Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from areas like online training and education.
Electronic training (e-Training) is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where learners do not have face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
e-Training course marketplaces like Udemy.com are strong indicators of the explosive growth of the eLearning industry.
Udemy.com offers 30,000+ courses online covering all topics, from marketing and growing your influence, to courses on happiness and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy.com provides 30,000+ e-courses covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Training industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for businesses that have valuable knowledge to teach.
eTraining – Opportunities And Drawbacks
The digital medium provides tools and technologies for creating and selling online courses, but there are also significant challenges.:
- Working out training delivery methods,
- Using familiar tools and technologies that do not require spending additional time learning,
- Ensuring consistency of methods used throughout content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing scores,
- Providing useful reports, completion certificates
Additionally, you need to take into account factors like the lack of human contact, student boredom, loss of focus, etc.
eLearning – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell information-based products, creating an ecourse that helps people learn useful skills is a great way to grow a list and monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Anything can be turned into an e-course.
(Got a passion or interest in commercial photography, horticulture or writing sales copy? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch tends to be very time-consuming. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you probably already have the building blocks of great training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a training product.
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell ecourses and your website is built using WordPress, then let me introduce you to a great courseware plugin that you should look into.
Let’s Review …
WPCourseware – Online Learning Management System Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Plugin
WPCourseware is the leading learning management system courseware plugin for WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
The WP Courseware plugin is currently being used in thousands of WordPress sites and makes creating courses in WordPress simple.
Courses in WP Courseware consist of modules and modules can contain units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu section that lets you add new training courses, add or edit existing modules and units, add quizzes, edit plugin, import/export your course information, modify training certificates, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, allowing users to view their course progress …
(WP Courseware Widget)
You can completely customize and configure all of your courses.
For example, you decide if course students must complete a course section before they can progress to the next section …
(Configure course settings to suit your needs)
You can view course details “at a glance” and perform a number of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View information about all training courses inside your admin dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit the course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, provide course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(”Edit Course” area)
Adding modules and course units is as simple as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, videos, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you are done adding content to your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. You can use the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert course and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you display training course content on your pages and manage all of your course options from the plugin settings section …
(Training course created with WPCourseware)
After publishing your training product, it can be viewed by logged in members with exclusive access permission …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WP Courseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just some of the many benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to create professional courses online on your WordPress web site:
Quick And Easy To Install And Implement. Be Up And Running In No Time.
WPCourseware installs like every WordPress plugin. Just upload a zip file containing the plugin to your Plugins folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Create Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Simply create a course, module, or course unit with 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 Capacity
The WP Courseware plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and course participants.
Use Different Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which allows you to add anything you would typically add to WordPress pages or posts besides text, such as audio, videos, images, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Additional benefits include:
- Works with all WordPress themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware works on all devices.
Features
WPCourseware offers site owners with many great features. Here are some of those:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create course outlines and course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also navigate through their courses with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Training Course Certificates
Students who successfully complete your training courses can be issued with a customized certificate of completion. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Customized certificates of completion)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export feature lets you set up training courses on another site.
User Messaging
WPCourseware allows you to create custom user messages to congratulate students after completing modules or courses and communicating on related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who complete the quiz. You can also send out mass emails to your students with their final course grade with one click …
(Custom Notifications – WPCourseware)
Add Surveys And Quizzes
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- 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. You can also download CSV files with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help you track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
Works With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Sites
WPCourseware can be used with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Membership & eCommerce Plugin Integration)
Testimonials
Below are a couple of the testimonials that plugin users have submitted regarding 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, 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
WPCourseware Plugin – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
WPCourseware lets you convert any any WordPress post or page into a course unit, so if there are some instructional content like tutorials have already posted on your site, you probably already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress page or post into a course unit)
You can use the export/import feature to create and sell completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourcing business tasks.
Support
WP Courseware is very well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, full 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 settings menu provides examples of the shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete ”how-to” videos …
(Plugin Documentation – How-To Video Tutorials)
Product Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This allows you to set up WP Courseware on 1 website only. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This license option allows you to activate WP Courseware on ten websites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This lets you configure WP Courseware on 25 web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: The price of the WPCourseware software can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the price when this content was published. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin seller when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing information here:
Additional Information
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Download The Plugin
WP Courseware will help you develop a training course quickly and easily. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use WP plugin you should definitely consider using.
For more information, visit the plugin website:
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