Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from areas like providing teaching and training courses online and elearning systems.
eTraining is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
Online teaching sites like Udemy are strong indicators of the growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy offers over 30,000 courses online covering all topics, from marketing and personal development, to parenting & relationships and motivation, etc …
(Udemy offers over 30,000 courses online covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to acquire the skills they need, but also for individuals that have unique content that can help transform the lives of others.
eTraining – Benefits And Challenges
The internet provides many great opportunities and tools for creating and selling online training courses, but there are also significant drawbacks and challenges.:
- Working out training delivery methods,
- Using popular tools and technologies that don’t require a time-consuming learning curve,
- Ensuring consistent methods are applied throughout the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading scores,
- Creating useful reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors such as lack of face-to-face contact, student boredom, distracting environments, etc.
e-Training – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a digital product creator, creating an ecourse that teaches others new skills is a great way to grow a list or develop another stream of revenue. Creating products is, after all, 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 topic where there is interest and demand to learn can be turned into an e-course.
(Got a business or passion for photography, landscaping or technical writing? Turn it into an online training course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, you already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
If your site is built using WordPress and you want to develop and sell ecourses, there’s a cost-effective and powerful WP plugin that can help you.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Description Of Product
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up e-courses and build e-learning products quickly with WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Creation Software)
The WPCourseware plugin is used by 7,000+ businesses online and makes creating training courses in WordPress simple.
In WPCourseware, A course contains modules and modules include course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware integrates fully with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu section that lets you add a new training course, add or edit course modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export course information, edit certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a widget in your sidebar, allowing users to monitor their own progress …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
The courses you add can be entirely configured and customized.
For example, you can choose if course participants need to have completed a training section before they are allowed to progress through to the next section …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can view course details “at a glance” and perform a number of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View information about your training courses inside the WP dashboard)
If you already understand how WordPress works, you can create courses quickly and easily using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, create 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 …
(”Edit Course” section)
Adding modules and course units is as simple as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, embedded media, 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 ”Order Course” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of shortcodes to insert course and training module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you add course information to your pages and manage all of your course options from the plugin settings section …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
Once your e-course is published, you can restrict access to the content to registered students only …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
More info: WP Courseware
Benefits Of Using WP Courseware
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WPCourseware to create training courses online on your WordPress site:
Quick And Simple To Install And Use. Be Up And Running In Very Little Time.
WP Courseware is quite easy to install. Just upload a zip file containing the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your admin user account and activate.
Create Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Simply create a new course, training module, or 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 Capacity
The WPCourseware plugin lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and students.
Add Different Content Formats
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which allows you to add anything you would normally add to WordPress posts or pages besides text, such as videos, audio, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include:
- Works with all themes: WPCourseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: The plugin deliver content accross all devices.
WP Courseware Features
WPCourseware provides a number of great features to website owners. Below we have listed just a few:
Course Outline
You can create course outlines and course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses your students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also navigate through your course with a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track student progress inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Training Certificates
Students who successfully complete courses can be issued with course completion certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Customized training certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import functionality allows you to set up training courses on other WP websites.
User Notifications
WPCourseware lets you create custom user messages to congratulate trainees upon module or course completion and to communicate course-related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated upon successfully completing course quizzes. You can also send out mass emails to students with their final grades with one click …
(WP Courseware – Custom User Notifications)
Quizzes & Surveys
You can add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Add Quizzes And Surveys)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you decide to structure your course.
- 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 a CSV file with survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps you track your student’s progress …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Works With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Plugins
WPCourseware integrates with many WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With WordPress eCommerce & Membership Sites)
Feedback From Users
Here are some of the testimonials and feedback that plugin customers have provided for 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
WPCourseware – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself 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.
WP Courseware lets you convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if you have published some “how to” articles and step-by-step tutorials.
WPCourseware Support
WP Courseware 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” screen inside the plugin’s settings area explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of plugin training video step-by-step tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Product Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This option lets you run WPCourseware on a single site. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This allows you to run WP Courseware on 10 WordPress websites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This allows you to run WPCourseware on twenty-five WordPress sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: Pricing details of the WPCourseware product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the current pricing at the time this article was written. This may not be the actual price set by the software developer when you visit the site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Info
For a demo video of the plugin in action, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Install This Product
WP Courseware helps you build and sell courses fast. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use plugin that you should definitely add to your site.
For complete details, check out the plugin here:
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