Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like providing online courses and elearning.
eLearning is based on the concept of distance learning, where students do not have face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
eTraining course sites like Udemy show that the e-Learning industry is growing at an impressive rate.
Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 e-courses on every subject imaginable, from internet marketing and personal transformation, to creativity and language learning, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 e-courses on every topic imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for individuals that have something unique to share with others.
e-Training – Opportunities & Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning training courses online include:
- Figuring out methods of delivering training content,
- Employing easy-to-use tools and technologies that don’t require taking on an additional learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Grading student performance,
- Providing useful reports, completion certificates
You also need to take into account factors such as lack of face-to-face contact, potential lack of student motivation (e.g. boredom), loss of focus, etc.
Online Learning – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell products online, creating elearning courses that help people gain practical knowledge is a great way to grow a subscriber list and develop another stream of revenue. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to build a customer base, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Every imaginable topic can be taught online.
(Got a passion or interest in fashion photography, landscaping or writing sales copy? Turn it into an online training course!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
If your website is built using WordPress and you want to create training courses, there’s a cost-effective and professional plugin that can help you.
Let’s Review …
WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress
Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up professional training courses and build e-learning products quickly with WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management Plugin)
7,000+ sites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. WP Courseware makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
In WP Courseware, courses consist of modules and modules contain units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create new training courses, edit existing modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit settings, import/export your training content, edit training certificates, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WP Courseware Widget)
You can completely customize and configure all of your courses.
For example, you can specify whether course students need to have completed a course unit before they can advance through to the next unit …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can view course information ”at a glance” inside your WP dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View information about all training courses inside your WP dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, provide certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Easily edit your 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 kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” settings area …
(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.
You can view a list of all of your course units in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware allows you to insert courses and training module information into pages using the plugin’s built-in shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can add training course information to your pages and manage all of your course details from the plugin settings section …
(Creating professional-looking training courses with WP Courseware)
After your e-course has been published, you can restrict content access to registered students only …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details go here: WPCourseware
Plugin Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the benefits of using WP Courseware to create training courses online on your website:
Quick And Easy To Install And Configure. Ready To Start Using In Very Little Time.
WP Courseware is really easy to install. Simply upload a zip file that contains the plugin to your Plugin folder via your admin area and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Just create a course, module, or course 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 Capability
The plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and students.
Use Different Content Formats
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which enables you to add anything you would typically insert into WordPress pages or posts besides text, like embedded media, images, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits include:
- Works with all themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
Product Features
WPCourseware provides many features to WordPress users. Below we have listed just some of these features:
Course Outline
You can create course outlines and course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses your students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress using a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track student progress inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Certificates Of Completion
Provide course participants who successfully complete courses with customized training course certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to certificates …
(Customized training certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import function lets you transfer courses to other sites.
User Messaging
WP Courseware allows you to create custom user notifications for students upon module and course completion and for communicating course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon completing course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email trainees with their final grades with just one click …
(WP Courseware – User Notifications)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(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. You can also download CSV files with survey results.
- The course grade book will help you track how well your students are progressing …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Membership Site & e-Commerce Plugin Integration
WPCourseware integrates with many WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce & Membership Site Integration)
Feedback From Users
Here are some of the testimonials and comments that plugin customers 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, 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
WP Courseware Plugin – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have loads of useful training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
WP Courseware allows you to convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if there are a number of educational articles and tutorials already published on your site, you probably already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any page or post into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the import/export feature to create 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 tasks.
Plugin Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, 100% money-back guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and one year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” section inside the plugin’s settings menu provides examples of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete plugin training step-by-step tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Software Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This lets you set up WP Courseware on a single website. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This license option allows you to install WP Courseware on ten domains. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This allows you to install WPCourseware on twenty-five WordPress sites. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing for this product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The pricing shown above was current at the time this article was written. This may or may not be the actual price set by the software author when you visit the plugin website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing:
Additional Plugin Info
For ”how-to” videos of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
We Recommend
If you plan to develop and sell ecourses, WPCourseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware solution you need to know about.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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