Do You Storyboard Before Building in Rise?
When I'm starting a new Rise course, I often sketch out a quick outline first. Other times, I build right in Rise (especially now with AI!) and organize as I go. Lately, I've been wondering how others approach it—especially when it comes to storyboarding or outlining content ahead of time. If you build Rise courses, I'd love to hear: Do you typically create a storyboard or outline before jumping into Rise? 📝 (And if you do, what does it usually look like—simple notes, a spreadsheet, something more detailed?) I'm gathering some insights for an upcoming community project and would love to learn from your processes! 🙌🏼Designing Immersive Phone Conversations in Storyline
Ever have two characters talk in a training module, but it still feels flat; even with speech bubbles, audio, and triggers? This (FREE) Storyline phone conversation template changes that. Whether you're designing for sales, compliance, healthcare, or support, it creates real, layered convos that feel like you're eavesdropping on a call. Animated phone effects Realistic voiceover dialogue Transparent APNG waveforms (way better than GIFs!) Custom triggers for pick-up/end call Clean, modern layout with animated text Watch how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMpUcYJRNnE Preview the demo: https://www.redesignedminds.com/Discuss/story.html Download it free: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19AvmE7q3PAUbXoNKIViQtPNqCwUoFDQW/view?usp=sharing If your training includes a conversation, this is how you bring it to life.Reimagining Navigation Intros with 3D Motion
There’s more than one way to begin an eLearning course; and sometimes, sometimes the best way isn’t with text content, but with atmosphere. I’ve always been inspired by how airline safety videos set the tone before a flight begins. They take a routine moment and turn it into something memorable through motion, storytelling, and design. In this short navigation intro, I demo how to bring that same prelaunch energy into your course. With 3D motion and audio cues, you can instantly draw your learners in, before a single concept is even introduced. Navigation Intro: https://www.redesignedminds.com/Audio/story.html I designed this to spark engagement, proof that learning experience design gets fun when you experiment with 3D, soundscapes, animation, and visual storytelling. Here’s a quick tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62MRlM1iz0MWhat does engagement mean to you...?
Our chief learning officer is tasking us to make our compliance courses to be more engaging. I find this word to be ambiguous and, as I am not opposed to making the courses engaging, what are some of the things you do to help engage the learner? Some of the things that I am doing is to include what I call "thinking slides". I will ask a question or pose a scenario that has the learner make a choice. If they make the wrong choice, there is a layer or some other feature that informs the learner of what the more positive outcome would be. If they are correct, I try to give them praise for their progress. I also try to use images and videos to break up the constant text heavy information. I will use short bullets with extended explanation with TTS narration. I am actually getting push back because the neural TTS voices aren't good enough and sound artificial. After using and hearing the old TTS voices, I think the neural voices sound pretty good and does an excellent job of conveying information. So, are there other things that you do to engage your learners? I would appreciate hearing your comments! Thanks, Lance.eLearning Meetup in Victoria, BC
Join Us for a Victoria eLearning Meetup! Calling all eLearning developers, instructional designers, and digital learning professionals in and around Victoria, BC! My colleagues and I are excited to host a casual afternoon of networking, idea-sharing, and friendly conversation. Whether you specialize in course development, learning technologies, or instructional strategy, this is a great opportunity to connect, exchange insights, and discuss industry trends. We’ll provide a comfortable space with a conference room, display, free Wi-Fi, and of course—coffee, tea, and snacks! If there’s a specific topic you’d like to explore, let us know when you RSVP. 📅 April 10, 2025 📍 401 Garbally Rd. ⏰ 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM 🔗 RSVP here!Rise and motion sickness
We've recently had an email about one of our Rise courses which includes a complaint about it being inaccessible to users who may experience cybersickness or have a vestibular disorder. We've been informed that: the movement side-to-side and auto movement has no bellcurve on it (slow-fast-slow) which is specifically designed to stop motion sickness - it's said to be standard across nearly all viewing platforms. ---- The course that we've built has block animations turned off, but does include a process component. Is there anything that we can do to make this more accessible? As far as I can see from the Rise accessibility report, it is compliant with WCAG AAA around animations, but we'd like to know how to support users in the future or if there's anything we can do to our current courses to improve this. So, 1) Are we correct in our thinking that Rise is complaint with WCAG in terms of its animation speeds and settings? Or is there something missing that other 'standard viewing platforms' have? 2) Is there anything that we can do, or software we can recommend, to our learners?Large Sim Projects
A question came up on the community chat about large simulator projects. Just my way of doing this. In the past I was asked to create a course on a computer program that had 5 main functions with over 25 different sub-functions. I divided the 5 functions into separate projects. This made it easier to keep track of slides and information. The subfunctions were divided into scenes. This made it easier to review and send to stakeholders to review and approve. Once the scenes were done and approved, I made a scene to bring it all together with some intro information, objectives, and anything else that was needed to start that function section. This can be used as one course or imported into a master all-inclusive course. Just my thoughts.
