Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
e-Learning is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where learners do not have direct face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
eTraining course marketplaces like Udemy.com are indicative of the tremendous growth of the eTraining industry.
Udemy.com provides 30,000+ e-courses covering all topics, from office productivity and growing your influence, to courses on building healthy relationships and motivation, etc …
(Udemy.com offers 30,000+ ecourses on every subject imaginable!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for individuals that have valuable educational content to teach.
Online Learning – Benefits And Challenges
The internet provides benefits and opportunities for developing and selling online training courses. e-Learning tools include Learning Management Systems (LMS), online videos, video-conferencing apps, audio training, forums, eBooks, etc. There are, however, some drawbacks involved in planning and developing effective courses online.
Some of these include:
- Working out the best methods to deliver training content,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that do not require spending additional time learning,
- Ensuring consistent methods are used throughout the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Assessing student scores,
- Creating useful reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include lack of face-to-face interaction, lack of student motivation, distractions, etc.
eCourses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a digital product creator, creating a product that helps people acquire practical knowledge and skills is a great way to grow a list and develop an online stream of revenue. Product creation is one of the best ways to build a loyal customer base, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be turned into a learning product.
(Got skills, knowledge or business interest in commercial photography, landscaping or writing sales copy? Turn it into an e-training product!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. If you have been marketing your business 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 training product.
If your site is powered by WordPress and you want to develop training products, there’s an inexpensive and powerful solution that can help you.
Our WordPress Product …
WPCourseware – WordPress Course Management Plugin
Description
WP Courseware is a leading online learning management plugin for WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Management Plugin For WordPress)
WPCourseware is currently being used on over 7,000 WP websites and makes creating learning courses in WordPress simple.
A course in WP Courseware contains training modules and modules can include course units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create new courses, add or edit course modules and units, add quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export your course information, edit training certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, giving you further customization options …
(WP Courseware Widget)
Your courses can be completely configured and customized.
For example, you decide whether course participants need to complete a course unit before they can progress to the next unit …
(Course settings can be configured to suit your needs)
You can view training course information “at a glance” and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View course information inside the WP dashboard)
If you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WP interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and notifications, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” screen)
Adding modules and units is as easy as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your training content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the ”Order Course” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you have finished adding content to your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all of your course units in the “Course Units” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to insert courses and module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
With shortcodes, you can add training course content to your pages and manage all of your course options from the plugin settings section …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
After your training product is published, the content can be viewed by logged in your registered members …
(Members must log in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more: WP Courseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Below are just a few of the benefits of using WPCourseware to add professional training courses to your website on your WordPress site:
Fast And Simple To Install And Set Up. Be Up And Running In Minutes.
WP Courseware installs like every plugin. Just upload it to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Just create a 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 Capacity
The plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and users.
Add Any Type Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would normally insert into WordPress posts or pages besides text, such as embedded media, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want to create your training courses)
Additional benefits include:
- Compatible with all WordPress themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin deliver content accross all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WPCourseware provides WordPress users with many features. Below we have listed just a few:
Course Outline And Progress Page
You can create course outlines or course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses your students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through their courses with a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track student progress inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatic Enrollment
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Course Certificates
At the end of a course, you can issue students with course certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to training course certificates …
(Course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export feature allows you to set up training courses on a different WP website.
User Messaging
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom user messages for students after completing modules or courses and to communicate other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon successfully completing course quizzes. You can also send out mass emails to students with their final grade with just one click …
(Email Notifications – WP Courseware)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
You can add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Surveys & Quizzes)
- Use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on your needs.
- 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 survey results.
- The course grade book will help track how your students are progressing …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Works With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Plugins
WPCourseware integrates with many ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With WordPress Membership & e-Commerce Sites)
Feedback From Users
Below are just some testimonials and comments that plugin users have written about the WPCourseware 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, 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 website or blog that can be leveraged into a training product.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are some educational content like tutorials have already posted on your website, you could already have a product partially created …
(Convert any post or page into a course unit)
You can use the export/import feature to create and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks in your business.
Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, full refund guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and one 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 a complete set of ”how-to” videos …
(Plugin Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Product Licensing Price
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This lets you run WP Courseware on one web site only. Cost includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This lets you run WP Courseware on ten WordPress websites. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This allows you to configure WPCourseware on twenty-five WordPress web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The cost to purchase WP Courseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the software is selling for the pricing shown above. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the product seller when you visit the plugin site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Product Information
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
In Conclusion
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell an online training course, The WPCourseware plugin is a powerful courseware plugin that you may want to consider using on your site.
For full details, visit the plugin website:
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