Week 2 - Group 2 Discussion

Hello, here is my course. Please be kind as this is my first Rise course I have created, I create only in Storyline. I updated most of the course using instant convert, added audio, created ai images, and using custom prompts which I found a little challenging as I find myself being too specific and I get too much on the image. I formatted keywords and phrases and converted many block types. I added color and changed up header text. My course is basic, but I learned a lot through this exercise that I will take back and use. My next goal is to create a mini-Rise course with my new skills. 

Thank you,

https://share.articulate.com/92Fw-YN4BXva4SZqqeC3T

Hi everyone,

I’m sharing this link which I found really useful for improving our course development workflow using AI. It covers some great features like content creation, tone adjustment, and AI voice-over that can save a lot of time.

Feel free to check it out and share your thoughts 👍

https://share.articulate.com/LgmrN003QP6fFaQieMUSa

Here is my week 2 homework. I tried to add audio, change theme, change colors, added AI audio, added AI images, added a Quiz, used prompts, bolded, added emojis, used instant convert, changed tone, added knowledge checks. 

https://share.articulate.com/B_NekfPwLZ7sTRbxmbcNU 

Hi everyone! 👋 Here is the Quick Share link to my course: 

https://share.articulate.com/QHvA_RK1Rq3CKMpBx-zK5

Changes I Made to the Course

I made three key enhancements to the course. First, I used the AI Assistant to generate and customize course goals, a self-check quiz, and course takeaways, each presented in separate lessons. Structuring this content as standalone elements allows learners to clearly understand the course objectives and key concepts upfront. It also helps them align expectations and assess their baseline knowledge before engaging with the main course content.

Most Valuable AI Features

Several AI features stood out as especially valuable, and I plan to apply them immediately in my current projects. These include the custom AI image prompt feature, the ability to generate tailored images, and saving reusable image styles.

In my role designing highly technical software curriculum, it is often difficult to find visuals that accurately represent complex concepts. Additionally, sourcing, organizing, and reusing visual assets can be time-consuming. These AI capabilities streamline that process by allowing me to create precise, content-aligned visuals while building a consistent and reusable image library. This not only improves visual quality and relevance but also enhances efficiency in both content creation and asset management.

Surprises

One feature that surprised me was the synonym recommendation tool. While the suggestions were helpful, I found it difficult to replace the original words with the recommended alternatives within the course—I may need to better understand how to use this feature effectively.

I was also surprised that there isn’t currently a prompt that enables the AI Assistant to review an entire course for accessibility compliance—such as evaluating interactions, images, graphics, audio, and video against accessibility standards. This would be a highly valuable capability.

Challenges

One challenge I encountered was generating AI images that include correctly spelled text. Although the visuals themselves were accurate, the text within the images frequently contained misspellings.

Another challenge was trying to add undo and redo functionality to the floating “Edit in AI” toolbar. I spent time exploring this but was not able to determine how to enable those options.

Feedback on My Cohort Experience

This has been a great learning experience. I really enjoyed the cohort’s learning design and overall course structure. The low-pressure environment, combined with the ability to revisit the content at any time for review or reinforcement, made the experience seamless and engaging. It allowed me to comfortably listen, watch, learn, practice, and assess my understanding without feeling overwhelmed.  🏆🌟

Thank you, 

Ayana 😃

My attempt at exploring and playing with the Ai tools: 

https://share.articulate.com/Az6BVhcWRYb82QvtxIHWl

It almost felt like AI playground :)

Here's my course! Enjoy! 

https://share.articulate.com/k1St4iL0JcPGyCqAPnGC6

Hi everyone!

I hope you all are great! What a week playing around with all the AI Features!
At the same time, I am so happy because thanks to the guidance we had, I was also able to create some animations in Storyline by using the AI Feature there.
But related to Rise, here is my sharing link. 

About the roadmap I followed in the company of the AI Features:

1. Changes I've applied: I was able to create the Course Outline and internal content section with the AI Tool Support, and also adapted the tone of some sections, apart from creating images with AI to illustrate the course, and created a Key Takeaways section summarizing the main points of the course as a last section. In addition, created a final quiz, an Audio section with a Story, and a card sorting activity after that story, and applied a hook strategy for the beginning of one section in my course.
2. AI feature or capability most valuable: Definitely, having the option to build the course outline guided by documents and inputs, the alternative to create a custom image prompt, which sometimes could be hard if I compare when using other AI tools, where you can get stuck trying to get the perfect wording to get the right image aligned with your content, create questions, with Feedback included and the option of rephrase them.
3. Challenges: One challenge I've noticed was when trying to create the course. There is an option to enable image creation when creating each section. The preset style can't be changed at the initial stage, so you'll need to update the images later to apply the style you defined.  

These sorts of training activities are extremely helpful for getting the whole picture of the Features, Tricks, and ideas to truly exploit these options. I was aware of the AI Features because I saw them, I received e-mails, but in my day-to-day I was testing on demand, but taking the time to explore them with details and all the guidance we've received has been fantastic. 

However, I have a question that will definitely be the question from my IT Team: What about the security of the information (documents, PPT, etc.) we upload to build our courses? If we're working with confidential information, is it okay to upload it there, or will it be fed into an extended AI model and no longer be ours after that?

Thanks!!! :-)

Roland

Heacock AI Course Draft

I made my changes to the third block. I made a lot of changes to the course; I was just having fun with it. First, I changed the tone of the first paragraph, just because it was a requirement.  The tone the AI spit out was fine. Second, I changed and added pictures throughout the course with a custom "Norman Rockwell" style.  I wanted to experiment with this style and see how a course would turn out using a custom style as I haven't solely relied on the AI Assistant for images in the past.  Last, I created a custom AI block adding audio to that block.  I wanted to add information about personal assessment to improve the training and decided to do that with a custom block.  

This brings me to a challenge.  When I created the custom AI block, it suggested a voice "Oracle" that I chose to go with.  It was a middle aged British woman that sounded sophisticated.  I then decided to add AI Audio in several other places in the lesson and I could not find that voice - even when I pressed more voices and searched for it.  I had to choose another voice and go back to my custom block to change that voice to match.

The AI feature in Rise I found most valuable was creating a custom style for AI Images to create consistent images throughout the course.  I plan to experiment more with this in the future.  The AI feature I found really valuable in Storyline was to sync the audio to the text; this will save so much time not having to cue each spot and try move the text just right.

I really enjoyed this course and am so thankful that my company allows me to do things like this.  I am blessed :). 

Hi y'all!

Wow, there are some great projects. I feel like mine needs to get spiffed up again now! LOL

I ran into a weird problem, and I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this.  I was using the "formatting key words" tip, and although in the AI generation screen, it did exactly what I asked, even after trying multiple time, restarting from scratch twice, and even changing my color, it would not put the text w/ the bold/color into the block in the main course.  It looked great in the working screen, though. What might cause that, and does anyone know if there is a work-around? 

It is a really useful feature, but it needs to not refuse to cooperate.  LOL

Thanks, y'all!

Completed my coursework today - really gained a lot and I'm looking forward to incorporating what I've learned into my workflows.