What authoring tool would you recommend for a law enforcement training organisation?

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I might be leading a new project with a partner organisation who will create self-paced eLearning for law enforcement staff. They have some background in creating simple eLearning in the past, but are not pros crafting meaningful and engaging interactive eLearning. They used to have more the video + text + quiz approach.
The project will consist of setting up their learning environment, train them on instructional design and mentor them to create a couple of courses.
I have quite some experience in this field and we create all our courses with SmartBuilder. What I love about it is the flexibility to build and programme mostly every learning interaction you can think of. However, while I’m happy to use SmartBuilder for my team, I’m unsure if I should recommend it/use it for this project. My main concerns are

  • pricing is about 1’300 per license/year which might be quite high for their budget
  • the tool is not very widely adopted, so I don’t want to introduce a tool for which they don’t get much community support or would have a hard time to find developers
  • learning curve might be steep, since it includes some (visual) programming

I thought about Storyline, which is obviously the industry standard currently, but from the times when I was using it I didn’t really fell in love with it and what I read in this reddit is mostly critical and things don’t seem to have changed. Also it’s even more expensive.

Captivate seems to be more dead than alive, or maybe this is my perception only. However, when I followed them in the past development seemed to go backwards.

Tools like Elucidat and similar have such limited possibilities that I would feel bad teaching about meaningful eLearning while giving them a tool for multiple choice and click-and-reveal interactions.

If you have any recommendations of tools which strike the right balance please let me know.

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As someone who develops for LE on a regular basis, Articulate is my go-to because problem solving is the most straightforward. It doesn’t matter how thoroughly I test a module, someone is going to find the one hidden issue!

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I hate to state the expected answer, but it’s one of Articulate’s products - probably Rise.

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If all you need is a rise like tool, coassemble is pretty cool for simple elearning training. Basically a rise clone.

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I recommend checking out Basewell. I am a co-founder, and a common use case we see for our platform is with non-tech companies that have a deskless workforce. Basewell is designed with an intuitive, easy-to-learn interface.

With features like the ability to ask a question based on company information from any device and complete structured training on the go, Basewell is perfect for teams that don’t always have access to a computer.

Would love to show you around and see if this aligns with what you are looking for!

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Consider microlearning. Its a newish trend that makes for easier content creation and consumption. Some example products are axonify, www.mylearnie.com and 7taps.com. DM me if you want deets.

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Hi Tom, I think our solution - https://solutions.openlearning.com/ would totally fit your budget and what you need. We have an in-built instructional design AI tool that allows you to easily build content without too much training to design engaging courses. Hit me up if you’d like to set up a free trial.

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GPT for building quizzes automatically: ChatGPT - Quiz, Survey, Poll, Form Builder

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