Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from in areas like online training and education.
Electronic learning, or “e-learning,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
e-Training marketplaces like Udemy.com show that the eTraining industry is growing.
Udemy offers over 30,000 online courses covering all topics, from web development and personal development, to courses about health and fitness and music, etc …
(Udemy.com offers over 30,000 courses online covering all topics!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing and that anything can be taught online is not only great for people looking to gain practical knowledge and skills in useful things, but also for businesses that have valuable educational content to teach.
e-Learning – Opportunities And Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning, developing and implementing online training courses include:
- Working out training content delivery methods,
- Employing familiar tools and technologies that do not require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistency of methods used in content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Assessing scores,
- Creating reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include the lack of face-to-face contact, student boredom, lack of focus, etc.
e-Training – A World Of Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your web presence, creating a course that teaches others practical things is a great way to attract new subscribers or develop another stream of revenue. Creating products is one of the best ways to attract new customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every subject where there is strong interest and a demand to learn can be taught online.
(Got a passion or interest in photography, landscaping or copywriting? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you probably already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If your site is powered by WordPress and you want to create an online training product, there’s an inexpensive and professional plugin that you need to know about.
Our Featured WordPress Plugin …
WP Courseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin
Description Of Plugin
WPCourseware is a leading learning management system courseware plugin for WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Management System Plugin)
The WPCourseware plugin is used by over 7,000 businesses online and makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
Courses in WPCourseware contain training modules and modules are built from course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add a new course, edit existing modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit settings, import/export data, edit training certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, giving you further customization options …
(WPCourseware Widget)
Courses can be completely customized and configured.
For example, you decide whether participants need to have completed a course section before they can advance through to the next section …
(Courses can be customized to suit your needs)
You can view information about all training courses ”at a glance” inside your WP dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View course details inside the admin dashboard)
If you already understand how WordPress works, you can create courses very quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and 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, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin options screen)
Adding modules and course units is as simple as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, videos, and any other kind 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” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you are done creating your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to insert courses and module information into pages using the plugin’s built-in shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you display course content on your pages and manage all of your course options from a central location …
(Creating professional-looking training courses is easy with WP Courseware)
Once your e-training course has been published, you can restrict access to registered students only …
(Users must log in and have permission to view your training content)
Go here to learn more about this plugin: WPCourseware
Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to add professional training courses to your website on your site:
Quick And Simple To Install And Configure. Be Up And Running In No Time.
WP Courseware installs like every other WP plugin. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your WP admin user area and activate.
Very Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Just create a new course, training 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 lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and students.
Use Different Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which allow you to add anything you would normally insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, like audio, videos, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Some additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Works with all themes: WPCourseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware works on all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WP Courseware offers WordPress users with many great features. Here are just some:
Course Outline & 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 your students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also navigate through their course using a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track student progress inside your dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Course Completion Certificates
Students who successfully complete training courses can receive a course completion certificate. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Customized certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export feature allows you to transfer your course to other sites.
User Notifications
WP Courseware lets you set up custom user notifications for trainees upon module or course completion and communicating on course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon passing course quizzes. You can also send out a mass email to your students with their final course grade with a single click …
(WPCourseware – Custom Email Notifications And User Messages)
Quizzes & Surveys
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Depending on how you decide 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. Surveys allow you to download CSV files with the survey results.
- The course grade book helps you track how your students are doing …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
e-Commerce And Membership Site Plugin Integration
WPCourseware integrates with many leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With Membership & e-Commerce Plugins)
User Testimonials
Below are just a few of the testimonials customers have written about the WP Courseware plugin:
“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
WP Courseware Plugin – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a training product.
WPCourseware lets you easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to complete certain tasks.
WP Courseware Support
WPCourseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, 100% refund guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and one year of support and upgrades with their purchase.
The plugin’s “Documentation” section inside the plugin’s settings menu explains how to use the shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 plugin training video tutorials …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Product Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This license option allows you to run WPCourseware on a single WordPress site. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This license enables you to run WPCourseware on ten WordPress web sites. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This allows you to install WPCourseware on 25 web sites. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Please Note: Current pricing for WPCourseware depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the product retails for the prices shown above. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the product author when you visit the plugin site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price:
Additional Information
For a demo video of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
We Recommend
If you plan to develop and sell e-courses, WPCourseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use plugin you need to know about.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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