Most of the time a course takes is not writing it. It is re-entering work you had already finished — copying into an authoring tool, fixing the layout, doing it again when someone edits a paragraph. This template removes that step. You write once, in the tool you are fastest in, and the course is built from what you wrote.
Free, no email required. The template doubles as the full tag reference; the example is a complete tagged course you can import as-is.
The first four take about as long as writing normally does. The fifth is the one that used to take months.
It is an ordinary Word document. Open it in Word, Google Docs, Pages — whatever you already write in. Nothing to install and no account needed to read it.
Heading 1 starts a new module. Everything underneath is that module's content. Write the way you normally would — bold, italics, bullet lists, links and images all survive the import intact.
A line reading [mcq] becomes a knowledge check. [accordion], [flipcards], [process] and [matching] all work the same way. Leave a tag empty and you get a blank block to fill in later. Skip them entirely and you still get a course.
Create a free account, choose New course, and upload the document. Modules, blocks and quizzes are built from what you wrote. You will see the whole course before you commit to it.
Set colours and a logo, then export SCORM 1.2 for your LMS or a standalone HTML bundle for anywhere else. The Word file stays the master — edit it and re-import whenever the content changes.
There are not many, and you do not need them all. These are the ones worth knowing on your first course.
[mcq] | Multiple-choice knowledge check with feedback |
[accordion] | Collapsible sections for detail people can skip |
[flipcards] | Two-sided cards for terms and definitions |
[matching] | Drag-and-drop matching activity |
[process] | A numbered sequence of steps |
[callout] | An info, warning or tip box |
The template contains every tag with a worked example beside it. The tagging syntax is an open standard — read the CourseTag spec if you want to implement it elsewhere.
You almost certainly have a document that is most of a course already. Tag it, import it, and see how close it gets in one pass. The free plan is enough to find out.