How to Scale Course Creation Without Building a Huge L&D Team

Editor’s note: This article is based on a session from iSpring Days APAC 2025 and has been adapted for readability and clarity.

Key Takeaways

• Most workplace training does not require long, complex production cycles
• Scrollable courses can dramatically reduce course creation time
• Training bottlenecks are often operational, not technical
• Internal experts can contribute to course creation with the right process
• AI works best as a workflow accelerator, not a replacement for instructional design
• Mobile-friendly learning formats are becoming essential for distributed teams

Why Traditional eLearning Production Often Moves Too Slowly

Many organizations unintentionally create training workflows that are far heavier than they need to be.

A relatively simple training request suddenly requires:

• storyboarding
• design support
• multiple approvals
• technical publishing
• LMS testing
• several review rounds

Weeks pass before employees see the final training.

Meanwhile, the actual business need may simply be:

• communicating a process update
• reducing mistakes
• onboarding new employees faster
• sharing operational knowledge
• explaining a policy change

In these situations, speed and clarity matter more than highly produced interactive experiences.

That’s one reason why scrollable courses are becoming increasingly popular.

Why Scrollable Courses Work So Well for Workplace Learning

Scrollable courses behave more like modern web content than traditional slide-based eLearning.

Instead of clicking through slides, learners naturally scroll through content blocks that combine:

• text
• images
• callouts
• interactive elements
• quizzes
• embedded media

The format feels lighter and easier to consume, especially on mobile devices.

But the biggest advantage is operational.

According to Arina: 

Experience has shown that scrollable courses are sufficient for 80% of tasks, especially because they are made much faster.

That speed changes what training teams can realistically support.

Instead of spending weeks developing every course, organizations can create and update learning content continuously.

And in fast-moving companies, keeping training current is often more important than making it visually complex.

The Real Goal of Workplace Training

One of the most valuable ideas from the session was that businesses are not creating training for the sake of training itself.

Training exists to solve operational problems.

Sometimes the problem is:

• inconsistent onboarding
• low employee confidence
• support ticket overload
• compliance risk
• poor adoption of new processes
• customer communication issues

That changes how companies should think about course development.

The goal is not necessarily: 

How sophisticated can we make this course? 

The more important question is: 

Can we create and update training quickly enough to support the business?

That operational mindset is becoming increasingly important for learning teams.

Why Companies Should Rethink Who Creates Learning Content

Traditionally, course creation has been treated as a highly specialized function.

But modern authoring tools are lowering the technical barrier significantly.

During the session, Arina explained that organizations can increasingly involve HR specialists, onboarding managers, trainers, team leads, subject matter experts, and former educators in the course creation process.

This does not mean instructional design stops mattering.

It means organizations can spend less time on technical production work and more time focusing on:

• content clarity
• operational relevance
• learner understanding
• communication quality

Interestingly, Arina emphasized that soft skills are often more important than advanced technical skills when building a new training team.

Communication ability, openness to feedback, willingness to learn, and attention to detail may matter more than mastering complex authoring software from day one.

The Most Overlooked Problem in Course Production

One of the most practical parts of the session focused on feedback workflows.

Because even when course creation itself becomes faster, review processes can still slow everything down.

A course gets reviewed by:

• managers
• HR
• operations
• subject matter experts
• legal teams
• stakeholders

Everyone suggests edits. Timelines slip. Projects become chaotic.

Eventually, the training is either delayed or outdated before launch.

Arina recommended simplifying this process significantly:

• define who can approve changes
• limit review rounds
• establish deadlines early
• agree on feedback formats in advance

Simple operational changes like these can dramatically improve training velocity.

Especially in organizations where policies, procedures, or compliance requirements change frequently.

Where AI Actually Helps in Course Creation

AI was another major topic during the webinar.

But instead of presenting AI as a replacement for instructional designers, Arina demonstrated a more practical approach.

AI works best when it reduces repetitive production work.

During the session, she showed how AI can help:

• generate quiz questions
• organize course outlines
• translate content
• structure information
• speed up formatting

She also made an important distinction: 

I do not recommend using it for writing the whole course… but it will help you with ideas for sure.

That’s probably the most realistic use case for AI in workplace learning right now.

Not fully automated course generation.

Workflow acceleration.

Why Mobile-Friendly Learning Is Becoming Essential

Another important point from the session was how employees actually consume training today.

More learning now happens:

• remotely
• asynchronously
• between operational tasks
• on mobile devices
• outside classroom environments

This is especially true for:

• distributed teams
• frontline workers
• healthcare organizations
• logistics operations
• field service teams
• customer support teams

Scrollable courses naturally fit these usage patterns because they behave more like responsive web content than traditional eLearning modules.

And importantly, they remove much of the complexity involved in creating mobile-friendly training experiences.

Course Creation Is Becoming an Operational Capability

One of the strongest takeaways from the session is that training development is increasingly becoming an operational agility challenge.

The organizations that move fastest are often not the ones producing the most sophisticated courses.

They are the ones that can:

• update training quickly
• involve internal experts efficiently
• distribute knowledge consistently
• reduce production bottlenecks
• keep learning aligned with business changes

That requires a different approach to course creation.

Less focus on making every course perfect.

More focus on building sustainable systems for continuous knowledge sharing.

Final Thoughts

The most interesting part of Arina Vass’s session was not just the product demo.

It was the broader shift in mindset behind it.

Modern workplace learning is moving toward:

• lighter production workflows
• faster content updates
• collaborative course creation
• AI-assisted development
• mobile-first learning
• scalable internal knowledge sharing

And for many organizations, scrollable courses may be one of the simplest ways to start making that transition.

Watch the Full Session

How to Start Course Creation Flow in Your Company Using Scrollable Courses
Presented by Arina Vass at iSpring Days APAC 2025