering every topic imaginable!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for individuals that have valuable information that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Courses – Benefits & Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning, developing and implementing ecourses include:
- Working out training delivery methods,
- Employing easy-to-use tools and technologies that students can use instinctively to get trained,
- Ensuring consistent methods are used throughout content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Grading student performance,
- Creating useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include the lack of human contact, lack of student motivation, loss of focus, etc.
e-Courses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a digital product creator, creating etraining courses that teach others practical things is a great way to grow a subscriber list or monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to build a loyal customer base, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be taught online.
(Got skills, knowledge or business interest in commercial photography, horticulture or technical writing? Turn it into an e-training product!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch is very time-consuming. If you have been online for a while, however, you probably already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
If your site is built with WordPress and you’re searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell e-training products here’s a powerful WP plugin that you may want to consider using.
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WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Description Of Plugin
WPCourseware is a leading learning management system courseware plugin for WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Online Learning Management Plugin For WordPress)
WPCourseware is currently being used on thousands of websites and makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
In WP Courseware, A training course comprises of training modules and training modules contain units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create new training courses, add or edit existing modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export data, edit certificates of completion, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
Your courses can be entirely customized and configured.
For example, you can decide if learners need to complete a course unit before they are allowed to advance through to the next unit …
(Courses can be configured to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of all training course details inside the WP dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View training course information inside your dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can create courses fast using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and user 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, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin options section)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can rearrange the order of your units inside training modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” section …
(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.
You can view a list of all course units in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you use a range of shortcodes to insert courses and training module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the information you have configured …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
After your e-course has been published, the content can be accessed by logged in your registered members …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more about the plugin: WP Courseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Here are just some of the benefits of using WP Courseware to add training courses to your WordPress website on your WordPress website:
Installation Is Easy
WP Courseware installs like every other plugin. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your admin user section and activate.
Create Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses 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 course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Capacity
WPCourseware allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and students.
Use Different Content Formats
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would typically add to WordPress posts or pages besides text, like videos, audio, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Additional benefits include the following:
- Compatible with all WP themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Use with all devices: WP Courseware works on all devices.
Features
WPCourseware provides WP users with many great features. Here are just a few of these:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline and course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also navigate through your course with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track student progress inside your dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatically Enroll New Course Participants
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Training Certificates
Students who successfully complete training courses can be issued with customized training certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to course certificates …
(Training certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export option allows you to set up training courses on other WP sites.
Email Messages
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom user messages for course participants 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 after passing course quizzes. You can also send out mass emails trainees with their final grades with one click …
(User Notifications – WPCourseware)
Add Surveys And Quizzes
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Add Quizzes & Surveys)
- Depending on your needs, you can add 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. Surveys allow you to download CSV files with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help you track how your students are progressing in a course …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WPCourseware)
Works With Membership & e-Commerce Sites
WPCourseware integrates with many well-known WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership Site & eCommerce Plugin Integration)
Feedback From Plugin Customers
Here are some of the testimonials users have provided for WPCourseware:
“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 website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
WP Courseware lets you convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if you have already published some educational content like step-by-step tutorials.
Product Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, complete 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 area provides examples of the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Software Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This license option lets you run WPCourseware on 1 website only. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This allows you to install WPCourseware on 10 WordPress web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This lets you activate WPCourseware on twenty-five WordPress web sites. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing for the WPCourseware plugin depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the pricing at the time this review was published. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the product seller when you visit the site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing here:
Additional Product Info
For a demo video of the plugin in action, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Install This Plugin
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to develop and sell ecourses, The WP Courseware plugin is a powerful WP solution you need to look into.
To learn more, visit the plugin website:
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