Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like providing online courses and elearning.
e-Training is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners have no face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
Online teaching sites like Udemy are indicative of the massive growth of the e-Training industry.
Udemy provides over 30,000 online courses covering all topics, from web design and personal brand building, to parenting & relationships and photography, etc …
(Udemy currently offers over 30,000 online courses covering every subject imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to acquire practical knowledge and skills, but also for businesses that have unique and valuable information to share with others.
e-Training – Opportunities And Challenges
The internet provides loads of opportunities and technologies for creating training courses online, but there are also many challenges and drawbacks.:
- Figuring out the,
- Using easy-to-use tools that don’t require taking on an additional learning curve,
- Ensuring consistent standards are used throughout the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Grading scores,
- Providing reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include the lack of face-to-face contact, boredom, potential lack of focus, etc.
e-Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating an e-training product that helps people gain practical knowledge and skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list or develop a new stream of revenue. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your niche or industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be taught online.
(Got an interest or business built around commercial photography, landscaping or writing sales copy? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have loads of useful training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
If your site is built with WordPress and you plan to create and sell ecourses, there’s a cost-effective and professional courseware solution that can help you.
Our WordPress Product …
WPCourseware – Online Learning Management System Plugin For WordPress
Plugin Description
WPCourseware is the leading online course management system plugin for WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
WP Courseware is used by over 7,000 businesses online and makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
Courses in WPCourseware comprise of training modules and training modules are built using units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu section that lets you create a new course, add or edit course modules and units, add quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export your data, create training certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a widget in the sidebar, allowing users to monitor their own course progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can fully configure and customize your courses.
For example, you decide whether participants need to have completed a training unit before they can advance through to the next section …
(Configure course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your courses inside your dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View course details inside the admin dashboard)
If you already understand the way WordPress works, you can create courses quickly and easily using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
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 drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” area)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you are done creating your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing your course units in the “Course Units” area …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware uses a range of shortcodes to insert course and training module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you display course content on your pages and manage all of your course details from the plugin settings section …
(Create professional training courses easily with WP Courseware)
After publishing your e-learning product, users must log in and have permission to access your training content …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Learn more about this plugin here: WPCourseware
Plugin Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create professional courses online on your web site:
Quick And Easy To Install And Set Up. Ready To Use In Very Little Time.
WP Courseware is very easy to install. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Very Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a course, 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, surveys, quizzes and course participants.
Add Any Kind Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which enable you to add anything you would typically insert into a WordPress post or pageWordPress pages or posts besides text, like embedded media, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Use with all WP themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Use on all devices: WP Courseware deliver content that can be viewed on all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WP Courseware provides many features to web site owners. Below we have listed just some of those features:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline and course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through your courses using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track student progress inside your dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatically Enroll Course Members
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Certificates
Students can be issued with a customized certificate. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to certificates of completion …
(Certificates of completion)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import functionality lets you set up training courses on another site.
User Messaging
WPCourseware allows you to create custom user messages to congratulate students upon module or course completion and to communicate course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon passing the quiz. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to your students with their final grades with a single click …
(WP Courseware – Email Messages)
Surveys & Quizzes
You can add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Add Surveys And Quizzes)
- Depending on how you choose to build your course, you can use 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 CSV files with survey results.
- The course grade book helps track your student’s progress …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
eCommerce & Membership Site Plugin Integration
WP Courseware works with leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership And eCommerce Plugin Integration)
Feedback From Users
Below are a few of the testimonials that plugin customers have written about the WP Courseware 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, 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
WP Courseware – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
WPCourseware allows you to convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
WPCourseware Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, full refund guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and 1 year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” screen inside the plugin’s settings area provides a list of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of ”how-to” videos …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Product Licensing Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This lets you use WPCourseware on 1 site only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This license lets you activate WPCourseware on ten sites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This edition enables you to use WPCourseware on 25 sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing details of this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the price when this review was published. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the product developer when you visit the website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For a demo video of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
The Bottom Line
WP Courseware helps you build courses quickly and easily. This is a great plugin that you should definitely look into.
To learn more, check out the plugin here:
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