How To Embed An ElevenLabs Conversational AI Widget Into SL360 Using JS!
Hi Heroes, It feels like something new and exciting is always around the corner in the world of generative AI technology, and this week ElevenLabs put themselves firmly in the driving seat of the agentic AI revolution with their new Conversational AI toolkit. If you haven't heard of this yet, check out this video which explains it all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-EYzZCLF48&ab_channel=ElevenLabs The interactive, animated widget that this toolkit provided is easy to embed anywhere, including directly within an Articulate Storyline 360 project slide! If you're interested in how to get started, I've written a blog post that includes all the steps, including an Execute JavaScript snippet you can use to effortlessly get your agent loaded into your activity: https://discoverelearninguk.com/how-to-set-up-elevenlabs-conversational-ai-widget-in-articulate-storyline-360/ I'm also currently experimenting with the API for the new Conversational toolkit to understand how I can implement it into my eLearning Magic Toolkit plugin for Storyline + WordPress, potentially opening the door for developing real-time voice activated automation all within a Storyline-built eLearning activity! Much more to come very soon. 🚀 --- My name's Chris Hodgson, an eLearning developer and software trainer based in the UK. I enjoy creating fun, unique, and engaging online experiences using Articulate software! Connect with me on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrishodgson44/Intuitive Role Playing Exercise with Feedback
Hello, is there an AI tool within Storyline or Rise where you can insert an intuitive back-and-forth role-playing activity that provides real-time feedback to users depending on their responses to help enhance communication skills during customer service calls?Learning Technologies Autumn Forum
Join Articulate's Melissa Trimble for a virtual session about AI in E-Learning at the Learning Technologies Autumn Forum on Tuesday, 14 October. AI in E-Learning: How to Show Your Boss Real Results 15:30 - 16:30 BST Free Virtual Event - Register Here When it comes to the rise of AI tools in learning and development, there’s been a significant shift. As these solutions become more common as part of e-learning workflows, it’s crucial for your organization to select an AI solution that not only enhances your team’s productivity—but also has an impact on business outcomes and results. The right AI tool should feel indispensable—not just acceptable—to e-learning developers and your organization’s bottom line. Join Melissa Trimble, Sr. Product Evangelist at Articulate, to: Explore what genAI features truly add value to your e-learning workflow, with real-life examples of efficiency, creativity, and time savings. Learn how to make the case for AI by calculating real business value. Show your boss how AI can enhance your e-learning initiatives, ultimately benefiting your organization’s bottom line.💬 How Are You Using AI Assistant?
AI Assistant is helping creators draft text, generate quizzes, polish tone, and more, all while keeping you in control of the final course. I’m curious…how are you using it so far? Or maybe you’re still exploring what it can do? Either way, your input could help others make the most of it. 👇 In the comments, feel free to share: What tasks you’ve tried: drafting text, creating quizzes, generating images, etc. How it’s impacted your workflow: speed, clarity, inspiration? Any prompts, use cases, or roadblocks you’ve run into 📚 Helpful Resources: If you're unsure where to start, check out some upcoming webinars and training available right in ELH! 🗓️ October Webinars Overview of AI Assistant in Storyline, Tuesday, October 14 From Draft to Done: Writing Made Easy with AI Assistant in Rise, Tuesday, October 14 Overview of AI Assistant in Rise, Tuesday, October 21 Creating Images, Narration, and Sound with AI Assistant, Tuesday, October 21 Overview of AI Assistant in Storyline, Tuesday, October 28 AI Assistant & Rise: Smart Strategies for Efficient E-Learning, Tuesday, October 28Interrogating 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.AI in E-Learning: Opportunities and Innovation in Instructional Design
Our new micro e-learning course dives into the top 3 questions shaping the future of AI in instructional design. Hear expert audio insights, explore real-world examples and discover practical ways to bring AI into your own projects. 👉 Click the link below to start learning and unlock new possibilities with AI: https://www.swiftelearningservices.com/ai-in-e-learning/Why I Am [Not] Afraid of AI
Hello! It's that time of year again, folks! You get to hear my dulcet tones for the annual "Podcast" Challenge... As I'm off to World of Learning this week, I don't have time to record responses to all ten of DavidAnderson​'s questions on the impact of AI on learning design. So I've focused on three areas where I think we need to challenge the slight 'bunker mentality' that has built up around AI. Although this isn't a standard 'media player', I thought it was still best to add a bespoke 'progress' bar, so you can see how long each track lasts, and include a 'skip' button. Pop by for a chat. I won't invite you in, if that's all the same. WHY I AM [NOT] AFRAID OF AI | EngageBrainTrain.com
E-Learning Podcast: 10 Things Course Designers Should Know About AI #526
This week, your challenge is to record audio responses to the questions listed below. The questions highlight where AI is making an impact, where it still has some growing to do, and how e-learning designers are experimenting with it in their projects.
