Week 2 - Group 2 Discussion

Here is my quick link share.  

https://share.articulate.com/xTZD2qLD0g7TQrVk0oPp6

I found this to be quite interesting.  The one challenge I came across was in a self generated knowledge check.  This was from the entire Rise AI course build, not me asking for a specific question where I would have controlled the type.  It generated what was described in the question as a matching exercise but the answers were multiple choice with choices like A-1, D-3, etc.  I tried to use the AI to change the question to matching to match the description but all it would do is change it to multiple response with the same answer options.  It was easy enough to delete it and create a new matching question but the behaviour was odd.

Thank you for allowing me to take part in this cohort.

1. 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!
   My course came out accordian heavy so I changed some to tabs.
2. Which AI feature or capability was most valuable in your workflow, and why? Did anything about it surprise you?
   The ability to develop image prompts from texts is most valuable to me as I learn to develop more detailed prompts.
3. What challenges did you face when trying to get AI to produce the results you wanted?
   There are times it still ignores my requests to leave text out of images when generated.  In Storyline, I have had instances using AI JS where we go back and forth for a long time before I will ask it pointedly if it is capable of doing what I am asking and it then says no I can't.  This can be frustrating.  An example of that was in animating items to the screen at specific points on the timeline when the objects are in groups.  It would animate one object to the correct place but the other object in the group did not.  After much back and forth it told me to ungroup them, apply the animation then regroup them.  I was fine with that but we lost about 20 minutes of it telling me it could do it prior to that.

Tim

Here's my go at it: 

https://share.articulate.com/XpxYKtttxjwwH8Q0JR90q

Now I want to go back into all my existing courses and update them.🤣

Here is my quick share link - 

https://share.articulate.com/mJw4XXJUPspgXE6vDjYFG

1. I made the following changes - a) added bullet points instead of paragraph to provide succinct information, b) removed unnecessary blocks to keep the course short and easy to understand, c) added quiz covering all topics to check learners reflect on what they have learned in the course.
2. A lot of different AI features were valuable. I think being able to see multiple Versions, formatting key words, changing feedback type were very useful. 
3. Changing color of bold words were challenging. In the preview, it shows that the color was changed but when I inserted the block, it didn't work (please see attachment).

Thank you for the training! It was fantastic 😍

The new chatbot feature is DA BOMB. We've been struggling with how to add a chatbot to a Rise course and....it's here!

Good Morning! Is there any other way to receive the download file to finish the course? I am unable to use the option from the Week 2 Activities. TY! 

Hi All! Here is a link to my course. 

1. Changes I made to the Rise AI Course Draft to improve learner engagement are as follows: Using AI to adjust text length and tone; Generating images throughout; Instant convert from numbered list to Tabs interaction; Incorporating knowledge check question; Magic Text Import for a Scenario block; Audio testimonials
2. The AI feature or capability I found most valuable is a tie between the Magic Text Import for a Scenario block and the Generate Quiz functionality. 
3. The main challenge I faced was when generating audio clips. Several times I would select a voice from the "View all voices" library, click Use Voice, then get a message that the voice was unavailable. I tried to recreate the issue today and all is working as expected, so maybe it was just a short-term glitch?

https://share.articulate.com/eQzvDWU3I_veQ-7AFqx-6

1. I added some photos to the front of flip cards in order to make it more engaging. There was a lot of black and white in the course so adding color and photos helps with re-engaging. I also added the continue button a few places to help with pacing. I also changes them to HAVE to take a knowledge assessment before moving on. Also changed some text to lists in order to stregnthen engagement.
2. Making quizes- the ablility to have AI give a place to begin with knowledge assessment. This is super helpful because we often have to build it seperately and it was nice to have this feature included.
3. There are several places to use AI depending on what I wanted done and sometimes I was clicking the wrong one and was confused why what opened was not what I was expecting. I just had to get to the right page/section first.

Here is my Zip file, sorry I dont have the quick share option as it has been disabled. 

1. Share 3 changes you made:  Changed the images to a vibrant cinematic, changed some of the paragraphs tone by shortening, used the generate image and audio option for the end of module reflection and added in an content block for do/don't.
2. Which AI feature or capability was most valuable: I really enjoyed the ability to add files to autogenerate the course. Changing the tone is valuable as well, as my company has a specific "tone" branding. 
3. What challenges Challenge with getting the right looking image and prompting multiple times. 

Here is my quick share link:
https://share.articulate.com/D2V64ppsyueSp8yNcmtSX

1. Share 3 changes you made I used a custom image prompt to bring in the MN "northwoods" feel along with the senior health care work setting I work for. I used the audio generator for the intro and conclusion. I used the AI quiz generator to write questions based on learning objectives for the course.
2. Which AI feature or capability was most valuable in your workflow, and why? Did anything about it surprise you? The AI image generator is great to be able to have a consistent, cohesive flow throughout the training. This give the course a professional and polished feel for learners. 
3. What challenges did you face when trying to get AI to produce the results you wanted? The hardest part about using AI is just getting good at prompting. It would be nice if you could modify the image types from the get go when generating the course. It would also be nice to have an audio option that could narrate the entire course or even lesson by lesson, not just block by block.

I think the part that took the longest for me is overcoming my own perfectionism. I knew that this was relatively low-stakes and yet I probably spent way too much time tweaking and adjusting the course.

The advantage to being diligent was that it allowed me to really dig into Rise 360, something I needed a crash course in anyway, so this was very much two goals achieved at once. I really dug into the AI features because our team just upgraded at the start of the cohort, so I wanted to understand all we could now do.

With that, here is my course.

Major Changes Made

1. AI Image Generation. I went through and changed all the images the AI Assistant came up with and used my customized AI generated image prompt for the whole course (with the exception of the lesson headers). I wanted to have cohesion throughout the course as much as possible by using the same style.
2. Updated Tone. I kept wavering on the tone I wanted to strike throughout the course and I decided to keep it "straightforward" as much as possible. So I updated blocks of text wherever I found it got too wordy to make it shorter and then the tone straightforward. 
3. Instant Convert Blocks. There were several blocks the AI Assistant came up with that I found didn't fit the pedagogical narrative of the lesson, so I converted them to a block that fit better. I understood why the AI selected them, but I opted to go with something I felt more fitting.

Most Valuable Feature/Capability

While I spent a bulk of my time converting text tone/simplifying, so it would be easy to say that feature would be the most valuable, I would actually say the initial set up process was the most valuable capability.

Converting text is great, but for the purposes of this exercise, I wasn't paying as much attention to the quality of the output. I would check it and it was fairly accurate to what I felt would be appropriate to the lesson, but in real life, I would be writing everything myself.

The set up process, however, that tends to be the biggest mental load in the whole course creation process. Being able to put in all the source materials, create guidelines, guardrails, and edit the output so that the AI Assistant does the bulk of the heavy lifting? That is the real MVP of the whole process here.

We have a lot of courses where material was copy/pasted from an internal wiki into Rise 360 for the sake of creating training material quickly. But with the AI Assistant, we can take that source material, plug it in, and actually create a meaningful course that is geared towards active learning rather than wiki regurgitation. I see us doing a massive "retooling" of our course library in the near future.

Most Challenging Moments

Beyond my own perfectionism getting in the way, it's the usually issue of trying to get the image generation just right. Generation has come a long way from the early days and hallucinating has gone way down, but there were a few errant hands here and there that I needed to fix before finalizing the course. Admittedly, I may have missed a few.

The other issue with image generation was still having issues with consistency in styles. I wanted a specific look, but wouldn't always get it. I know that was my problem with not being more specific and fiddling with my terms/guardrails a bit more.

Final Thoughts

Overall, I found this cohort extremely useful for my daily work and see it helping other members of my team that work in Rise. The AI Assistant feature will cut down a lot of moments where work can get blocked/slowed down and it will speed up the course creation process.

The only critique is the usual one is getting too reliant on the AI because I can easily see that happening and I don't want to delegate too much of the work out to the tool. I still want to provide enough of my own oversight.