Thanks to the digital revolution, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are finding new opportunities to profit from areas like online education.
Electronic learning, or “e-learning,” is is the digital equivalent of distance learning, where students have no direct face-to-face interaction with the teacher or trainer.
The e-Training Industry Is Growing
eLearning course sites like Udemy show that the eTraining industry is growing.
Udemy.com offers 30,000+ online courses on every topic imaginable, from design and developing influence, to happiness and making better lifestyle choices, etc …
(Udemy currently offers 30,000+ ecourses covering all topics!)
This is not only great for people looking to learn new things, but also for businesses that have unique content to teach others.
e-Training – Opportunities And Drawbacks
Some of the challenges of planning training courses online include:
- Working out training delivery methods,
- Using easy-to-use tools and technologies that course students can use intuitively to access the content,
- Ensuring consistency of standards used throughout content design, course branding, etc.
- Measuring outcomes,
- Grading student performance,
- Generating reports, certificates of completion
Additional factors include the lack of face-to-face interaction, boredom, potential lack of focus, etc.
eCourses – Unlimited Possibilities
If you are a product creator, creating an ecourse that helps people gain the skills they need to advance further is a great way to grow a list and develop another stream of revenue. Creating products is, after all, one of the best ways to attract customers, as well as establish authority and credibility online and position yourself as a leader in your niche or industry.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Almost every topic where there is strong interest and a demand to learn can be turned into a teaching course.
(Got an interest or passion for fashion photography, gardening or writing sales copy? Turn it into an online training course!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been online for a while, however, you probably already have training content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If you are searching for an inexpensive way to create and sell ecourses and your site is built using WordPress, then here is a great courseware plugin that can help you.
Announcing …
WP Courseware – WordPress Learning Management Plugin
Description Of Plugin
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products fast with WordPress.
(WPCourseware – WordPress Learning Management System Plugin)
WP Courseware is currently being used by over 7,000 businesses online and makes creating courses in WordPress very simple.
In WP Courseware, A training course consists of training modules and modules can contain course units, surveys, etc.
WPCourseware can be fully integrated with any WordPress site. Once installed, the plugin adds its own menu section that lets you create a new training course, edit existing modules and units, add quizzes and surveys, edit settings, import/export your training content, create custom certificates, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WPCourseware also lets you add a sidebar widget, giving you further customization options …
(WPCourseware Widget)
You can fully configure and customize your courses.
For example, you can specify whether learners need to have completed a course unit before they are allowed to progress through to the next section …
(Customize course settings to suit your needs)
You can view course information “at a glance” and perform a number of actions (e.g. edit course settings) …
(View details about your courses inside your admin dashboard)
If you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can create training courses quickly and easily using familiar interfaces and functions.
For example, you can add and edit your course title and description, set user access, customize messages and notifications, provide course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by switching tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, choosing options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Easily edit course details)
Adding modules and course units is as easy 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 Ordering settings area …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you have finished creating your module, simply publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units display in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(List of course units)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. WP Courseware lets you insert course and module information into pages using shortcodes …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
With shortcodes, you can display training course content on your pages and manage all of your course details from your dashboard …
(Creating training courses with WPCourseware)
After publishing your e-course, users must be logged in and have permission to access your training content …
(Users must log in and have permission to view your training content)
Learn more here: WP Courseware
Benefits Of Using WP Courseware
Here are just a few of the benefits of using WP Courseware to add professional courses to your site on your website:
Be Up And Running In No Time
WPCourseware installs just like every other plugin. Just upload it to your Plugin folder via your admin login and activate.
Really Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of the way WordPress works, you can create courses quickly and easily using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Simply 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
The WPCourseware plugin lets you create unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Add Any Type Of Content
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which enables you to add anything you would normally insert into a WordPress page or postWordPress pages or posts besides text, such as audio, videos, graphic elements, hyperlinks, file downloads, etc.
(Add any type of content you like to create your training courses)
Some additional benefits and advantages include:
- Works with all WordPress themes: WP Courseware works with all WordPress themes.
- Use on all devices: WP Courseware allows you to deliver content across multiple devices.
Features
WP Courseware provides many features to web site owners. Below we have listed 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 all the courses your students are enrolled in while also displaying their current progress.
Track Course Progress
Students can also view their course progress with a custom sidebar widget.
As an administrator, you can also track a student’s course progress inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Automatic Enrollment
Set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new students.
Customized Certificates Of Completion
Students who successfully complete courses can receive training course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to course certificates …
(Training course certificates)
Import/Export Functionality
The import/export feature allows you to transfer courses to other sites.
User Messaging
WP Courseware lets you set up custom email notifications to congratulate students upon module or course completion and for communicating other administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who complete course quizzes. You can also send out mass emails to students with their final grade with just one click …
(WP Courseware – User Notifications)
Add Surveys And Quizzes
You can add a quiz or survey to 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.
- Quiz results can be downloaded in PDF format. You can also download CSV files with the survey results.
- The course grade book will help track your student’s progress …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Settings Area – WPCourseware)
Integrates With eCommerce & Membership Site Plugins
WP Courseware can be used with leading WordPress e-commerce and membership plugins …
(e-Commerce And Membership Site Plugin Integration)
User Testimonials
Below are some of the testimonials plugin customers have submitted for 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
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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
Product Tips
As mentioned earlier, if you have been online for a while, you already have training content on your blog or website that can be leveraged into a new product.
WP Courseware lets you easily convert any any WordPress page or post into a course unit, so if showing outsourced workers how to perform certain tasks.
Support
The plugin is well-supported and backed by a risk-free, 30 day, full money-back guarantee. Users get free access to all integrations and one 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 …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to a complete library of “how-to” step-by-step tutorials …
(Plugin Documentation – Plugin Tutorials)
Plugin Price
WPCourseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License Edition – This license enables you to use WP Courseware on one WordPress website only. Pricing includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This enables you to activate WPCourseware on 10 web sites. Includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This license lets you run WPCourseware on 25 sites. Price includes 1 year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $175.00.
Please Note: Price details for the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The price above was correct at the time this article was written. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin seller 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 current pricing here:
Additional Info
For a demo video of the plugin in action, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, contact details and more, visit the WP Courseware website.
Install The Plugin
WP Courseware helps you create and sell e-courses fast. This is a powerful, yet simple and easy to use courseware solution that you should definitely look into.
To learn more, visit the plugin website here:
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