Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are discovering new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online training and education.
e-Training is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where students do not interact face-to-face with the teacher or trainer.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
e-Training sites like Udemy show that the e-Training industry is growing at a massive rate.
Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ e-courses covering all topics, from IT & software and developing influence, to health and fitness and motivation, etc …
(Udemy provides over 30,000 online 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 unique and valuable content to teach others.
eTraining – Opportunities And Challenges
The digital medium provides benefits and opportunities for creating training courses online, but there are also many challenges.:
- Figuring out methods of delivery,
- Employing easy-to-use tools that course students can use immediately to access the content,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing student performance,
- Creating useful reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account factors such as the lack of face-to-face interaction, boredom, distracting environments, etc.
e-Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell products online, creating an e-course that teaches people new skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list or monetize your website. Creating products is one of the best ways to build a customer base, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about every subject where there is interest and demand to learn can be turned into a teaching course.
(Got a business or passion for fashion photography, gardening or creative writing? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, you probably already have the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create etraining products and your website is driven by WordPress, then here is a powerful solution that you should definitely look into.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress
Plugin Description
WP Courseware is the leading WordPress course creation plugin.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Creation WordPress Plugin)
7,000+ WordPress sites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. WPCourseware makes creating learning courses in WordPress very simple.
A training course in WPCourseware comprises of training modules and training modules contain course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new training course, edit course modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export your training content, edit training certificates, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware options menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about their course progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
Your courses can be completely configured and customized.
For example, you can decide if students must complete a course section before they can progress through to the next section …
(Configure your course settings to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your course details inside the WP dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View course information inside your admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of WordPress, you can create courses very quickly using familiar WP interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, create course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” area)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your training content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you insert courses and training module information into pages using the plugin’s built-in shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you add training course content to your pages and manage all of your course details from a central location …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
After publishing your e-course, the content can be accessed by logged in registered users …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Here are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to add professional training courses to your website or blog on your site:
Be Up And Running In Very Little Time
WPCourseware installs just like every other WP plugin. Simply upload a zip file containing the plugin files to your Plugin folder via your admin user section and activate.
Very Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with how 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 course and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Capacity
The WPCourseware plugin lets you create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of students to courses.
Use Different Types Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which let you add anything you would normally insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as video, audio, graphic elements, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you like in your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Use on all themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware works on all devices.
Features
WP Courseware provides many great features to WordPress users. Here are just a few:
Course Outlines
You can create course outlines or course progress pages via 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 course using a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Enroll Course Participants Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course students.
Course Completion Certificates
Students can be issued with a training course certificate. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to course certificates …
(Customized certificates of completion)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import option allows you to set up training courses on a new website.
User Notifications
WP Courseware lets you set up custom user messages to congratulate course participants upon module and course completion and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after completing the quiz. You can also send out a mass email to students with their final grade with one click …
(WP Courseware – User Messaging)
Surveys And Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Quizzes And Surveys)
- Add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you decide to build the course.
- 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 survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Integrates With Membership & eCommerce Plugins
WPCourseware can be used with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Works With e-Commerce & Membership Sites)
Testimonials
Here are a couple of the testimonials users have written about WPCourseware:
“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
WPCourseware – Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you probably already have plenty of useful training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
WPCourseware lets you convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if you have published lots of great instructional articles and step-by-step tutorials.
Product Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 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” screen inside the plugin’s options and settings area explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Product Price
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This license enables you to install WPCourseware on 1 WordPress web site only. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This option enables you to configure WP Courseware on 10 domains. Price includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This license option allows you to activate WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress websites. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: Pricing for the WP Courseware product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the price at the time this content was written. This may or may not be the actual price set by the product seller when you visit the site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Info
For demo videos showing plugin usage, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Install This Product
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to develop ecourses The WP Courseware plugin is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware solution that you may want to add to your site.
To learn more, visit the plugin website:
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