Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like providing teaching and training courses online and e-learning.
Electronic learning (eLearning) is based on the concept of distance learning, where students do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
e-Training sites like Udemy are strong indicators of the massive growth of the e-Training industry.
Udemy offers over 30,000 courses online covery every topic imaginable, from office productivity and improving self esteem, to courses about happiness and motivation, etc …
(Udemy offers 30,000+ ecourses 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, but also for individuals that have something valuable to teach.
eCourses – Opportunities And Challenges
The internet provides tools and technologies for creating and selling training courses online, but there are also significant challenges.:
- Working out the,
- Employing popular tools that students can immediately use to ,
- Ensuring consistency across content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Grading student performance,
- Creating useful reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include lack of face-to-face interaction, boredom, distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
eTraining – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your business online, creating a course that teaches others useful things is a great way to grow a list or develop an online stream of revenue. Creating products is 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. Just about anything can be taught online.
(Got a business or passion for commercial photography, horticulture or technical writing? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch is very time-consuming. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create an online training product and your website is powered by WordPress, then here’s a great plugin you may want to consider using.
Let’s Review …
WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin
Product Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up professional training courses and build e-learning products quickly using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Creation Software)
Thousands of WordPress sites have the WPCourseware plugin installed. The software makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
Training courses in WP Courseware comprise of modules and modules contain units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create new training courses, edit existing modules and units, add quiz questions, edit settings, import/export your course information, edit training certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can fully configure and customize all of your courses.
For example, you decide if students need to have completed a training unit before they are allowed to advance to the next section …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of all training courses inside your WP dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View course details inside the WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WP interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” area)
Adding training modules and course units is as simple as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, videos, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can rearrange the order of your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you have finished adding content to your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you use the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert courses and training module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the information you have configured …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
After publishing your training course, you can restrict access to the content to registered students only …
(Members must log in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more about this plugin: WP Courseware
Benefits
Here we have listed just some of the many benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create professional courses online on your WordPress web site:
Fast And Simple To Install And Implement. Ready To Use In No Time.
WPCourseware is very easy to install. Just upload it to your Plugins folder via your admin user section and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create courses fast using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a course, training module, or unit with content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to arrange the content and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expansion Capability
The plugin allows you to set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Add Any Type Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would normally add to a WordPress post or pageWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as audio, videos, images, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different content types to create your training courses)
Some additional plugin benefits include:
- Use on all WordPress themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin allows you to deliver your content across multiple devices.
Plugin Features
WP Courseware provides many features to web site owners. Here are a few:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline or course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses your students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also navigate through your courses using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track student progress inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll New Students Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Course Completion Certificates
At the end of a course, you can issue course participants who successfully complete courses with customized course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Training course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export feature lets you set up training courses on other WordPress websites.
Email Notifications
WPCourseware lets you create custom user notifications to congratulate students upon module and course completion and communicating on course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon completing training quizzes. You can also send out a mass email to students with their final course grade with one click …
(Custom Email Notifications And Messages – WP Courseware)
Surveys & Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on your needs.
- 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 the survey results.
- The course grade book helps track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
Membership & eCommerce Integration
WPCourseware works with many WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce And Membership Plugin Integration)
Testimonials From Users
Here are a few of the testimonials and feedback plugin users have published about the WPCourseware 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
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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 – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
WP Courseware allows you to easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
WP Courseware Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, 100% money-back guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and 1 year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” section inside the plugin’s settings area provides examples of the shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” videos …
(WP Courseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Product Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This edition lets you install WPCourseware on a single WordPress domain. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This edition allows you to install WPCourseware on ten sites. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This lets you configure WP Courseware on 25 domains. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: The price of WPCourseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the current pricing when this review was published. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin 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 current pricing details:
Additional Info
For ”how to” videos showing how the plugin works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Download The Plugin
If you would like to create online training products, the WPCourseware plugin is a cost-effective and powerful plugin you need to know about.
For more details, visit the plugin website here:
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