Week 1 Welcome & Introductions

Hi, I'm Mary Adams! I live in Eugene, Oregon and I work for Lane County. My official title is a "Data Analyst" for the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS). In order for agencies to receive funding to help the homeless, they often have to agree to put the information of their clients into HMIS so we can use the data to figure out what is working best, how the county should best spend it's money on homeless services, and to judge the effectiveness of programs. I do some data analysis, but my main job is to train the people at the agencies how to use our antiquated system. I make one-page quick guides, write articles, create infographics helping people understand the system and the results better, as well as run in-person and virtual trainings. However, my favorite part is creating interactive trainings using Storyline. I have a series of escape rooms complete with stickers that can be earned for each one. They help people practice the more difficult aspects of the data entry.

I use AI for images, videos, text-to-speech, and I tried a little bit of vibe-coding but I'm still not great at writing prompts to get the information I need. I am interested in practicing more so that I can be comfortable using the AI assistant. I'm hoping it can help automate some of the more tedious parts of entering in triggers and images when I create trainings in Storyline.

Hi folks! My name is Tai, and I’m an Instructional Designer at a school that trains imaging technologists within a large healthcare organization. While I’m often mistaken for the IT department, my real passion is educational technology and creating engaging learning experiences. With the rapid growth of AI, there’s much to explore!

My reasons for joining the cohort are to build confidence in using AI Assistant for content creation, to enhance training modules, and strengthen my AI skills as an instructional designer. I'm excited to be part of this cohort and looking forward to learning alongside all of you.

I work from home a couple days a week and my micromanager, Reggie is always there to supervise.

Get back to work!!

Hi all, 

I am Sheny, located in California. I work for as a Quality Control Specialist for a company that creates training for healthcare facilities. 

Through the AI Cohort I hope to learn more about the AI features available within both Storyline and Rise. I've used some of the AI features but I am interested in learning how else I can improve my process.

Looking forward to learning!

Hi everyone! My name is Nicki Meyers. I am located near St. Louis, Missouri and I work for Mastercard. I am embedded in a product team where I am responsible for creating customer-facing learning for our product's user interface.

I joined this cohort to learn more about the AI Assistant in Articulate and how it can help scale training creation.

My boxer, Rosie, keeps me company when I work from home.

Hi I'm Cali, not from Cali but from Atlanta, GA. I'm a Senior L&D Leader within the manufacturing industry.  No pets but glad to be here -- and I look forward to connecting with you. 

I’m Stew Souders — currently no pets. I work as a curriculum designer for Washington State and live in Lacey, WA. I’m looking forward to learning as much as I can about these new AI tools and exploring how they can support our work. Excited to be part of this cohort!

Hi everyone,

I'm a freelance elearning developer in Australia, working on elearning projects for government and corporate clients. Hoping to keep up with AI development so I can incorporate into my work as well as help my workflow. 

Here is Willow, one of my pooches

Hi there! I am Uli from Switzerland, working as L&D Manager. I use Articulate's AI-functions quite a lot and look forward to learn something new about it.

(no pets in my home - we are a family of climbers)

My name is Miriam Jesson, and I'm based in India. I work at Deel as an Enablement Coordinator within the Instructional Design team.

I'm relatively new to Instructional Design, and I'm at an inflection point where AI is reshaping how we think about learning design and delivery. I want to move beyond general AI literacy into practical, structured expertise—specifically around how to meaningfully integrate AI assistants into our enablement strategies at Deel. I see this cohort as a way to build that capability intentionally, rather than figuring it out ad hoc.

Hello All,

I am Harshitha from India. I have worked as an Academician & instructional designer in Technical Higher Education. Currently i am on a pretty long career break as a full time mommy. I am really looking forward to upskill in AI instructional Design workflow to leverage my existing knowledge in ID domain.