Week 2 - Group 3 Discussion

Hi everyone, here is my link: https://share.articulate.com/g7oZatbRXRD6BjkYz_6L3

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. I enjoyed adding custom AI images to improve the content's aesthetics and create a theme that ties all the content together.
2. I converted a long block of text into flashcards to break up a long block of written information into smaller bite sized pieces of information to assist in the learner's retention.
3. I added a hook to the introductory paragraph.  I liked the AI feature which included a scenario since stories are more interesting for the learner to initially draw them in.

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

Creating a Course level quiz and being able to generate AI 'fill in the blank' type questions was extremely helpful and a time saver.  I tend to have difficulty creating fill in the blank questions so this was a huge benefit.  The custom responses were also helpful in providing feedback to the learner if they answered incorrectly.

Outside of AI, I appreciated the bonus info on how to use the manage block feature which I was unaware of previously.

What challenges did you face when trying to get AI to produce the results you wanted?

Historically, I have had slight issues generating a course from scratch using the 'Create with AI' button.  Sometimes the information is a bit overexplained and does not capture the key elements of the documents that I upload.  I am sure this could also be me being picky about the content and what makes most sense to me.  From this AI cohort, I have good ideas to help me navigate this more challenging part of creating a course from scratch (e.g., using the cogwheel to select the main source document).

Also, struggled a bit with the custom style in the AI image.  Even though using the same prompt under custom Style, the images were more cartoon like in the beginning and then more like a photo towards the end.  I think I would have needed to play around with the description more to get a more consistent image theme.

All, 

Here is the link of my version: 

https://share.articulate.com/1bg8KZ5DUeEhz4oPrDvTF

1. Three changes I made to the Rise AI Course Draft to improve learner engagement — and why

• Added an interactive Team Introduction module I imported the Storyline project into Rise so learners could meet the team in a more dynamic, personalized way. This makes the course feel more human and engaging, especially at the start, where first impressions matter.
• Updated the AI‑generated images to create a more unique visual identity I noticed that many courses built from the same draft were using very similar AI images. To avoid visual repetition and make the course stand out, I replaced the images with alternatives that better matched the tone and personality of the content.
• Added a “Match the Four Pillars of Workplace Happiness” activity After the explanatory content, I included a fun matching interaction to reinforce the Four Pillars. This helps learners apply what they just read, boosts retention, and adds a playful moment to break up the text.

2. The most valuable AI feature in my workflow — and why

I found the Magic Text Import feature especially valuable. Because I work in a highly safety‑sensitive industry with strict rules and regulations, it’s essential that content stays accurate and compliant. Magic Text Import helps bring in existing material without altering its meaning, which saves time and reduces the risk of accidental changes.

3. Challenges I faced when trying to get AI to produce the results I wanted

One challenge I ran into was with conditional formatting, especially when trying to change the font color only when text was bold. No matter how I phrased the instructions, I couldn’t get the AI to apply the formatting consistently. I wasn’t sure whether it was a limitation of the tool or something I was doing incorrectly, but it required a lot of trial and error.

Hi Everyone! Here is my course:

https://share.articulate.com/FEHNmTiU6fzD0dc-mHwas

Three changes I made:

I honestly think I changed everything. I followed the prompts and made all of the changes advised. The changes I enjoyed the most were to convert blocks, create audio, generate the quiz, and create many images, including fronts of flip cards and an interaction! I also created a Custom image style that I loved!

The AI feature or capability that was most valuable to me was the Block Converter. I am always trying to figure out the best layout or flow, and this helped me try different things out so easily and so quickly!

The only challenges I faced were with some images that I wanted to be so specific (5 sticky notes on a whiteboard, each labeled with a different word) did not come out the way I had wanted them. I also was challenged with my ability to write clear descriptions of what I wanted. This stretched me in so many ways and I felt like by the end, I was getting pretty good at it!

I had way too much fun working on this! Thank you!!!

Hello everyone! Here is my course link 

https://share.articulate.com/1PxqcSDmtO-WZzhlw5z68

Changes I made - Added an AI image under the Engagement Pillar tab, added a process for the Four Pillars in Action and adding audio (I really like the voice options)

Which AI Feature was most valuable The generate quiz, this is a big time saver. 

Challenges Finding the right image, having to change wording several times to eliminate clutter in the image. 

Hi everyone,

Here is my quick link: 

https://share.articulate.com/oyg0CmanABGejP14IECOG

 

Three of the changes I made were:

• Create a new AI-generated image that aligns with the lesson content (bonus points if you use a custom image style!).
  • On one of the AI generated images I added AI Audio going over the outline of the course which I thought was a pretty neat feature. My favorite AI generated style was the minimal one so I chose to use it throughout the course
• Highlight text and use the Rewrite or Change tone tools to improve clarity or engagement.
  
  • I loved being able to change the tone of the text, some things I viewed as playful and others were more straightforward. 
• Apply two prompts or techniques you learned from the "Tips & Tricks: How to Get the Most Value Out of AI Assistant" Rise course.
  • Two things I used were "Open with a hook strategy" and "Saving custom image styles".
  • Being able to edit the text and come up with a thought provoking or more engaging intro to a course was fantastic! Those of us who work with adult learners know that a feature like this is important because it's hard to get adult learners to buy into the training. If we are able to give them something to spark their interest early on it benefits us all.
  • The custom image option was neat to use because I never thought to or knew that I could create a column and add images to them. Definitely a feature I'll be using moving forward when I don't want to use the Carousel feature.

 

I also added a summary lesson for a little razzle dazzle to tie in everything before they moved onto the quiz.

Hi Everyone! Here is the quick link to my course: 

https://share.articulate.com/e6R5A5xSQFMVxRntgdYkg 

1. Share 3 changes you made 

I made a few changes to improve learner engagement in my course.

First, I created an AI-generated image for the top of the first lesson using a custom style prompt. I wanted to make the lesson more visually engaging and give it a more consistent and professional feel.

Second, I edited one of the paragraphs by using AI to chunk it into three sections. This made it much easier to read and broke up a large block of text so it feels more manageable for learners.

Finally, I added AI audio within one of the sections. I included this to give learners another way to access the information and to make the course feel a bit more interactive.

2. Which AI feature or capability was most valuable 

The most valuable AI feature for me was the ability to generate AI audio. I think this is really useful because not all teachers feel confident or comfortable recording audio themselves.

It’s an easy way to include narration without needing to record your own voice, which can make content more engaging and accessible. It also adds a bit of variety in how the information is presented.

3. What challenges 

One challenge I found was that AI didn’t always give me exactly what I wanted first time. For example, it could take a while to get an image that fully matched the course or didn’t include small details that looked out of place.

I also noticed that when editing text, it didn’t always follow instructions exactly, like when trying to apply specific formatting such as changing text colour.

Hi Everyone!

My course: https://share.articulate.com/_n9bCI6BT1dNqqIkILnIY 

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. Creating a hook - I used a prompt to begin each section of the course with a hook or scenario to engage the learner and ground the learning in reality. Hooks, such as a problem or question, and scenarios create curiosity and encourage active engagement rather than passively reading content.
2. 2. Formatting key words and phrases - I made key words and phrases bold, making them stand out from the main body content. Making key words bold helps learners quickly identify the most important concepts within a course section. This acts as a form of visual signalling, reducing cognitive load and guiding attention to what matters most. It also aids in skim reading content allowing key content and ideas to be located quickly.
3. Generating custom image prompts - I found the AI image generation feature produced images that didn’t quite fit with my idea of diversity (although this is true of many AI models out there), therefore I used a custom prompt to create line art style illustrations rather than photorealistic images. This style was carried throughout the course to ensure visual consistency and avoid reinforcing biased or limited representations of people.

 

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

I found the ‘Create with AI’ function useful in my workflow due to the fact that I can quickly produce a structured course draft based on source documents. Sometimes the source content I work from is vague and unspecific and this is where the AI assistant comes in to its own to fill in the gaps! As a UK user, I’m often frustrated by the use of US spellings by the AI Assistant, not sure if this can be changed in the prompt but it takes time to pick through and change the US spellings in the course draft.

I love the ‘Instant convert’ feature. This makes it super easy to test content in different block types before finalising an interaction.

The AI audio feature is great and I use this a lot within my courses to give learners a multimodal experience but again its predominately US accents.

The AI Assistant is certainly a great feature and I’m sure it will only keep getting better especially with the beta AI avatar feature.

 

What challenges did you face when trying to get AI to produce the results you wanted?

I often find generating AI images to be a challenge. Its not always easy to define a prompt or a consistent style and sometimes very time consuming to get a desired result. This is not solely with Articulate but with other AI image models out there. For this course it’s the first time I’ve got to grips with the AI image feature within Rise and although I produced consistent styled images it was by far the most time-consuming part of the development process. For the most part I use external AI tools to create images such as Google Gemini, Canva or Adobe Express as I feel they are more sophisticated in the functionality but that being said the AI Assistant in Rise was a nice surprise once I understood how to prompt!

 

Overall it was great to have time to experiment with the AI features in Rise and although sometimes frustrating it was good fun! Hopefully I will be able to try the AI features in Storyline too :)

 

Hi everyone,

here is my quick share link - have fun when checking it out ;-)

https://share.articulate.com/k0mXH4d-H2va0xyKdkMZk

And here I go with my answers:

ad1. Three Changes I made

I made way more then three changes to the AI course draft, because I saw this project like kind of a playground where I try new things and play around with things, which I normaly not be able to do due to look and feel requirements of my organisation.

I changed the theme, cover page, color and fonts. I changed the pictures with the help of AI, as I wanted to try a different picutre style than we normaly use in the organisation. I used background color to cluster content to be more visible which content belongs together. I added a Summary lesson, as I like to have at the end of a course a summary and a goodbye message. I added some audios and all the required tasks from the instructions.

I made all the changes to personalize the course a bit more. The AI generated course was a great way to start and made it easy to create a personalized course.

ad2. AI feature

The "AI block tools" were very usefull and easy to use. I was suprised how easy the AI Assistant Options work, they are also easy to use. There was not so much prompting required as short answers were always offered by the AI Assistant, this came in handy I have to say. It also suprised my how accurate the content of the documents were used by the AI to generate the draft course, so easy - just uploaded all files and voila there is a draft based on the content -  I like :-)

ad3. Challenges with AI

I felt a bit challenged by generating pictures. I had to remind myself several times (after experiencing the fail) to download the pictures I generated and I used in the course. Somehow I thought there would be an option to insert a generated and already used picture again at another stage of the course. But I didn't find this option, so I had to remind myself to download the generated and used pictures to be able to use them again.

And of course prompting is always a challenge to get what you want and to understand the "language" the AI Assistant uses. But as more I used it the more I got it right.

Thanks for this cohort activity and all the ressources, tipps and tricks provided!

All the best,
Christine

Hello!

Here is my course: https://share.articulate.com/1mzmaaIPbPd83uaQ6gAM9 

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. I work in the healthcare field, our learners time is often slim to none so they emphasize the "need to know" and remove extra content - which is what I did. 
   2. Added dividers throughout so allow clear topic breaks
   3. Added visuals and used AI feature to update text 
2. Which AI feature or capability was most valuable in your workflow, and why? Did anything about it surprise you? I really enjoyed using the text update feature. Being able to change the tone or shorten the text was extremely helpful.
3. What challenges did you face when trying to get AI to produce the results you wanted?
   1. I hate to admit it but remembering to highlight text then edit with AI. 😖
   2. It was a lot of content in a short amount of time, I couldn't remember it all so I am glad I could go back and review the activities. Then was able to apply some AI learnings. 

Hi there!

Here is my course: https://share.articulate.com/b2haj2bH2K6ooES6UzDhG#/

One thing I really focused on while updating my Rise AI Course Draft was making it feel more engaging and less like something that was completely AI-generated from start to finish.

Here are 3 changes I made:

1) I added a custom block around the 4 pillars of workplace happiness.
The original draft had good information, but it felt a little too linear and text-heavy for me. I wanted learners to pause and actually think about the concepts instead of just scrolling through them, so I built out a more visual/custom section to make that part stand out more.

2) I added voice-over throughout the course.
This honestly changed the feel of the course a lot. It made it feel more conversational and guided instead of just reading slides on a screen. I also liked that it added a little more personality and helped break up long sections of text.

3) I generated AI images for most of the interactive pieces.
I wanted the course to feel more cohesive visually, and using AI-generated images helped me create visuals that matched the tone and content better than random stock photos would have. It also made the interactions feel a little more intentional and engaging.

The AI feature that helped me the most was definitely content and image generation. Being able to quickly create a starting point saved a lot of time creatively. What surprised me most was how much better the outputs got when I gave clearer context and more detailed prompts. Even small prompt changes made a pretty noticeable difference.

The biggest challenge for me was getting the AI to produce content that felt meaningful and learner-focused instead of just “nice sounding.” Sometimes the output looked polished at first, but it still needed a lot of refinement to make it more engaging or instructionally effective. It reminded me that AI is really helpful for speeding up the process, but you still need strong design decisions behind it.