Week 1 Welcome & Introductions

I'm Victor.  I work for an insurance company as an Instructional Designer where I'm accompanied by two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels who snore under my desk all day. Spent the last 15 years in L&D, and love using Articulate.  Looking forward continuing to find new and exciting ways to keep our learners engaged.    

Hello everyone, My name is Sheila and I am located in Michigan. I work for the University of California Santa Cruz as their Instructional Design Librarian.

I joined this cohort to learn how AI could help us with accessibility considerations for online learning. We don't have an in-house expert (yet) so I see this as a tool for us to build more inclusive content. 

I share my life with 4 wonderful kitties. Here is one of them, Rin, who had an amazing Halloween photoshoot a few years back :) 

Hi everyone! My name is Taylor Grain, and I’m an Instructional Designer based in Charlotte, North Carolina. I work for a medical school where I develop online learning and training programs for public health professionals.

I’m excited to learn more about how AI can be leveraged within Articulate and to explore other tools that can enhance the learning experience. My goal is to create the most effective, engaging, and impactful learning products possible for my learners. I look forward to learning from everyone and sharing ideas throughout this experience!

I have one fur baby, London, who loves posing for glamour shots. 

Hi everyone! 

I'm Jessica, and I live in Louisiana. I am a Technical Writer at Traveling Coaches.

My two dogs are Coco (the brown one) and Polo (the silver & black one). 

Hi everyone! I'm Erica, based in Alabama, where I work as a Senior Associate in Compliance for an insurance company. My day-to-day focuses on designing and managing compliance training, supporting regulatory initiatives, and finding ways to make required training more engaging and effective for employees.

I joined the AI Assistant Certification Cohort because I'm excited to learn new and creative ways to use AI to enhance learning experiences and improve content development workflows.

Meet Gracie, my four-year-old rescue Malshi (Maltese/Shih Tzu mix)! She's usually not far from my side when I'm working from home.

Looking forward to learning with everyone and seeing how you're using AI in your own roles!

Hello from Scottsdale, AZ (USA)! I'm Director of Training Development (but also a contributor/developer myself). I work for Vitalant, a blood and biotherapies provider in multiple states. I manage a team of 5 Instructional Designers and we're all at varying level of comfort in the AI Assistant tools of Articulate, and I wanted to learn more about it. 😁

My fur babies are Biscuit: male brown collie-chihauhua mix and Daisy: female white (ish?) papillon-chihuahua mix. They're both rescues. We've had them just over 10 years and they were estimated to be around 2 years old when we adopted them, so they spend a lot of time sleeping nowadays. We're pretty sure their ends are near (which we're not looking forward to 😢), but we certainly love them while we have them.♥️

Biscuit

Daisy

Hi everyone, 👋

I'm Maria, the Learning Specialist at Conyers/Codan in Toronto, Canada. I lead onboarding, training, and professional development initiatives across the firm, helping employees build the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in their roles.

I joined this cohort to learn how AI can help me build more engaging, user-friendly learning experiences in Rise and make content development more efficient.

Looking forward to learning from everyone!🙂

Hello there! My name's David and I'm working out of the Fort Worth, TX area. I'm in safety within the warehousing environment, so there's always tons to work on. These days, I'm mainly creating and distributing outreach or education materials.

The situations and sites we operate in are quite varied, which leads to the need for a lot of case-specific content. I'm hoping the AI assistant can help with keeping our output up but still ensure the content is tailored to each individual need.

Although I've got no pets of my own, the roommate has two pups that hang out with me as I work. They're about as introverted as I am though, so they've hidden themselves away.

Hi everyone! I'm Nancy from Texas and work as a Senior Learning & Development Consultant in the insurance industry. My day-to-day work includes designing and facilitating training programs, creating eLearning and instructor-led courses, and supporting employee development initiatives.

I’m looking forward to learning new ways to use AI within Articulate to create more engaging learning experiences, improve development efficiency, and discover practical tips I can apply to my training projects.

I'm looking forward to learning from everyone and seeing the creative ways you're using AI in your work! And this is Mika (our rescue from Wisconsin).

Hi Everyone!

I’m Kristina Miller, and I’m located in Buffalo, NY. I work for M&T Bank as an Instructional Designer. Day-to-day, I’m creating courses for any of our business lines or departments here at the bank—everything from compliance training to on-the-job system training.  

I joined the AI Assistant Certification Cohort to learn more about how I can use AI in my work. I've found that it’s a great thought partner and assistant for many of the projects we work on, and I’m excited to use it directly in our content creation tools now. I’m hoping to learn some best practices that I can use in my work. 

We live in a more rural suburb of Buffalo, so we have many pets...chickens, ducks, fish, a cat, and two mini doxies. In addition to my husband and three kids, it’s pretty much chaos all the time, so I definitely don’t have a picture of anyone sitting nicely and posing. Here are the doxies, Rosie and Poppy, keeping an eye on me at all times.