Best eLearning Authoring Tools

Compare the Top eLearning Authoring Tools as of December 2025

What are eLearning Authoring Tools?

eLearning authoring tools are software platforms that enable educators, instructional designers, and businesses to create interactive and engaging online learning content. These tools allow users to design courses, lessons, quizzes, and assessments without needing extensive programming knowledge. Features typically include drag-and-drop functionality, multimedia integration (text, images, videos, audio), and SCORM or xAPI compatibility for integration with Learning Management Systems (LMS). Some eLearning authoring tools also support responsive design, enabling content to be viewed on various devices like desktops, tablets, and smartphones. They are commonly used to develop courses for corporate training, academic programs, and professional development. Compare and read user reviews of the best eLearning Authoring Tools currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Genially

    Genially

    Genially

    Genially is the world-leader in interactive visual communication. Use Genially as your all-in-one online tool to create stunning presentations, interactive images, infographics, dossiers, quizzes, resumes, etc. and enrich them with interactivity and animation effects in seconds. You no longer need a team of designers and programmers to make an impact with striking, visual communication in a flash. Use interactive and animated effects to easily distribute information in layers that viewers can explore and discover. Leave outdated content creation software behind, and stun and engage your audience with Genially. The Wow Effect is just a few clicks away. Choose from over 1000 templates, or start from scratch. Join a community of millions of users worldwide that includes businesspeople, teachers, marketers, designers and companies like Hulu, Danone, Michelin and Heineken. The future of communication awaits you.
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    Starting Price: Free
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    Moovly

    Moovly

    Moovly

    Moovly is an online platform to easily create animated videos, video presentations and other multimedia content without being an expert. Create your own company videos, product explainers, animated tutorials, content marketing videos and more with a simple, library-based drag and drop interface. Combine Moovly library objects with your own uploaded media (pictures, sounds, videos). Animate and time all objects with a user-friendly timeline. Export your content in any video format for projection, television, smartphone or tablet.
    Starting Price: $25.00/month/user
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    Salasil Desktop

    Salasil Desktop

    Salasil Solutions

    Salasil Desktop a video authoring & broadcasting screen recorder tool ( A Desktop Application working on Windows PCs & laptops) gives you the ability to record computer’s screen, webcam & voice, you will also be able explain your ideas better without the need for technical knowledge using your personal computer and that’s because of Salasil Desktop’s simple annotation toolkit which contains writing tools, presentation tools. Which is compatible with all file formats (PDF, PP, Word, Excel… etc) or web page as well. On the other hand; with Salasil Desktop recorder; you will be able to go live on multi social media platforms simultaneously. We found that instructors, teachers & help-desk officers are facing huge problems with making a video & share it in easy way, since the traditional way of making videos are consuming time, money & require technical background from them. We developed a software for who are looking elegant authoring tool with simple UX & UI
    Starting Price: $7/Month/User
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    Flipped

    Flipped

    Crucial Human

    Create engaging video lessons for virtual learning. FREE to all K-12 educators! Flipped allows you to create engaging recorded lessons for both virtual and in-person classes. Mix video, slides, images and annotate as you record your lesson and add poll questions to assess learning! Create Flips by mixing your webcam video and audio, slides, images. Annotate your slides on the built-in whiteboard. No download or plug-ins required! When you are finished recording, you can add a description and set access settings. You can add poll questions at specific points in your Flip. Viewers will be prompted to answer your poll questions when they reach that point in the Flip. Once you have published your Flip, distribute and share the Viewer URL. You can share your Flip via e-mail or post it on your favorite Learning Management System. Track your students' progress over time. See who viewed your Flip and how long they watched. Assess learning by viewing responses to your poll questions.
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    SCHEMA ST4

    SCHEMA ST4

    SCHEMA Group

    The SCHEMA Group was established in Nuremberg in 1995 and is a medium-sized software manufacturer with more than 130 employees. The SCHEMA Group produces component content management and content delivery solutions for authoring departments creating product-related content. The SCHEMA ST4 component content management system is one of the most frequently used systems for the modularised creation of documentation, package inserts and marketing documentation. The system covers all areas of creation, versioning, variant control, translation, management and publication of product-related content – from authoring assistance during input to the finished layout for the printed catalog. A documentation portal based on Quanos InfoCube provides a central point of contact on the Internet where all technical documentation is available. Users can quickly and precisely find the right content in the entire information inventory with an easy-to-use search system.
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