Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial businesses and individuals are now finding new niches to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic learning, or “e-learning,” is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where learners have no direct face-to-face contact with the trainer or teacher.
The eTraining Industry Is Growing
eLearning course marketplaces like Udemy show that the eLearning industry is growing.
Udemy currently offers over 30,000 e-courses covery every subject imaginable, from design and growing your influence, to happiness and making better lifestyle choices, etc …
(Udemy provides 30,000+ courses online on every subject imaginable!)
The fact that the e-Training industry is growing is not only great for people looking to learn, but also for businesses that have unique and valuable information that can help transform the lives of others.
e-Training – Benefits And Challenges
Some of the challenges of planning e-training courses include:
- Working out the best way to deliver training content,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that don’t require spending additional time learning,
- Ensuring consistency of standards used throughout content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring results,
- Grading scores,
- Creating useful reports, certificates of completion
Additionally, you need to take into account important factors like the lack of human contact, boredom and potential lack of motivation, distracting environments, etc.
eCourses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell information products, creating products that teach useful subjects is a great way to grow a list and monetize your website. Product creation is one of the best ways to attract new customers, establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Anything can be turned into an elearning course.
(Got a business or passion for photography, landscaping or creative writing? Turn it into an ecourse!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch can take a lot of time. Chances are, however, you probably already have the building blocks of great content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital training product.
If your website is built using WordPress and you plan to create e-courses, there’s an inexpensive and professional solution you need to know about.
Announcing …
WPCourseware – Online Course Management Plugin For WordPress
Description
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets users set up professional training courses and build e-learning products quickly and easily with WordPress.
(WP Courseware – Online Learning Management System Plugin For WordPress)
Over 7,000 websites use WP Courseware. The plugin makes creating e-courses in WordPress very simple.
In WP Courseware, A training course contains training modules and modules contain units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware can be fully integrated with WordPress. The plugin adds a new section to your admin menu that lets you create a new training course, add or edit existing modules and units, edit quizzes and surveys, edit plugin, import/export data, edit certificates, view plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving you further customization options …
(WP Courseware Widget)
You can fully configure and customize all courses.
For example, you decide if course students must complete a course section before they are allowed to progress to the next section …
(Courses can be configured to suit your needs)
You can view course information ”at a glance” inside your WP dashboard and perform a number of actions (e.g. reorder modules, units and quizzes) …
(View training course information inside your WP dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit your course title and description, 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, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Easily edit course settings)
Adding modules and units is as simple as adding 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 reorder your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the Ordering screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units screen)
When you have finished creating your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
You can view a list of all of your course units in the “Course Units” section …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. You can use shortcodes to insert course and training module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all the options you have added …
(Creating training courses with WPCourseware)
After publishing your training product, you can restrict access to the content to registered users only …
(Members must log in and have permission to view your training content)
To learn more about this plugin go here: WPCourseware
Benefits Of Using WP Courseware
Below we have listed just some of the many benefits of using WP Courseware to add courses to your website or blog on your WordPress website:
Fast And Simple To Install And Set Up. Ready To Use In Very Little Time.
WPCourseware installs like every other WordPress plugin. Simply upload a zip file containing the plugin to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Create Courses Quickly
As mentioned earlier, if you are already familiar with the way WordPress works, you can quickly create courses using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply create a course, training 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 Expansion Capacity
WP Courseware allows you to add unlimited courses, modules, lessons, surveys, quizzes and users.
Use Different Content Formats
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which lets you add anything you would typically add to WordPress posts or pages besides text, like video, audio, graphic elements, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you want to create your training courses)
Additional plugin benefits include:
- Use with all themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Compatible with all devices: The plugin deliver training content accross all devices.
WPCourseware Features
WPCourseware provides many features to WP users. Below we have listed a few:
Course Outline
You can create a course outline and course progress page using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode is dynamic and displays all the courses your students have enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also navigate through their courses with a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Track course progress)
Automatically Enroll Students
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Customized Certificates Of Completion
Students who successfully complete your training courses can receive customized certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to course certificates …
(Training course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export feature lets you set up your course on another WordPress website.
Email Notifications
WP Courseware lets you set up custom email notifications for students upon module or course completion and communicating on other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails so your students can be congratulated after passing course quizzes. Additionally, you can also send out mass emails to students with their final grade with a single click …
(User Messaging – WP Courseware)
Quizzes & Surveys
Add quizzes and surveys to your course content …
(Add Quizzes & Surveys)
- Depending on how you choose to structure your course, 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 survey results.
- The instructor grade book helps track your student’s progress …
(WPCourseware – Edit Quiz/Survey Screen)
Membership And eCommerce Integration
WP Courseware can be used with many ecommerce and membership plugins …
(Integrates With Membership & eCommerce Sites)
User Feedback
Below are a few of the testimonials plugin users have submitted regarding WPCourseware:
“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
WP Courseware – Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new product.
WP Courseware lets you easily convert any page or post on your site into a course unit, so if there are a number of educational articles and step-by-step tutorials have already posted on your site, you probably have a product partially created …
(Convert any post or page into a course unit)
You can use the export/import feature to create and sell completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable e-courses, you can also use WP Courseware to train staff inhouse, or document instructions for outsourcing business tasks.
WP Courseware Plugin Support
The plugin is very well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 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” screen inside the plugin’s options and settings area explains how to use the shortcodes …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete set of ”how-to” video tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Video Tutorials)
Plugin Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This allows you to run WP Courseware on a single WordPress website. It includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site License – This allows you to use WPCourseware on 10 WordPress web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Licensing – This enables you to run WP Courseware on 25 WordPress web sites. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: The cost of purchasing the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the product is being retailed for the pricing shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the product author when you visit the product website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For demo videos of the plugin in action, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Get The Product
If you are searching for a cost-effective way to develop and sell e-training courses WP Courseware is a great courseware solution you need to know about.
For full details, check out the plugin here:
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