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YutaSato-262c51
Community Member
8 months ago

Themes Automatically Applied to AI-Generated Content

Background / Problem

  • We understand that fonts and colors can be changed via Theme, but for content created with AI, we currently have to manually reapply the same settings each time.
  • To align with unified brand design (fonts/colors/button and interaction styles, etc.), post-generation adjustments are required, increasing operational effort.
  • In other projects, we duplicate content saved as design templates, but we cannot launch Create new with AI from existing content. This prevents us from combining template-driven workflows with AI generation efficiently.

Request (Desired Behavior)

  1. Theme templating
    • Allow saving and managing Theme settings (fonts, color palettes, button styles, default cover/lesson layouts, etc.) as “Theme Templates.”
    • Enable setting a “default Theme Template” at workspace/folder/project levels.
  2. Integration with AI generation
    • When using Create new with AI to generate a course, provide an option (default ON/OFF) to automatically apply the selected Theme Template.
    • Allow launching Create new with AI from existing template content and inherit that content’s theme settings for the newly generated course.
  3. Bulk apply / reapply
    • Provide a function to bulk apply or reapply (diff-based update) a Theme Template to existing courses.
    • Offer impact previews (fonts, colors, component styles) and before/after comparisons prior to applying changes.
  4. Management / sharing
    • Support versioning, ownership, update history, and team sharing (view/edit permissions) for Theme Templates.
    • Support export/import (e.g., JSON) to facilitate migration across workspaces and backups.

Expected Benefits

  • Immediately achieve brand-consistent courses after AI generation, greatly reducing rework.
  • Improve consistency of design standards across teams/organizations, enabling scalable production.
  • Combine template operations with AI generation to balance speed and quality.

Representative Use Cases

  • Roll out brand-approved fonts and color schemes across multilingual courses.
  • Apply a unified theme to large volumes of microlearning for Sales/Support.
  • Launch Create new with AI from an existing template: let AI handle structure and tone, while the visual design remains fixed by the template.

Acceptance Criteria (Examples)

  • At the start of Create new with AI, users can select which Theme Template to apply (default sourced from workspace settings).
  • After generation, users can reapply the Theme Template to the course with one click.
  • Items manageable via Theme Template: fonts (body/headings), color sets (primary/secondary/accent), component styles (buttons/links/cards), and default layouts for cover/lessons.
  • Template sharing settings and version history are visible.

Note (Alternative)

  • As a minimum improvement, allowing Create new with AI to be launched from existing content and inherit that content’s theme settings would already deliver significant value.

Thank you for your consideration.

7 Replies

  • FelixFranke's avatar
    FelixFranke
    Community Member

    I'm in, too! I was hoping to find this hidden somewhere, but it seems that having a few standard themes is not an option when using AI for content creation. And to be honest, the "duplicate course" workflow is more of a workaround than a professional solution...
    Like PowerPoint: Have a configuration file somewhere, which contains the necessary information like fonts, sizes, colours, maybe even logos.

    Anyway, thanks for passing it on!

    • LucianaPiazza's avatar
      LucianaPiazza
      Staff

      Hi FelixFranke​

      Thanks for adding your perspective. I appreciate you sharing how this fits into your workflow.

      It sounds like duplicating courses works as a workaround today, but it falls short when you're creating new AI-generated courses and trying to maintain consistent branding. I also appreciate the comparison to PowerPoint. Having a reusable configuration or theme that can be applied automatically helps illustrate the experience you're looking for.

      I'd love to learn a bit more about your use case:

      • How often are you creating new AI-generated courses that require you to manually reapply your branding?
      • Besides fonts and colors, are there other branding elements, such as logos, cover layouts, or button styles, that you'd want included in a reusable theme?

       

      Also, I wanted to mention that we've recently introduced a new Brands feature in beta, which lets you create and apply reusable brand settings across your Rise 360 courses. Functionality will evolve, and features may be modified or removed based on user feedback and stability, but it may help reduce some of the manual effort you're experiencing. 

      Thanks again for taking the time to share your feedback. The additional context helps us better understand how this impacts AI-assisted course creation workflows.

      • FelixFranke's avatar
        FelixFranke
        Community Member

        Hi Luciana,

        thank you for answer. Being an in-house trainer (so I have only one client), I miss this every time I am creating a course, actually. Most of our coures have the same CI and we have to change this every time we start a new course.

        We use mostly colour and font choices, change the layout. I haven't bothered to create an elaborate, complete theme because it is not seen so strictly, but if it was easier / possible to create a complete theme with colour, layout, fonts, even navigation settings etc., it would be worth doing that because it saves time every time anyone starts creating a Rise360 course. In Storyline, I have adapted the official corporate (PowerPoint) colour scheme, fonts and layout, which works very nicely (after some tinkering 😉).

        I will have a look at the beta version of the Brands feature, thank you for pointing that out. After testing that, maybe I will be able to give more details, what would be interesting additions or features. Ih, one thing is of yourse important: Being able to share the settings in the theme, not only in our workgroup but also to external creators.

  • liscal's avatar
    liscal
    Community Member

    YES!! I have various companies as customers, and it is absolutely annoying to change all those settings every single time.

  • Yes, I'd also like to see this added as an option. Indeed a must have for our team.

  • JessicaEllis's avatar
    JessicaEllis
    Community Member

    Adding another request for this - this is a MUST HAVE for us if we use AI dev! :)

  • Hello YutaSato-262c51​

    I appreciate you reaching out and sharing your voice with us! I've shared your insight with our product team and how this change would impact your workflow. We'll be sure to share any future updates in this discussion, so all are in the loop!