Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
e-Learning is based on the concept of distance learning, where students do not have direct face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
eTraining course marketplaces like Udemy show that the eLearning industry is growing at an astounding rate every year.
Udemy.com offers 30,000+ e-courses covering all topics, from internet marketing and improving self esteem, to better parenting and motivation, etc …
(Udemy.com offers over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for individuals that have something valuable that can help transform the lives of others.
eTraining – Benefits And Drawbacks
The digital medium provides many useful technologies and a great environment for developing ecourses. e-Training tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems (LMS), online videos, video-conferencing apps, audio courses, forums, eBooks, etc. There are, however, a number of challenges involved in planning, developing and implementing online training courses.
Some of the challenges and drawbacks include:
- Working out methods of delivery,
- Using popular tools that course students can use intuitively to ,
- Ensuring consistency across content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading scores,
- Providing useful reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include lack of face-to-face interaction, lack of motivation, potential lack of focus, etc.
e-Courses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your business online, creating products that teach practical things to others is a great way to grow a subscriber list or develop another stream of revenue. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to build a customer base, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Anything can be turned into an e-course.
(Got a passion for commercial photography, landscaping or technical writing? Turn it into an online training product!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, that if you have been online for a while, you probably already have the building blocks of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create and sell ecourses and your website is driven by WordPress, then there’s a great solution that can help you.
Presenting …
WPCourseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin
Description Of Plugin
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up training courses and build e-learning products quickly and easily with WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin)
WP Courseware is used on 7,000+ sites and makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
A training course in WP Courseware comprises of modules and training modules contain units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add a new course, add or edit existing modules and units, add quizzes, edit settings, import/export your data, add training certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a widget in your sidebar, giving users access to information about their course progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
Courses can be fully configured and customized.
For example, you decide whether course students must complete a training section before they are allowed to progress through to the next section …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your training course details inside your admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View training course details inside the WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can create training courses fast using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, create course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(”Edit Course” section)
Adding modules and units is as simple as adding 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 reorder your units inside training modules using drag and drop inside the Ordering screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished creating your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of all course units in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware allows you to use a range of built-in shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you add course content to your pages and manage all of your course options from a central location …
(Create professional training courses with WP Courseware)
After publishing your e-course, your registered members can access it …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Product Benefits
Here are just some of the benefits of using WP Courseware to add professional courses to your WordPress website or blog on your website:
Fast And Simple To Install And Use. Ready To Go To Work In Minutes.
WPCourseware is very easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugins 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 new course, training module, or course unit with course content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to organize the content and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expansion Capability
WPCourseware lets you set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Use Different Types Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which enable you to add anything you would normally insert into WordPress pages or posts besides text, such as embedded media, graphic elements, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Add different content types to create your training courses)
Some additional plugin benefits include:
- Compatible with all themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works on all devices: WPCourseware allows you to deliver content across multiple devices.
Features
WP Courseware offers many features to website owners. Here are some of these:
Course Outline
You can create course outlines and course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses 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 your dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Enroll Participants Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Customized Training Course Certificates
Students can receive customized certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to course certificates …
(Customized certificates of completion)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export feature lets you move courses to other websites.
Custom User Message
WP Courseware lets you set up custom user notifications to congratulate trainees upon module and course completion and communicating on related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated after successfully completing course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to your students with their final grade with a single click …
(WP Courseware – Custom Email Notifications And Messages)
Quizzes And Surveys
Add a quiz or survey 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.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. Surveys allow you to download CSV files with survey results.
- The course grade book helps you track how students are progressing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WP Courseware)
eCommerce And Membership Plugin Integration
WP Courseware works with leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(eCommerce & Membership Site Integration)
User Feedback
Below are a couple of the testimonials users have published about WP Courseware:
“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
WP Courseware Plugin – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
WPCourseware lets you easily convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if there are a number of great educational content like step-by-step tutorials published on your website or blog, you could already have a product partially created …
(Convert any post or page into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the export/import feature to build and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourced tasks.
Product Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 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” screen inside the plugin’s settings area explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of ”how-to” videos …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Software Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This enables you to activate WP Courseware on a single web site. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This license allows you to install WP Courseware on 10 WordPress web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This license option allows you to use WP Courseware on 25 websites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost to purchase this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the current price at the time this article was written. This may not be the actual price set by the product author when you visit the site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing details:
Additional Information
For demo videos of the plugin in action, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
In Conclusion
WPCourseware will help you create an elearning product quickly and easily. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use WP plugin that you should definitely look into.
To learn more, check out the plugin here:
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