Forum Discussion
Week 1 Welcome & Introductions
Hi everyone!
I'm Erin from Tooele, Utah, and I work as an Instructional Designer for the Utah Transit Authority (UTA). I develop training for our light rail operations and maintenance employees, so my day-to-day includes building eLearning in Storyline and Rise, creating videos and job aids, collaborating with subject matter experts, and managing training in Workday Learning.
I joined this cohort because AI has become an invaluable part of my development process, and I want to learn how to use Articulate AI more effectively to create higher-quality training, save development time, and discover new ways to support learners. I'm excited to learn from everyone and see how you're using AI in your own organizations!
Bonus: I have four cats, one dog and a feral 15 year old human child. I would have to say the feral man child is my favorite but I am also pretty fond on my 12 year old kitty that I rescued at five weeks old. She's part Siamese, has heterochromia (one gold eye and one blue eye) and she was born with four kinks in her tail so it looks all stubby (because of her medium length hair) and has no flexibility, kind of like a bottle brush. She has a purr you can't hear but can feel if you put your ear, hand or face on her chest. On almost a daily basis she leaves a single sock for me on my side of the bed. I have never seen her carry one but one magically shows up while I'm gone. My son was three when I got her. He named her Gnocchi after Chef Pisghetti's cat on Curious George. I like to call her my Gnocchi Noodle or my Little White Potata'.
Miss Gnocchi is precious! Thank you for sharing her story and picture 🥹
I know very little about the light rail industry, what sort of subject material are you most focused on in your training? (Or I guess a better question is how much engineering do you have to understand to write it?)I hope the cohort helps speed up your process, or gives you ideas for other projects!
The subject material is anything and everything a person from the street needs to know to be able to operate the train itself all the way to interacting with passengers and reporting incidents. There is a little bit of technical training as they need to be able to troubleshoot common problems such as a stuck door ramp or malfunctioning door. We actually got new simulators last year that closely replicate the real thing. I tried it once and there is no way I could be an operator. There is too much going on all at once and I get overwhelmed too easily. I have learned a lot about operating though in my eight years of supporting the department so I'm not totally clueless and when in doubt our Training Supervisors and Training Specialist are our SMEs who have field experience so they do the final approvals on anything I create and are my go-to people when I have questions.
