Week 1 Welcome & Introductions

Hi everyone, my name is Christina.  I'm located in Cary, NC, and work for a telecom company as an Instructional Designer/Developer Consultant.  My goal is to learn more about the newest AI features in Rise and Storyline. :) 

Hi! My name is Jenna and I work as an Instructional Designer with Judge Learning Solutions. I'm based in Miami, FL but our headquarters are in Pennsylvania.

We work with clients from a variety of backgrounds to create and adapt learning materials to best meet each company's needs. I often use Articulate for creating  onboarding content, adapting quick reference guides, or compliance trainings.

I am looking forward to learning more about how AI can help elevate the coursework I create, especially with regards to streamlining content and/or enhancing engagement strategies. Since AI is here to stay, I'd like to be able to learn a few more tools to best utilize it!

While I don't have any pets, I love seeing all of yours!

Looking forward to learning more about AI Assistant together!

• Hello! My name is Jeff and I am located in Orlando Florida. I work for Traveling Coaches and its sister company Alterity. We provide training solutions for legal firms (on the Traveling Coaches side) and various other industries like medical (Alterity). I am an instructional designer.
  
  
• Using AI is on everyone's mind and I want to be at the front of what's available.
  
  
• I love animals but I am unfortunately pet free at the moment

Hi cohort friends👋

My name is Charis (pronounced kuh-REEZ), and I live in South Florida.

I'm the Global Instructional Design Manager at Airbnb 🏡 and I believe some of my direct reports and colleagues are in this cohort with me😉 I oversee all the design and development of Customer Support onboarding curricula, which basically means I attend a lot of daily Zoom meetings about timelines, milestones, and deliverables 📅 I also manage our ID style guide, assets and templates, and course review process💻

I joined this cohort (and encouraged my team to join as well!) to learn more about the AI Assistant capabilities, so we can hopefully integrate some of the features into our workflows to improve training content for our learners.

My furry officemates are Jean Jacket (Malinois), Boba (French Bulldog), and Rootbeer (Tortie). 

Hello! My name is Mollie and I am the Professional Development Consultant for Maternal Child at Kaiser Westside in the NW Region. I am excited to be here and learn some tips and tricks! ❤️

Hey folks, 

I'm Patrick, and I'll be joining from Tacoma, Washington. I'm a Sr. Instructional Designer with Tacoma Public Utilities and primarily create training resources for customer service focused staff members! 

I'm excited to join the cohort to help me discover spaces where I can lean more on AI to streamline my work and stay up to date on current trends! 

Pictured here are Koopa (dog) and Freya (cat)! 

Hi everyone! I’m Zoraida, and I’m based in Long Island, New York. I’m an Instructional Designer in the Learning and Development team at Flagstar Bank, and I’ll be celebrating my 10-year anniversary there this June. I’ve been in the Instructional Designer role for a little over four years and really enjoy growing my skills and learning new things along the way.

I included a picture of Dodger, Cheddar, and Kitty. Kitty had to be photoshopped into the photo because she prefers her own space, but I really wanted all three of them together, so I made it happen! They’re all rescues and are completely spoiled rotten, as they should be.

I’m excited to be part of this AI Assistant cohort and am really looking forward to learning new skills to enhance my Storyline courses.

Hi everyone! I'm looking forward to learning along with you.  I'm a long-time trainer in logistics and supply chain.  Over the years, I've developed courses to deliver myself but I'm now in a role that requires a lot more intentional instructional design for a much wider audience so AI assistance is a most welcome help to me. I have a lot to learn in general! Here is a picture of my three cats.  The one in the middle looks human but she assures me that's an illusion. 

Hi Everyone

I live in a smaller town outside of Toronto, Ontario Canada. It is called Oshawa and once was the center for building General Motors cars and trucks.

However since I am semi-retired I travel much of the year. We usually spend our winters in Belize or Guatemala where it is much warmer than Toronto.

I have been using many of the AI functions for RISE but there is always so much to learn that I wanted to join this group. I am a Freelancer but sometimes I work for a length of time for clients. Over the past few years I have developed courses for apprenticeships using RISE as well as some onboarding courses for small companies.

Since we travel a lot we have had to forgo having pets.

Rene

Hi everyone! My name is Olive, and I'm located in Georgia. I work in IT at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, where I focus on learning and development, onboarding, and professional development opportunities for our IT staff. 

I joined because I'm really interested in learning practical ways to use AI to make work easier, improve training development, and create more engaging learning experiences.