Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
e-Training is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where students do not have direct face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
e-Learning sites like Udemy show that the e-Training industry is growing.
Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 courses online covering all topics, from web design and growing your influence, to courses on better parenting and photography, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for individuals that have something to share.
e-Courses – Benefits & Drawbacks
Some of the challenges of planning, developing and implementing effective e-learning courses include:
- Working out delivery methods,
- Using easy-to-use tools that students can use intuitively to access the training content,
- Ensuring consistent standards are used throughout content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Grading scores,
- Generating reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account important factors such as lack of human contact, boredom, loss of focus, etc.
e-Courses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating courses that help people gain useful skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list and monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every topic where there is interest and demand to learn can be taught online.
(Got a passion or interest in photography, horticulture or creative writing? Turn it into an elearning product!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch is very time-consuming. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you already have the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to develop an online training product and your website is built with WordPress, then here’s a powerful courseware solution that can help you.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin
Product Description
WPCourseware is a leading online course management plugin for WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
7,000+ WordPress sites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. WPCourseware makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
A training course in WPCourseware consists of modules and training modules include units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you add new training courses, edit modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export your training content, create custom certificates of completion, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a widget in the sidebar, giving you further customization options …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
Your courses can be completely configured and customized.
For example, you can choose whether students need to have completed a course unit before they can progress to the next unit …
(Customize your course settings to suit your needs)
You can view details about all courses “at a glance” and perform a number of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View course details inside your admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create courses fast using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, issue certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” area)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished creating your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware uses a range of built-in shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the options you have configured …
(Create professional-looking training courses with WPCourseware)
After your training product has been published, registered members can access the content …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Below are just a few of the benefits of using WP Courseware to add courses to your WordPress web site on your web site:
Be Up And Running In Very Little Time
WP Courseware installs just like any regular WP plugin. Just upload it to your Plugin folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Just create a new course, module, or unit with course 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 Expandability
The plugin allows you to create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of enrollees to courses.
Add Any Kind Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would typically insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress posts or pages besides text, like audio files, video, graphic elements, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Additional benefits include the following:
- Compatible with all WordPress themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware deliver training content accross all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WP Courseware provides a number of features to website owners. Below we have listed a few:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline and 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 navigate through their courses using a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track student progress inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatically Enroll New Students
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Customized Course Certificates
At the end of a course, you can issue course participants who successfully complete your training courses with customized certificates of completion. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to certificates of completion …
(Certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export function lets you transfer courses to other websites.
User Messaging
WPCourseware allows you to set up custom email notifications for course participants after completing modules or courses and communicating on course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who successfully complete the quiz. You can also send out mass emails trainees with their final grades with just one click …
(WPCourseware – Email Notifications)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
You can add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you choose to build the course.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. Surveys allow you to download CSV files with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help you track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area)
eCommerce And Membership Site Plugin Integration
WPCourseware can be used with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Membership And eCommerce Plugin Integration)
Testimonials
Here are a couple of the testimonials and feedback users have written about WPCourseware:
“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 marketing your business online for a while, you probably already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
WPCourseware lets you easily convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if you already have loads of great educational content like step-by-step tutorials.
Support
WPCourseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, complete refund 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 options and settings menu explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” videos …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Product Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This lets you use WP Courseware on a single web site. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This allows you to install WPCourseware on ten WordPress sites. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This license lets you use WPCourseware on 25 WordPress web sites. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost of purchasing the WP Courseware product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the software retails for the pricing shown above. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the product author when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price:
Additional Info
For demo videos showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Download The Product
WPCourseware will help you create and sell e-courses quickly and easily. This is a great courseware solution that you should definitely download.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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