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Smartcat’s AI SCORM generator turns PowerPoint decks, Word documents and PDFs into interactive SCORM courses with quizzes, translates them into 280+ languages and exports one SCORM package your LMS can run. Built for L&D teams that train in more than one language.
More than 80 of the world’s largest companies have chosen Smartcat
Smartcat’s SCORM course builder is an AI SCORM authoring tool that turns PowerPoint decks, Word documents and PDFs into interactive SCORM courses with quizzes and knowledge checks. You refine each course in the built-in editor, translate it into 280+ languages, let your reviewers approve every version and export a package any SCORM-compliant LMS can run.
15K+
eLearning courses localized
Smartcat has localized more than 15,000 eLearning courses.
280+
languages
Every language is available on every plan, so one project can carry all your target languages.
80+
file formats
Translate 80+ file formats, from InDesign and PDF to SCORM courses and video.
To create a SCORM file with AI, upload a PowerPoint, Word or PDF file to Smartcat and let the Content Creator Coworker draft modules and quizzes. Edit the draft, translate it and have reviewers approve each language, then export the SCORM package for your LMS. No coding is needed.
Starting from a course idea instead of files? Try the AI course creator.
Start from a deck, a document or a PDF you already have, such as a policy, an SOP, a product guide or a software tutorial. You can also describe the course and its learning objectives in a prompt.
The Content Creator Coworker drafts modules, lessons, quizzes and knowledge checks from your material, following your learning objectives and brand tone.
In the course editor, rewrite text, swap images or video, and add accordions, timelines and sorting or matching questions. Then preview the course as learners will see it.
The Content Translator Coworker translates the whole course in one project, using your glossary and translation memory.
Your trainers, or linguists from the Smartcat Marketplace, review every version in the browser before anything is exported.
Download a SCORM package with all languages in one file and upload it to your learning management system.
Choose an AI SCORM generator, such as Smartcat’s course builder, when you need to turn existing training material into SCORM courses and run them in several languages. Choose a desktop SCORM authoring tool when you need pixel-level control of every slide in one language.
A SCORM authoring tool is software for building eLearning courses and exporting them as SCORM packages that an LMS can launch and track. Every course starts as a blank project or a template. An AI SCORM generator starts from material you already have: it drafts modules and quizzes, and your team edits and approves them before export.
| Desktop authoring tool | Cloud authoring tool | AI SCORM generator (Smartcat) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting point | Blank project or template | Template in the browser | Your PowerPoint, Word or PDF files, or a course description |
| Who builds | Instructional designer, slide by slide | Designer or subject-matter expert | The Content Creator Coworker drafts; your team edits |
| Translation | Export text, translate elsewhere, re-import | Varies; some include translation | Built in: every target language in one project, reviewed in the browser |
| Updating | Edit, then re-export each language | Edit, then re-export each language | Edit once, re-translate only the changed sections |
| Best for | Custom visual design | Collaborative single-language courses | L&D teams that train in several languages |
Smartcat’s SCORM creator covers every step of creating SCORM content in one workspace: generate a course from your files, add quizzes and video lessons, translate it and keep it secure. Every course works with SCORM-compliant learning management systems, so you build it once and run it wherever your learners are.
Smartcat converts existing training material, such as a policy, an SOP or a product guide, into a SCORM course.
No source file yet? Describe the course and its learning objectives in a prompt instead.
A SCORM package is a .zip file that an LMS can import. When you export an AI-generated course, Smartcat packages every module this way, so nobody edits the manifest by hand.
The course reports completion, score and progress back to the LMS.
Use SCORM 1.2 when you need the widest LMS support, SCORM 2004 when modules must run in a set order, xAPI when you track learning outside the LMS, and cmi5 when you want xAPI data with LMS launch rules. Smartcat builds SCORM courses; if you’re planning an xAPI or cmi5 rollout, check your setup with us in a demo.
| Standard | Released | What it tracks | Sequencing between modules | Runs outside the LMS | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCORM 1.2ADL | 2001 | Completion or pass/fail, one score and up to 4,096 characters of progress data | No, the LMS sets the order | No | Maximum LMS compatibility and simple courses |
| SCORM 2004ADL, 4th edition 2009 | 2004 | Completion and success separately, a score and up to 64,000 characters of progress data | Yes, rules between modules | No | Multi-module courses that need sequencing |
| xAPIADL, also called Tin Can | 2013 | Any learning activity, sent as statements to a learning record store (LRS) | Not part of the standard | Yes, including mobile, offline and simulations | Learning that happens outside the LMS |
| cmi5xAPI profile for LMS launch | 2016 | xAPI statements plus LMS launch, completion and pass rules | Course structure only | Content can be hosted anywhere and is launched from the LMS | LMSs that want xAPI data with SCORM-like structure |
Sources: data limits and status fields from the SCORM run-time reference (Rustici Software); cmi5 release from the cmi5 project; xAPI from ADL’s xAPI specification.
To translate a SCORM course you already have, upload the package to Smartcat, choose your languages, review each version and export one multilingual SCORM file. You don’t need the original authoring files.
Articulate® Rise® and Storyline® courses follow the steps below; for iSpring Suite, Easygenerator, Adobe Captivate, Absorb Create or CEGID courses, use SCORM Studio. For the whole workflow, see SCORM translation software or read the SCORM translation guide. Translating a whole course library? See eLearning translation.
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Choose your target languages and upload the SCORM file
Upload the SCORM package and select every language you need. One project covers them all, with no extra uploads or separate projects.
2
Select the assets to translate
Smartcat detects the images, videos and attached files such as PDFs inside the course. Review the list and pick what to translate; nothing else is processed.
3
Review in the Smartcat Editor
Invite your own reviewers or subject-matter experts from the Smartcat Marketplace. They work with your glossaries, translation memory and comments to keep every language accurate and consistent.
4
Preview the translated course
Preview the course exactly as learners will see it and switch between languages to check each version.
5
Export one multilingual SCORM package
Export every language version in a single SCORM file, so your LMS team uploads one package instead of one per language.
6
Update the course and re-translate only what changed
Every course stays in your workspace. Open it in the course editor to change text, replace media or add knowledge checks and interactions, then re-translate just the new or changed sections into every language. There is no need to rebuild the course or start a new project.
The default for every course you upload
Text, images and subtitles are replaced inside the original package.
Interactions, media and the course player stay as they were built.
Export in the original format, as Dynamic SCORM or as one package with every language, with nothing to re-test in the authoring tool.
When you want to change the course itself
Import a course from Rise, Storyline or Easygenerator into Smartcat’s course editor, then change text, images and layout as if you had built it here.
Other formats can be imported the same way. Send a sample package to confirm yours before you plan the work.
Move a translated language into Smartcat’s own course player.
Building the course is no longer the slow part. What follows: exporting it, translating it, rebuilding it, routing reviews and uploading it to every LMS, every time the content changes. Smartcat keeps that work in one place.
One multilingual package
Export every language version in a single SCORM file, so your LMS team uploads once instead of once per language.
Update once, re-translate only what changed
Edit the source course and re-translate just the new or changed sections. Approved text is reused from your translation memory.
People approve every version
The Reviewer Coworker prepares each language for review, and your trainers or Smartcat Marketplace linguists approve it before export.
The Content Creator Coworker drafts the course. These coworkers translate, update and check it, and your team approves every version before export.
Chief of Staff
Tell your Chief of Staff the course you need, and it coordinates the coworkers that draft, translate and check it.
Content Translator Coworker
Translates each course, including quizzes, video and images, into 280+ languages with your glossary and translation memory.
Content Update Coworker
Helps find the courses a source change affects and re-translates only the new or changed sections in every language.
Reviewer Coworker
Pre-reviews every language for fluency, tone and terminology, so your trainers approve a strong draft instead of starting from scratch.
Quality Assurance Coworker
Checks each translated course for terminology, formatting and accuracy errors and gives it a quality score before you export the SCORM package.
Translate and review content where your teams already work, from Google Drive and Figma to your help center and CMS. See all integrations
Google Drive
Translate the training docs, decks and sheets your team keeps in Drive.
Google Docs
Send job aids and SOPs from Google Docs and get them back in every language.
Google Sheets
Translate quiz banks and glossaries kept in spreadsheets.
Figma
Localize course visuals and catch text expansion before designs ship.
Contentful
Keep learning content in your headless CMS current in every language.
Zendesk
Translate the help-center articles that support your training.
ServiceNow
Keep knowledge-base articles accurate in every language.
Salesforce Service Cloud
Keep service enablement content current in every language.
WordPress
Publish multilingual learning portals and resource hubs.
Sitecore
Keep intranet and portal content aligned across locales.
90%
lower cost for the multilingual rollout
“We rolled the program out 90% faster and at a 90% lower cost.”
Cummins used Smartcat to localize its global sales and service enablement program. Before, only 10–15% of its training content was available globally.
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A SCORM course builder, also called a SCORM authoring tool or SCORM creator, is software that creates eLearning courses and packages them in the SCORM format, so any SCORM-compliant learning management system can launch and track them. Smartcat’s course builder adds two steps most builders leave out: it translates each course into 280+ languages and routes every language to your reviewers before export.
An AI SCORM generator, such as Smartcat’s course builder, drafts an eLearning course from material you already have and packages it as a SCORM file for your LMS. In Smartcat, the Content Creator Coworker turns PowerPoint, Word or PDF files into modules, quizzes and knowledge checks. Your team edits the draft, translates it into 280+ languages and approves each language before export.
It depends on what your team builds. Smartcat, an AI SCORM generator, suits L&D teams that train in several languages; a desktop tool may suit a single-language team that needs pixel-level slide design.
Compare SCORM authoring software on which SCORM versions it exports, whether it converts existing PowerPoint, Word or PDF material, which quiz types it supports, whether translation and review are built in, and what an update costs. See our comparison of eLearning authoring tools.
Smartcat offers a free trial rather than a free plan: 15 days and 15,000 Smartwords, with no credit card required. That is enough to build or translate a real course from your own material, export the SCORM package and test it in your LMS before you buy. Free and open-source SCORM authoring tools also exist, but most need manual packaging, and few translate the course for you.
Yes. Smartcat builds the SCORM package for you: you create the SCORM content in the course editor, with modules, text, media and quizzes, and the export step writes the manifest and course files. No coding is needed unless your LMS requires custom tracking beyond what SCORM records.
Yes. Smartcat converts PowerPoint material into a SCORM course: upload the PPTX and the Content Creator Coworker uses the slide content to draft course modules, which you edit and then export as a SCORM package. Word documents and PDFs work the same way. If you only need the slides translated, Smartcat can also translate the PPTX in its original format.
Yes. In Smartcat you can describe the course, its audience and its learning objectives, and the Content Creator Coworker drafts modules and quizzes from that description. Adding a source file, such as a policy or a product guide, gives the draft more accurate detail. Either way, you edit the result before export.
Yes, in two ways. Into another language: Smartcat translates the published package in place, without the source files, so the course keeps its design and still runs in your LMS. See SCORM translation software and SCORM Studio. Into an editable course: import a course from Rise, Storyline or Easygenerator into Smartcat’s course editor and change text, images and layout. Other SCORM formats can be imported the same way; send a sample package first to confirm yours.
Yes. Courses you build in Smartcat stay in your workspace, and the course editor works as your SCORM editor: change text, replace media or add knowledge checks, then re-translate only the new or changed sections into every language. Approved text is reused from translation memory, and 100%+ matches use no Smartwords on current plans. Export the updated package and replace the old one in your LMS.
A SCORM course builder creates the course; an LMS delivers it. You build and package the course in a tool such as Smartcat, upload the SCORM file to your learning management system, and the LMS assigns it to learners and records completion and scores. Smartcat doesn’t replace your LMS; it prepares the courses your LMS runs.
Yes. In Smartcat, your trainers, in-country reviewers or linguists from the Smartcat Marketplace review each language in the browser, with your glossary and translation memory applied. Nothing is exported until you are satisfied with every version. Users are unlimited on every plan, so adding reviewers does not add seat costs.
Smartcat charges by Smartwords, its single usage unit. Translation uses one Smartword per source word for each target language. In the course editor, text uses 1 Smartword per word, video 10 Smartwords per word and each AI image 20 Smartwords. Plans include a Smartwords allowance shared by unlimited users, and 100%+ translation-memory matches are free on current plans. See current plans on the pricing page.
Yes. Smartcat is SOC 2 Type II compliant and ISO 27001 certified. It encrypts content in transit and at rest, and isolates every workspace, with role-based access, SSO and audit trails on enterprise plans. Your course content is never used to train public AI models, and it is deleted or returned within 30 days of a written request. Details are on the security page.
No. Smartcat is an independent platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or otherwise associated with Articulate Global, LLC. Articulate®, Rise® and Storyline® are trademarks of Articulate Global, LLC. All product names and trademarks on this page belong to their respective owners and are used only for identification.
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