Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are discovering new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online training and education.
eTraining is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners don’t have face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
eLearning marketplaces like Udemy.com are indicative of the growth of the eLearning industry.
Udemy currently offers over 30,000 e-courses covery every topic imaginable, from design and growing your influence, to stress management and motivation, etc …
(Udemy.com provides over 30,000 e-courses covering every subject imaginable!)
The fact that the e-Learning industry is growing and that anything can be taught online is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for businesses that have valuable information to teach.
e-Learning – Benefits & Drawbacks
The internet provides many opportunities and technologies for developing e-courses, but there are also significant drawbacks and challenges.:
- Working out methods of delivering training content,
- Using popular tools that learners can instinctively use to access the training content,
- Ensuring consistency across content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Assessing student scores,
- Providing useful reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account factors such as the lack of human contact, student boredom, distracting environments, etc.
eCourses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating a product that helps people acquire practical knowledge and 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 customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every topic imaginable can be taught online.
(Got an interest or business built around commercial photography, horticulture or copywriting? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch is very time-consuming. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to develop and sell an online training product and your site is built with WordPress, here’s a great courseware plugin that can help you.
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WPCourseware – WordPress Course Management System Plugin
Product Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products fast using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management Plugin)
WP Courseware is currently being used by over 7,000 businesses online and makes creating elearning courses in WordPress simple.
Training courses in WP Courseware comprise of modules and modules are built using course units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new training course, add or edit course modules and units, add quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export data, modify training certificates, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, allowing users to monitor their own course progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
The courses you add can be fully configured and customized.
For example, you can specify whether participants need to complete a training unit before they can advance through to the next section …
(Course settings can be customized to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your training course details inside your dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View information about your courses inside your dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and notifications, issue certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information 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 easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can arrange the order of your training content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the Ordering settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of 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. WPCourseware lets you insert courses and module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all of the options you have configured …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
After publishing your e-course, the content can be viewed by users with exclusive permission to access the information …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details go here: WP Courseware
Plugin Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create courses online on your web site:
Easy To Install
WPCourseware installs just like any plugin. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your WordPress admin user account and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Simply create a course, training 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 Expansion Capacity
The WP Courseware plugin allows you to create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of enrollees to courses.
Add Any Type Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would normally add to a WordPress page or postWordPress posts or pages besides text, like audio, video, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Use different content types to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits of the plugin include the following:
- Use on all WordPress themes: WPCourseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Use on all devices: The plugin deliver content that can be viewed on all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WPCourseware provides a number of features to WP users. Below we have listed just some of those features:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create course outlines and course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Enroll Course Participants Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Course Certificates
Issue students with customized training certificates. Course certificates can be personalized with a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Customized training course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export feature allows you to set up training courses on a new site.
Custom Email Notifications
WPCourseware allows you to create custom email messages for trainees after completing modules and courses and communicating on related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who pass training quizzes. You can also send out a mass email to your students with their final course grades with just one click …
(Custom Email Notifications And User Messages – WPCourseware)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
Add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Quizzes And Surveys)
- Depending on how you decide to build the course, you can add 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 a CSV file with survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help you track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WPCourseware)
Integrates With WordPress Membership & e-Commerce Sites
WP Courseware integrates with leading WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Plugins)
Feedback From Users
Below are a few of the testimonials users have provided for 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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
WP Courseware lets you easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
WP Courseware Plugin Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, full refund guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and one year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” section inside the plugin’s options and settings area provides examples of the shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Product Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This edition lets you run WPCourseware on a single WordPress web site. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This enables you to install WP Courseware on 10 web sites. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This lets you install WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: The cost of purchasing the WP Courseware software depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the software sells for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the software author when you visit the product site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For demo videos showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
The Bottom Line
If you want to develop and sell online training products, the WPCourseware plugin is an inexpensive and powerful WordPress plugin you need to know about.
For full details, check out the plugin here:
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