Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from in areas like providing online courses and elearning.
Electronic training (eTraining) is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Learning Industry Is Growing
e-Training sites like Udemy show that the e-Learning industry is growing.
Udemy provides over 30,000 e-courses covery every topic imaginable, from web design and growing your influence, to courses about happiness and making better lifestyle choices, etc …
(Udemy currently offers over 30,000 online courses covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Learning industry is growing and that so many topics can be taught online is not only great for people looking to gain the skills they need, but also for businesses that have unique educational content that can help transform the lives of others.
eCourses – Opportunities & Challenges
The digital medium provides benefits and opportunities for developing and selling online courses, but there are also many challenges.:
- Working out the best training delivery method,
- Employing familiar tools that course students can intuitively use to access the content,
- Ensuring consistent methods are applied throughout the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Assessing student performance,
- Providing reports, certificates of completion
You also need to take into account important factors like the lack of human contact, potential lack of student motivation (e.g. boredom), distractions, etc.
Online Training – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are trying to expand your business online, creating etraining courses that help people gain practical skills is a great way to grow a list or monetize your website. 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. Almost every topic imaginable can be turned into an online training course.
(Got knowledge, skills or business interest in commercial photography, gardening or creative writing? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem is that creating “how to” ebooks and training courses from scratch is very time-consuming. If you have been marketing your business online for a while, however, you probably already have the building blocks of great content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a digital training product.
If you’re searching for an inexpensive way to create e-courses and your website is powered by WordPress, this article will introduce you to a powerful courseware solution that can help you.
Introducing …
WPCourseware – Online Learning Management Plugin For WordPress
Description
WP Courseware is a leading online learning management system plugin for WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin)
The WPCourseware plugin is currently being used by 7,000+ businesses online and makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
Training courses in WP Courseware include modules and modules include course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with any WordPress site. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new course, edit modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit settings, import/export course information, add certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a widget in your sidebar, allowing users to monitor their own course progress …
(WP Courseware Sidebar Widget)
You can fully configure and customize all of your courses.
For example, you can choose if learners need to have completed a course unit before they are allowed to advance through to the next section …
(Courses can be configured to suit your needs)
You can view course information “at a glance” and perform various types of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View details about your courses inside your dashboard)
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you can quickly create training courses using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit course titles and descriptions, set user access, customize messages and user notifications, issue certificates of completion for courses and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Edit course options easily)
Adding modules and units is as simple as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you are done creating your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a table containing all of your course units in the “Course Units” section …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WPCourseware lets you insert course and training module information into pages using the plugin’s built-in shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all of the information you have configured …
(Creating professional-looking training courses with WP Courseware)
After publishing your e-course, you can restrict content access to registered students only …
(Users must be logged in and have permission to view your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WPCourseware
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WPCourseware to create training courses online on your site:
Fast And Simple To Install And Set Up. Ready To Start Using In Minutes.
WP Courseware installs just like any other WP plugin. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar interfaces and functions.
Simply create a new course, training 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 WP Courseware plugin allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and course participants.
Use Different Types Of Content
Course units use WordPress custom types, which enable you to add anything you would typically add to WordPress posts or pages besides text, like audio, videos, images, hyperlinks, downloadable files, etc.
(Use different types of content in your training courses)
Some additional benefits of using this plugin include the following:
- Works with all WP themes: The plugin integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: WPCourseware works on all devices.
Product Features
WP Courseware provides many features to WP users. Here are a few of these:
Course Outline
You can create course outlines or course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also navigate through their courses using a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Enroll Course Participants Automatically
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Training Certificates
Provide course participants with certificates of completion. Course certificates can be customized with custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Customized certificates of completion)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import option allows you to set up training courses on another WP website.
Email Notifications
WPCourseware lets you set up custom user notifications to congratulate trainees upon module and course completion and for communicating course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated upon completing course quizzes. You can also send out a mass email to your students with their final course grade with a single click …
(Custom Notifications – WP Courseware)
Add Surveys & Quizzes
You can add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Surveys & Quizzes)
- Depending on how you decide to build the course, you can use course progress blocking or non-blocking quizzes.
- 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 a CSV file with the survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help you track your student’s progress …
(WP Courseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Works With WordPress Membership & eCommerce Sites
WP Courseware works with many leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Works With eCommerce & Membership Site Plugins)
Testimonials
Below are some of the testimonials that plugin 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 marketing your business online for a while, you probably already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a training product.
WP Courseware allows you to easily convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if you have published lots of instructional content like step-by-step tutorials.
Plugin Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, 100% money-back 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 area provides examples of the shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to over 15 “how-to” tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – How-To Videos)
Plugin Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This allows you to set up WPCourseware on a single website. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License Edition – This license lets you use WP Courseware on ten domains. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site License – This allows you to run WP Courseware on 25 sites. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: The price of the WPCourseware software can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the software is being retailed for the pricing shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged 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 current pricing details:
Additional Information
For ”how to” videos of the plugin in action, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Install The Product
If you’re searching for a cost-effective way to develop an online training product, WP Courseware is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use plugin you should check out.
For more information, check out the plugin here:
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