Articulate’s suite of products rate high in the rapid authoring segment. We have used them for several projects, and have found them very effective for development and simple to use. They give standards-conformant output, and save development time and cost.

Rapid authoring tools are the most popular option when it comes to rolling out quick, low cost elearning. However, the elearning world seems to be divided into two camps on the subject. There are those who are amazed by the results that these D-I-Y tools can give; and then there are those who get iffy about its rock-star dazzle blinding people to honest-to-goodness elearning creation.