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Content tool

The Content tool is the LMS's integrated content creation tool. It is SCORM-based and is used for creating structured e-learning courses inside the LMS instead of building them in a separate authoring tool.

Use the Content tool when the course needs its own guided structure. If one PDF, SharePoint link, or video is enough, direct content in Content and Materials is usually simpler to create and maintain.

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The Content tool is useful when authors need chapters, subchapters, slides, activities, videos, and course navigation in one authored course.

In this section​

  • Course structure – organize an authored course into chapters, subchapters, and slides.
  • Slide contents – use text, video, activities, and other course parts inside slides.
  • Publishing – publish the authored course as SCORM or directly into the LMS.
  • Maintenance and updates – understand why package-based courses are updated differently from direct LMS content.
  • When to use the Content tool – choose it when a guided course structure is worth the authoring effort.
  • Related pages – open related content, H5P, SCORM, and content selection pages.

Course structure​

The Content tool lets authors build a course from chapters, subchapters, and slides. This structure is useful when the learner should move through a planned course instead of opening one standalone material.

The course can have its own navigation, page order, and activity flow.

Slide contents​

Slides can contain text, video, activities, and other course parts. Use this when the learning experience needs several screens or interactions in one course package.

H5P content can be embedded either from .h5p files or linked from the LMS.

Publishing​

When the course is ready, it can be published as a SCORM package or published directly into the LMS.

Published courses can be used as training content in the LMS. They can be assigned to learners, completed, and included in reports like other LMS content.

Maintenance and updates​

Because the Content tool is SCORM-based, the authored course is maintained as a course package. If one slide, activity, or video inside the course needs to change later, the author usually updates the course in the Content tool and publishes it again.

This is different from direct LMS content, where an administrator can replace a PDF or video directly in Content and Materials.

When to use the Content tool​

Use the Content tool when:

  • authors need slides, activities, videos, chapters, subchapters, and course navigation in one course;
  • the learner should follow a guided course flow instead of opening one PDF, link, or video;
  • the course should behave as one authored e-learning package;
  • the author wants to create the course inside the LMS instead of using an external tool such as iSpring or Captivate;
  • the additional authoring and maintenance work is justified by the course structure.

Use simpler content when the training result does not need a package. A PDF, SharePoint link, video, H5P activity, workspace training, or learning path can be easier to maintain when those structures already give the needed result.

  • Choosing the content type – choose between simple content, the Content tool, SCORM, H5P, learning paths, workspaces, events, and competency structures.
  • Content and Materials – add learning content, links, videos, H5P, SCORM packages, and supporting materials to content records.
  • H5P – create reusable interactive activities that can be used in content, quizzes, and authored courses.
  • The fallback content to display on prerendering
    – understand SCORM packages as LMS content.