Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are now finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
e-Training is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where students do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
eLearning marketplaces like Udemy.com show that the eLearning industry is growing at an astronomical rate year on year.
Udemy.com provides 30,000+ e-courses on every topic imaginable, from web design and personal development, to courses about stress management and making better lifestyle choices, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 online courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for individuals that have unique information to share.
eLearning – Benefits And Challenges
The internet provides many tools and a great environment for creating and selling ecourses. e-Learning delivered via computers and increasingly mobile-based tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems (LMS), videos, web-conferencing apps, audio courses, online forums, e-Guides, etc. There are, however, some challenges when it comes to planning, developing and implementing e-courses.
Some of these include:
- Figuring out methods of delivery,
- Employing familiar tools and technologies that don’t require spending additional time learning,
- Ensuring consistency across content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Grading student scores,
- Generating useful reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include the lack of face-to-face interaction, learner boredom, potential lack of focus, etc.
Online Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating an e-learning product that teaches practical things is a great way to attract new subscribers 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. Every imaginable subject can be taught online.
(Got skills, knowledge or a passion for commercial photography, horticulture or copywriting? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you probably already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to develop e-learning products and your site is built using WordPress, then there is a powerful courseware solution you may want to consider adding to your site.
Presenting …
WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Software
Description
WPCourseware is the leading WordPress learning management plugin.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
Thousands of WordPress websites use WPCourseware. WP Courseware makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
In WPCourseware, A course consists of training modules and modules include units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware integrates fully with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new course, add or edit course modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export your training content, create custom certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a widget in the sidebar, allowing users to monitor their course progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
Courses can be entirely customized and configured.
For example, you can choose if course students need to complete a course unit before they are allowed to advance through to the next unit …
(Course settings can be customized to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of all courses inside your WP dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View training course information inside your WP dashboard)
If you are already familiar with how WordPress works, you can create courses very quickly using familiar WordPress 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, choosing options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Plugin options section)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, videos, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your training content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished adding content to your module, 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” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you use a range of shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all the options you have added …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
After publishing your training product, you can restrict content access to registered users only …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
To learn more about this plugin go here: WP Courseware
Benefits
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create training courses online on your WordPress website:
Installation Is Easy And Fast
WPCourseware is very easy to install. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your admin user section and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Just create a course, module, or course unit with 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 Expandability
The plugin lets you create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Use Different Content Types
Course units use WordPress custom types, which allow you to add any type of content you would normally add to a WordPress page or postWordPress posts or pages besides text, like videos, audio files, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different content types to create your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Works on all WordPress themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works on all devices: The plugin works on all devices.
Features
WPCourseware provides web site owners with a number of features. Below we have listed just some of these features:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create a course outline or course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also view their course progress with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Enroll New Students Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Customized Course Certificates
At the end of a course, you can issue course participants with certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to course completion certificates …
(Training certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export function lets you move your course to other sites.
Email Messages
WPCourseware lets you set up custom email notifications for course participants after completing modules and courses 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 a mass email to your students with their final grades with a single click …
(Custom Notifications – WP Courseware)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
You can add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(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 course grade book helps track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WPCourseware)
Membership Site & e-Commerce Integration
WP Courseware works with leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With Membership & e-Commerce Sites)
User Testimonials
Below are just some testimonials and comments that 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, 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, Entrepreneur, Blogger, & Speaker
Product 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 digital product.
WPCourseware lets you easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if there are some “how to” content like step-by-step tutorials have already posted on your site, you probably have a product partially created …
(Convert any WordPress page or post into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the export/import feature to build and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourced business tasks.
Product Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, 100% refund 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 menu provides examples of the shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Software Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This license enables you to use WPCourseware on 1 WordPress site only. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This allows you to install WPCourseware on ten WordPress sites. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This lets you run WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Price details for WPCourseware depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the current price when this review was written. This may not be the actual price set by the product author when you visit the site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest price:
Additional Information
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Install The Plugin
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to create learning products, WPCourseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use plugin you may want to check out.
For more information, visit the plugin website here:
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