Week 1 Discussion

I decided I wanted to answer all of them :P 

1. Which AI Assistant feature felt most intuitive or useful to you during the practice activities?

I most appreciate the ability to change a block from one type to another. This feels like what AI is meant for… it’s not able to “think” but it is able to carry out specific tasks… and save lots of tedious clicks.

2. What surprised you about how AI handled text or media generation?

I was surprised, in a not-so-good way, that when you regenerate blocks the AI assistant also changes the text. I would hope that in a future iteration of the toolsets there is an option to tell it to leave text/content as is and just move it from one type of block to another.

3. Which editing tools (rewrite, shorten, change tone, etc.) did you find most valuable, and why?

I currently appreciate the option to help generate an image prompt from selected text (or does it work with other stuff too? I’m not sure). I do appreciate the options to shorten, change tone, and change audience as well. I think they will be helpful and “feel” impactful when I work with others to build courses.  

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

When building other courses I have tried the initial tools to have it build out an outline, structure, etc. And have been a little underwhelmed. They are not bad, per se, but I still feel like feeding the content into another tool (Claude, GPT, Gemini, etc.) and working with it back and forth there is “less constrained” and I can get a “better” end result to them plug into Rise. So… perhaps an option that allows a more opened ended “chat” at the start would be helpful. Sort of like how, these days, everyone is talking about how you can use Claude Code in “planning” mode before you ask it to start doing the actual coding.

One additional comment I wanted to make, as well: I very much appreciated how the little practical tips were peppered in. Examples:

1. “use insert below so you can compare what is generated to what you originally had.
2. duplicate the block so you can work on it (and compare) without losing the original (in case something goes awry). 
3. Multi-step flows: first select text, then choose make image prompt, then go into the option to create an image (this was for the flashcards). 

All very helpful!