Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic learning, or “e-learning,” is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where students have no face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
eLearning sites like Udemy.com show that the eLearning industry is growing at an astounding rate.
Udemy provides 30,000+ e-courses covering all topics, from design and personal finance, to courses on creativity and hobbies, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 courses online covering every topic imaginable!)
The fact that the e-Learning industry is growing and that so many subjects can be taught online is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for individuals that have unique information to share with others.
eLearning – Benefits & Drawbacks
Some of the challenges of planning e-learning courses include:
- Figuring out the,
- Employing easy-to-use tools that don’t require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistency of methods delivered across the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading scores,
- Providing useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include the lack of human contact, boredom and lack of student motivation, distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
Online Learning – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell products online, creating ecourses that help people learn useful subjects is a great way to grow a list or develop an online stream of revenue. Product creation is one of the best ways to build a loyal customer base, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about every subject imaginable can be taught online.
(Got skills, knowledge or a passion for photography, horticulture or writing sales copy? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you probably already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a training product.
If your website is built with WordPress and you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop etraining courses here’s a great courseware plugin that can help you.
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WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin
Description Of Product
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up training courses and build e-learning products fast using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Online Learning Management System Plugin For WordPress)
The WP Courseware plugin is currently being used by thousands of businesses online and makes creating e-courses in WordPress simple.
Courses in WP Courseware consist of modules and modules include units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. The plugin adds a new section to the menu that lets you add new courses, add or edit modules and units, add quiz questions, edit settings, import/export your data, add certificates, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, allowing users to monitor their own course progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
You can fully customize and configure your courses.
For example, you decide whether course participants need to complete a course unit before they are allowed to progress to the next section …
(Configure course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your course details inside your admin dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View details about your training courses inside your admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WP interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, provide certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Easily edit course details)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the Ordering settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished adding content to your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing your course units in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of shortcodes to insert course and training module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the options you have configured …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
Once your training product has been published, you can restrict access to the content to registered users only …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
More info: WP Courseware
Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits of using WP Courseware to create training courses online on your WordPress site:
Quick And Easy To Install And Implement. Ready To Start Using In Minutes.
WPCourseware is very easy to install. Simply upload a zip folder that contains the plugin to your Plugin folder via your WP administrator section and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create training courses very quickly using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Just create a new course, training 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 Capacity
The plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and students.
Add Any Kind Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would typically insert into WordPress pages or posts besides text, such as audio files, video, images, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Add any type of content you want in your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include:
- Works with all themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Use on all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WP Courseware provides WP users with many great features. Below we have listed just some of these:
Course Outline
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses your students have 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 a course administrator, you can also track student progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Certificates Of Completion
At the end of a course, you can provide course participants with customized certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Customized course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export function allows you to set up training courses on other WordPress websites.
Custom Notifications
WP Courseware lets you create custom user notifications to congratulate course participants after completing modules or courses and to communicate related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who pass course quizzes. You can also send out mass emails to your students with their final course grades with one click …
(WP Courseware – Email Notifications)
Surveys And Quizzes
You can add quizzes and surveys 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.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download a CSV file with survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help you track how well your students are progressing …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Integrates With Membership & e-Commerce Plugins
WPCourseware works with many leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership Site & eCommerce Integration)
Feedback From Users
Here are just some testimonials and feedback 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, 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, Entrepreneur, Blogger, & Speaker
WPCourseware Plugin – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
WP Courseware lets you easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if you have already published lots of instructional articles and tutorials.
WP Courseware Support
WPCourseware is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, complete refund 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 explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” videos …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Product Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This enables you to use WP Courseware on 1 WordPress site only. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This allows you to set up WPCourseware on ten sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This edition lets you run WPCourseware on twenty-five domains. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost of purchasing this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the software is selling for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin developer when you visit the product site and there may be 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 in action, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Get The Product
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell e-courses WPCourseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware plugin you should check out.
To learn more, check out the plugin here:
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