Review Invitation: AI Partner Framework
I've just launched a new AI Partner Framework on LinkedIn because I'm seeing a lot of conversations about AI replacing humans, and companies laying people off because of AI (and then rehiring a lot of them back after realizing their mistake). What I'm not seeing in these conversations is a thoughtful process to determine where AI is appropriate and where humans are still critical. So, I built a simple framework to aid the decision-making process and remind us of what AI can do - but more importantly, what it can't. Instead of asking "will AI replace this role," I propose leading with a different question. The better one is "who is better positioned to lead this task at this stage - and why?" I then mapped six standard phases that apply to project lifecycles across a variety of roles and looked at where AI can and should be leveraged, and where the human - the expert - should be leading. There's a deeper dive as well, as I've mapped each phase to show what the AI Partner Framework looks like when applied to Instructional Design. In a world where people everywhere are afraid of being made redundant, we need to remind ourselves and our leadership that the deep expertise - the judgment, accountability, and relationship-building we have developed simply can't be replaced by AI. I'd love to have you look at it and let me know what you think. Here's the AI Partner Framework And here's the AI Partner Framework as it applies to Instructional Design The post on LinkedIn (in case you like it and would like to share)Faster ways to QA narration, CC, and Notes in Storyline
Hi! Does anyone have tips or hacks for making sure narration matches the CC and Transcripts/Notes? My job requires this along with specific formatting for certain words. What I've been doing: - Using Search & Find to look for specific words - Exporting narration .vtt files and comparing them to the Notes Both work but are really tedious. On top of that, some words in the TTS/AI narration have to be spelled phonetically to get the right pronunciation, so the generated CC text doesn't always match what should actually appear in the CC and Notes. Has anyone found a faster way to manage this? Any workflow tips would be appreciated! TIA!AI‑powered, real‑time role‑play platforms
Hello Heroes! Has anyone cracked this yet? I’m exploring AI‑powered, real‑time role‑play platforms that can be embedded directly into an Articulate Rise Multimedia Embed block and run within the Rise frame—without sending learners outside the course or requiring a separate login. I’ve tested a few options, including Yoodli, but that experience redirects learners out of Rise. Other platforms I’ve reviewed are either cost‑prohibitive or not transparent with pricing. Has anyone successfully integrated a truly seamless, experiential role‑play experience into Rise? I’d love to hear what you’ve tried, what’s come close, or where you hit barriers. Thank you!Part 1: AI Voices in eLearning
➡️ View the post and tutorial 👋Hi everyone! A few of you reached out after the Build-a-Thon submission asking how the audio elements were built — so I put together a full teardown video. This is part 1 of a 3-part series I'm doing on AI coding in Rise and Storyline. Part 1 covers how I added AI audio to the flashcards, configured the settings for different purposes, set up the voice agent in Storyline, and what's possible when you go directly into ElevenLabs. Building the Rise code blocks used in this post are covered in Part 2 — that one's about the Rise Code Block Library. 👉 Part 1 - AI Voices in eLearning 👉 Part 2 - Building Rise Code Blocks 👉 Part 2 - Follow Up: Rise Build System in Action 👉 Part 2 - Follow Up: Protoyping with Intent 👉 Part 3 - AI Javascript in Storyline (coming soon) 👉 Browse the Rise Code Block Library Have fun with this series and let me know if you have any questions. StephaniePart 2: Building Rise Code Blocks
➡️ View the post and tutorial 👋Hi everyone! Part 2 of the series is up — and this one is about how the code blocks in the Rise Code Block Library get built, and how you can do the same. I've developed a workflow system — the Rise Build System — that uses Claude to take you from idea to finished, tested, Rise-compatible code block without needing to know JavaScript or HTML. The tutorial walks through a real build: a row sorting interaction that came directly from the suggestion box in the code library. The full Rise Build System — master prompt, intake prompt, revision prompt and setup instructions is free for all, but I'm asking for your email in exchange so I can keep you updated on new tutorials. You can subscribe over in the post and if you already have, you'll receive an email with the build system. Start with Part 1 if you haven't already Browse the Rise Code Block Library 👉 Enjoy Part 2: From Idea to Interation Here are two additional tutorials related to Part 2: Rise Build System in Action This post demonstrates two more examples of working with the Rise Build System, including revising existing code snippets. Prototyping with Intent This post demonstrates how you can use Claude's visualization feature to rapidly create code widgets, and how Claude Design can make code snippet interfaces look awesome. The final part of this series will drop in a couple of weeks and shifts focus from Rise to Storyline. We’ll look at the new AI JavaScript coding feature, similar to Rise Code Blocks, but different in many ways. I'll also have a follow up for this final part discussing options for organizing your snippets. Have fun with this series and let me know if you have any questions. StephaniePart 2 Follow Up: Rise Build System in Action
➡️ View the post and tutorial 👋Hi everyone! The first follow up from Part 2 of the series is up — and this one demonstrates to examples of using the Rise Build System for a new build and a revision. The first demo walks through building an interactive display cards snippet using the intake and master prompts from the Rise Build System. The second demo shows how to use the Revision Prompt to make 3 changes (that were requested by users of the Rise Code Block Library) to the existing glossary code snippet. The resulting code can be downloaded in the code library. Part 1 - AI Voices in eLearning Part 2 - Building Rise Code Blocks 👉 Part 2 Follow Up: Rise Build System in Action Part 2 Follow Up: Prototyping with Intent Browse the Rise Code Block Library The final part of this series will drop in a couple of weeks and shifts focus from Rise to Storyline. We’ll look at the new AI JavaScript coding feature, similar to Rise Code Blocks, but different in many ways. I'll also have a follow up for this final part discussing options for organizing your snippets. Have fun with this series and let me know if you have any questions. StephaniePart 2: Follow Up - Prototype with Intent
➡️ View the post and tutorial 👋Hi everyone! The second follow up from Part 2 of the series is up — and this one demonstrates how you can use Claude's visualization feature to prototype code widgets, and how Claude Design can make code snippet interfaces look awesome. The first uses Claude's visualization feature. Ask it to show you how compound interest works and you get an interactive widget with sliders right in the chat window. Stay in the same chat and convert it to a Rise code block using the Intake and Master prompts. The second uses Claude Design. I built a fire triangle simulator — adjust fuel, oxygen, and heat and watch the ignition threshold respond. That prototype fed into the Rise Build System and came out as a fully compliant code block. The resulting code snippets can be downloaded in the Rise Code Block Library. Part 1 - AI Voices in eLearning Part 2 - Building Rise Code Blocks Part 2 Follow Up: Rise Build System in Action 👉 Part 2 Follow Up: Prototyping with Intent Browse the Rise Code Block Library The final part of this series will drop in a couple of weeks and shifts focus from Rise to Storyline. We’ll look at the new AI JavaScript coding feature, similar to Rise Code Blocks, but different in many ways. I'll also have a follow up for this final part discussing options for organizing your snippets. Have fun with this series and let me know if you have any questions. StephanieModule Review
Hope you all had a great weekend! I recently completed an eLearning work sample and would love some honest feedback from fellow instructional designers and eLearning professionals. As a personal challenge, I took one of Tim Slade’s design challenges and transformed it into a fully interactive eLearning module. I’m especially interested in feedback on the overall design, user experience, content flow, interactions, and any areas that could be improved. Review link: TacoMazing Fire Safety Academy Thank you in advance for taking the time to review it. I truly appreciate any insights, suggestions, or constructive feedback you can share!Interrogating the Future: An AI Confession
“The suspect knew too much about AI. Or maybe… she just knew how to answer the right questions.” Check out the recorded Pod Cast Here: Interrogating the future How It All Began It started as a simple reflection, ten questions about how AI is shaping my design work. But instead of writing a straight blog, I found myself drawn to something more atmospheric. Something that felt like the process itself, shadowy, uncertain, full of creative tension. So, I turned the reflection into a crime-show-style interrogation, complete with tape recorder hums, flickering lights, and a narrator whose voice demanded answers. The irony? Every part of the production was built with AI. The words, the sound, the visuals, even the interrogation room itself, were all digitally generated and then manually composed by me. Built by AI, Crafted by Hand I started by feeding the ten questions into ChatGPT, but instead of plain responses, I asked for a script. Together, we created a dialogue between a suspicious interrogator and me — a learning designer “accused” of collaborating with Artificial Intelligence. Then came the layers: Voice: generated using AI text-to-speech, giving each character a distinct tone and rhythm. Sound Effects: sourced and blended through AI-assisted sound libraries; tape clicks, fluorescent hums. Images: created with AI image generation and enhanced in Photoshop’s Generative Expand to build the noir interrogation room. Editing: every frame and cue assembled manually — timed to each pause, each flicker, each breath. It wasn’t just automation, it was orchestration. Why Noir? Noir has always been about truth hiding in plain sight. It’s smoky, suspicious, human. And that’s exactly how AI feels right now, part mystery, part revelation. The interrogation format gave me a way to ask the big questions: Is AI saving us time or stealing our craft? Can it really understand empathy, context, and culture? Or is it just pretending well enough to fool us — and our learners? The Real Interrogation Behind the theatrics, the project became a metaphor for the design process itself. Every day, learning designers interrogate ideas: “What’s the story here?” “What does the learner need?” “Is this real, or just noise?” AI doesn’t replace that questioning, it amplifies it. It’s like having an endless brainstorm partner who never sleeps, never stops suggesting, and occasionally hands you brilliance on a platter. The Craft of Collaboration What fascinated me most was the balance. AI built the assets — but I gave them shape. It’s a partnership that works best when humans stay in control of tone, meaning, and emotional truth. “AI gave me the pieces. But I had to make them make sense.” That’s the new creative muscle, knowing when to hand over, when to edit, and when to override. Lessons from the Interrogation Room By the end, I realised the project wasn’t about AI at all, it was about agency. The ability to stay curious, playful, and skeptical, even when technology feels all-knowing. If AI has a role in the future of learning design, it’s not to automate creativity, it’s to augment it. To make space for designers to ask better questions, faster. To amplify storytelling, not silence it. Final Word So yes, I built my own interrogation. I wrote the script with AI. I voiced it with AI. I scored, illustrated, and expanded it with AI. And then I did what no algorithm could: I stitched it all together with intuition, timing, and story sense. Because creativity isn’t about the tools you use. It’s about what you do with them.Back In My Day
Hello! Icebreaker games get a bad rap in corporate training. But I think Articulate's AI Avatar feature can breathe new life into this format. For this Futurama-inspired demo, I created a series of videos using the 'Upload Character' option in the Rise AI Avatar tool. Then I downloaded these videos and placed them in a 'Pick One' freeform question slide in Storyline. Your answer determines how my avatar responds. Try it out here: https://bit.ly/elhc553
