Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like providing teaching and training courses online and e-learning.
Electronic training, or “e-training,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
Online training sites like Udemy show that the e-Training industry is growing at an astronomical rate year on year.
Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ e-courses covering all topics, from office productivity and personal brand building, to religion & spirituality and photography, etc …
(Udemy.com offers 30,000+ online courses covering all topics!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing and that so many subjects can be taught online is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for businesses that have something to share.
eLearning – Benefits & Drawbacks
Some of the challenges of planning courses online include:
- Figuring out the best methods to deliver content,
- Employing familiar tools and technologies that don’t require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading student performance,
- Generating useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of human contact, learner boredom, distractions, etc.
eLearning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell digital products, creating ecourses that help people acquire useful skills and competency in areas of strong need is a great way to attract new subscribers or develop another stream of revenue. Product creation 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. Almost anything can be turned into an ecourse.
(Got a business or passion for commercial photography, landscaping or copywriting? Turn it into an online training course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, you probably already have the building blocks of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to create e-courses and your site is powered by WordPress, there’s a powerful courseware plugin you may want to keep in mind.
Presenting …
WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin
Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up e-courses and build e-learning products fast with WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
WP Courseware is currently being used on over 7,000 sites and makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
Courses in WPCourseware comprise of modules and modules can include course units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add new courses, add or edit course modules and units, edit quizzes, edit plugin, import/export your data, modify certificates of completion, access training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about their course progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
Your courses can be entirely configured and customized.
For example, you can decide if students must complete a training section before they are allowed to advance to the next section …
(Configure course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of all courses inside the admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View course information inside your admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly using familiar WP interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” section)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you have finished creating your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all course units in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of built-in shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the options you have added …
(Creating professional training courses is easy with WP Courseware)
Once your e-course has been published, your registered users can access it …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more: WP Courseware
Benefits
Here we have listed just some of the many benefits of using WPCourseware to add courses to your website or blog on your site:
Very Easy To Install
WP Courseware installs just like every other plugin. Just upload a zip file containing the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your admin user section and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Just create a new course, module, or course unit with course 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 lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and students.
Use Different Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which allows you to add any type of content you would normally insert into WordPress posts or pages besides text, like embedded media, images, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Add different content types to create your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include:
- Compatible with all WP themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works on all devices: WP Courseware allows you to deliver training content across multiple devices.
Features
WP Courseware offers site owners with a number of great features. Here are a few:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create course outlines or course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also navigate through their course with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Customized Certificates Of Completion
Students can receive customized training certificates. Course certificates can be customized with custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Customized training course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export functionality lets you transfer your course to other sites.
Custom Email Message
WPCourseware allows you to set up custom user notifications to congratulate course participants after completing modules and courses and communicating on course-related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who successfully complete training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email trainees with their final grades with just one click …
(WPCourseware – Custom Email Notifications And User Messages)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
Add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Depending on how you choose 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.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download a CSV file with survey results.
- The course grade book helps you track how well your students are progressing in a course …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WPCourseware)
Membership & e-Commerce Plugin Integration
WPCourseware works with many leading WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With e-Commerce & Membership Site Plugins)
User Testimonials
Here are a few of the testimonials and feedback that customers 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
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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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have plenty of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WP Courseware lets you convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if there are some instructional content like step-by-step tutorials have already posted on your website, you could already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any post or page into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the import/export feature to build and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable training courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks.
Product Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, full refund 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 …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Software Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This license option enables you to use WP Courseware on a single website. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Edition – This license lets you run WP Courseware on 10 sites. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This license option allows you to run WP Courseware on twenty-five sites. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: Pricing for the WP Courseware software can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The price shown above was correct when this article was published. This may not be the actual price charged by the software author when you visit the product site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Info
For a demo video of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Download The Product
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to create and sell ecourses, WPCourseware is a powerful plugin you may want to consider using on your site.
For full details, check out the plugin here:
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