Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are discovering new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
e-Training is based on the concept of distance learning, where students have no face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
Online teaching marketplaces like Udemy are indicative of the growth of the eLearning industry.
Udemy.com offers over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics, from business and building self-esteem, to courses about creativity and motivation, etc …
(Udemy provides over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for businesses that have unique content to share.
e-Courses – Benefits And Challenges
The digital medium provides benefits and opportunities for developing and selling online training courses. e-Learning tools and technologies include Learning Management Systems, videos, video-conferencing apps, audio training, forums, downloadable reports, etc. There are, however, a number of drawbacks when it comes to planning, developing and implementing effective ecourses.
Some of the drawbacks include:
- Working out methods of delivering training content,
- Employing easy-to-use tools that learners can use instinctively to access the training content,
- Ensuring consistency of methods used in the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Assessing student scores,
- Creating reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account factors like lack of face-to-face contact, learner boredom, distractions that cause loss of focus, etc.
eLearning – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell information-based products, creating a product that helps people gain practical knowledge and skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list and monetize your website. Product creation is, after all, one of the best ways to build a customer base, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Anything can be taught online.
(Got a passion or interest in fashion photography, gardening or creative writing? Turn it into an e-training product!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you already have the building blocks of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a training product.
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to develop an online training course and your website is built with WordPress, here’s a powerful WordPress plugin that can help you.
Let’s Review …
WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management Plugin
Description Of Product
WP Courseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up professional training courses and build e-learning products fast with WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
The WPCourseware plugin is used by over 7,000 businesses online and makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
Courses in WP Courseware comprise of modules and training modules are built from course units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu item that lets you create new training courses, add or edit course modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export course information, create training certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a widget in your sidebar, allowing users to view their own course progress …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can fully configure and customize your courses.
For example, you can specify whether participants need to have completed a course section before they can advance through to the next unit …
(Courses can be customized to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of all training courses inside your admin dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View information about your training courses inside your WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can create training courses quickly and easily using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, issue 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, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” screen)
Adding training modules and units is as simple as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can arrange the order of your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the Ordering section …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished adding content to your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of your course units in the “Course Units” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you insert courses and training module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you add course information to your pages and manage all of your course details from the plugin settings section …
(Create training courses with WP Courseware)
After publishing your training course, your registered users can access the content …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
Go here to learn more about this plugin: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WP Courseware
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WP Courseware to add courses to your website on your WordPress website:
Easy Installation
WPCourseware is really easy to install. Just upload a zip folder that contains the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WP admin account and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create training courses fast using familiar interfaces and functions.
Simply create a course, 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 Expansion Capacity
The WPCourseware plugin lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and course participants.
Add Any Type Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which enable you to add anything you would normally add to WordPress posts or pages besides text, like audio, videos, graphic elements, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Works with all WP themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware allows you to deliver your content across multiple devices.
WP Courseware Features
WPCourseware offers many features to web site owners. Below we have listed just a few:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline or course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses your students have 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 students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatically Enroll New Course Participants
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Customized Course Certificates
Students can receive training certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to training course certificates …
(Training certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import option lets you set up training courses on a new WordPress website.
Email Notifications
WPCourseware lets you set up custom user notifications for trainees upon module and course completion and to communicate course-related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated after completing a quiz. You can also send out a mass email trainees with their final course grades with a single click …
(WPCourseware – Custom User Message)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Add Quizzes And 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. You can also download CSV files with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WP Courseware)
Works With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Sites
WP Courseware can be used with many leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership & eCommerce Integration)
Testimonials
Here are a couple of the testimonials and feedback that users have published 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
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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 the building blocks of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WPCourseware lets you convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if there are a number of educational articles and tutorials published on your website or blog, 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 completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable training courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourcing business tasks.
Support
WPCourseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, complete 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 options and settings area explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 ”how-to” videos …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Software Price
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This option lets you use WPCourseware on 1 WordPress site only. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Edition – This option enables you to use WPCourseware on 10 websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This lets you activate WP Courseware on 25 web sites. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The price of the WPCourseware plugin can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The pricing above was correct when this content was written. This may not be the actual price set by the plugin author when you visit the website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price:
Additional Plugin Info
For ”how to” videos showing how the software works, including help documentation 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 ecourses, The WPCourseware plugin is a great courseware plugin you may want to add to your site.
For more information, visit the plugin website:
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