SCORM authoring tools for teams without an instructional designer

We make Reigniter, one of the tools below, so we are not neutral. Everything here about another company's product comes from that company's own page, listed at the end and read on 10 November 2026. We have not built the same course in every tool.

What a SCORM authoring tool does

iSpring's guide puts it plainly: a SCORM authoring tool "is eLearning software that helps instructional designers and educators create online courses with interactive components without needing to code from scratch." The SCORM part is the export: a package the LMS uses to record who started, finished, scored and passed.

Every tool here exports SCORM. What differs:

• Where you build. Desktop software is installed on a computer, and cloud tools run in the browser. iSpring's guide says desktop software "usually offers more power and control", while browser tools are "great for fast iterations and distributed teams".
• What you start from. A blank project, your PowerPoint, or a document the tool turns into a draft.
• Which SCORM version. Some export 1.2 and 2004, some only 1.2.
• How you pay. Per author per year, a one-off licence, or a monthly plan.

The main tools, from their own pages

Prices were read on each vendor's page on the date above. Check them before you buy.

How each one suits a small team

Articulate 360 AI includes both Storyline and Rise. Storyline's page describes "realistic, branching scenarios", and Rise builds courses from stacked blocks in the browser. The Teams plan also includes Reach, Articulate's own LMS, "with room for 300 active learners per year." It is the deepest option here, priced for professional authors. There is a 14-day free trial.

iSpring Suite works inside PowerPoint, so a team that already thinks in slides has little new to learn. Its Suite AI features page describes branching logic, role-play simulations, time limits, attempt counts and passing scores. There is a 14-day free trial.

Adobe Captivate describes branching scenarios, simulations and review links for stakeholders. Adobe's help page lists SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, AICC and xAPI.

ActivePresenter is the one-off purchase. The Pro edition adds 14 question types, a Scenario Editor for "Branching learning paths" and SCORM export. A Free edition is for trial and non-commercial use.

Easygenerator is built for subject experts rather than instructional designers. It turns Word, PDF or PowerPoint files into courses with AI and exports SCORM 1.2 or 2004. Check the Pro limits: 1 author, 10 courses and 100 learners. Team starts at 5 authors and €6,495 a year. The 14-day trial needs no card.

Where Reigniter fits

Reigniter is not a general authoring tool. It makes one kind of course: a presenter-led module with questions on the slide. Your author writes the learning objectives, or imports a PDF, PowerPoint or Word file, and the platform lays out the steps, presenter lines and checkpoints, ready to edit. A right answer moves on and a wrong one goes to a recap. You add timers and a pass mark from 1 to 100, then export a SCORM 1.2 package.

The same module also runs without an LMS, from a share link with learner sign-in or on your own website, and a pass can issue your own certificate with a public verify link. All of this is on Interactive Training ($149 a month) and Agency ($199 a month), and SCORM export comes "with no sales call."

How to create your first SCORM course

1. Ask your LMS administrator which version it accepts. SCORM 1.2, 2004, or both.
2. Pick one objective. The learner can report a near miss can be tested. Understand safety cannot.
3. Start from what you already have, such as a policy, deck or manual.
4. Add a question every few screens, testing a decision rather than a definition.
5. Set the pass mark before anyone takes the course.
6. Export the package and upload the zip to your LMS without unzipping it.
7. Take it as a learner. Fail once and pass once, then check both results appear in the LMS reports.

See also PDF to SCORM, PowerPoint to SCORM and SCORM vs xAPI.

Who Reigniter does not suit

• Teams who want the training made for them. "Reigniter is the platform: your team builds, edits and publishes its own modules, and owns them."
• An LMS that requires SCORM 2004. "We do not offer a 2004 export."
• Anyone who needs SCORM on the free plan. The free plan includes one module of up to 5 steps, shared by link only.
• Teams on our Pro plan. Interactive training "is not part of Pro". It starts at $149 a month.
• Anyone who needs their slide design kept. "The import reads the words on your slides, not the slide artwork."
• Very long single modules. "Up to 150 steps per module on the Interactive and Agency plans. Longer documents are split into parts."
• Organisations that want a hosted learning record store. Asked whether we host one, our answer is "No, and we never will."

The quick decision

• An instructional designer who wants full control: Articulate 360 AI, iSpring Suite or Adobe Captivate.
• A one-off purchase rather than a subscription: ActivePresenter Pro.
• Subject experts turning documents into courses in the browser: Easygenerator.
• Presenter-led modules with questions that also work without an LMS: try a five-step module on Reigniter's free plan, then see the training platform.

Sources

Read on 10 November 2026.

Other companies

• iSpring, SCORM authoring tools guide
• iSpring Suite
• iSpring Suite features
• iSpring Suite pricing
• Articulate 360 pricing
• Articulate Storyline
• Articulate Rise
• Adobe Captivate
• Adobe Captivate, creating a SCORM package
• ActivePresenter
• ActivePresenter pricing
• Easygenerator, SCORM tool
• Easygenerator pricing

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