Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new niches to profit from in areas like online education.
eTraining is is the technological equivalent of distance learning, where learners have no direct face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
eLearning course marketplaces like Udemy.com show that the e-Learning industry is growing at a tremendous rate.
Udemy offers over 30,000 online courses covering all topics, from marketing and personal brand building, to courses on religion & spirituality and language learning, etc …
(Udemy provides 30,000+ online courses covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Training industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for businesses that have unique and valuable information to teach.
eTraining – Benefits And Drawbacks
The digital medium provides tools and technologies for creating and selling courses online, but there are also significant drawbacks and challenges.:
- Working out the best training delivery methods,
- Using easy-to-use tools and technologies that don’t require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Grading scores,
- Generating reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include the lack of face-to-face interaction, lack of student motivation, potential lack of focus, etc.
Online Training – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating a product that helps people learn commercial subjects in high demand is a great way to grow a subscriber list or monetize your website. Creating products is one of the best ways to build a loyal customer base, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about every imaginable topic can be turned into an e-course.
(Got a business built around commercial photography, horticulture or creative writing? Turn it into an online training product!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to develop an online training course and your site is powered by WordPress, then there is a powerful courseware solution that can help you.
Let’s Review …
WP Courseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin
Description
WP Courseware is the leading WordPress learning management plugin.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
Over 7,000 websites use WPCourseware. The plugin makes creating elearning courses in WordPress simple.
In WPCourseware, A course comprises of modules and modules can contain course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds a new section to the admin menu that lets you add a new training course, edit modules and units, add quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export your data, create custom certificates of completion, view training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a widget in your sidebar, allowing users to view their own course progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can completely customize and configure all courses.
For example, you can choose whether course students need to have completed a training unit before they can advance through to the next unit …
(Course settings can be fully configured to suit your needs)
You can view information about your courses “at a glance” and perform various types of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View details about your training courses inside your WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can create courses quickly using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, 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 options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” screen)
Adding training modules and units is as simple as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your training content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished creating your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you insert courses and training module information into pages using shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all of the options and settings you have added …
(Create professional training courses easily with WP Courseware)
After publishing your e-course, you can restrict access to registered students only …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WP Courseware
Plugin Benefits
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WPCourseware to add training courses to your WordPress website on your website:
Ready To Start Using In Very Little Time
WP Courseware installs just like every other WP plugin. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Just create a course, 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 Expandability
The WPCourseware plugin allows you to create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of enrollees to courses.
Add Any Kind Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which enable you to add anything you would typically insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, like videos, audio files, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Additional benefits include:
- Use on all WP themes: WPCourseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Use with all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
WP Courseware Features
WPCourseware offers web site owners with a number of features. Below we have listed a few:
Course Outline
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.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through their courses using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Customized Certificates
Students can receive a certificate of completion. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to certificates …
(Customized certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export feature allows you to transfer your course to other sites.
User Messaging
WPCourseware lets you set up custom user messages to congratulate trainees upon module and course completion and communicating on related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after completing course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to your students with their final grades with one click …
(WP Courseware – User Notifications)
Quizzes & Surveys
Add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Add Surveys & 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. Surveys allow you to download CSV files with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help you track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WPCourseware)
Works With WordPress Membership & e-Commerce Sites
WPCourseware integrates with many leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With Membership & eCommerce Sites)
User Feedback
Here are some of the testimonials users 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
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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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have loads of useful training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to complete certain tasks.
Support
The plugin 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 options and settings menu provides a list of the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of ”how-to” videos …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Plugin Cost
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This lets you configure WP Courseware on a single site. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This license lets you set up WPCourseware on ten WordPress web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This license allows you to use WP Courseware on twenty-five sites. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Price details for the WP Courseware software depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. When we last checked, the product retails for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin developer when you visit the website 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 WP Courseware website.
Download The Product
WP Courseware helps you develop and sell a training product fast. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use plugin you should definitely download and add to your site.
For more details, visit the plugin website:
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