Worried about AI taking your job?
The tools have changed. Your judgement hasn't. In this Rise course learn the best practices of how to work alongside AI to move faster, create sharper content, and stay the most valuable thing in the room. The L&D professionals pulling ahead right now aren't the ones who know the most about AI. They're the ones who know how to work with it. AI is already in your workflow, whether you've invited it or not. This course shows you how to use it deliberately, critically, and well. The AI ShiftAvatarGrid (Unfolding UI) for Storyline
AI video is everywhere in learning design, but the experience hasn’t caught up. Too often, video is dropped onto a slide and left to do all the work. AvatarGrid challenges that approach. Built for Articulate Storyline, AvatarGrid is an unfolding UI system that uses purposeful motion and cinematic transitions to reveal content progressively. AI videos/images, created with Higgsfield AI, Nano Banana, and HeyGen AI, feel integrated, not pasted in, supported by layered vector UI. The result is an immersive, modern learning experience where motion has meaning. Every interaction supports the story. This is what video AI-first, motion-driven UXD looks like in practice. Watch the short tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLXJ_-K4vXIAI Talking Heads: Uncanny Valley Test
AI talking heads are everywhere, but most still fall straight into the Uncanny Valley. When lip-sync drifts or facial movements glitch, the learner stops focusing on the scenario and starts focusing on the AI mistake. I tested Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Creatify Aurora, Seedance 1.5, and HeyGen using the same image, script, and workplace scenario. One model clearly stood out as production-ready for realistic eLearning conversations. Watch the tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zroW6I7CGO0&t=317s Try the Storyline live demo: https://craftuxd.tech/AvatarGrid/story.htmlReview 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. Stephanie
