Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new niches to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic training, or “etraining,” is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where students do not interact face-to-face with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
eTraining marketplaces like Udemy.com are strong indicators of the growth of the eTraining industry.
Udemy.com offers over 30,000 online courses covery every topic imaginable, from web design and personal transformation, to courses about happiness and music, etc …
(Udemy.com offers over 30,000 online courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for businesses that have something unique to share.
e-Courses – Benefits And Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning and developing effective training courses online include:
- Working out content delivery methods,
- Employing familiar tools and technologies that course students can intuitively use to access the training content,
- Ensuring consistency across content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Assessing student performance,
- Generating reports, completion certificates
You also need to take into account important factors like the lack of human contact, boredom and lack of motivation, loss of focus, etc.
e-Courses – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell digital products, creating an ecourse that helps people gain useful skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list or monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every imaginable topic can be taught online.
(Got a passion for fashion 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 can be very time-consuming. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
If your website is built with WordPress and you would like to create and sell e-learning courses, there’s an inexpensive and powerful WP solution that you need to know about.
Presenting …
WPCourseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin
Product Description
WP Courseware is the leading online course management system plugin for WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
The WP Courseware plugin is used by 7,000+ businesses online and makes creating elearning courses in WordPress simple.
A course in WPCourseware contains training modules and training modules contain units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add a new training course, add or edit modules and units, edit quizzes, edit settings, import/export your training content, create custom certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, allowing users to view their own progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
You can fully customize and configure all courses.
For example, you decide if learners need to have completed a course section before they can advance through to the next unit …
(Configure course settings to suit your needs)
You can view training course details “at a glance” and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View training course information inside the WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create courses quickly and easily using familiar WP interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and notifications, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” section)
Adding training modules and units is as simple as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can easily 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 screen)
When you are done adding content to 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” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you insert courses and module information into pages using a range of built-in shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all of the options and settings you have added …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
After publishing your e-training course, registered users can access the content …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Below are just a few of the benefits of using WPCourseware to create courses online on your website:
Easy To Install
WPCourseware installs like every plugin. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your WordPress administrator area and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a course, training module, or course unit with course 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 WP Courseware plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and enrollees.
Use Different Content Formats
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would normally add to a WordPress post or pageWordPress posts or pages besides text, like videos, audio, images, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Additional benefits include the following:
- Works on all WordPress themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin allows you to deliver content across multiple devices.
Features
WP Courseware offers many great features to WordPress users. Here are just a few of these:
Course Outline
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 as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also navigate through your courses using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Course Certificate Distribution
Provide course participants who successfully complete courses with certificates of completion. Training certificates can be personalized with custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Training course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export option lets you move your course to other websites.
Email Messages
WPCourseware allows you to set up custom user messages for 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 course quizzes. You can also send out mass emails trainees with their final course grade with a single click …
(WP Courseware – Custom Notifications)
Surveys And Quizzes
You can add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Use 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. You can also download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help you track your student’s progress …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Integrates With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Plugins
WP Courseware works with leading WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(eCommerce And Membership Site Plugin Integration)
User Feedback
Here are a couple of the testimonials and comments users have written 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
Plugin Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
WP Courseware allows you to easily convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
Plugin Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, full 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 options and settings area explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” videos …
(Plugin Documentation – How-To Videos)
Software Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This enables you to activate WP Courseware on a single domain. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This allows you to set up WP Courseware on 10 web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This option enables you to install WPCourseware on twenty-five WordPress web sites. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: The cost of purchasing WP Courseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the plugin is selling for the pricing shown above. This may or may not be the actual price set by the product seller when you visit the plugin site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Information
For a demo video of the plugin in action, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
The Bottom Line
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell an online training product, The WPCourseware plugin is a great courseware solution that you may want to consider using on your site.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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