What's new in Slate: Q1 2026

Slate launched on January 1, 2026. Three months later, the platform looks very different from where it started. Since launch, course creators around the world have made Slate part of their workflow. Many of the features in this post started as conversations with those creators: feedback submissions and feature requests that shaped what we built and in what order. This post covers most of what shipped in Q1: the major features, the iterative improvements, and links to the deeper posts we published along the way.

January and February highlights

The first two months were packed. Here is what shipped in January and February.

MCP integration: Slate became the first eLearning authoring tool to support the Model Context Protocol. 30+ purpose-built tools let AI assistants create courses, manage your library, open reviews, track engagement, and more. Read more.

Rise course import: Import your existing Articulate Rise courses into Slate. The importer maps Rise blocks to Slate equivalents, preserves your media, and gives you a full breakdown of what transferred. Read more.

ElevenLabs premium voices: Pro creators can narrate courses with ElevenLabs voices for natural, human-quality audio. Read more.

Slate Docs and MCP documentation tool: A documentation site at docs.slatebuilder.io with an MCP tool that lets AI assistants search it directly. Read more.

Share and Track: Shareable course links with optional email collection, engagement monitoring, and password protection. Read more.

Course translations: Translate courses into 10+ languages with one click, powered by AI. Read more.

Custom themes: Full control over course branding: colours, fonts, layout, custom CSS, and logo. Read more.

Embed anything: Paste a URL and Slate auto-detects the provider. YouTube, Vimeo, Loom, Google Drive, Synthesia, and more. Read more.

CSV library export: Export your full course library as a CSV for reporting, audits, or migration planning. Read more.

Dynamic SCORM

Traditional SCORM packages are frozen snapshots. Fix a typo, swap a screenshot, add a lesson: every change means re-exporting, re-uploading, and sometimes re-assigning learners. Multiply that across a few courses and a couple of LMS platforms, and small updates start eating real time.

Dynamic SCORM changes that workflow entirely. Export a lightweight package (around 5 KB) to your LMS once. The package contains just a manifest and a loader. When learners open the course, content loads live from Slate's servers. Need to make a change? Edit in Slate, click Publish Update, and every active package reflects it on the next learner session. No re-uploading, no re-assigning.

Dynamic SCORM supports SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 3rd Edition, and SCORM 2004 4th Edition. Completion tracking, scores, and bookmarking work identically to static exports. Available on the Pro plan. Read the full post.

Team workspaces

Pro creators can now create a team, invite collaborators by email, and share courses in a dedicated team workspace. The team owner manages seats, and each team member needs their own Pro seat. Once added, members get full Pro-level access.

A workspace switcher in the dashboard header lets you toggle between your personal workspace and your team. Courses, AI credits, and media storage all switch context automatically. Credits are pooled at the team level (30,000 per seat per month), and storage pools at 15 GB per seat.

When two team members open the same course, automatic lesson locking prevents conflicts. The first person to open a lesson gets the edit lock; others see a read-only view until it is released. Configure your team from the Teams page.

Authoring tools

Theme presets: Save up to 10 named theme configurations and apply them across your courses in one click. Presets capture everything: colours, fonts, layout, navigation behaviour, custom CSS, and logo. You can export presets as JSON and import them on another account or share them with a teammate. A "Manage Presets" dialog lets you rename, delete, set a default, and see a diff before applying.

LESSON.md import: Write lessons in any text editor, AI tool, or Markdown environment using the LESSON.md format, then import them directly into Slate. The format covers 18 of 19 block types including text, images, knowledge checks, accordions, tabs, layouts, and cards. A downloadable template with annotated examples is included. Available on all plans.

Custom AI prompt: Set a custom prompt (up to 500 characters) in Settings that applies to all AI course and lesson conversations. Use it to tell the AI about your audience, tone, organization, or content standards. Available on Standard and Pro plans.

Note block: A new callout block for highlighting important information. Choose from four design variants: accent, bordered, filled, and minimal. Great for tips, warnings, or key takeaways.

New translation languages: Portuguese (European) and Welsh joined as supported translation languages, bringing the total to 12.

Media and storage

Storage management: A new Settings > Storage section shows your total usage with a segmented progress bar broken down by media type (images, video, audio, documents). You can see exactly what is using your storage and manage it directly from settings.

Standard plan video and document uploads: Video and document uploads are no longer Pro-only. Standard plan creators now have full access. Read more.

One-click image optimization: Image blocks now have an "Optimize" button that compresses the image to WebP format and shows before/after size savings. Especially effective for AI-generated PNGs, which are often 2-5 MB. Read more.

Safe media deletion: Before deleting a file from the media library, the system scans every lesson, course logo, preview link, shared link, review, and version history snapshot for references. You see a detailed breakdown of what will break before confirming. Deletion is never blocked, but you always know the impact first.

Import, export, and reviews

LMS export snapshots: A version snapshot is now automatically created each time you export an LMS package or publish a Dynamic SCORM update. These snapshots provide a complete audit trail of every version pushed to learners. The version history panel was also redesigned with a clean timeline layout and unified badge styling.

Import improvements: Single course imports now validate and parse the ZIP before uploading any media. You see a preview with warnings and stats before committing.

Review improvements: Review invite links can now optionally require a password. The review sidebar was also redesigned with an always-visible share link, inline settings, and the ability to reopen closed reviews directly from the sidebar.

Canva app: The Slate for Canva app, which converts Canva presentations into structured SCORM courses, was finalized and submitted for Canva marketplace approval in March.

Under the hood

Not every improvement gets its own section, but these are worth noting:

• Content moderation: Public course previews and shared links now have a report button. An admin moderation queue handles reviews, content hiding, and account suspension.
• Timezone-safe timestamps: Dashboard timestamps now display correctly across team members in different timezones.
• Mobile responsiveness: Dashboard, settings, admin panels, and brand fonts section all optimized for mobile and touch devices.
• Smart course deletion: Deleting a course now checks for active dependencies (preview links, tracked links, Dynamic SCORM packages, reviews) and warns before proceeding.
• Assessment autoscroll toggle: New theme setting to disable the automatic scroll-to-next-question behavior in assessments.
• Credit and course limit gating: AI chat inputs now show your remaining balance and disable when you are out of credits or at your course limit.

That is Q1. If you have questions or feature requests, we are always listening on the feedback page. And if you are building eLearning content, check out the eLearning accessibility checklist we published this quarter.