Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are discovering new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online training and education.
e-Learning is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
e-Learning sites like Udemy show that the eLearning industry is growing.
Udemy offers 30,000+ e-courses covering all topics, from office productivity and personal brand building, to better parenting and music, etc …
(Udemy provides 30,000+ ecourses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for businesses that have unique information that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Courses – Opportunities & Challenges
Some of the drawbacks of planning, developing and implementing effective e-courses include:
- Working out methods of delivery,
- Employing easy-to-use tools and technologies that students can use intuitively to access the training content,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading student performance,
- Generating useful reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors like the lack of face-to-face interaction, lack of motivation, loss of focus, etc.
eTraining – A World Of Possibilities
If you plan to develop and sell information-based products, creating training products that teach useful subjects is a great way to attract new subscribers or develop a new stream of revenue. Creating products is one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every subject where there is strong interest and a demand to learn can be turned into an ecourse.
(Got a business or passion for fashion photography, landscaping or technical writing? Turn it into an e-learning course!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, 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 your site is built using WordPress and you are searching for an inexpensive way to create and sell ecourses there’s a powerful courseware plugin you may want to consider adding to your site.
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WPCourseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Description Of Plugin
WP Courseware is the leading online course creation software for WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin)
7,000+ WordPress sites have the WPCourseware plugin installed. WPCourseware makes creating e-courses in WordPress simple.
In WP Courseware, e-Courses comprise of training modules and training modules contain course units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu section that lets you create new courses, add or edit existing course modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit settings, import/export your data, create custom certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can completely customize and configure all courses.
For example, you can specify whether learners need to complete a course section before they can progress through to the next section …
(Courses can be fully configured to suit your needs)
You can view training course details “at a glance” and perform various types of actions (e.g. reorder modules, course units and quizzes) …
(View training course details inside your WP dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can create courses quickly and easily using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and notifications, issue certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering information into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, rearranging elements around screens using drag & drop, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” screen)
Adding training modules and units is as simple as adding and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, embedded media, 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 training modules inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished adding content to your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of all of your course units in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware uses the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert courses and training module information into pages …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all of the options and settings you have added …
(Creating professional training courses is easy with WP Courseware)
After your e-learning course is published, users must log in and have permission to view your training content …
(Members must log in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more about the plugin: WP Courseware
Plugin Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits of using WPCourseware to create courses online on your WordPress site:
Fast And Simple To Install And Configure. Ready To Go To Work In No Time.
WP Courseware is really easy to install. Simply upload a zip folder containing the plugin to your Plugin folder via your admin user login and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you already understand how WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Just create a course, module, or course 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 plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and users.
Use Different Content Formats
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which enables you to add any type of content you would typically insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, like embedded media, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add different content types to create your training courses)
Additional benefits include:
- Compatible with all themes: WPCourseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WP Courseware works on all devices.
Plugin Features
WPCourseware offers many features to WordPress users. Below we have listed a few of these:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline and course progress page via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode 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 using a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Progress-tracking features)
Enroll Course Members Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new participants.
Customized Training Course Certificates
Issue course participants with training certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures to course certificates …
(Certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export functionality lets you move your course to other sites.
Custom Notifications
WPCourseware lets you set up custom email notifications to congratulate students after completing modules and courses and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who successfully complete the quiz. You can also send out a mass email to students with their final grade with one click …
(WP Courseware – Email Messages)
Quizzes And Surveys
Add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Add Surveys And Quizzes)
- Use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes depending on how you decide to build your course.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download CSV files with survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Membership And e-Commerce Integration
WP Courseware integrates with leading ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Membership Site And eCommerce Plugin Integration)
User Feedback
Below are a couple of the testimonials and comments that users have submitted for 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
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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 training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
WPCourseware allows you to easily convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if there are a number of great instructional content like tutorials published on your website or blog, you could already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any page or post into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the export/import feature to build and sell completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-training courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourced business tasks.
Support
WPCourseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 day, complete 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 settings area explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to dozens of video tutorials …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Plugin Cost
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This license lets you use WP Courseware on a single domain. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This license enables you to install WPCourseware on 10 WordPress sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This license lets you use WP Courseware on twenty-five websites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The cost of purchasing WP Courseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the plugin is being retailed for the pricing shown above. This may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin 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 Information
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
We Highly Recommend This
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to develop and sell e-training courses WPCourseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware solution that you should definitely look into.
For complete details, visit the plugin website here:
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