Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from areas like online training and education.
Electronic training (eTraining) is based on the concept of distance learning, where students don’t have face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
e-Training course sites like Udemy are strong indicators of the growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy.com provides 30,000+ e-courses covering all topics, from office productivity and growing your influence, to building healthy relationships and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy provides over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Learning industry is growing and that so many topics can be taught online is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for businesses that have something unique to share.
e-Learning – Opportunities And Drawbacks
Some of the challenges of planning, developing and implementing courses online include:
- Figuring out content delivery methods,
- Employing easy-to-use tools and technologies that students can use immediately to ,
- Ensuring consistency across content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Assessing student performance,
- Generating useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of human contact, lack of student motivation, distracting environments, etc.
eLearning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating e-learning courses that teach others useful things is a great way to grow a list or monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract new customers, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your niche or industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Anything can be turned into an etraining course.
(Got a business or passion for fashion photography, horticulture or creative writing? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. Chances are, however, that if you have been online for a while, you probably already have the building blocks of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create elearning courses and your site is driven by WordPress, there’s a powerful courseware solution you may want to look into.
Announcing …
WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Plugin
WP Courseware is a leading WordPress course creation plugin.
(WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress)
7,000+ websites use WPCourseware. The plugin makes creating e-courses in WordPress simple.
In WP Courseware, courses comprise of modules and modules are built using course units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create new training courses, edit course modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit settings, import/export your course information, create custom certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, allowing you to further customize your course options …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can completely customize and configure your courses.
For example, you can specify whether course participants need to have completed a training unit before they are allowed to progress to the next section …
(Course settings can be customized to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of all training course details inside the admin dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View training course information inside the WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
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 data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Easily edit course settings)
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 kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can arrange the order of your content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” section …
(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 display in a table in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. You can use the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert courses and training module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the content you have added …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
After publishing your training product, it can be viewed by authorized users …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WP Courseware
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WP Courseware to create professional courses online on your WordPress website:
Fast And Easy To Install And Implement. Be Up And Running In Minutes.
WPCourseware installs just like any plugin. Simply upload it to your Plugins folder via your admin section and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a new course, training module, or unit with course content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to organize the course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expansion Capability
WPCourseware lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and students.
Add Different Content Formats
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add any type of content you would typically insert into a WordPress post or pageWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as embedded media, graphic elements, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different content types to create your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include:
- Use on all WordPress themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware deliver content that can be viewed on all devices.
Features
WP Courseware offers many features to WordPress users. Here are just a few of these:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also navigate through their courses with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Course Certificates
Issue course participants with course certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to course completion certificates …
(Customized course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export function allows you to set up a course on another site.
Custom Email Notifications
WP Courseware lets you create custom email notifications for trainees after completing modules or courses and for communicating related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after passing a quiz. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to your students with their final grade with one click …
(WPCourseware – Custom Email Notifications And Messages)
Surveys And Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Depending on how you choose to structure the course, you can add 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. You can also download a CSV file with survey results.
- The course grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
Membership Site And eCommerce Plugin Integration
WPCourseware can be used with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With eCommerce & Membership Sites)
Feedback From Users
Here 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
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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
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 training product.
WPCourseware lets you 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 well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, full 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 explains how to use the shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Product License Price
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This license option enables you to use WPCourseware on a single website. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Edition – This lets you set up WP Courseware on 10 web sites. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This license enables you to install WP Courseware on 25 WordPress websites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: Current pricing for WP Courseware depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the software is selling for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual pricing set by the product 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 the latest price:
Additional Product Info
For a demo video showing how the software works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Download This Plugin
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to develop ecourses WPCourseware is a great plugin that you should look into.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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