Thanks to the internet, thousands of entrepreneurial companies and individuals are discovering new opportunities to profit from areas like providing online courses and elearning systems.
Electronic training, or “e-training,” is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where students don’t have direct face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
e-Training course sites like Udemy.com show that the e-Training industry is growing at a massive rate every year.
Udemy.com currently offers 30,000+ courses online on every topic imaginable, from IT & software and personal transformation, to courses about parenting & relationships and improving memory & study skills, etc …
(Udemy provides 30,000+ e-courses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for businesses that have unique content that can help transform the lives of others.
Online Training – Benefits & Drawbacks
Some of the challenges of planning and developing effective courses online include:
- Figuring out the,
- Employing popular tools that students can use immediately to start learning,
- Ensuring consistency across content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring learning outcomes,
- Grading student scores,
- Generating reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include lack of human contact, boredom and lack of student motivation, distractions, etc.
e-Learning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are an internet marketer, creating e-courses that help people gain the skills they need to advance further is a great way to attract new subscribers and monetize your website. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract new customers, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as a leader in your niche.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Every topic imaginable can be taught online.
(Got knowledge, skills or a passion for fashion 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 takes a lot of time. Chances are, however, that if you have been online for a while, you probably already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to create and sell training products and your site is driven by WordPress, then here is a powerful courseware solution that can help you.
Introducing …
WPCourseware – Learning Management System Courseware Plugin For WordPress
Plugin Description
WPCourseware is the leading WordPress course creation plugin.
(WP Courseware – Online Learning Management Plugin For WordPress)
7,000+ websites have the WPCourseware plugin installed. The software makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
In WPCourseware, e-Courses consist of training modules and training modules are built using course units, surveys, etc.
WP Courseware fully integrates with WordPress. The plugin adds its own menu section that lets you add new training courses, add or edit modules and units, add quizzes, edit settings, import/export data, create custom certificates of completion, view training documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware options menu)
WP Courseware also lets you add a widget in the sidebar, allowing users to monitor their course progress …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
The courses you add can be fully customized and configured.
For example, you can choose whether students need to have completed a training unit before they are allowed to advance through to the next unit …
(Courses can be customized to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of your training course information inside the WP dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View training course details inside the admin dashboard)
If you already understand WordPress, you can create courses quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
For example, you can 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 clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing drop-down menu options, rearranging elements around screens using drag and drop, etc …
(Plugin options area)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as creating and editing a WordPress post. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other form of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can order your content by dragging and dropping units inside modules inside the Ordering section …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished creating your unit, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” area …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware allows you to insert course and module information into pages using shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcode)
After publishing your page, your course will display to users with all the options you have added …
(Create professional training courses easily with WPCourseware)
After publishing your e-course, you can restrict access to the content to registered students only …
(Members must be logged in and have permission to access your training content)
More info: WPCourseware
Benefits
Here we have listed just a few of the benefits of using WP Courseware to add professional courses to your website on your WordPress website:
Ready To Go To Work In Minutes
WPCourseware installs just like every other WordPress plugin. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Training Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can create courses quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a new course, 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 Capability
The plugin lets you create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and add an unlimited number of participants to courses.
Add Different Content Types
Course units use WordPress custom types, which enable you to add any type of content you would normally insert into WordPress posts or pages besides text, such as videos, audio files, graphic elements, links, downloadable files, etc.
(Add different content types to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits include the following:
- Compatible with all WP themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Use on all devices: WPCourseware deliver content accross all devices.
Features
WPCourseware offers a number of great features to website owners. Here are just a few of these:
Course Outline
You can create course outlines or course progress pages via shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays the courses students have enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Student Progress
Students can also view their course progress with a dynamic custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside your dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatically Enroll Participants
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Course Certificate Distribution
At the end of a course, you can issue students who successfully complete courses with customized training certificates. Course certificates can be personalized with a custom background, logo, and signature …
(Customized training course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The export/import functionality allows you to set up training courses on another site.
User Messaging
WP Courseware lets you set up custom user notifications to congratulate trainees upon module and course completion and communicating on related administrative matters. You can also customize the quiz result email so your students can be congratulated upon completing course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails trainees with their final course grades with just one click …
(WP Courseware – Custom Email Notifications And Messages)
Add Quizzes And Surveys
Add a quiz or survey to course content …
(Surveys & Quizzes)
- Depending on your needs, you can use 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. You can also download a CSV file with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help track how well your students are progressing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Section – WPCourseware)
Integrates With WordPress e-Commerce & Membership Plugins
WP Courseware works with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With Membership & e-Commerce Plugins)
User Testimonials
Below are just some testimonials users have written about WP Courseware:
“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 marketing yourself online for a while, you probably already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a digital product.
WPCourseware lets you easily convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if there are a number of great instructional articles and step-by-step tutorials published on your website or blog, you probably have a product partially created …
(Convert any 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 e-training courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourcing tasks.
Support
WPCourseware is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, thirty day, complete money-back 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 area provides examples of the shortcodes …
(WPCourseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of plugin training video tutorials …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Product Licensing Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site Licensing – This enables you to configure WP Courseware on a single WordPress website. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This allows you to run WP Courseware on ten domains. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This license lets you use WP Courseware on 25 WordPress sites. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Note: Current pricing for WP Courseware can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the product retails for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual price set by the product seller when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing details:
Additional Product Information
For ”how-to” videos showing how the plugin works, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Download The Product
WPCourseware helps you develop and sell a training product fast. This is a powerful courseware solution you should definitely download.
For full details, visit the plugin website here:
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