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 Training either via an existing course or as a new module.

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

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

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 Training Brand Theme

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

• Simple Next/Back navigation

• Option to lock progress

• Produces accessible content by default

• 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 Training supported languages, but it does not translate content. Only one language can be set per module.)

• Create multiple pages or ‘Slides’

• Add, delete, and reorder pages

• Auto-save progress

Templates and Components

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

Page Templates:

• Basic

• Accordion

• Video

• Quiz

• Conclusion

• Blank

• Custom

Components:

• Text and image

• Text and heading

• Heading

• Text

• Picture

• Accordion

• Tabs

• Button Popups

• Cover Image

• Gallery (displays components learners can swipe through)

• Video (including transcript and captions)

• YouTube and Vimeo Video (including transcript and captions)

• Audio (including transcript)

• Embed (embed custom content such as hosted videos or H5P interactions)

• Hotspot

• Timeline

• Button

• Flip Cards

• Attachment

• Block Quote

• Callout

• Stack (Columns)

• Grid Reveal

• Multiple Choice

• Click to Match

• Sequence

• Sorting

• True/False

• Fill in the blanks

• Quiz (single quiz with multiple questions)

• Review Multiple Choice Questions (unscored question) – including correct/incorrect feedback

• Multiple Choice Questions (scored question) – including correct/incorrect feedback

• Quiz results

• Declaration

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 your module, Admins 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

In order 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 in order to author content).

To add a new Author:

1. Click Promote to Content Author

2. Search for the user you would like to promote

3. Select the user

4. 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 Modules”.