Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like providing teaching and training courses online and e-learning.
Electronic learning (eLearning) is is the technological equivalent of distance learning, where students have no face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
eLearning course sites like Udemy.com show that the e-Training industry is growing.
Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ e-courses covery every topic imaginable, from business and building self-esteem, to courses on stress management and photography, etc …
(Udemy.com offers over 30,000 courses online covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Training industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for individuals that have valuable knowledge that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Courses – Benefits & Challenges
The internet provides benefits and opportunities for developing and selling ecourses, but there are also a number of drawbacks and challenges.:
- Working out the best training content delivery method,
- Employing popular tools that don’t require spending additional time learning,
- Ensuring consistency of standards used in content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading student scores,
- Generating reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include the lack of face-to-face interaction, learner boredom, distracting environments, etc.
eCourses – A World Of Possibilities
If you are trying to grow your business online, creating an ecourse that helps people gain practical knowledge is a great way to grow a list and develop a new stream of revenue. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your industry or niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Every imaginable topic can be turned into a learning product.
(Got an interest or passion for fashion photography, gardening or copywriting? Turn it into an ecourse!)
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 loads of useful training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a training product.
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create and sell teaching products and your website is built with WordPress, here’s a great WordPress solution that you may want to consider adding to your site.
Introducing …
WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products fast with WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Learning Management Plugin)
The WPCourseware plugin is used by thousands of businesses online and makes creating etraining courses in WordPress simple.
Courses in WPCourseware comprise of modules and modules are built using course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu item that lets you create a new training course, edit existing course modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export your data, modify certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, allowing users to view their course progress …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can fully customize and configure all of your courses.
For example, you can decide if course participants need to have completed a course unit before they are allowed to progress through to the next section …
(Configure your course settings to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of all training courses inside your WP dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View details about your training courses inside your admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can create courses quickly using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, provide course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting drop-down menu options, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(”Edit Course” area)
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 reorder your content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the ”Order Course” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished creating your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use 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 and settings you have added …
(Creating professional-looking training courses with WPCourseware)
After publishing your etraining product, authorized users can access it …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
Learn more here: WP Courseware
Benefits
Here are just some of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to create professional courses online on your web site:
Quick And Easy To Install And Configure. Ready To Go To Work In Very Little Time.
WPCourseware is very easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Training Courses In Minutes
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
Just 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 Capability
The WPCourseware plugin lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and students.
Add Different Content Types
Course units use WordPress custom types, which enable you to add any type of content you would typically add to a WordPress post or pageWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as audio, videos, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Use with all themes: WPCourseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin works on all devices.
Features
WPCourseware offers many great features to WP users. Here are some:
Course Outline
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also view their course progress using a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Course Completion Certificates
Issue course participants with customized training certificates. Training certificates can be customized with a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Customized certificates of completion)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import functionality allows you to set up a course on a different WP site.
User Messaging
WP Courseware allows you to create custom user notifications to congratulate course participants upon module and course completion and to communicate course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who pass the quiz. You can also send out a mass email to your students with their final grades with a single click …
(WPCourseware – Custom Notifications)
Quizzes & Surveys
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Surveys & Quizzes)
- Depending on your needs, you can use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes.
- 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 a CSV file with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help track how well your students are progressing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WP Courseware)
Integrates With WordPress Membership & e-Commerce Sites
WPCourseware can be used with many ecommerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce And Membership Plugin Integration)
Testimonials
Below are some of the testimonials and feedback plugin customers have submitted regarding 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
Product Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
WPCourseware allows you to convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, 100% 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 menu provides examples of the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Software Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This enables you to set up WPCourseware on a single web site. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This license allows you to set up WPCourseware on 10 web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This edition lets you use WPCourseware on 25 domains. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: The price of the WP Courseware product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the current pricing when this review was published. This may or may not be the actual price set by the software author when you visit the product website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest price:
Additional Product Information
For ”how-to” videos showing how the plugin works, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Install The Product
WP Courseware will help you develop and sell e-courses fast. This is a powerful WP solution that you should definitely consider using on your site.
For more information, visit the plugin website here:
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