Week 1 Welcome & Introductions

Hi, everyone! My name is Ian and I'm based in western Connecticut, USA. I am the Training Manager for the North America sales region at Thule, a manufacturer of consumer products for active families and outdoor enthusiasts. Along with two colleagues, our team designs and delivers product training for Thule's retail partners globally, as well as customer & consumer facing teams internally.

We've used Rise 360 for the past 6 years to author product training and, more recently, corporate compliance content for our LMS, Thule Academy. Our small team is responsible for developing training across 25+ product categories, so we're constantly looking for ways to create high-quality courses and microlearnings more efficiently. I'm eager to learn best practices for incorporating AI Assistant into my daily workflow in Rise and how to leverage the feature as a novice Storyline user.

Hi, all. I'm Jen and I work as an instructional designer for a non-profit organization in New Hampshire. 
I've worked with Storyline and Rise since 2018 and have been using the AI Assistant in Rise a bit so far, but I think there many capabilities I'm not taking advantage of. So I think this will be a good opportunity to learn from others and have some dedicated time to work on it. Thank you for this opportunity!
Our pet is a 6 yo bunny, Willow.

Hello! My name is Jackie and I'm a Senior Security Training and Awareness Program Manager at Centene :) I'm currently living in the Los Angeles area (Southbay if you're local!) with my two kids, and husband. I work remotely, but love to get out of the house and find local coffee shops, etc. when I can sneek away! Looking forward to learning a lot with everyone :) 

Hello!  My name is Jean-Ann and I'm a Learning Developer for Roche Diagnostics in Indianapolis, Indiana.  I've been in the online learning industry for many years.  I'm currently also going back to school for my masters degree in Instructional Design Technology!  

I joined the AI Assistant Cohort because my company recently turned on the AI Assistant and all of the features and I want to learn more and make sure that I'm using all that is available to me.  I'm very excited to learn more and learn how others are using it.  

I have two Newfoundland dogs, Bear and Lido.  They are 13.5 and 5 years old.  They love the snow and the cold here in the winter.  They are big sweeties!  

Hi everyone!

I am Whitney Woodard and I am from the Huntsville, Alabama area. I currently work for the Aerospace Company, Blue Origin where I am an instructional designer and facilitator of our New Employee Orientation. My work at Blue Origin includes; e-learning development, and workshop building. I love building courses for a rocket company! It's super cool to see our work effect those that are actually touching the end-product. 

The reason I chose to take this course is because I use Rise and Storyline on a daily basis but still consider myself a beginner. Looking forward to learning how the AI assistant can help me with my everyday work. 

Hello from Olympia, Washington! 👋 Nice to meet everyone. I'm Laura and I work as an Organizational Learning Specialist for Washington State Employees Credit Union (WSECU). My day-to-day involves facilitating virtual training for new hires, LMS admin, and building eLearning.

I'm using the AI Assistant already (what a fantastic tool!) and am looking forward to unlocking more of its capabilities and discovering how to gain more efficiencies. Seeing everyone's pet pictures is a bonus! I don't have a pet, but I do have a toddler who keeps me plenty busy 😄

Hi everybody! My name is Katie and I am a Lead Learning Experience designer at Rapid7 in Austin, Texas. In my role, I design training focused on our cybersecurity products, primarily to support and educate partner resellers.

I also serve as the LMS administrator, UX designer, and creator of courses, job aids, and certification exams for our Partner Academy. Articulate has significantly enhanced the learning experience we deliver and increased overall engaged! 

 I'm excited to continue exploring its AI capabilities, both to further improve our programs and to help enable my team to reach and impact even more learners.

Hi all,

My name is Joanne, and I am the LMS Admin/Analyst for Liveops. Please reach out on LinkedIn if you would like to connect.

I'm passionate about professional development and learning new things - so that is why I am here.

Hi, everyone! My name is Beth Conn, and I am an Instructional Designer at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. I am excited to learn how to use AI Assistant to help increase productivity and creativity! This is going to be awesome!

My dog Yeti is a 6-year-old hot mess of a big baby. He likes to sleep in between me and my husband and must be touching me at all times 🤣.

Hi Folks - I'm in the UK and I work for a healthcare transformation organisation.  I'm a Senior Learning Designer and I work across the full end-to-end activities of the learning lifecycle.  I use Articulate 360 Rise and Storyline to enable the creation of engaging learning content. Joining this cohort will give me a more formal and structured approach in which to continue my Articulate AI upskilling. Looking forward to learning alongside everyone in this May 2026 cohort!  Feel free to read more about me on my Linkedin page here and please do send me a connection request.