Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are finding new niches to profit from in areas like providing e-training courses and elearning management systems.
eLearning is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners don’t have direct face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
eLearning course sites like Udemy are strong indicators of the massive growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy.com offers over 30,000 online courses covering all topics, from design and personal finance, to courses about religion & spirituality and language learning, etc …
(Udemy provides over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for individuals that have something unique that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Learning – Benefits And Drawbacks
Some of the drawbacks of planning, developing and implementing e-learning courses include:
- Working out methods of delivering training content,
- Using popular tools and technologies that learners can instinctively use to get trained,
- Ensuring consistent methods are applied throughout content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Assessing student performance,
- Providing reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include the lack of human contact, student boredom, loss of focus, etc.
eLearning – A World Of Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating courses that help people gain practical knowledge is a great way to attract new subscribers and develop a new stream of revenue. Creating products is one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be taught online.
(Got a business or passion for commercial photography, horticulture or technical writing? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been online for a while, however, you already have the building blocks of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If your site is built using WordPress and you want to develop and sell ecourses, there’s a cost-effective and professional courseware solution that can help you.
Our WordPress Plugin …
WPCourseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress
Description
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up e-courses and build e-learning products quickly and easily using WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress)
7,000+ websites have the WPCourseware plugin installed. The software makes creating etraining courses in WordPress very simple.
A course in WPCourseware includes modules and training modules comprise of course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds a new section to your dashboard menu that lets you add a new course, edit existing course modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export your training content, modify certificates of completion, access training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a widget in your sidebar, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
You can fully configure and customize all of your courses.
For example, you can decide if students need to complete a training unit before they are allowed to progress to the next section …
(Courses can be fully configured to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your courses inside your admin dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View course details inside your admin dashboard)
If you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create training courses very quickly using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize 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, choosing drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Easily edit course details)
Adding modules and course units is as easy as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorganize the order of your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules 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 display in a table in the “Course Units” area …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. You can use a range of shortcodes to insert course and training module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the options you have added …
(Creating professional-looking training courses is easy with WPCourseware)
After publishing your training course, it can be accessed by authorized members …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
Go here to learn more: WP Courseware
Plugin Benefits
Here we have listed just some of the many benefits of using WPCourseware to add courses to your WordPress web site on your WordPress website:
Easy Installation
WPCourseware installs like any other WP plugin. Just upload it to your Plugins folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Simply create a new course, training module, or unit with content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to arrange the course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Capacity
WPCourseware allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and enrollees.
Use Different Content Formats
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would normally insert into a WordPress post or pageWordPress posts or pages besides text, like audio, videos, graphic elements, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want in your training courses)
Some additional benefits include:
- Compatible with all WP themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Use with all devices: The plugin works on all devices.
Features
WPCourseware offers many great features to web site owners. Here are just a few of these:
Course Outlines
You can create a course outline or course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also view their course progress with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll Course Members Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Course Certificates
Issue course participants who successfully complete courses with customized certificates of completion. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to certificates …
(Certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export option allows you to transfer your course to other sites.
Custom Notifications
WP Courseware lets you create custom email messages for trainees after completing modules or courses and for communicating other administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email to congratulate students who successfully complete a quiz. You can also send out a mass email to students with their final course grades with one click …
(Custom Email Notifications And User Messages – WPCourseware)
Add Quizzes & Surveys
You can add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- 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. Surveys allow you to download CSV files with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help you track your student’s progress …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
Integrates With Membership & eCommerce Sites
WP Courseware can be used with leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With e-Commerce & Membership Site Plugins)
Feedback From Users
Below are a couple of the testimonials and comments 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 – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if you have already published some “how to” articles and step-by-step tutorials.
WP Courseware Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, 100% money-back 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 settings menu provides a list of the shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of ”how-to” videos …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Plugin Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This license lets you install WPCourseware on a single site. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This lets you install WPCourseware on 10 domains. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This edition allows you to configure WP Courseware on twenty-five websites. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: Current pricing for WPCourseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the price when this content was published. This may not be the actual price charged by the plugin developer when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For a demo video showing how the plugin works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
The Bottom Line
If you want to develop and sell ecourses, the WP Courseware plugin is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use solution that you may want to consider using on your site.
For more details, visit the plugin website:
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