Is Moodle an Authoring Tool?

Moodle is a modular authoring tool for courses but at this time does not create SCORM packages.

What is an example of authoring tool?

Examples of authoring tools

Examples include: web page authoring tools (e.g., WYSIWYG HTML editors) software for directly editing source code or markup. software for converting to web content technologies (e.g., "Save as HTML" features in office suites)

What type of software is Moodle?

Moodle is a free and open-source learning management system (LMS) written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License.