Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from areas like providing online training and elearning.
eTraining is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
e-Training sites like Udemy.com are indicative of the growth of the eLearning industry.
Udemy currently offers over 30,000 ecourses on every subject imaginable, from web design and personal brand building, to courses on better parenting and language learning, etc …
(Udemy.com offers over 30,000 online courses on every subject imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for businesses that have unique content to teach others.
eLearning – Benefits And Drawbacks
Some of the drawbacks of planning, developing and implementing effective ecourses include:
- Figuring out delivery methods,
- Using easy-to-use tools and technologies that students can use intuitively to ,
- Ensuring consistent methods are applied throughout the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Assessing student performance,
- Creating reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors such as the lack of face-to-face contact, boredom, loss of focus, etc.
eCourses – A World Of Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating a product that helps people acquire the skills they need to advance further is a great way to grow a subscriber list and monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online 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 a passion or interest in commercial photography, horticulture or writing sales copy? Turn it into an online training product!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, that 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 training product.
If your site is built with WordPress and you want to create and sell an online training course, there’s an inexpensive and powerful courseware plugin that you need to know about.
Introducing …
WP Courseware – Online Learning Management System Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Product
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up professional training courses and build e-learning products fast using WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
Over 7,000 websites use the WPCourseware plugin. The software makes creating training courses in WordPress very simple.
Training courses in WP Courseware comprise of training modules and modules are built using units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create new training courses, add or edit course modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export course information, add certificates of completion, view training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving you further customization options …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can completely configure and customize your courses.
For example, you can decide whether students need to have completed a course unit before they can advance through to the next unit …
(Courses can be configured to suit your needs)
You can view details about your training courses ”at a glance” inside your dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View information about your courses inside the WP dashboard)
If you already understand WordPress, you can create courses very quickly 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, issue course completion certificates 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 …
(”Edit Course” area)
Adding training modules and units is as simple as adding and editing WordPress posts. 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 units inside training modules using drag and drop inside the Ordering screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done creating your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware uses shortcodes to insert course and training module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the information you have configured …
(Creating training courses is easy with WPCourseware)
After publishing your training course, your registered users can access the content …
(Members must log in and have permission to access your training content)
More info: WPCourseware
Benefits
Here we have listed just some of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to create professional training courses online on your WordPress web site:
Installation Is Easy
WP Courseware is really easy to install. Simply upload a zip folder that contains the plugin to your Plugin folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand the way WordPress works, you can create courses in minutes using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a course, training module, or unit with 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 WPCourseware plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and users.
Use Different Types Of Content
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, such as audio, videos, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you like to create your training courses)
Some additional plugin benefits include:
- Compatible with all themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: The plugin works on all devices.
Features
WPCourseware offers a number of features to web site owners. Below we have listed just some:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline or course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
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 …
(Track course progress)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Course Certificates
Provide students with customized certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to certificates …
(Customized certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export option lets you set up your course on a different site.
Email Messages
WP Courseware lets you set up custom user messages to congratulate course participants upon module or course completion and to communicate other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon passing the quiz. You can also send out mass emails to your students with their final grades with just one click …
(Custom Notifications – WPCourseware)
Add Surveys And Quizzes
You can add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Quizzes And Surveys)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you decide to build the course.
- 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 a CSV file with survey results.
- The course grade book will help you track how your students are progressing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WPCourseware)
e-Commerce And Membership Site Plugin Integration
WPCourseware can be used with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce & Membership Site Integration)
Testimonials
Here are just a few of the testimonials users have published about WP Courseware:
“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 the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if you already have lots of great instructional content like step-by-step tutorials.
Plugin 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 options and settings menu provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” videos …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Product Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This enables you to activate WPCourseware on a single web site. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This license option lets you activate WPCourseware on ten websites. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This edition allows you to use WPCourseware on 25 domains. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: Pricing details of WPCourseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The pricing above was correct when this review was written. This may or may not be the actual price set by the software seller when you visit the plugin site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing:
Additional Information
For ”how-to” videos showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Our Recommendation
WP Courseware helps you create and sell an e-learning product quickly and easily. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use plugin you should definitely add to your site.
For complete details, visit the plugin website here:
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