Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from areas like online education.
Electronic training (eTraining) is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where students don’t have face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
Online training marketplaces like Udemy are strong indicators of the tremendous growth of the e-Training industry.
Udemy.com provides over 30,000 ecourses covering all topics, from web development and personal development, to courses about stress management and making better lifestyle choices, etc …
(Udemy.com provides over 30,000 online courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to gain useful skills and competency in subjects that will advance them further, but also for businesses that have something valuable to share.
e-Courses – Benefits & Drawbacks
Some of the challenges of planning online training courses include:
- Working out training content delivery methods,
- Employing familiar tools that learners can immediately use to ,
- Ensuring consistent methods are used throughout the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing student scores,
- Creating reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account factors such as the lack of face-to-face interaction, potential lack of student motivation (e.g. boredom), distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
eTraining – A World Of Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your business online, creating an e-training course that helps people gain practical knowledge is a great way to grow a list or develop a new stream of revenue. Creating products is one of the best ways to attract customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Anything can be turned into a teaching product.
(Got an interest or business built around commercial photography, horticulture or technical writing? Turn it into an online training product!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have loads of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
If your site is built with WordPress and you would like to create ecourses, there’s an inexpensive and professional WordPress plugin that can help you.
Announcing …
WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up e-courses and build e-learning products fast using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Management System Plugin)
WPCourseware is currently being used in over 7,000 sites and makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
Training courses in WPCourseware comprise of modules and modules can contain units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware integrates fully with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds a new section to the menu that lets you add new training courses, add or edit course modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export your training content, modify training certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, allowing users to view their own course progress …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
Courses can be fully customized and configured.
For example, you can choose whether course students need to complete a training unit before they are allowed to progress through to the next section …
(Configure your course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of all course information inside your WP dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View details about your training courses inside your dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create training courses very 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 notifications, provide certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Edit course details easily)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done 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” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you insert course and training module information into pages using shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
Shortcodes let you add course content to your pages and manage all of your course details from the plugin settings section …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
After your e-learning course has been published, you can restrict access to registered students only …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
Learn more about this plugin here: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Here are just some of the many benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create courses online on your WordPress site:
Easy & Quick To Install
WPCourseware installs like every other WordPress plugin. Simply upload a zip folder that contains the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Create Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create training courses in minutes using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a course, module, or 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
The WPCourseware plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and users.
Add Any Type Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which enable you to add anything you would normally add to a WordPress post or pageWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as embedded media, images, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different content types to create your training courses)
Some additional plugin benefits include:
- Compatible with all themes: WPCourseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware allows you to deliver your training content across multiple devices.
Features
WPCourseware offers many features to WordPress users. Here are just a few of these:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines and course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses your students have enrolled in while also 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 students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Customized Course Certificates
Students who successfully complete courses can be issued with a course certificate. Course certificates can be customized with a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Customized course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export feature lets you set up training courses on other WP websites.
Custom Notifications
WPCourseware lets you set up custom user notifications to congratulate trainees upon module or course completion and for communicating course-related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who pass course quizzes. You can also send out mass emails to your students with their final grade with a single click …
(WPCourseware – User Messaging)
Quizzes & Surveys
Add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(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.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The course grade book helps you track how well your students are progressing in a course …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
Membership Site & eCommerce Plugin Integration
WPCourseware integrates with many ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Plugins)
User Testimonials
Below are just a few of the testimonials and comments customers 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, 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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
WPCourseware lets you easily convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to complete certain tasks.
Plugin Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, complete 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 area explains how to use the shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Product Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This license lets you configure WP Courseware on one WordPress site only. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This edition allows you to set up WPCourseware on 10 domains. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This lets you install WPCourseware on 25 sites. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Price details for the WPCourseware software can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Presently, the product sells for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the software seller when you visit the plugin website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing details here:
Additional Plugin Information
For demo videos of the plugin in action, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Install This Plugin
WP Courseware will help you build a training product fast. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use plugin you should definitely consider using on your site.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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