Interactivity in Rise Custom Blocks

While understanding that interactivity in custom rise blocks is still in development or at least in discussion, I would like to suggest some features that may or not may not be in the planning.

I acknowledge that these functions can be completed in Storyline and imported into Rise. However, their are problems that can arise e.g. block loading times (can excessively slow down the learning), corrupted storyline files that fail to work after time, time frame for creation, insertion and testing.

1) Custom built slides, that function similar to an image carousel.
Currently I build these in Photoshop or Illustrator and the whole process is very time consuming (e.g. develop, resize, save, upload). Also placing content text into images is not best practice (of course there exceptions). It would also make custom slides so much easier to edit (rather than editing in PS or Ill, saving and uploading etc.)

2) The ability to have learners click an object which opens another.
This would be similar to layers in Storyline. Creating custom popups would allow for a far more interesting and engaging learner experience than something like a Hotspot interaction.

3) Built in voice overs / text to speech.
However, this would need to be done well and on par with services such as ElevenLabs.
By this I mean that voices will need to be natural sounding while providing an exhaustive array of accents. The system would also need to prioritise plenty of features to punctuate and provide realistic annunciation. (As a note, with ElevenLabs, sometimes you can even hear breaths). Adding voice overs / text to speech in features such as those listed in points 1 and 2 above would further enhance Rise's popularity and increase business potential. Having this feature built into Rise would be a game changer for Articulate.

4) The ability to hold variables (e.g. short answers to questions) and use them later in the course. 
For example, you may ask learners one or more questions about their job role or personal experiences. After they have completed relevant learning content, you could then display their original responses and ask them to answer the same questions again. This allows you to determine whether their understanding or perspective has changed as a result of the training.

I'm sure I will have more but these would be a good start.
Happy to elaborate if required.

 

Thanks,
Tony Thomas
Senior eLearning Designer
Simtars
QLD, Australia