How being neurodivergent shapes my work in learning design
Hi everyone, Something I do not talk about often is how being neurodivergent, specifically ADHD, has shaped the way I approach learning design. For a long time, I thought of it as something I needed to manage quietly. Over time, I realized it has actually helped me see learning experiences in a very unique way. It makes me pay close attention to clarity. It makes me sensitive to moments where a learner might lose their place. It helps me notice when information is doing too much or arriving without enough context. And it reminds me that people process ideas in many different ways. When I build or review a Storyline or Rise course, I often think about: What helps someone stay oriented • What reduces unnecessary cognitive effort • What keeps the experience predictable enough to feel safe • What gives the learner room to pause and understand These are things I learned because I needed them myself. I have come to see neurodivergence as something that sharpens my awareness rather than something separate from my work. It helps me design with more empathy, more structure and more intention. Did you know that ADHD is over-represented in creative and human-centered fields? It often shows up as strengths in structure awareness, flow and learner perspective. If you feel comfortable sharing, I would love to hear how who you are influences the way you design. Which parts of your own lived experience shape your approach to learning?What Best Practices Do ID, UX, and LXD Share?
Instructional Design, UX, and LXD may have different labels, but they share powerful principles that elevate learning experiences. Across all three, we see common threads like: Human-centered design Goal-driven solutions Iterative processes—research, design, test, refine I’d love to hear your perspective: ✅ Which shared practices make the biggest impact in your work? ✅ Have you borrowed techniques from UX or LXD that improved your designs? To inspire the discussion, I’ve included two insightful articles: 📄 Learning Experience Design vs. Instructional Design by Devlin Peck 📄 ID, UX and LXD: Differences and Similarities Explained by Sonia Tiwari Take a look, share your thoughts, and let’s explore how these disciplines intersect to create exceptional learning experiences!Rise 360 Default Line Heights and Font Sizes
Hi E-Learning Heroes, I’m working to ensure our Rise 360 courses meet WCAG accessibility standards, particularly around line height (minimum 1.5) and font size for readability. Here’s what I’ve noticed: The default line spacing for the text blocks seems to be around 1.9, which is great. When I manually set line spacing to 1.5 in the editor, it looks much tighter, almost like single spacing. (not that you need to, but I was curious) Knowledge check blocks and some interactive elements appear to use much smaller line heights and font sizes than body text. Has anyone documented the actual default line heights and font sizes for each block type in Rise 360? If you have this information in a table format, that would be incredibly helpful for accessibility checks. Thanks in advance!Prompt suggestions for AI to write intro/instruction for interactive elements
Hi All, I have recently watched the tutorial on AI Assistant: Custom Copy Editing Prompts and found it very helpful. It got me thinking about what I struggle most with when creating learning content and what would make my life easier. I've realised I really DON'T enjoy writing short intro, explainer or instruction text for interactive elements within my elearns so I end up putting in placeholder text (as shown below 😂) and was wondering if anyone has come up with any prompts for the AI Assistant that actually work? I have tried numerous prompts but get stuck because there is no way to reference 'the block below' or instruct the AI to refer to the content in the block below. I did think that it might be possible to get Storyline AI to summarise any interactive elements I create, then ask AI to turn it into an instruction or something but haven't tried this out yet. Look forward to seeing if anyone has a hack to make my life easier!Using AI for testing accessibility
Hello community, I am conducting some research and would value any insights from the wealth of experience here. Accessibility testing of my projects can take up a significant amount of time of the project development lifecycle. Using a combination of manual checks and automated tools to ensure content meets WCAG 2.2 AA compliance. I have found that the new code block in Rise is extremely useful and I am able to use AI tools such as Co-Pilot / Gemini etc to test the HTML in these blocks with great success simply by pasting the code in and providing the appropriate prompt. Automated tools such as Microsoft Accessibly Insights, Lighthouse and AC lite, when used in combination are ok but I am wondering how I can best use AI to test a Rise or Storyline build in either its preview mode or when deployed on the LMS. Thanks - DavidDrop Down activity Manual Result Score not Showing on LMS.
Hi Team, I have created manual Drop Down activity and result slide using variables. Result is working file while reviewing in articulate but score is not catching in LMS showing always 0. Can anyone help mw to sort this out asap. It's my ongoing project and need to submit asap. Attaching articulate file here to get the help. Thanks in Advance.Language Selection Screen Template
Hello everyone, can you please help? I have created videos in Synthesia that have multiple languages and I need an Articulate Rise or Storyline template that I can use that allows a learner to select the language they need to watch the video in at the start of the video. Does anyone have a template I could use or know where I could get one please? Thank you for any help in advance. ScottHow do you evaluate the flow of a course?
Hi everyone, I’ve been thinking a lot about flow in Storyline and Rise courses. Not the visuals or interactions, but the way ideas move, build and connect for the learner. When I review courses, flow is often the first thing I look at, because so many issues trace back to it. A course can be beautifully built, but if the flow is unclear, the learner has to work harder than they should. Here are a few questions I often ask myself: Does each screen naturally lead to the next? Does the learner know why they’re seeing this information now? Is anything arriving too early, too late or without enough context? Are we building on what the learner already knows, or jumping around? Is there a moment where the pace suddenly gets heavier? These small checks often reveal more than a long checklist ever could. I’d love to hear how others approach this. When you evaluate the flow of a course, what do you look for? Are there signals or questions you rely on to check whether the experience “moves” the way you hoped? Always curious to learn from different perspectives.A quality review approach I have been developing for Storyline and Rise courses
Hi everyone. I am Stéphane, a learning designer based in Vancouver. I spend a lot of time helping teams improve the clarity, flow and accessibility of the courses they create (at many big brands such as Arc'teryx, Lululemon, Aritzia...). Over time, I noticed that the way we review a course can vary a lot from one project to another. Some teams follow detailed checklists. Others do a quick end-of-project sweep. It makes quality feel inconsistent and hard to measure. To bring more structure to this, I began developing a quality review approach that focuses on the elements that truly shape a strong learning experience with the goal of helping designers get a clear and repeatable way to evaluate their work before publishing. My vision for this method grew from a simple idea. I wanted a structured way to look at a course and pinpoint what "good" truly looks like, in a measurable and tangible way. I began identifying a few key pillars that define the quality of a learning experience. The methodology I have been building offers a clear, structured snapshot that helps identify what needs attention and speeds up the review process. I am sharing this here because I know many of you care about producing thoughtful, consistent and high quality experiences. I would love to hear how you approach your own review process and what pillars you consider essential. If anyone is curious, I am happy to share an example or walk through the method. Here is a bit more about the work I do: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lix-learning/ Looking forward to learning from your approaches as well.
