Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are discovering new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic learning, or “e-learning,” is based on the concept of distance learning, where students have no direct face-to-face interaction with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
eTraining course sites like Udemy.com are indicative of the massive growth of the eLearning industry.
Udemy.com provides 30,000+ online courses on every subject imaginable, from web design and personal skills, to courses on building healthy relationships and hobbies, etc …
(Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ ecourses covering all topics!)
The fact that the eLearning industry is growing is not only great for people looking to acquire practical knowledge, but also for individuals that have something unique to share.
e-Courses – Opportunities And Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning online courses include:
- Working out the best training delivery method,
- Employing familiar tools that don’t require spending extra time learning,
- Ensuring consistency across content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Grading student scores,
- Generating useful reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account factors such as lack of face-to-face contact, boredom, loss of focus, etc.
e-Courses – A World Of Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating ecourses that teach new skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list and develop a new stream of revenue. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract new customers, establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost anything can be turned into an ecourse.
(Got a business or passion for photography, landscaping or creative writing? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, that if you have been marketing yourself online for a while, you already have the building blocks of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital product.
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell e-courses and your site is built using WordPress, there’s a great plugin that you need to check out.
Announcing …
WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management Plugin
Product Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up professional training courses and build e-learning products fast with WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Online Course Creation Plugin For WordPress)
Over 7,000 websites use the WP Courseware plugin. WP Courseware makes creating training courses in WordPress very simple.
A training course in WP Courseware comprises of modules and training modules can contain units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware integrates fully with WordPress. Once installed, the plugin adds a new section to the main menu that lets you add new training courses, edit course modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export training content, add certificates of completion, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, allowing users to monitor their course progress …
(WPCourseware Widget)
Courses can be fully customized and configured.
For example, you decide if course students need to have completed a course unit before they are allowed to progress through to the next unit …
(Course settings can be configured to suit your needs)
You can access an overview of your training course information inside the admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View details about all courses inside your WP dashboard)
If you are already familiar with how WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly and easily using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, issue course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(”Edit Course” section)
Adding modules and course units is as easy as creating 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 reorder your content by dragging and dropping units inside training modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished adding content to your module, just 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. You can use the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all of the content you have added …
(Create training courses with WP Courseware)
Once your training product has been published, your registered users can access it …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Plugin Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to add training courses to your site or blog on your WordPress website:
Fast Installation
WPCourseware installs like any WordPress plugin. Just upload a zip file containing the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand the way WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly using familiar interfaces and functions.
Simply create a course, training module, or course unit with content, and optional quiz or survey. Drag and drop to arrange the content and create a course outline using the plugin’s shortcodes or widget.
Unlimited Expansion Capability
The plugin allows you to create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Use Different Content Formats
Course units use WordPress custom types, which allow you to add anything you would normally insert into WordPress pages or posts besides text, like video, audio files, graphic elements, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include:
- Compatible with all WP themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Works on all devices: The plugin allows you to deliver content across multiple devices.
Features
WP Courseware offers a number of features to WordPress users. Here are some:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline and course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through your courses with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Enroll New Students Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Customized Certificates Of Completion
Students can receive a customized training course certificate. Training certificates can be customized with custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Certificates of completion)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export functionality allows you to transfer your course to other websites.
Custom Notifications
WPCourseware lets you set up custom email messages to congratulate trainees upon module and course completion and for communicating related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after passing the quiz. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email trainees with their final course grades with one click …
(Email Notifications – WPCourseware)
Add Surveys And Quizzes
Add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Add 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 a CSV file with survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help you track how students are progressing in a course …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
Membership Site & eCommerce Integration
WP Courseware integrates with many well-known WordPress ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Works With eCommerce & Membership Site Plugins)
User Feedback
Here are a couple of the testimonials and feedback plugin users have published 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
Plugin Tips
As mentioned earlier, 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 training product.
WPCourseware allows you to convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are some educational content like tutorials published on your website, you could already have a partially-created product …
(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 training courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks in your business.
Plugin Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, 100% refund 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 …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete plugin training video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Software Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This lets you configure WPCourseware on a single site. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This option allows you to activate WPCourseware on 10 WordPress sites. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License Edition – This license allows you to run WP Courseware on 25 WordPress web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The cost to purchase the WPCourseware product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. When we last checked, the product is being retailed for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual price set by the plugin developer when you visit the plugin website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the current price:
Additional Information
For demo videos of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Download The Product
WPCourseware helps you build and sell an etraining course quickly and easily. This is a powerful solution that you should definitely download and add to your site.
To learn more, visit the plugin website here:
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