👀 Are you in the right group? Does your last name begin with letters A-C? You're in the right place! If not, go back to the Week 2 Discussion Groups page to find your group.This group's peer guide is MelAngiulo. 🤩 This is your chance to show off your work! Copy the Quick Share link to the AI Course Draft you created in the Week 2 Hands On Challenge and paste it in a reply to this discussion. Unsure how to copy the Quick Share link? Watch this short video tutorial. Below your Quick Share link, answer these three questions: Share 3 changes you made to the Rise AI Course Draft to improve learner engagement. Why did you make those changes to your project? Be specific! Which AI feature or capability was most valuable in your workflow, and why? Did anything about it surprise you? What challenges did you face when trying to get AI to produce the results you wanted? After you post, take a few minutes to look at your peers’ courses and reply to at least one other post. You might: Share what you liked about their course structure or content Call out an effective use of AI Assistant Offer one suggestion to make the course even stronger This is your opportunity to showcase your work and learn from how others are using AI Assistant in their own designs! 🎉 Congratulations!You have completed all of the cohort activities! Go back to the cohort main page.

Hi everyone! Here is the course I built. I enjoyed working in Rise because I primarily develop in Storyline. https://share.articulate.com/msNYFLSXiPHXMFlLYY32V 1. Three changes made to improve learner engagement (and why) I added hook-style introductions to the very beginning .This was to immediately capture attention and make the content feel more relevant to real-world situations. I broke up long text blocks into shorter, scannable chunks with clearer headings, because learners engage more when content feels less dense and easier to process. I included a few more knowledge checks throughout the course, not just at the end, to keep learners actively thinking instead of passively reading. 2. Most valuable AI feature and why The most valuable feature was “Edit with AI” using instruction-based prompts (especially structured guidance like tone, hooks, and formatting rules). It was powerful because it could quickly transform flat instructional text into more engaging, learner-friendly content. What surprised me most was how effectively it could shift tone and structure without changing the core meaning when the instructions were specific enough. It saved so much time also! 3. Challenges using AI The main challenge was that AI often produces content that is too general or not tightly aligned to the learning objective unless the prompt is very specific. It also sometimes adds extra information that isn’t needed for the course level or audience. Getting consistent output required a lot of refinement in prompts, especially around tone, length, and instructional focus. This is a work in progress as we all know!

I agree with TaraB, I like your use of color. It feels very cohesive and clean. Great idea of using the vector blues prompt and modifying it to suit your needs! One of my personal favorite features is "generate AI image prompt" and it works extremely well in my experience, just like you found.Exclusionary terms in the AI prompts is definitely a challenge, although it's getting better with each update. For now, try to think of a positive way to say it, instead of using the word "no". So for example, instead of "no words on the whiteboard", try "blank whiteboard". This might help you get what you want out of the images. 🙂

Hello everyone! I exclusively use Rise in my organization. I found this activity to be a lot of fun! Here is the course that I made: https://share.articulate.com/l5goEEyd4ODRv6ww1zVsD Share 3 changes you made to the Rise AI Course Draft to improve learner engagement. Why did you make those changes to your project? Be specific! To enhance learning engagement I added images throughout the course. Using images with texts helps break up content so the learner isn’t overloaded by text heavy lessons. I asked Articulate AI to create image prompts from the content section to help me pick images. Images were used in the following ways: To create a “space” between blocks. For example, between the section introduction and an accordion or other interactive block. Changed regular text statements to images with text. For example, the original course draft included introductory statements that I first used the AI to change to a “hook-style” statement and then instant converted the statement into an image with text. In conjunction with when I added content via the AI audio. I would have the AI take a statement and change it into a hook-style statement or an analogy and then include the AI audio with an image that matches the situation (that was generated via an image prompt based on the statement/analogy). I added instructions for interactive elements of the course, for example on accordions, flashcards, tabs, etc. add instructions on what the learner is supposed to do to interact with the content. (Expand the sections, click the tabs, flip the cards). I do this in my courses for two reasons: it helps guide the learner through the content but also to provide technical instructions in case the learner gets stuck and doesn’t know what to do. Used AI Instant Convert to change content blocks. I changed flipcards to accordion in one section because I felt like the card was too small for the amount of text. I changed an accordion to a bullet list in another section because sometimes I feel like I use too many interactive elements and I feel like the learner will be overwhelmed. I added a sorting activity when I felt like the content should be broken up by some kind of knowledge check (that wasn’t a quiz). Which AI feature or capability was most valuable in your workflow, and why? Did anything about it surprise you? AI convert is a total game changer. Before Articulate AI I would spend so much time copying and pasting content into new blocks (because I decided I didn’t like the way the content was presented). Being able to instant convert is so amazing. It’s probably one of my favorite features that Articulate AI provides. Additionally, I really enjoyed learning about and creating hook-style introductions and creating image prompts from content. It seems kind of silly but I hadn’t thought about utilizing the Articulate AI to help generate image prompts from content. I am excited to utilize both of these in future courses. What challenges did you face when trying to get AI to produce the results you wanted? What I found the most challenging was selecting the generated images. While creating image prompts from content is something I found valuable, I still found it challenging to find the right image for the overall look and feel of the course, and that didn’t have weird text gibberish in the background. It could also be that I am extremely picky or my image prompts are not good. Refining those image prompts is definitely something I want to work on more.

The course you created is stellar, TaraB ! 🤩 I loved exploring the lessons you created and reading through your process. The comination of the image with the AI audio in the first lesson had me hooked from the start. Your use of AI to generate image prompts from content is such a smart workflow, and I also really appreciated how intentional you were about interactive elements, knowing when to use them and when to pull back to avoid overwhelming learners. One tip that sometimes helps me with image generation is specifying a style upfront in your prompt like "flat illustration" or "no text" to cut down on the gibberish text issue. I find that text on an image works best when it's limited to just one or two words. Kudos to you for such a fantastic course!

I really like how you pace the learners with the continue buttons throughout. In addition to the images, it really helps chunk each section and looks so well organized. I had the same issue with images and text, and I just saw Alyssa's tip about that in her comment so hopefully we both have better luck with that!

Week 2 - Group 1 Discussion | E-Learning Heroes

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Alex-Cook
Community Member
10 days ago
Hello! Like Bridget, I do not use Rise very much -- we are a Storyline team. I really enjoyed learning about Rise, though, and a lot of the tips will translate well into Storyline.

In my course, I tried two things that I think will be useful in my future work:

Quickly re-grouping and re-formatting long sections of text

Changing the level of feedback, depending on each quiz question

I'm also looking forward to trying out some of the features I played around with in Storyline, specifically layering audio to create more engaging narration.

Here is my course: https://share.articulate.com/tNcG8sEfMKdiRym-wd5VO
- SabrinaEly
  Community Member
  2 hours ago
  I like that you chose to open with audio and an "image walking into a meeting..." This is a great way for learners to visualize why this content matters!
- TamaraCraft-62f
  Community Member
  2 days ago
  Very nice looking course!
- AlyssaGomez
  Staff
  7 days ago
  Amazing work on this course, Alex-Cook! You had me engaged from the first line, "Why Team Happiness Matters (and Isn’t Just Fluffy Feel-Good Stuff)."
  
  Since you mostly use Storyline, have you played around much with the AI generated animations yet?
BridgetCarne595
Community Member
15 days ago
Hi everyone! Here is the course I built. I enjoyed working in Rise because I primarily develop in Storyline.

https://share.articulate.com/msNYFLSXiPHXMFlLYY32V

1. Three changes made to improve learner engagement (and why)

I added hook-style introductions to the very beginning .This was to immediately capture attention and make the content feel more relevant to real-world situations.

I broke up long text blocks into shorter, scannable chunks with clearer headings, because learners engage more when content feels less dense and easier to process.

I included a few more knowledge checks throughout the course, not just at the end, to keep learners actively thinking instead of passively reading.

2. Most valuable AI feature and why

The most valuable feature was “Edit with AI” using instruction-based prompts (especially structured guidance like tone, hooks, and formatting rules). It was powerful because it could quickly transform flat instructional text into more engaging, learner-friendly content. What surprised me most was how effectively it could shift tone and structure without changing the core meaning when the instructions were specific enough. It saved so much time also!

3. Challenges using AI

The main challenge was that AI often produces content that is too general or not tightly aligned to the learning objective unless the prompt is very specific. It also sometimes adds extra information that isn’t needed for the course level or audience. Getting consistent output required a lot of refinement in prompts, especially around tone, length, and instructional focus. This is a work in progress as we all know!
- ElizabethBauer-
  Community Member
  3 hours ago
  Bridget, thank you for sharing your project! I loved the tone your revised content had, and the way the headings flowed from one to the next. I did have a chuckle at the knowledge check question where "compensation" was not a correct answer as a motivator, specifically because I had a manager once mention how she could do all the individualized coaching and recognition and awards and values work and connection she wanted, but it was only when she was given a budget for raises that she saw a real change in her team's motivation! Certainly a tempting distractor for anyone who hadn't paid attention to the content itself.
- sclaxton
  Community Member
  22 hours ago
  Hi Bridget,
  
  I appreciated how organized and easy this training was to follow. The layout and structure created a smooth, cohesive flow that made the content engaging and easy to understand.
  
  I also appreciated the thoughtful use of AI-generated imagery. The visuals aligned well with the tone and narrative of the training, making the experience feel more immersive and polished.
  
  One suggestion I would add would be to lean even further into creativity through more colorful, immersive, and engaging writing and design elements. Overall, I think you did a fantastic job. I really loved your training. Great job, Bridget!
- HeatherAgosta
  Community Member
  2 days ago
  I also really liked the counter feature.
  
  Regarding the tabs interaction - it looks like the same challenge I faced. The blue theme (which I loved, great shade) didn't translate into the tab headings being easily readable. I wish there was a way to change the color of those!

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