Artificial intelligence has moved from niche pilot projects to daily practice in many classrooms and corporate training centers. Adaptive assessments in the United States, large-scale tutoring chatbots in Southeast Asia, and automated grading tools across Europe all point to the same trend: algorithms are no longer peripheral to teaching but central to how content is produced and delivered. As education providers try to keep pace with tightening budgets and rising enrolment, attention is shifting from learner-facing AI to authoring-side tools that can compress months of course development into hours. One Australian software firm, eSkilled, has entered this space with the release of its AI Course Creator.
Founded in 2019 in Fortitude Valley, Queensland, eSkilled initially supplied compliance resources to Registered Training Organizations. Product manager interviews from that period describe frustration with “disconnected systems” that forced training organizations to juggle separate learning and student-management platforms. The same logic underscored the 2024 decision to build the AI Course Creator. Company engineers aim to shorten the traditional design cycle, which can last well over eight weeks when storyboarding, media production, and quality checks are performed manually. The new tool combines the creation of generative text, images, and quizzes on one screen, underpinned by the GPT-4 model and a library of instructional design templates.
Users start with a Course Creation Wizard that asks for learning outcomes, unit duration, and audience profile. The system then assembles outlines, learning objectives, and suggested media blocks. Existing policy documents or slide decks can be uploaded and automatically split into granular lessons; drag-and-drop editing allows trainers to keep or discard suggested material. A separate panel generates formative quizzes and case studies, while an accessibility checker flags missing captions or color-contrast issues.
Narration tracks, embedded video, and language localization—currently available in more than eighty languages—are added through menu prompts rather than external editors. Regional compliance presets map each lesson against Australian Skills Quality Authority standards or other regulatory frameworks, reducing the manual cross-referencing that usually precedes an audit. Finished courses are exported as SCORM packages, LTI links, or hosted URLs.
Data shared at the 2025 VET Digital Futures Forum indicates that medium-sized RTOs have cut average development time from thirty working days to fewer than five. Independent instructional designer Cherie Bowker posted on LinkedIn that she “created a digital course in 37 minutes” after watching a walkthrough video of the software. Trainers also highlight integrated progress-tracking dashboards that consolidate learner data into a single screen, eliminating the need for exports between disparate systems.
Analysts describe the tool as part of a broader shift that “democratizes content creation”, lowering barriers for smaller providers that cannot afford specialist teams. For incumbent learning-management vendors, the integration of authoring, delivery, and student management inside a single suite presents competitive pressure. Several Australian RTOs have cited the platform as a differentiator in tender documents for government-funded training, arguing that its faster content refresh cycles support labor market agility.
Unlike many standalone editing tools, the AI Course Creator connects directly to eSkilled’s Student and Learning Management System. That link synchronizes enrolment records, assessment grades, and audit evidence, an arrangement that auditors say can simplify documentation sampling during reviews. The system also attaches version histories to each course object, a requirement under the Standards for RTOs clauses covering systematic validation.
Educators who have tested the software emphasize that its value lies in augmentation rather than substitution. “AI produces a solid draft, but contextual expertise still belongs to the trainer,” says Jessica Moore, a hospitality lecturer at a regional TAFE. Chief executive Scott Rogers used similar language in a March 2025 Tech Business News interview, arguing that AI “enhances, not replaces, human insight in corporate training”. Industry observers note that such framing aims to alleviate concerns that automation may compromise pedagogical quality or threaten instructional design jobs.
The platform has drawn attention beyond its immediate user base. In August 2023, eSkilled received the Australian Business Award for Software Innovation. Earlier, the company secured a Gold trophy for Best Learning and Talent Technology at the 2022 LearnX Awards. These accolades, while not direct endorsements of the AI Course Creator, signal industry acknowledgement of the firm’s broader software architecture, which underpins the new tool.
Product notes circulated to partners outline a roadmap that includes integration with enterprise resource-planning systems, predictive analytics to identify at-risk students, and expanded AI functionality. New features in development include AI tutors that offer personalized academic support and AI-powered teaching avatars that enhance engagement through multimodal learning experiences. Expansion into corporate learning and higher education is also on the agenda, leveraging multilingual output for multinational firms.
Pressure on education providers to deliver timely, compliant, and engaging content shows no sign of easing. The emergence of author-side AI, represented by eSkilled’s AI Course Creator, suggests one route toward meeting that demand. Whether the tool becomes a staple across vocational, K–12, and corporate sectors will depend less on its technical prowess and more on how trainers negotiate the balance between algorithmic efficiency and human pedagogy. For now, the software offers a concrete example of how artificial intelligence is reshaping not only what learners see on their screens but also how that material comes into being.
