Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
eTraining is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners have no face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
e-Learning course marketplaces like Udemy.com are indicative of the massive growth of the e-Training industry.
Udemy.com provides 30,000+ e-courses covering all topics, from office productivity and personal skills, to courses on happiness and hobbies, etc …
(Udemy currently offers over 30,000 courses online covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for businesses that have unique educational content to share with others.
eTraining – Opportunities & Challenges
The internet provides many technologies and a great environment for developing and selling ecourses, but there are also significant drawbacks.:
- Working out the,
- Using familiar tools and technologies that do not require an additional learning curve,
- Ensuring consistency of standards in the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Assessing student performance,
- Generating reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account factors like lack of human contact, lack of motivation (e.g. boredom), distractions, etc.
eLearning – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell products online, creating e-courses that help people acquire useful skills and competency in subjects where there is a high demand is a great way to grow a subscriber list and develop another stream of revenue. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to build a 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. Almost every topic imaginable can be turned into an ecourse.
(Got a passion for commercial photography, gardening or copywriting? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, you probably already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
If your site is built using WordPress and you plan to create an online training product, there’s a cost-effective and professional plugin that can help you.
Presenting …
WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Product Description
WP Courseware is a leading WordPress learning management plugin.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress)
7,000+ WordPress sites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. WPCourseware makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
A course in WPCourseware contains modules and training modules comprise of units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. The plugin adds a new section to your menu that lets you create new training courses, edit modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit settings, import/export your training content, edit certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WPCourseware Widget)
The courses you add can be entirely customized and configured.
For example, you can choose if course participants need to complete a training unit before they can progress through to the next unit …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can view information about your courses ”at a glance” inside the WP dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View details about your training courses inside the WP dashboard)
If you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create courses fast using familiar WP interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Easily edit course settings)
Adding training modules and units is as easy 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 reorder your units inside training modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done creating your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all of your course units in the “Course Units” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you insert courses and training module information into pages using a range of built-in shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the options and settings you have added …
(Creating training courses with WPCourseware)
After publishing your training course, members must log in and have permission to access your training content …
(Members must log in and have permission to view your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WP Courseware
Plugin Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the benefits of using WP Courseware to create courses online on your site:
Installation Is Easy, Simple And Fast
WPCourseware installs like every other plugin. Just upload a zip file containing the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Create Training Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can create training courses fast using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Just create a course, training module, or unit with 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 Capacity
WP Courseware allows you to set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of enrollees to courses.
Use Different Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which allow you to add anything you would normally insert into a WordPress post or pageWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as video, audio files, images, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Add any type of content you like to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits of this plugin include:
- Use on all themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works on all devices: WPCourseware deliver training content accross all devices.
Features
WP Courseware provides WP users with many great features. Below we have listed a few of these:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create a course outline or course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses your students have 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 your dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Training Course Certificates
Students can receive a certificate. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to certificates of completion …
(Customized training certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The export/import functionality allows you to transfer your course to other sites.
Custom Notifications
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom user notifications for students upon module or course completion and to communicate related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon successfully completing training quizzes. You can also send out a mass email to your students with their final course grades with a single click …
(User Messaging – WP Courseware)
Surveys & Quizzes
You can add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Add Surveys & Quizzes)
- Depending on how you decide to structure 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.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. The survey feature allows you to download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help you track how well your students are progressing in a course …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
Works With WordPress eCommerce & Membership Sites
WP Courseware works with many leading WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Membership Site And eCommerce Integration)
Feedback From Plugin Customers
Below are some of the testimonials that plugin users have written 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
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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 – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have loads of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WP Courseware allows you to easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if you already have some educational articles and step-by-step tutorials.
WPCourseware Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, 100% 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 provides examples of the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” videos …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Product Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This option allows you to run WP Courseware on one WordPress website only. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This license option allows you to run WP Courseware on 10 web sites. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This license option allows you to install WPCourseware on 25 websites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost of purchasing this product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The price above was correct when this article was written. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the software seller when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing details here:
Additional Info
For ”how to” videos showing how the software works, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Download The Plugin
WP Courseware helps you build an elearning course fast. This is a great WordPress plugin that you should definitely consider using on your site.
For full details, check out the plugin here:
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