Elearning authoring & delivery
Blended learning has never been easier. Effortlessly create, deliver and manage online training that your learners will love.
Deliver rich learning experiences
Take your training to the next level. Enhance your online, in-person and blended courses with interactive and engaging elearning content that exceeds expectations and drives learning outcomes.
- Easily create and deliver online course material, such as pre-reading, microlearning, assignments, quizzes, videos and more, as part of a modern blended learning experience
- Offer standalone online modules or add them to multi-session courses for ultimate flexibility
- Learners can complete modules in their own time, on any device, with a modern and responsive design
- Monitor progress and course effectiveness with advanced analytics to continually improve learning outcomes
AI-powered course builder
Create professional elearning content in minutes. Use AI-powered workflows that build content, add media, and design layouts automatically.
- Generate brand-new courses and modules with a single prompt
- Upload existing training material that’s transformed into elearning with just a click
- Customize content with easy-to-use editing tools, flexible layouts, media libraries and branding
- Create quizzes, pre-reading materials, interactive assignments, content modules, scenario-based learning, micro-learning, and a whole lot more
Manage the entire learner journey
Bring elearning and instructor-led training together in one easy-to-use system. Publish digital courses directly to your website, automate communications, and manage the entire learner journey.
- Automatically schedule courses, take registrations, process payments, and send personalized emails and certificates
- Provide a branded self-service portal for learners to access courses, monitor progress, and manage their profile
- See your entire training operations a glance, track course performance and run detailed reports
- Keep your content safe with access control tools for both you and your students
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Use the built-in Arlo website or integrate with your platform using Arlo’s powerful web technology and deliver a seamless experience for visitors and automate updates to your courses whenever you make a change.
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Elearning Authoring Tool FAQs
What is an authoring tool in elearning?
An elearning authoring tool is a specialized software that enables trainers, instructional designers and educators to create interactive, multimedia-rich learning experiences for online or digital delivery. elearning authoring tools are designed to support the development of diverse educational content—from full courses to microlearning modules—featuring elements such as quizzes, videos, simulations, and assessments.
These tools often integrate (or are built in) with Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Training Management Systems, allowing content to be easily shared, tracked, and managed within an organization’s broader learning ecosystem.
How is elearning content distributed through Arlo?
Once you’ve created your elearning course you can choose to schedule the course as a standalone option, or connect it as a module to an existing course for a blended learning experience.
Your customers can register online via your website, get instant and automated communications that give them all the course access details with a link to your customer portal.
When they’re in the portal, it’s as easy as taking the courses they’ve been assigned or registered for – while you sit back and monitor their performance and engagement.
What are the most popular elearning authoring tools?
One of the most popular elearning authoring tools is Arlo. Arlo makes it easy to create interactive, visually appealing online courses that are engaging and easy to navigate for learners. Through the platform, you can upload existing training materials, like PDFs and documents, and convert them into digital courses, or start fresh and build new courses from scratch with just a few clicks.
Arlo offers a suite of user-friendly editing tools designed to make course creation simple, even for those without technical experience. You can customize layouts, add images, adjust colors and fonts to match your brand, and include interactive quizzes to check learners’ understanding.
Once your course is ready, Arlo makes sharing it seamless. Courses are automatically responsive across all devices, and you can use direct links to share them with registrants. The platform also automates much of the admin work, allowing you to publish courses, manage registrations, process payments, and send email notifications—all from a single platform. Arlo even provides insights into learner progress and performance, so you have a complete overview without extra effort.
With its intuitive design and complete workflow, Arlo is a popular choice for organizations looking to deliver professional, easy-to-manage elearning experiences.
What is the difference between LMS and authoring tools?
Learning Management Systems (LMS) and authoring tools are two distinct types of software that often work together to support eLearning experiences. An LMS serves as a platform to manage, deliver, and track learning content. It allows administrators to enroll learners, assign courses, monitor progress, and assess performance through tools like quizzes and reports. Examples include Arlo, Moodle, Blackboard, and Canvas.
In contrast, authoring tools are specialized tools for creating interactive, multimedia-rich content like elearning courses, simulations, quizzes, and scenario-based activities. While some LMSs have limited content creation capabilities, dedicated authoring tools offer greater flexibility and interactivity.
Does Arlo's elearning feature support SCORM import and export?
At present, no – currently we don’t support the ability to import/export SCORM content. We are however exploring options for SCORM, and would love to get your feedback as to how you’d like to see this implemented
In contrast, authoring tools are specialized tools for creating interactive, multimedia-rich content like elearning courses, simulations, quizzes, and scenario-based activities. While some LMSs have limited content creation capabilities, dedicated authoring tools offer greater flexibility and interactivity.
Can I get reports on quiz and assessment results from the elearning platform?
You can track if a user has started a module, their progress, and if they have completed it. This is viewable as a status in the elearning area at course level. Pass/Fail (Quiz) is also not yet available, but we are working to implement this within the platform in a future release.
Is it possible to create and offer standalone, self-paced elearning courses, or is it only for blended learning?
Yes! You can create stand-alone self-paced elearning courses. Simply create the course, and then use Arlo’s course management features to set the course up, and publish it to your website.
In contrast, authoring tools are specialized tools for creating interactive, multimedia-rich content like elearning courses, simulations, quizzes, and scenario-based activities. While some LMSs have limited content creation capabilities, dedicated authoring tools offer greater flexibility and interactivity.
Is the course creation process easy to use, and can I quickly create courses from existing documents?
Yes, the course creation process is very easy to use.
You have three options within the course creation interface:
- Start a course from scratch
- Convert a document to a course
- Generate a course from AI
Starting a course from scratch brings you to a course builder interface where you can then title the course, and begin adding interactive screens with our initiative drag-and-drop course builder.
Converting a document to a course involves converting an existing training resource you have into interactive microlearning segments. You can choose to convert your training material exactly word-for-word, summarize the material or a mixture of both. Supported formats include Word Documents, PDFs, and PowerPoints.
Creating a Course with AI involves putting a prompt into Arlo’s ‘Generate a Course’ interface. Arlo’s AI assistant will then convert your prompt into an interactive elearning course for you to edit and add your expertise.
You can try all of these course creation methods by starting a free trial.
Does the elearning feature support video and other multimedia content?
Yes, Arlo’s elearning feature fully supports multimedia content. You can add videos (uploaded or embedded), images, slideshows, documents, interactive hotspots, and even third-party embedded content. You can also generate images with AI, save images for later in your own personal image library, or insert .GIFs into your content based on a keyword.
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