One Office Party, Four Ways: Exploring Articulate's AI Training Formats
This week's challenge was so much fun! What happens if you take one training topic and run it through all four of Rise 360's new AI build formats, Guide, Interactive Video, Scenario, and Training Deck, and actually compare what comes out the other side? So that's what I did. Same topic for all four: surviving the office holiday party (RSVPs, small talk, the buffet line, the exit strategy). Same mascot too, meet Bernard, my office party expert for the day. 🎉 Here's how each format actually performed. Guide: video in, steps out. Feed it a video and it turns into a clean set of steps, and the writing held up well. To be honest, I could have built this simple list much faster on my own. It is pretty basic, just a list, and like the rest, it builds a standalone course with no way to drop it into something you're already working on. Interactive Video: same video, new checkpoints. If you already have footage, this one costs you nothing extra. It found smart, natural places to drop checkpoints right where new information landed. It also let's you edit the checkpoint which is pretty cool. Same standalone limitation, and it's only ever as strong as the video you hand it. Scenario: a prompt in, a conversation out. This is the one that surprised me. Two paragraphs, a goal and some context, and it built real branching logic, not just multiple choice with a coat of paint. Fully editable after it generated too, no starting from scratch if you want to tweak a branch. It also gave me my two favorite bloopers of the whole project, and I left both in on purpose. 😝 First, in his neutral pose, Bernard's mouth just isn't there. 😅 It comes back the second he smiles. Second, and better, one of the response options it wrote FOR Bernard, mid-conversation with himself, was "Heard any juicy gossip about Bernard?" The AI had him asking for the tea on his own life. I couldn't not keep that one. Training Deck: five rules in, seven slides out. This one wants raw material, not a prompt, so I pasted in five party "rules" and stepped through a three stage wizard, Details, Outline, then Draft, with an editable checkpoint at every stage. The visuals did not wow me, they were pretty plain. I could have create a better PowerPoint without this tool that looked much better. The editing experience was a little limited. It also decided, entirely on its own, that our audience was "young professionals, early in their careers." I never said that anywhere, it just went with it, and honestly, sure, why not. But I also found a real bug: four of the seven slides have a card that scrolls in Edit view but doesn't scroll in Preview or Present. That's not a cosmetic issue, it's lost content, whatever falls below the fold on those cards is just gone for anyone actually taking the deck. Worth knowing before you ship anything built this way. The throughline across all four: every single format builds its own separate, standalone Rise course. None of them let you generate a lesson and drop it into a course you're already building. Four for four. It's a little ironic, since Rise already lets you drop a Storyline 360 block straight into a course. It would be great to see these four get that same treatment, generate the content, then drop it in as a lesson instead of a whole new course every time. If I had to pick one? Scenario hand down. 🙌 No video needed, real editable branching, and nothing about it broke on me, just some Bernard's missing mouth and which made for a funny blooper. 😂 I built the comparison itself as a Rise course, using Articulate's AI Avatar and Code Blocks, one lesson per format with a "behind the build" walkthrough showing my actual screenshots, plus a closing verdict lesson where you can flip through pros and cons on each format before Bernard gives his own take. Link below. 👇 One Office Party, Four Ways: Exploring Articulate's AI Training FormatsClick. Explore. Stay Secure. – Cybersecurity Awareness Made Simple
This interactive eLearning module uses a tab-based design to help corporate employees understand essential cybersecurity policies and procedures in a clear, engaging way. Click the link to explore cybersecurity awareness the smart way: https://www.swiftelearningservices.com/cybersecurity-awareness-course-elearning-challenge-517/Feelings Pulse
This is an interactive experiment using poll-style questions within a video. It’s designed to describe emotions through colors and characters, using four simple questions. Each question is linked to a color — Red, Yellow, Blue, and Pink — and presents a few emotional choices for you to pick from. You’ll only be able to select one answer per question, and only once per session. Your response is saved anonymously and added to the overall results. At the end, you’ll see how others have answered as well. This isn’t based on any scientific research — it’s just a creative way to reflect on emotions and try out interactive video features. Thank you for being part of it. Feeling PulseFind the Dog
Taking a breather after some intense experimenting with the morph transition! Here’s a simplified version of the classic shell game (I think that’s what it’s called?). I remember watching it as a kid — older guys would play it on the street, trying to earn a bit of extra cash. They’d use matchboxes, shuffle them around with a hidden object underneath. If you guessed right, you’d win a few coins. If not... well, better luck next time! I called it "Find a dog" for the purpose of this challenge. Find the DogStop Child Abuse
Hello Heroes, This animation was originally intended for the previous challenge. However, because it holds special significance for me, I decided to share it in this landmark 500th challenge instead. The criteria for this challenge differ slightly from my initial plan, so I incorporated a data comparison feature that activates when the ELC counter reaches 500 and the 'Facts' image is clicked, ensuring alignment with the challenge requirements. This animation is dedicated to all children affected by violence in our world today. There are not many interactions for you here – only an invitation to watch until the end, enjoy a song, breathe deeply, and hold them in your thoughts. Like these balloons drifting through the clouds, may every child find peace unburdened, joy unchained, and the freedom to soar. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did! ELC#500 - Stop Child Abuse Project Description: In this project, I leveraged the JavaScript API in Storyline alongside the Web Animations API to create dynamic, smooth animations for hot air balloons. This included continuous swaying effects with adjustable rotation and downward movement speeds for more lifelike movement. For elements like clouds and birds—which reverse direction once the ELC counter reaches 500—I utilized motion paths within Storyline for seamless transitions. The ELC counter animation was implemented using GSAP, targeting the text variable for precise control. All graphics were designed and customized in Canva. The background features a children’s chorus performing a haunting rendition of Sting’s 1987 song "Fragile" (as heard in the Adolescence TV series). Additional sound effects and music were sourced from Pixabay.Morphing? Why not!
I have to say, the morphing transition is pretty cool. I hadn’t really played with it before this challenge came up, but it’s been a fun learning experience. It definitely takes some time to get comfortable with — and even more time to really master. Like any feature, it has its ups and downs. One thing I noticed is that it doesn’t always behave consistently. That said, I’m holding off on calling it a bug until I’m sure I’m not just using it wrong (which is totally possible). I’ll keep experimenting with it whenever I have some spare time. So far, I’ve managed to put together a few simple examples. I’m guessing most of us have approached this in similar ways, so I won’t go too deep into the how-to. Example 1: Europe Example 2: Drinks Example 3: ZermattFrom Prompt to Parking: A Small Learning Experience
For this challenge, I experimented with using prompts to create a small learning experience in ChatGPT Sites. The result is a short parallel-parking example that moves from a title image to a brief story and then into an animated step-by-step interaction. It is not intended as a full demonstration of FLaM. It is a small test of how consistently a visual language and a functional learning flow can be translated into a working prototype through prompting. I refined the prompts iteratively—especially the story image, the layout, and the movement of the car—until the interaction behaved as intended. View project here: www.linkedin.com/in/hillaschlegel
