Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from areas like providing e-training courses and e-learning management systems.
Electronic learning, or “elearning,” is is the technological equivalent of distance learning, where students have no face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
eTraining sites like Udemy show that the eTraining industry is growing.
Udemy provides 30,000+ e-courses covering all topics, from business and personal transformation, to courses on stress management and photography, etc …
(Udemy currently offers 30,000+ online courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to acquire practical knowledge and skills, but also for individuals that have unique and valuable content that can help transform the lives of others.
eTraining – Opportunities And Drawbacks
The digital medium provides benefits and opportunities for developing and selling ecourses. Training performance-boosting tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems (LMS), online videos, video-conferencing apps, audio training, forums, e-Guides, etc. There are, however, some challenges involved in planning, developing and implementing effective etraining courses.
Some of these include:
- Figuring out methods of delivering training content,
- Employing familiar tools and technologies that course students can use immediately to ,
- Ensuring consistency across content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Grading student performance,
- Creating reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include lack of face-to-face contact, potential lack of student motivation (e.g. boredom), loss of focus, etc.
eLearning – A World Of Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating ecourses that help people gain practical skills is a great way to grow a list and monetize your website. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to attract customers, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be turned into an etraining product.
(Got a business or passion for fashion photography, horticulture or writing sales copy? Turn it into an online training product!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, you already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If your website is built with WordPress and you plan to create and sell teaching products, there’s an inexpensive and powerful courseware plugin you need to know about.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin
Description Of Product
WPCourseware is the leading WordPress course creation plugin.
(WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Software)
Over 7,000 sites use the WP Courseware plugin. WP Courseware makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
A training course in WPCourseware includes modules and modules contain units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create new training courses, edit existing modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export data, modify certificates of completion, access training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving you further customization options …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can fully configure and customize all courses.
For example, you can specify whether students need to have completed a training section before they can progress through to the next section …
(Course settings can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can view course information “at a glance” and perform a number of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View training course information inside your admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WP interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and notifications, provide course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(”Edit Course” area)
Adding training modules and units is as simple as creating 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 units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done creating your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware allows you to insert courses and module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
With shortcodes, you can display course content on your pages and manage all of your course options from your dashboard …
(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: WPCourseware
Benefits
Here are just some of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to add courses to your WordPress website on your WordPress website:
Installation Is Easy, Fast & Simple
WPCourseware installs just like every WordPress plugin. Simply upload it to your Plugin folder via your WP admin section and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can create training courses fast using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Simply create a new course, training module, or 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 Expandability
The WPCourseware plugin lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and course participants.
Use Different Content Formats
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would typically insert into WordPress posts or pages besides text, like videos, audio, graphic elements, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Add any type of content you want to create your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Works with all themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
Product Features
WPCourseware provides site owners with many great features. Here are just some of those:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline or course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses your 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 an administrator, you can also track student progress inside your dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Course Certificates
Issue course participants with customized training certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Training certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export function allows you to transfer your course to other websites.
Custom Notifications
WPCourseware allows you to set up custom email messages for trainees upon module or course completion and for communicating related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who pass course quizzes. You can also send out mass emails trainees with their final course grades with just one click …
(Custom Notifications – WPCourseware)
Surveys & Quizzes
You can add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Add Surveys And Quizzes)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on your needs.
- 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 your students are progressing in a course …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WPCourseware)
e-Commerce And Membership Plugin Integration
WPCourseware can be used with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(eCommerce And Membership Site Integration)
Feedback From Users
Here are a couple of the testimonials and feedback that customers 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
WP Courseware Plugin – 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 new digital training product.
WPCourseware allows you to convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are some instructional articles and step-by-step tutorials already published on your website, you probably have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress page or post into a course unit)
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 WP Courseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks.
WPCourseware Support
WPCourseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, full money-back 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 menu provides examples of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Plugin Price
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This license option enables you to set up WPCourseware on one WordPress site only. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This edition lets you use WP Courseware on ten domains. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This allows you to run WPCourseware on twenty-five sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Pricing details of the WPCourseware plugin can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The price shown above was current when this review was written. This may not be the actual price set by the software author when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest price:
Additional Info
For ”how to” videos of the plugin in action, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
The Bottom Line
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create and sell an online training product WPCourseware is a powerful plugin you should know about.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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