Week 2 - Group 3 Discussion

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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!
   1. Baseball theme  - I may have been a little extra with the baseball analogy used throughout but I never get to have that much fun when so many of my projects are locked down in terms of style. The baseball theme seemed appropriate when talking about teams and it makes it more fun and engaging.
   2. Audio samples - I let the audio do some heavy lifting, not by narrarating what's on the screen buy by providing examples of the topic or list item matching it up to real life. Kind of like mini-scenarios. I think it helps the learner to connect the concepts to the real world. This is also why I used several different voices and images.
   3. Got rid of most paragraphs - There's nothing more eyeglazing than a bunch of paragraphs. I used AI like crazy for this. I converted paragraphs to lists then converted the lists to scripts and other interactives.
2. Which AI feature or capability was most valuable in your workflow, and why? Did anything about it surprise you?
   1. Getting AI to create create audio scripts from a few words. I used this when I created the baseball diamond of teammates with the custom block. I first had AI split the paragraph into a list with a header for each list item, e.g. "STEP UP TO THE PLATE. Take responsibility and show readiness to help the team." Then I used the header as a label and pasted the short description into the AI audio. I then had AI expand the short description into a few sentences. Voila! I've now got 5 talking heads not narrating but decribing what is meant by each short header. I also used it to create the audio with voices giving examples of the 5 concepts from the Sources of Fulfillment for Team Members section. Rather than have the audio narrate what's on the screen, I added semi real-life examples of what the concepts looked like applied to different people. What surprised me is that I didn't think of using audio like this before. I used multiple voices to simulate 3 team members and their perspectives. I liked the use of the human faces so you could imagine the person behind each of the voices. It was fun trying to match up people with what they might sound like.
3. What challenges did you face when trying to get AI to produce the results you wanted
   1. Ugh! I almost gave up on creating images because you can't do iterative images or use reference images. I chose to not use realistic people for that reason. I did give up on the idea I had for creating a family of 5 icons to use on the baseball diamond and used real human portraits instead because it was a nightmare trying to duplicate a style AND getting the image I wanted. And if someone can tell me the best way to make sure AI doesn't try to put text in the images I'll pay them.
      
      Note: I used the Mighty plug in for a couple of transitions so if you don't have it you'll see placeholders. Also, I did most of the changes to the first lesson only.