Week 1 Welcome & Introductions

Hello!  I am an long time sr. instructional designer for Denver Water, in ... Denver, of course. I spend most of my time these days managing the LMS, consulting on learning related challenges and coaching SMEs.  The amount of time I have to focus on larger development projects is limited, so we have pivoted to helping people draft/create their own content in tools like Rise and Scribe, rather than waiting for me to have capacity.  AI has been a godsend, both in Articulate and Adobe products.  I feel like I regularly need to advocate for it with coworkers and friends who are still in that "skynet is coming" contingent.

This is Raven, she is 9 and currently struggling with skin cancer.  It is hard, but she is a trooper.

Hi, I'm Neka! I am in Tacoma, WA (by way of Atlanta, GA), and I'm a Principal Analyst for the City of Tacoma.  In my day-to-day job I manage the training and development activities for a CX division. We provide technical and soft skills training and performance optimization for customer facing employees for the utility department. I'm here to find ways to incorporate the use of AI Assistant that will improve our efficiency.  I have a chiweenie named Snoopy (the black one) and a doxipoo named Yoshi (the white one).

Hi everyone! I’m Naomi McHugh 

I’m based in Charlotte, NC, but I was born in Bellingham, WA, and grew up in a small town in Ontario, Canada.

I work at UNC Charlotte with the Center for Teaching and Learning on the digital production team for online courses. My title is Instructional Media Designer, and day-to-day I partner with faculty to bring their courses to life—mainly by turning static PowerPoints into interactive, engaging eLearning experiences (lots of Articulate Rise!). I also help consult on course design and overall learner experience for online students.

I joined this AI Assistant Certification Cohort because I already use Articulate daily and have started exploring its AI features. I’m really excited to keep building on that, learn new ways to work more efficiently, and create even more engaging learning experiences.

Looking forward to learning with you all!

Bonus: Here are our two cats - Millie & Sadie 

Hello All,

I'm Jackie Koehler, Senior Training Specialist at Charles River Laboratories. I design all of the eLearnings for our site, which is outside of Philly. I have been in some sort of Learning & Development role throughout my career, and absolutely love learning new things! I am so excited to be part of this cohort and to learn how to best use our AI features.
My kitty cats are Sonic and Onyx, completely identical, except  they came from two different litters from two different states! 

Looking forward to meeting everyone and learning together!

Hello!  I'm located in the middle of the US, Missouri.  I develop self-paced courses, job aids and visuals for my organization.  We just started with Articulate last week so I'm hoping to become familiar with the AI features in Articulate to streamline my course development.  I'm also hoping to pick up some of the basics of using Articulate along the way.

Hi everyone! I’m Shannon Cadden, an Instructional Technologist with the Oregon Department of Human Services in Eugene, Oregon. I focus on training technology tools, instructional design, and facilitating engaging learning experiences.

I joined the Articulate AI Consistent Cohort to keep building my skills—especially around using AI thoughtfully and responsibly in instructional design. In my role, I help lead our team’s use of learning technologies and e-learning authoring tools, so staying ahead of emerging trends is a big priority for me. I’m excited to learn alongside all of you and share ideas!

Also, I don't have any pets myself, but we have a series of neighborhood cats that we enjoy watching when they are out and about.  🐈

Hi everyone,

My name is Wilhelm Roscher, or Wil. I'm located in Seattle, WA and work as a global instructional designer for a logistic company headquartered in Seattle. I develop various trainings - mainly computer-based trainings for the global audience of the company. 

I joined the AI Assistant Certification Cohort to continue learning and build my skills with the AI tools in storyline / rise.

Also, attached is a picture of my mini aussie - Maddie :)

Hi Everyone! My name is Mi-Esha and I am based out of Silver Spring, MD. I am a Quality Assurance Clinical Practice Nurse for the Kaiser Nursing Call Centers. In this role, I assist with content development for the quality and training teams across four KP markets. Like Gracia above, I am excited to improve the way I use the AI features in Rise and Storyline as well to be able to produce effective content in a more efficient way! 

No furry friends for me at this time, but looking to get one soon!

Hello fellow cohorts - I thought I had replied with my info but it doesn't look like it stuck.  My name is Celeste Bramlett and I have been a Learning Developer for almost 12 years.  I work for Roche Diagnostics on the Indianapolis campus.  I love my job!! The reason for participating in the cohort is to learn how to gain efficiency and more creativity when creating my eLearning content for internal and external customers.  I have 1 fur baby and 1 slimy baby 😄  Shiloh is a therapy dog at Shenandoah Elementary School and Lucy loves to swim and always looks like she is smiling. 

Hi everyone! I am a Senior Learning and Development Advisor with Westland Insurance. I am located in British Columbia, Canada. I help with the creation of elearnings and live sessions to teach insurance products, sales, and to help people pass their licensing exam. 
I joined the cohort to become more proficient in using the AI functions of Articulate because we just got it added to our subscription. I am hoping that it will help us not just speed up the time it takes to create a course but also help us increase the quality of the courses, because there is always room for improvement :)
This is a picture of my cat Koshka, she is always not so secretly judging everyone.