Thanks to the internet and digital technologies, thousands of entrepreneurial organizations and individuals are now finding new niches and opportunities to profit from in areas like online education.
Electronic training, or “etraining,” is is the modern equivalent of distance learning, where learners do not interact face-to-face with the trainer or teacher.
The eLearning Industry Is Growing
Online education sites like Udemy show that the e-Training industry is growing.
Udemy offers 30,000+ online courses on every subject imaginable, from IT & software and personal productivity, to courses on religion & spirituality and music, etc …
(Udemy offers over 30,000 ecourses covering all topics!)
The fact that the eTraining industry is growing is not only great for people looking to acquire useful skills, but also for businesses that have something valuable that can help transform the lives of others.
eTraining – Benefits & Drawbacks
The internet provides benefits and opportunities for developing and selling e-learning courses, but there are also many drawbacks.:
- Working out methods of delivering training content,
- Employing popular tools and technologies that learners can use instinctively to access the training content,
- Ensuring consistent methods are applied throughout content design, branding, etc.
- Measuring learning performance,
- Assessing student scores,
- Creating useful reports, completion certificates
Additional factors include the lack of human contact, lack of motivation (e.g. boredom), distractions, etc.
eLearning – Unlimited Possibilities
If you plan to create and sell information-based products, creating products that teach people new skills is a great way to grow a list and monetize your website. Creating products is one of the best ways to build a customer base, as well as establish authority and credibility and position yourself as an industry or niche leader.
There’s a ton of opportunity. Just about anything can be taught online.
(Got a business built around fashion photography, gardening or copywriting? Turn it into an e-course!)
The problem is that creating PDF reports and training courses from scratch takes a lot of time. If you have been marketing yourself online for a while, however, you probably already have content on your website or blog that can be leveraged into a new digital product.
If your site is built with WordPress and you plan to create elearning courses, there’s a cost-effective and professional courseware plugin that you need to know about.
Let’s Review …
WP Courseware – WordPress Course Creation Plugin
Description Of Product
WPCourseware is a learning management system plugin for WordPress that lets you set up e-courses and build e-learning products quickly and easily with WordPress.
(WP Courseware – WordPress Course Management Plugin)
Thousands of WordPress websites have the WP Courseware plugin installed. The plugin makes creating e-courses in WordPress simple.
In WP Courseware, A course consists of training modules and training modules are built using course units, quizzes, etc.
WP Courseware integrates fully with any WordPress site. The plugin adds its own menu section that lets you create a new training course, add or edit existing modules and units, edit quiz questions, edit settings, import/export your data, add certificates of completion, access plugin documentation, etc …
(WPCourseware plugin menu)
WP Courseware also lets you include a sidebar widget, giving users access to information about their course progress …
(WPCourseware Sidebar Widget)
You can completely configure and customize your courses.
For example, you decide whether participants need to have completed a course section before they can advance to the next unit …
(Configure course settings to suit your needs)
You can see an overview of all course information inside your admin dashboard and perform a range of actions (e.g. access the grade book) …
(View information about your courses inside the admin 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 the course title and description, set user access, customize user messages and user notifications, issue course completion certificates and fine tune other course settings simply by clicking tabs, entering data into fields, checking radio buttons, selecting options from drop-down menus, dragging and dropping elements around screens, etc …
(Easily edit your course details)
Adding training modules and units is as easy as adding and editing WordPress posts. You can easily include text, images, videos, and any other type of content that you would normally add to a post.
You can arrange the order of your units inside modules using drag and drop inside the ”Order Course Modules & Units” screen …
(Order Course Modules & Units section)
When you are done creating your unit, just publish it like any other WordPress post or page.
All of your course units will be listed in a table in the “Course Units” screen …
(Course Units table)
Placing your course and training modules into pages is simple. You can use the plugin’s built-in shortcodes to insert courses and module information into pages …
(WPCourseware shortcodes)
After publishing your page, your training course will display to users with all the options you have added …
(Create professional-looking training courses with WP Courseware)
After publishing your e-learning course, it can be accessed by logged in registered users …
(Users must log in and have permission to access your training content)
For more details, visit the plugin site here: WPCourseware
Benefits
Below we have listed just a few of the benefits and advantages of using WP Courseware to add professional courses to your WordPress site or blog on your WordPress website:
Quick And Simple To Install And Set Up. Ready To Go To Work In Very Little Time.
WPCourseware is very easy to install. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Very Simple To Use
As mentioned earlier, if you have a basic understanding of how WordPress works, you can create training courses very quickly using familiar WordPress interfaces and functionality.
Just create a new course, module, or course unit with 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 WPCourseware plugin allows you to set up unlimited courses, modules, lessons, quizzes, surveys and add an unlimited number of users to courses.
Use Different Content Types
A course unit uses WordPress custom types, which allows you to add any type of content you would normally add to WordPress posts or pages besides text, such as audio, video, images, links, file downloads, etc.
(Add different content types in your training courses)
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Compatible with all WP themes: WPCourseware integrates with all WordPress themes.
- Works with all devices: The plugin allows you to deliver training content across multiple devices.
WPCourseware Features
WPCourseware offers WordPress users with many features. Here are just some:
Course Outline
You can create course outlines or course progress pages using shortcodes. The course progress shortcode displays the courses your students are enrolled in as well as displaying their current progress.
Progress-Tracking Features
Students can also navigate through their courses with a custom sidebar widget.
As a course administrator, you can also track students as they progress through courses inside the dashboard …
(Track student progress)
Enroll New Students Automatically
You can set up courses to allow automatic enrollment of new course participants.
Course Certificate Distribution
At the end of a course, you can provide students who successfully complete training courses with customized training course certificates. You can add a custom background, logo, and signature to training certificates …
(Course certificates)
Export/Import Functionality
The import/export feature allows you to set up training courses on a new WordPress website.
Custom Notifications
WPCourseware lets you set up custom user notifications to congratulate students upon module and course completion and communicating on course-related administrative matters. You can also customize quiz result emails to congratulate students who pass course quizzes. You can also send out mass emails trainees with their final course grade with one click …
(WPCourseware – Email Messages)
Add Surveys And 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.
- Results can be downloaded in PDF format. Surveys allow you to download CSV files with survey results.
- The instructor grade book will help track how well your students are progressing …
(Edit Quiz/Survey Screen – WP Courseware)
eCommerce & Membership Site Plugin Integration
WP Courseware integrates with leading e-commerce and membership plugins …
(Membership Site & eCommerce Integration)
Testimonials
Below are just a few of the testimonials customers have submitted regarding 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, Entrepreneur, Blogger, & Speaker
WP Courseware Plugin – 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 digital training 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 great educational content like tutorials have already posted on your website, you could already have a partially-created product …
(Convert any post or page into a course unit)
Additionally, you can use the export/import feature to build and sell completed training courses to other WordPress site owners.
Apart from using the plugin to create sellable courses, you can also use WPCourseware to train new staff, or document instructions for outsourced tasks.
Plugin Support
WP Courseware is well-supported and backed by a no-risk, thirty day, complete 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 provides examples of the available shortcodes …
(Plugin Documentation – Shortcodes)
And access to 15+ ”how-to” videos …
(WP Courseware Documentation – Video Tutorials)
Software Pricing
WP Courseware is available in the following options:
- 2-Site License – This license option lets you activate WP Courseware on one WordPress web site only. Includes one year of free upgrades and support. Cost = $99.00.
- 10-Site Licensing – This lets you use WP Courseware on ten sites. It includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $125.00.
- 25-Site Edition – This enables you to activate WP Courseware on twenty-five WordPress websites. Cost includes one year of free upgrades and support. Price = $175.00.
Note: Current pricing for WPCourseware depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the software is selling for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the product developer when you visit the site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing details here:
Additional Plugin Info
For demo videos showing how the software works, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, contact details and more, visit the WPCourseware website.
Our Recommendation
WPCourseware helps you create and sell e-courses fast. This is a great plugin that you should definitely check out.
To learn more, visit the plugin website here:
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