The AI does the instructional design.
You provide the expertise.
CO.LLAB
Co.LLab is a desktop elearning authoring tool that builds complete, interactive courses from a simple blueprint. Branching scenarios, knowledge checks, voiceover scripts — packaged as SCORM, ready for any LMS.
I spent 20 years building courses the hard way.
So I built a tool that doesn't.
Every authoring tool I've used assumes you already know how to do instructional design. They give you a canvas. You supply the learning objectives, the scenario structure, the interaction choices, the narrative arc. Every time.
For a freelance instructional designer, that means spending 40% of project time manually rebuilding a storyboard into course structure — in a tool that makes every course look the same.
For a small training provider, it means depending on one designer who can use the tool, while the people who actually know the content can't build anything themselves.
For a subject matter expert with 20 years of knowledge, it means paying someone else thousands of pounds to turn their expertise into something their clients can use online.
I've led learning programmes for organisations with 6,000+ employees across 12 countries. I've developed capability frameworks for 1,000+ managers. I've seen what works at scale and what breaks.
Co.LLab exists because the problem is real: the tools available to most people in elearning assume either a large budget, an annual subscription, or a team of developers. None of them do the design work.
Co.LLab does.
What Co.LLab produces.
From a short blueprint — who the learners are, what they need to know, and why — Co.LLab generates a complete interactive course.
Branching Scenarios
Realistic workplace situations with meaningful choices and consequences. Not multiple-choice dressed up as interaction.
Sorting Activities
Categorisation and decision-making exercises that test understanding, not just recognition.
Knowledge Checks
Contextual questions placed where they reinforce learning — not just bolted on at the end.
Voiceover Scripts
Ready for ElevenLabs or your own narrator. Courses work fully without audio too.
Flashcards
Key concepts presented for recall and spaced repetition, built into the course flow.
SCORM Packages
SCORM 1.2. Tested on Moodle, TalentLMS, LearnDash, and Totara. Nine languages.
Who it's for
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Freelance IDs
Stop building courses. Start designing them.
You're spending 40% of your project time on manual rebuild work in a tool that makes every course look like everyone else's. Co.LLab handles the production. You handle the standard. And your back catalogue isn't locked in — SCORM import means you take it with you.
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Training Providers
Your content is good. Your online output should be too.
Your subject experts build blueprints. The AI builds the course. One licence, the whole team can build. Less than one year of iSpring — better output than iSpring. Stop losing pitches to providers with bigger production budgets.
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Subject Matter Experts
You know the content. Co.LLab builds the course.
Turn your expertise into professional elearning — without learning instructional design or paying someone else someone to do it. Your voice, your frameworks, your case studies. In a course your clients can actually use.
How it compares
Every other authoring tool gives you a canvas and assumes you know what to do with it. Co.LLab does the design work.
Buy once.
Own forever.
No subscription. No annual renewal. No content lock-in. You buy it, you own it.
You bring your own API key — Anthropic or OpenAI. A full 5-module course typically costs under $1 in API usage. No per-use fees. No usage tiers. No surprise charges.
Co.LLab runs locally on your machine. Your API keys stay on your device and are never sent anywhere except directly to the services you configure.
Currently free during beta. Co.LLab launches fully in June 2026. Download and use it now in exchange for feedback. When it launches, it will be a paid one-time purchase.
Available for Windows and macOS.
Try it. Tell me what you think.
The beta is free. Download Co.LLab, build a course, and let me know what works and what doesn't.