Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new niches to profit from in areas like online education.
e-Training is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where students do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
eLearning sites like Udemy are strong indicators of the tremendous growth of the eLearning industry.
Udemy.com provides 30,000+ ecourses on every subject imaginable, from web development and personal finance, to better parenting and improving memory & study skills, etc …
(Udemy.com provides 30,000+ courses online covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for businesses that have unique educational content that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Learning – Benefits & Challenges
Some of the drawbacks of planning and developing effective etraining courses include:
- Figuring out the,
- Employing easy-to-use tools and technologies that don’t require a time-consuming learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency of standards used in content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Assessing student performance,
- Generating useful reports, completion certificates
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors like lack of human contact, potential lack of student motivation (e.g. boredom), distractions, etc.
e-Learning – A World Of Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating an ecourse that teaches useful skills is a great way to attract new subscribers and monetize your website. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to build a customer base, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every imaginable subject can be turned into an ecourse.
(Got an interest or passion for commercial photography, landscaping or creative writing? Turn it into an online training course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, that if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have loads of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to create and sell e-courses and your website is built with WordPress, there’s a powerful courseware solution that can help you.
Introducing …
WPCourseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Plugin
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up professional training courses and build e-learning products quickly and easily with WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress)
Thousands of sites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. The software makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
In WPCourseware, e-Courses contain training modules and modules comprise of units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu item that lets you create new training courses, edit existing modules and units, edit quizzes, edit settings, import/export your course information, create custom certificates of completion, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
Your courses can be entirely configured and customized.
For example, you can specify if course participants need to have completed a course section before they are allowed to progress to the next section …
(Configure course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your courses inside your admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View details about your training courses inside the admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, issue certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Edit your course options easily)
Adding modules and units is as simple as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, videos, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can rearrange the order of your units inside training modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you are done creating your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you insert course and module information into pages using shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
Shortcodes let you add course information to your pages and manage all of your course options from a central location …
(Create professional training courses with WPCourseware)
After your e-course has been published, the content can be viewed by logged in users with exclusive permission to access the information …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
Learn more about this plugin here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Below are just some of the benefits of using WP Courseware to create training courses online on your WordPress web site:
Fast And Simple To Install And Implement. Be Up And Running In Very Little Time.
WPCourseware installs just like every WP plugin. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your admin user area and activate.
Very Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Simply create a course, module, or course 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 Capacity
WP Courseware lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and users.
Use Different Types Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would typically insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, like video, audio files, graphic elements, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Add any type of content you like in your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include:
- Compatible with all WP themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware allows you to deliver your training content across multiple devices.
Plugin Features
WP Courseware provides web site owners with a number of great features. Below we have listed some:
Course Outline & Progress Page
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 while also displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also view their course progress with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside your dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Customized Training Certificates
Students can receive customized course certificates. Course certificates can be customized with custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Customized training certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export option allows you to move your course to other websites.
Email Notifications
WPCourseware allows you to set up custom email notifications to congratulate students after completing modules and courses and communicating on course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who pass course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to your students with their final course grades with one click …
(Custom User Notifications – WPCourseware)
Surveys & Quizzes
You can add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Quizzes And Surveys)
- Depending on how you choose to structure your course, 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 the survey results.
- The course grade book will help track how your students are progressing …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
Works With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Plugins
WP Courseware integrates with many leading WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce And Membership Plugin Integration)
Feedback From Users
Here are just 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
Plugin Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a training product.
WPCourseware lets you convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if there are some instructional content like step-by-step tutorials published on your website or blog, you probably have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress page or post into a course unit)
You can use the export/import feature to create and sell completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-training courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourced tasks in your business.
Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, 100% refund 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 provides examples of the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of ”how-to” videos …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Plugin Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This license enables you to configure WPCourseware on a single domain. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This edition lets you activate WPCourseware on ten WordPress web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This option allows you to run WPCourseware on 25 WordPress web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The cost to purchase the WPCourseware product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the software is selling for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the product developer when you visit the product website and there may be 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 of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
In Conclusion
WP Courseware helps you develop an etraining course quickly and easily. This is a powerful WP plugin that you should definitely consider.
To learn more, check out the plugin here:
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