Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are now finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like providing teaching and training courses online and e-learning.
Electronic training (e-Training) is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where learners don’t have direct face-to-face contact with the teacher or trainer.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
e-Training course sites like Udemy.com are strong indicators of the massive growth of the e-Learning industry.
Udemy currently offers over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics, from internet marketing and improving self esteem, to courses on stress management and improving your lifestyle, etc …
(Udemy.com offers over 30,000 e-courses covering all topics!)
The fact that the e-Training industry is growing and that anything can be taught online is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for individuals that have something to teach.
e-Courses – Benefits & Challenges
The internet provides many useful tools and a great environment for creating and selling online courses, but there are also significant drawbacks.:
- Figuring out the,
- Using popular tools that learners can intuitively use to ,
- Ensuring consistency across the content, branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Assessing scores,
- Generating useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include lack of human contact, boredom and potential lack of motivation, potential lack of focus, etc.
eLearning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are trying to expand your business online, creating a product that helps people gain useful skills is a great way to grow a list or develop another stream of revenue. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract customers, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about every imaginable topic can be turned into an e-course.
(Got an interest or business built around photography, landscaping or copywriting? Turn it into an elearning product!)
The problem 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 already have the building blocks of great training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to develop an online training course and your site is built with WordPress, then there’s a powerful WordPress plugin that can help you.
Announcing …
WPCourseware – WordPress Course Management System Plugin
Description Of Product
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up training courses and build e-learning products fast using WordPress.
(WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress)
The WPCourseware plugin is currently being used by over 7,000 businesses online and makes creating e-courses in WordPress simple.
A training course in WP Courseware consists of modules and training modules can contain course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with WordPress. The plugin adds an “options” menu that lets you create a new training course, add or edit modules and units, add quiz questions, edit plugin, import/export training content, edit certificates of completion, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WP Courseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a widget in the sidebar, giving users access to information about how they are progressing in the course …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
Your courses can be fully customized and configured.
For example, you can specify whether learners need to have completed a training section before they can advance through to the next unit …
(Course settings can be fully customized to suit your needs)
You can view course information “at a glance” and perform a range of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View details about your training courses inside the admin dashboard)
If you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create courses fast using familiar interfaces and functionality.
For example, you can easily add and edit your course title and description, 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, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Easily edit your course settings)
Adding modules and course units is as easy as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can include text, images, embedded media, and any other kind of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can reorganize the order of your training content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the ”Order Course” settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units settings area)
When you have finished creating your module, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
Your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware allows you to insert courses and module information into pages using shortcodes …
(WP Courseware shortcodes)
Shortcodes let you display course information on your pages and manage all of your course details from the plugin settings section …
(Creating professional-looking training courses is easy with WPCourseware)
After your training course has been published, you can restrict access to registered users only …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
Go here to learn more about the plugin: WP Courseware
Plugin Benefits
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to add professional courses to your website on your website:
Installation Is Easy, Fast And Simple
WPCourseware installs just like every plugin. Simply upload it to your Plugin folder via your WordPress admin user login and activate.
Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can quickly create training courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
Just create a course, training module, or 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 Capacity
WP Courseware lets you add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and course participants.
Use Different Content Types
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add any type of content you would normally insert into a WordPress post or pageWordPress posts or pages besides text, like embedded media, graphic elements, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Use different types of content to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Compatible with all themes: WP Courseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin allows you to deliver your training content across multiple devices.
Features
WP Courseware provides many features to WP users. Below we have listed a few of these:
Course Outline & Progress Page
You can create a course outline and course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays all the courses your students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through their course using a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside your dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Automatically Enroll New Course Participants
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Customized Training Certificates
Students who successfully complete your training courses can receive course completion certificates. You can add custom backgrounds, logos and signatures …
(Customized certificates of completion)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export feature allows you to move courses to other sites.
Email Messages
WP Courseware lets you set up custom user notifications to congratulate students upon module or course completion and communicating on related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated after completing training quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out a mass email to students with their final course grades with just one click …
(Custom Notifications – WP Courseware)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
You can add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Quizzes & Surveys)
- Depending on how you decide to structure the course, you can add 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 course grade book helps you track how your students are doing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WP Courseware)
Membership Site And eCommerce Plugin Integration
WPCourseware integrates with many WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With WordPress eCommerce & Membership Site Plugins)
User Feedback
Below are a couple of the testimonials and comments plugin users have provided for the WPCourseware 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, Author, Speaker, and E-Learning Expert
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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 content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new online training product.
WPCourseware lets you convert any post or page on your site into a course unit, so if there are some instructional articles and step-by-step tutorials published on your site, you probably have a partially-created product …
(Convert any WordPress page or post into a course unit)
You can use the export/import feature to build and sell training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable training courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourced tasks in your business.
Product Support
WPCourseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, 30 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” screen inside the plugin’s settings menu explains how to use the shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to complete ”how-to” videos …
(WP Courseware Documentation – How-To Videos)
Plugin Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Edition – This enables you to install WPCourseware on a single WordPress site. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This lets you activate WPCourseware on 10 sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This option lets you install WP Courseware on twenty-five web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: Current pricing for the product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. When we last checked, the software is selling for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin author when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing:
Additional Information
For a demo video of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Download The Product
If you would like to develop ecourses, WP Courseware is an inexpensive and professional WP plugin you need to know about.
For more details, visit the plugin website here:
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