The Litmos Training Content Author allows users to create dynamic and visually appealing SCORM 1.2 content within the LMS. This powerful feature is designed to support everyone from the novice content creator to the expert instructional designer to create engaging content in support of their organization’s goals. 

Content Author Modules are created directly in Litmos either via an existing Course or as a new Module. 

These Modules can easily be edited directly via the Content menu. To find content created in the Content Author, either navigate directly to the Courses or Modules, or  go to Content > Modules and select the Content Author Module Filter (under More). 

Feature Set 

When creating a Module in Content Author, Admins have access to a range of features: 

• All Modules use a standard neutral theme with highlight colors and/or logo directly imported from your Litmos Brand Theme 

• Fonts, Colors, Logo, and Theme can be changed per Module 

• Simple Next/Back navigation 

• Option to lock progress 

• Displays all functionality in logged in user’s language (from Litmos Training user profile) 

• Choose which language to build Module in (will support content created in Litmos supported languages, but it does not translate content. One language can be set per module.) 

• Create multiple pages or ‘Slides’ 

• Design and save reusable templates 

• Add, delete, and reorder pages 

• Auto-save progress 

• Manage Module versions via version history 

Templates and Components 

Simply add predefined pages to your Module or create your own pages by adding any components to an existing page. Choose from among the following page templates and components. 

Page Templates: 

• Basic 

• Accordion 

• Video 

• Quiz 

• Conclusion 

• Blank 

• Custom 

NOTE: Team Leaders cannot see templates created by Account Owners or Administrators. Team Leaders can only see templates made by other Team Leaders who are part of their Team.

Components: 

• Cover image 
• Text with heading 
• Heading 
• Text 
• List 
• Block Quote 
• Call Out 
• Divider 
• References 
• Stack 
• Card 
• Picture 
• Video 
• YouTube and Vimeo video 
• Audio 
• Embed content with embed code or URLs 
• Attachment 
• Accordion 
• Tabs 
• Button Popups 
• Grid Reveal 
• Flip Cards 
• Hotspot 
• Timeline 
• Gallery 
• Button 
• Multiple Choice 
• Click to Match 
• Sequence 
• Sorting 
• True/False 
• Fill in the blanks 
• Quiz Results 
• Declaration 

AI Features 

The Content Authoring Tool (CAT) has been updated to include Generative AI (GenAI) features. Users are able to:

• Generate new CAT modules with text and images using AI
• Create and edit content within a CAT module with AI enhanced components 
• Use AI to help find related images for use in CAT modules.  

Refer to the CAT AI – Authoring using AI article for more information. 

Completion Options 

Course completion options: 

• Last page 
• Quiz pass – ability to set pass % 
• Declaration option 

Resources and Assets 

• Attach resource documents to SCORM Module 
• Save Resources within the Content Author Resource Library to reuse within your Module 
• Asset Library – allows you to add images, video, audio, so you can choose from existing assets, or upload new assets to use within a Module 

Preview and Publish 

Once you have completed the Module, you can preview how the content will look on Desktop, Tablet, or mobile before publishing. 

Content Author offers seamless publishing to Litmos Training. 

NOTE: As with all SCORM files uploaded directly into Litmos, the Content Author SCORM files have a file size limit of 1GB. 

Publish Options

• Directly into Litmos Training (as SCORM 1.2) 
• Download SCORM 1.2 ZIP file 
• Web version (will run outside of an LMS on a website) 

Administrators can also download copies of Content Author Modules at any time via the Content Author or Module Library. 

Enabling Content Author 

To use Content Author, the feature must first be enabled via Account Settings > Litmos Features > Content Author. 

The feature can also be disabled here. If the Content Author feature is disabled after content has been created and published, the content will remain available within any Courses or Modules but cannot be edited without enabling the feature again. 

Adding Authors 

Under the Content Author Feature, Account Owners can specify which users are granted access to the tool; only users added to the list will be able to create and edit content in the Content Author tool. (Team Admins/ Team Leaders will also require ‘Manage Courses and Learning Paths’ permission to author content). 

To add a new Author: 

• Click Promote to Content Author 
• Search for the user you would like to promote 
• Select the user 
• Click the select button to confirm

Access to Author content can be removed from specific users by deleting them from the Content Author List using the x button. 

For further detail on authoring content, please refer to  'Content Author- Creating and Editing