Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are now finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
eLearning is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners do not have face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
e-Learning marketplaces like Udemy.com are indicative of the tremendous growth of the eLearning industry.
Udemy currently offers 30,000+ online courses covering all topics, from office productivity and personal skills, to stress management and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy provides over 30,000 courses online covering every subject imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for businesses that have unique educational content to share.
eTraining – Opportunities & Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning and developing effective courses online include:
- Working out content delivery methods,
- Using easy-to-use tools that don’t require spending additional time learning,
- Ensuring consistent standards are used throughout content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading scores,
- Providing reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include the lack of face-to-face contact, student boredom, distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
eTraining – A World Of Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your business online, creating a product that teaches others useful subjects is a great way to grow a list or monetize your website. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to build a customer base, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be turned into an ecourse.
(Got skills, knowledge or a passion for fashion photography, horticulture or writing sales copy? Turn it into an online training course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch is very time-consuming. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you probably already have the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
If your website is built with WordPress and you want to develop ecourses, there’s a cost-effective and powerful plugin you may want to consider adding to your site.
Announcing …
WPCourseware – Online Course Management System Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Plugin
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up professional training courses and build e-learning products fast with WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress)
The WPCourseware plugin is currently being used by over 7,000 businesses online and makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
Training courses in WP Courseware consist of training modules and training modules can include course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu item that lets you create new courses, edit existing course modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export training content, modify certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, allowing users to view their course progress …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can fully configure and customize all of your courses.
For example, you can decide whether participants need to have completed a course section before they can progress to the next unit …
(Configure your course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your training courses inside your admin dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View training course details inside your dashboard)
If you are already familiar with how WordPress works, you can create courses quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, issue certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” area)
Adding modules and units is as easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. 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 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 training modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the options you have configured …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
After publishing your elearning product, the content can be viewed by your registered users …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Product Benefits
Here are just some of the benefits of using WPCourseware to add professional training courses to your WordPress web site on your WordPress site:
Be Up And Running In Very Little Time
WP Courseware installs just like any other plugin. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your admin user account and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly and easily using familiar interfaces and functions.
Just create a course, training module, or course 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 Capacity
WPCourseware lets you create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Use Different Content Formats
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would typically insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as videos, audio, graphic elements, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add different content types in your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Works with all WordPress themes: WPCourseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware allows you to deliver your training content across multiple devices.
Plugin Features
WP Courseware provides many unique features to WordPress users. Below we have listed some of these:
Course Outline & Progress Page
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.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through their courses using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track student progress inside your dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatically Enroll Course Members
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Course Certificate Distribution
Students who successfully complete your training courses can receive a customized training certificate. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Training course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export functionality allows you to move your course to other websites.
Email Messages
WPCourseware lets you set up custom email messages for course participants upon module and course completion and for communicating related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who pass training quizzes. You can also send out mass emails to your students with their final course grade with a single click …
(WPCourseware – User Messaging)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
Add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Add Surveys And Quizzes)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you choose 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. You can also download CSV files with the survey results.
- The course grade book helps you track how students are progressing in a course …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Works With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Site Plugins
WP Courseware integrates with many ecommerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce & Membership Site Plugin Integration)
Feedback From Users
Below are some of the testimonials users have submitted 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
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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
Plugin Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
WP Courseware allows you to easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
Plugin Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, complete 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 options and settings area provides examples of the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 plugin training video step-by-step tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Plugin Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This option enables you to run WP Courseware on a single website. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This allows you to install WP Courseware on 10 domains. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This license option allows you to use WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress websites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost of purchasing WPCourseware depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The pricing shown above was correct when this review was published. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the software developer when you visit the site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Info
For a demo video showing how the plugin works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
We Highly Recommend This
WP Courseware helps you create ecourses quickly and easily. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware plugin that you should definitely add to your site.
For full details, check out the plugin here:
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