Week 2 - Group 3 Discussion

Hello everyone! 

Here is my link: https://share.articulate.com/Tf_7csnv5L4aMUhu2UoDL 

I wish I had more time to stylize it more, but it has been a crazy week so I only had a few hours to play around with it. 

• 3 Main Changes I made: to the Rise AI Course Draft to improve learner engagement. Why did you make those changes to your project? Be specific!
  
  1. Scenarios: I incorporated several interactions that require the learner to apply the concepts in a real world scenario. I varied the delivery, with some being knowledge checks, some sorting, and some including audio or images. As a learner, I have a hard time reading a ton of content without seeing how the theory translates to real life. 
  2. AI Images: I used a mix of realistic cinematic photos and some monochromatic vectors. I liked the visual appeal to break up all of the text. 
  3. Custom Blocks: I had a lot of fun utilizing the custom blocks. They add a fun new way to display content to break up the monotony. I do have some questions about the accessibility of these though (see below).  
• Most valuable AI feature: in your workflow, and why? Did anything about it surprise you?
  1. Generate AI image prompt: WOW where has this been all my life?! Honestly, I never ended up an image the prompt gave me, but I was able to quickly drop it into the generator and edit back what I didn't like from the prompt. Saved a lot of time in the long run! 
  2. AI Convert: This was a real time saver! It made it so easy to the see the content in several variations without having to copy and paste text over and over again. 
  3. Manage Blocks: I know, I know... Not an AI tool, but WHAT?!? The amount of time I have wasted using those dumb little arrows, only to accidentally click the arrow in the wrong block so now I have to backtrack and move more blocks..... You know the pain I am talking about. 
  4. Snapshot: Again... I know it's not an AI tool, but this is a life saver! I am the worst at getting too excited and trigger happy with deleting or boldly editing a block without making a copy. The snapshot feature made it so easy to go back and copy the original text back into the current version when I got a little ahead of myself. 
• Main challenges did you face when trying to get AI to produce the results you wanted?
  1. AI Image Sizing Limitation: My company usually creates transitional blocks to use in place of dividers between two differently colored blocks to create a more visually interesting transition than a straight line. I attempted to create this with the AI generator, but you cannot specify the size of the image. I tested a lot of description and custom style prompts, but they all resulted in a pixelated image when cropped to a divider size. 
  2. AI Image Color Limitation: I tried to create a custom prompt similar to the blue vector prompt with a specific color palette, but I could not get it to match the hex codes I provided. I also tried to create a vector style image with a transparent background, but was unsuccessful. 
  3. Custom Blocks: Not AI specific, but something I learned in this process. I spent a lot of time working on the focus order and ensure accessibility, but will need to do further testing. All background shapes are included in the focus order, and I couldn't find a way to remove them. If using four colored boxes create one visual in the background (like a quadrant), I want to ensure the learner is not being subjected to clicking through each one. I grouped them, but the focus order tab allows you to reorganize the order within a group as well as add alt text to each object as well as the group. I just need to verify it is set up correctly. 

Hope you enjoy!