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

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!
2. Which AI feature or capability was most valuable in your workflow, and why? Did anything about it surprise you?
3. 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.