Rise in the Classroom
Oct 02, 2022
By
Mark Herrell
I'm a middle school teacher using Rise 360 in the classroom. It is a bit of a "paradigm" shift to take the ID tool from corporate training to a classroom setting.
Using Rise allows me to post materials for the students beyond the classroom doors. I have been finding ways to use Rise as an interactive book.
I am not a great graphic design guy (and I think that failing shows). And, I am newer at developing my ID skills in the course structure.
What do you think? Improvements? Criticisms?
https://rise.articulate.com/share/FvxROsoI4_JO_1t34KEKygz-vD-oKLX1
https://rise.articulate.com/share/eca-jDowqJehXuUS5uSoLEAI73rarg4y
3 Replies
Hi Mark,
Thanks for sharing!
These are great examples to show how Rise 360 courses can be used in the classroom. I'm looking forward to seeing what others in the community think!
I went through one and they look good, if I was being picky this is what I think it needs:
But just me being picky this looks good.
Kelley - Thanks for the encouragement.
It is interesting to compare the style to the "corporate" training; Is this software really middle school appropriate? My students have given a 75/25 like/dislike (maybe 80/20). Some say, "too fancy," while others enjoy the easy access audio narration & quick knowledge checks along the way. Some enjoy the image w hotspots for added info & hyperlinks to additional info. I question whether it becomes cognitively cluttered.
It is interesting to see how this age group responds to this tech. For the most part, they are savvy tech users & figure it out quickly. There is some UX confusion - for which I blame the developer (me) as well as the facilitator (me) for not explaining the process well enough. But, I figure that this is my beta group!
And, this is being created in a rapid development process. I like to think of it as a SAMs model: Each improvement is a successive approximation model towards refinement. I am knocking these out in quick succession to meet the timeline demands of the next units (rapid development).
Phil - Thank you for the notes. I appreciate them as I do not have a “team” to provide input/improvements. And, as I said, I am not a great design guy.
I am going to go back to reduce, & begin to establish a color plan. But grey? Isn’t that too much like the cold grey skies of rainy London? Ha!
Thanks so much for the time you took to take a look. I really appreciate the feedback… and if you (anyone) have harsher, or development/design issues, please, I present this to learn & develop my trade.