Forum Discussion
Week 2 - Group 3 Discussion
Hi everyone,
First I want to let everyone know that I'm not really "that student" who has to be first, do the thing ahead of time (ha ha!) -- it's just that I had time today and I'm booked the two real weeks of the course so I wanted to try to complete it while I had the chance.
Here's my course:
https://share.articulate.com/9zzMrEgRVIw3gMI3wKiZR
- 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?
I made a bunch of changes to the course draft to improve learner engagement, but the three main ones are: I had it revise the learning objectives (it originally gave too many for a course of this length). I made a lot of changes to the theme including color and font choices. I utilized the AI generated images to add some more visual interest. Specifically, in the first lesson, I added images to each of the four pillars. I also used AI to generate the main course image (then cropped it). I also really enjoyed adding the audio pieces to the course. I made a "scenario" scene in the last lesson that I think will really increase learner engagement and interest.
I think the ability to take text then use the "generate AI prompt for image" feature was really helpful to me. I'd not tried that technique before and I felt like it was really useful. I also really appreciated the tip about using the same image style throughout in order to get more consistency.
The challenges were similar to ones I have in general getting an AI to do / produce what I want -- it's always about the prompt. For example, I realized that by writing "a diverse team of workers" I would get a better mix of race & gender than by writing "a team of diverse workers" (which resulted in almost all white male people in the group).
I will check back closer to the end of the cohort so I can see everyone else's creations! I'm looking forward to seeing what you all made! 😀
If you get a chance, I'd love for you to reply and tell me what you think about mine and if you have any suggestions (or if you noticed anything that I might have missed in terms of what the AI generated). Thanks in advance and I really enjoyed being in here with you all.
Nice job Diana! I like your edits & your color scheme & the way block color was used to chunk sections. One thing I've run into myself is if text doesn't quite fit on the card, it gives a scroll bar, which is awkward. Maybe just decrease the text size on all the cards to avoid the bar on the one.
I noticed this happens when the designer uses Mac to design and the reviewer uses Windows to go through the course. I have access to both a Mac and a Windows laptop. Before I finalize a course for work and if I design on Mac, I always go back to my laptop and check out how it views. Interesting little hiccup in the software!
I experienced the same issue with a lack of diversity in the AI generated images, which I honestly find surprising these days. I don't recall the exact prompt I wrote, but I wanted an image of someone on a teams/online meeting with 9 participants and they were all white males. I had to specify "diverse" to get what I'd expect to see with that number of people in a request.
Same. It was also a little annoying when it seemed they are using the exact same person for all of the people in the same image.
Great work, DianaPerdue - I think one of my favorite features is also the "generate AI prompt for image" as well as the consistent image style. The AI image prompt helps take the guesswork out of generating the "perfect" image.
I really enjoyed the sorting activity at the end!
I really enjoyed your course, Diana! I enjoyed the visuals you created as they were both engaging and diverse. The tab exercise in the first lesson is a stand out one to me.
I like your color schecme, but especially how you varied the colors of the blocks. I always forget about that feature. I especially like your hook at the beginning of which team you are building. That added a WIIFM for the learner. Nice job!
