Posts by Ben Arellano

As we’ve written about several times in our newsletters and blog posts, incorporating interactive elements and techniques within an e-learning course can drastically improve the overall learning experience. Some studies indicate that e-learning courses which provide interactivity can boost the overall knowledge retention rate to anywhere from 50% to 90%.

In today’s E-Learning Tech Tool Series video, we discuss an exciting new app for the iPad called PopBoardz. We’ve been using this tool for a couple of weeks now and it’s a fantastic app for those of you who deliver presentations live, through webinars, or via screencast. Best of all, it’s free! We know a…

The Leading Learning Management System Plugin for WordPress Just Got Even Better There are so many new and exciting features in this update, that we decided to prepare a short 2-minute video giving you the highlights of WP Courseware Version 2.4.

It’s hard to believe, but Fly Plugins turns one this week! We feel incredibly grateful to have so many amazing customers who have helped Fly Plugins become a success. Our business plan has been pretty simple… Develop the highest quality WordPress plugins possible. Treat every customer as if our business depends on them, because it does. Let…

WP Courseware is being utilized to deliver an incredibly broad range of training content. From traditional university curriculum to the latest trends in social media, we’ve seen some outstanding examples of implementation and e-learning delivery. However, no matter what skills you’re teaching or what media you’re using as your primary delivery method, there are a few…

Navigation is a critical component for any website.  And for online courses, it can often be the difference between presenting your material in a manner which effectively facilities the e-learning process or causing confusion and hindering a student’s progress. We’ve had quite a few requests from our user community for additional navigation options within WP Courseware and we hear…

When Ben and I set up our very first online course a few years ago, we wanted to provide an interactive environment in which our course participants were motivated by a sense of community. After all, we tend to learn better when we’re learning with others. Ideas are exchanged, communication skills are developed, and the…

You know the story.  You set up a WordPress site a few months or even years ago with a crystal clear vision of how you wanted your site to look and what you wanted it to do. You found the right theme and started extending the functionality of your site with a few plugins. Over…

You asked for it…now you’ve got it! WP Courseware has rolled out a MASSIVE feature update with version 2.3! We’ve rolled out some great new functionality, including some very exciting features: Automated member enrollment for the most popular membership plugins, including WishList Member, S2 Member, and Magic Member. Automated PDF certificate creation for course completion…

Let’s face it. Creating good training content in any format is time-consuming work.  When Ben and I developed our first video training course a couple of years ago, we spent well over a hundred hours brainstorming, recording, and editing our content. With so much time and energy invested in producing a course, we knew that…