Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are now finding new opportunities to profit from areas like online education.
e-Training is based on the concept of distance learning, where learners don’t have direct face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
eTraining course marketplaces like Udemy are strong indicators of the growth of the eLearning industry.
Udemy.com currently offers over 30,000 ecourses covery every subject imaginable, from IT & software and developing influence, to courses about stress management and improving memory & study skills, etc …
(Udemy provides 30,000+ online courses covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Learning industry is growing and that anything can be taught online is not only great for people looking to learn new skills, but also for businesses that have unique educational content to teach.
Online Learning – Opportunities & Drawbacks
Some of the drawbacks of developing training courses online include:
- Working out delivery methods,
- Employing familiar tools and technologies that learners can instinctively use to access the content,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, course branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Grading student performance,
- Creating useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include the lack of human contact, student boredom, potential lack of focus, etc.
eCourses – A World Of Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating a product that helps people acquire useful skills is a great way to grow a subscriber list or develop another stream of revenue. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to build a customer base, 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 taught online.
(Got knowledge, skills or an interest in commercial photography, landscaping 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 tends to be very time-consuming. Chances are, however, that if you have been marketing your business online for a while, you probably already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If your site is built using WordPress and you want to create an online training course, there’s a cost-effective and professional WordPress solution that can help you.
Our WordPress Product …
WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Description Of Plugin
WPCourseware is the leading WordPress learning management system plugin.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
WPCourseware is used by 7,000+ businesses online and makes creating e-courses in WordPress simple.
In WPCourseware, A training course comprises of training modules and training modules can contain units, quizzes, etc.
WPCourseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create new training courses, edit existing modules and units, add quiz questions, edit settings, import/export your training content, add certificates, view training documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a widget in the sidebar, allowing users to monitor their own progress …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
You can fully customize and configure all of your courses.
For example, you can specify whether participants need to have completed a course unit before they can progress to the next section …
(Configure your course settings to suit your needs)
You can view course details ”at a glance” inside the admin dashboard and perform various types of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View course details inside the WP dashboard)
If you are already familiar with how WordPress works, you can create courses quickly and easily using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and notifications, create course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Plugin ”Edit Course” section)
Adding training modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, videos, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorder your units inside training modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done creating your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing your course units in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware allows you to insert courses and training module information into pages using a range of shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcode)
Shortcodes let you add course content to your pages and manage all of your course options from the plugin settings section …
(Training course created with WP Courseware)
After publishing your training course, it can be viewed by users with access permission …
(Members must log in and have permission to view your training content)
For more details go here: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WP Courseware
Here we have listed just some of the many benefits of using WPCourseware to create training courses online on your WordPress web site:
Quick And Simple To Install And Implement. Ready To Start Using In Minutes.
WPCourseware is really easy to install. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your WP admin login and activate.
Create Courses Quickly And Easily
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Just create a course, training module, or course unit with course 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 Capacity
WPCourseware lets you set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Use Different Types Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which enables you to add any type of content you would normally add to a WordPress page or postWordPress posts or pages besides text, such as embedded media, images, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want to create your training courses)
Additional benefits of using the plugin include the following:
- Use with all themes: The plugin works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware deliver training content accross all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WP Courseware provides WordPress users with a number of features. Here are just a few of these:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses your students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through your course 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 Participants
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Certificates Of Completion
Students can be issued with a training certificate. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Customized course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export option allows you to set up training courses on other websites.
Custom Email Notifications And User Messages
WP Courseware allows you to set up custom email messages to congratulate trainees upon module or course completion and to communicate course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after completing training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to your students with their final grade with one click …
(User Messaging – WP Courseware)
Surveys & Quizzes
Add a quiz or survey to your course content …
(Surveys And Quizzes)
- Depending on your needs, you can add course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes.
- Quizzes can be timed, paginated, and include customized feedback based on question tags.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. The survey feature allows you to download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Section)
Membership & eCommerce Integration
WPCourseware can be used with many leading WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(eCommerce And Membership Site Integration)
Feedback From Users
Below are a couple of the testimonials that users have published about 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
Useful Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you probably already have loads of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
WP Courseware allows you to easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if you already have some educational content like tutorials.
Plugin Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, complete 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 options and settings area explains how to use the available shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 ”how-to” video tutorials …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Software Pricing
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This option allows you to configure WP Courseware on a single WordPress website. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This edition allows you to run WPCourseware on 10 WordPress sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This license allows you to configure WPCourseware on twenty-five WordPress sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: The price of the WPCourseware product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. When we last checked, the plugin is selling for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the software author when you visit the plugin website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing information:
Additional Information
For ”how to” videos of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Get The Plugin
If you plan to create e-courses, WPCourseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use WordPress solution you may want to consider adding to your site.
For more details, visit the plugin website:
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