Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from areas like online training and education.
Electronic training, or “e-training,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students have no face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
Online education marketplaces like Udemy.com are strong indicators of the tremendous growth of the e-Training industry.
Udemy.com offers 30,000+ ecourses on every topic imaginable, from marketing and personal brand building, to courses about parenting & relationships and music, etc …
(Udemy provides over 30,000 courses online on every topic imaginable!)
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 to teach.
Online Learning – Benefits And Drawbacks
The digital medium provides many useful tools and a great environment for creating and selling e-courses, but there are also many drawbacks and challenges.:
- Figuring out training delivery methods,
- Using familiar tools that course students can use to ,
- Ensuring consistency of standards used in content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing scores,
- Creating useful reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account important factors like the lack of face-to-face contact, boredom, distractions, etc.
e-Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell information products, creating an ecourse that teaches people useful skills is a great way to attract new subscribers or monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to build a customer base, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about every imaginable subject can be taught online.
(Got a passion for photography, gardening or writing sales copy? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem with product creation, however, is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. If you have been online for a while, however, you probably already have loads of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to create an online training product and your site is built with WordPress, then here is a great courseware solution that you need to keep in mind.
Our Featured WordPress Plugin Is …
WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management Plugin
Description Of Plugin
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up e-courses and build e-learning products quickly using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress)
WP Courseware is currently being used on 7,000+ websites and makes creating e-training courses in WordPress simple.
A training course in WPCourseware consists of modules and training modules comprise of units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. The plugin adds a new section to your menu that lets you create new training courses, add or edit modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export your course information, modify training certificates, access training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a widget in the sidebar, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can fully customize and configure all of your courses.
For example, you can specify whether course students need to complete a training section before they are allowed to progress through to the next section …
(Courses can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can view information about all courses “at a glance” and perform a number of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View course information inside your WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize user messages and notifications, create certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Plugin options area)
Adding modules and units is as easy as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, videos, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your training content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course” section …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished creating your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of all course units in the “Course Units” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware uses a range of shortcodes to insert courses and training module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
Shortcodes let you display training course information on your pages and manage all of your course options from your dashboard …
(Creating professional training courses with WPCourseware)
After your training product has been published, members must log in and have permission to access your training content …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details go here: WPCourseware
Product Benefits
Here we have listed just some of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to add courses to your website or blog on your WordPress web site:
Installation Is Easy & Simple
WP Courseware is quite easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugins folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create courses very quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Just create a new course, module, or unit with 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 Capacity
The plugin lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and enrollees.
Use Different Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would typically add to WordPress pages or posts besides text, like audio files, video, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want in your training courses)
Additional benefits include the following:
- Use with all themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works on all devices: The plugin deliver training content accross all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WP Courseware offers WordPress users with many features. Below we have listed just some of these features:
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.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also view their course progress with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Automatically Enroll New Participants
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Course Certificates
Students who successfully complete your training courses can receive a certificate. Course certificates can be personalized with a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Customized course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export function lets you set up a course on another WP website.
Email Notifications
WP Courseware lets you create custom user messages for students after completing modules and courses and communicating on course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who pass the quiz. You can also send out mass emails to your students with their final grade with one click …
(WP Courseware – Custom Email Notifications And Messages)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
Add quizzes and surveys to course content …
(Add 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. You can also download a CSV file with survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help you track your student’s progress …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Membership & eCommerce Integration
WP Courseware can be used with many ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With eCommerce & Membership Site Plugins)
Feedback From Users
Below are a few of the testimonials and feedback plugin users 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
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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 probably already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
WP Courseware lets you convert any any WordPress page or post 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, thirty 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” screen inside the plugin’s settings menu provides examples of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” videos …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Product Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This lets you install WP Courseware on a single website. Pricing includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This lets you install WP Courseware on ten WordPress web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This enables you to set up WP Courseware on 25 web sites. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Pricing details of the product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The price shown above was current when this review was written. This may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin developer when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing information here:
Additional Plugin Information
For a demo video showing how the plugin works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Download This Plugin
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to create and sell etraining courses, WP Courseware is a great solution you should definitely look into.
For more details, visit the plugin website here:
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