E-learning authoring tools enable teachers to integrate various media to create professional, engaging, and interactive training content. An instructional designer can employ digital elements or learning objects from an existing course to use in a new approach with an authoring tool. In this way, you can obtain a return on investment for components that may have been developed using outside programmers or graphic design resources. Many different programs are considered authoring tools, such as:
Example of Articulate 360: The video below is an overview of Rise and a cloud base authoring tool that could be used to create a course.
References:
Watson, E. (2020, September 16). Back to basics: What is an elearning content authoring tool? ELearning Learning. https://www.elearninglearning.com/authoring-tools/definition/?open-article-id=14476763&article-title=back-to-basics--what-is-an-elearning-content-authoring-tool-&blog-domain=elucidat.com&blog-title=elucidat