Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new niches to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic learning (e-Learning) is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where learners have no face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
Online teaching marketplaces like Udemy.com show that the e-Training industry is growing.
Udemy offers 30,000+ courses online covering all topics, from IT & software and personal development, to courses on religion & spirituality and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy provides 30,000+ courses online on every subject imaginable!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing and that so many subjects can be taught online is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for individuals that have valuable educational content that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Learning – Benefits & Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning courses online include:
- Figuring out the,
- Employing popular tools that don’t require investing additional effort, money or time in a new learning curve,
- Ensuring consistent methods are applied throughout the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading student performance,
- Providing reports, completion certificates
Additionally, you need to take into account factors such as lack of human contact, learner boredom, distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
e-Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating a product that helps people gain the skills they need to advance further is a great way to attract new subscribers or develop a new stream of revenue. Creating products is one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be taught online.
(Got a passion for fashion photography, gardening or writing sales copy? Turn it into an e-learning course!)
The problem 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 already have plenty of useful content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
If your site is driven by WordPress and you would like to create an online training course, there’s an inexpensive and powerful plugin that can help you.
Our Featured WordPress Plugin …
WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin
Description Of Product
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.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Management System Plugin)
Over 7,000 WordPress websites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. The plugin makes creating learning courses in WordPress simple.
In WPCourseware, A course consists of training modules and training modules are built using course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware integrates fully with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new course, add or edit existing modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export data, create custom certificates of completion, view training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a widget in the sidebar, giving you further customization options …
(WPCourseware Widget)
Courses can be entirely customized and configured.
For example, you can decide whether students need to have completed a course section before they are allowed to progress through to the next section …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your training course details inside the admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View course details inside your admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and notifications, provide certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin options screen)
Adding modules and units is as easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorganize 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 creating your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. You can use shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
With shortcodes, you can display training course information on your pages and manage all of your course options from a central location …
(Creating professional-looking training courses is easy with WPCourseware)
Once your training course has been published, members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content …
(Members must log in and have permission to access your training content)
More info: WP Courseware
Benefits
Here are just some of the many benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to create professional training courses online on your site:
Quick And Simple To Install And Use. Ready To Start Using In Very Little Time.
WP Courseware is very easy to install. Simply upload a zip folder containing the plugin to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Training Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Just create a course, module, or unit with 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 Expandability
The plugin lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and students.
Use Different Content Formats
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which allows you to add anything you would normally insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, like audio files, videos, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want in your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Compatible with all themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware deliver content accross all devices.
Features
WP Courseware provides WP users with a number of great features. Here are just some:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create a course outline and course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through their courses with a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track student progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll New Students Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Customized Training Certificates
Issue students who successfully complete your training courses with customized course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Training course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import feature allows you to set up training courses on other WordPress websites.
Email Messages
WP Courseware lets you set up custom email notifications to congratulate trainees after completing modules or courses and for communicating course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who pass a quiz. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to your students with their final grades with just one click …
(Email Messages – WP Courseware)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Depending on your needs, you can use 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. The survey feature allows you to download a CSV file with survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps you track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
Integrates With Membership & e-Commerce Sites
WP Courseware works with many leading WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Membership Site & e-Commerce Plugin Integration)
Testimonials From Users
Below are a couple of the testimonials and feedback plugin customers have written about 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
WPCourseware – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have the building blocks of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
WP Courseware allows you to convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if you already have a number of “how to” articles and tutorials.
Support
WPCourseware is 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” screen inside the plugin’s settings menu explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Plugin Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This license option allows you to install WPCourseware on 1 WordPress site only. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This option allows you to configure WPCourseware on ten WordPress sites. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This lets you install WP Courseware on 25 web sites. 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. Presently, the product retails for the pricing shown above. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the product author when you visit the plugin site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest price:
Additional Information
For a demo video of the plugin in action, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Our Recommendation
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to develop ecourses, WPCourseware is a great courseware solution you should definitely look into.
For complete details, visit the plugin website:
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