E-Learning authoring tools allow the user to create interactive content for e-learning programs by incorporating multimedia. E-learning authoring tools do much more than mere writing and word processing. These authoring tools deliver basic e-learning content containing text, graphics, audio and video with or without evaluation and test creation features.
The E-learning authoring tools can be used by the course developers without any programming knowledge. The tool should deliver content compliant with the any of the following standards: Aviation Industry Computer-based Training Committee (AICC), Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM), IMS Global Learning Consortium, and Microsoft LRN. The compliance with these standards ensure interoperability of these content.
For test creation, the tools offer the facility of creating various types of questions like multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blanks etc. These questions can be put in a question pool and re-used in other courses.
Some of the popular authoring tools are Adobe’s Captivate, Articulate, Camtasia etc.
