The world of education and training is changing faster than ever. Learners expect interactive, accessible, and personalized experiences, while organizations need to deliver content at scale without inflating costs. Yet many educators and instructional designers are still stuck with outdated authoring tools — platforms built decades ago that struggle to meet today’s standards.

These legacy systems once served a purpose, but in 2025 they create more e-learning authoring challenges than solutions. That’s where AI-first platforms like Mexty are rewriting the rules.

The Problem With Outdated Authoring Tools

Legacy authoring tools were designed in a pre-AI world. Over time, vendors have bolted on new features to stay relevant — but this has only made them:

  • Complex and confusing: Layers of menus, buttons, and workflows that require hours of training.
  • Slow and inefficient: Building a simple course can take weeks or months.
  • Accessibility afterthoughts: Compliance with WCAG 2.1 or EN 301 549 often requires manual adjustments.
  • Costly to maintain: Licenses, updates, and add-ons increase expenses without delivering proportional value.

Even when AI is introduced, it’s often just a chatbot sitting on top of old software, disconnected from the actual workflow. Instead of solving the problem, it adds more friction.

What Modern Learning Needs

Today’s learners demand more than static slides and multiple-choice quizzes. Modern learning requires tools that can:

  • Adapt quickly to new training needs
  • Support accessibility by default
  • Integrate seamlessly with LMS platforms (via SCORM or other standards)
  • Empower educators, not overwhelm them with complexity

This is where legacy tools fail — they weren’t designed for agility, inclusivity, or AI-powered creation.

How Mexty Changes the Game

Mexty represents the new generation of authoring tools, designed from the ground up with AI at its core. Unlike outdated systems patched with add-ons, Mexty is lightweight, intuitive, and fast.

Here’s how it solves the problems of traditional platforms:

1. Prompt-Based Course Creation

With Mexty, you don’t spend hours dragging and dropping elements. You simply enter a prompt, and Mexty generates a structured, interactive, and SCORM-compliant course in minutes.

2. Accessibility Built In

Instead of treating accessibility as a checklist, Mexty integrates WCAG 2.1 Level AA and EN 301 549 compliance automatically. Every course is inclusive from the start, with no extra technical work required.

3. Frictionless Publishing

Whether you need to distribute content via LMS, share it on the web, or export as a PDF, Mexty makes it simple. No plugins, no patchwork. Just straightforward publishing.

4. Truly Easy to Use

Legacy tools require training sessions and support tickets. Mexty’s clean, intuitive design means anyone — from teachers to corporate trainers — can create professional courses without coding knowledge or design expertise.

The Bottom Line

Outdated authoring tools are holding education and training back. They create unnecessary e-learning authoring challenges at a time when agility and inclusivity are critical.

Mexty proves that an AI-first, modern platform can deliver what legacy tools can’t: speed, simplicity, accessibility, and compatibility by default.

The future of course creation isn’t about adding AI to old software. It’s about starting fresh with tools built for today’s learning needs.

👉 Experience the future of authoring with Mexty: www.mexty.ai

About the Author
Hubert Maupas, PhD, is the Co-Founder and CEO of Mexty, an AI-powered, no-code authoring platform that helps educators and institutions create interactive, personalized learning experiences in minutes. With a background in electronics, medical systems, and instructional design, Hubert brings decades of expertise in technology and education to advancing next-generation learning solutions.