AI Won’t Replace Skill - This Will!
We’re in an era where anyone can make studio-level visuals in minutes. But real creators know the secret isn’t AI alone, it’s how you fuse it with your own craft. In my latest YouTube video, I walk through how I designed Kai inside a 3D scene, a 3D low-poly character for an eLearning scene, combining Blender modeling with AI tools like Seedream and Gemini. The result? A branded, professional-grade animation that stays original and on-style. If you’re a learning experience designer, 3D artist, or just exploring how to use AI effectively, this one’s for you. Watch the full video on YouTube and see how to stay creative in the AI era.Storyline competency matrix
Hi everyone, I've been tasked with upskilling my team in Storyline. I'm starting by putting together a tech competency matrix and wanted to know if anyone had any examples they've used (or if Articulate has one -- I couldn't find anything by searching). The matrix will have X number of core skills and 5 levels of expertise in each skill. I then need to specify which tasks fall into each core skill. For example, maybe one core skill is triggers and states. What specific tasks would go in that category in each expertise level? What core skills have other people used, and what tasks have you put in those skills? Thanks in advance!Help with making compliance/legislative obligation heavy training interesting.
I am currently working on a number of courses that are compliance and legislative obligation text heavy content, with a lot of 'we must say this' information. Any tips on how to make this attractive and interesting without changing the content as the SME is very strict that the text must be said. I have thought that maybe the text heavy sections could have an audio feature? I also only have access to Rise at the moment and can make other video/motion/gif things in PowerPoint and Canva.How are you approaching learning creation in your organization beyond “traditional” L&D use cases?
Hey ELH community 👋, We know that learning creation doesn’t live solely within L&D or instructional design teams. In large organizations especially, managers, training, enablement teams, and other departments are increasingly creating their own learning to meet team and business needs. We’re curious how that’s playing out in your organization. If you’re in L&D, what’s holding you back from bringing on more teams create courses in Articulate? Are there particular challenges—technical, process-related, or cultural—that make it harder to open things up? And if you have scaled and democratized course creation with Articulate beyond L&D, what’s helped it work well? We’d love to learn from your experiences; what’s working, what’s not, and what would make it easier. ~ The Articulate Research TeamRise Custom Blocks: Focus Order Workaround to Deleting Objects from the Order?
Hi all! This question might already have been posed, but has anyone found a good practice when setting the focus order in the Rise custom blocks that are currently in beta? As far as I can tell, you can set the order, and add alt text, to objects but you can't delete any objects out of the focus order, to make it less of an issue for a screenreader, like you can in Storyline. Have you just been marking objects that would otherwise get deleted out of the order as decorative, using ""? Any other best practices for the focus order in these Rise custom blocks is also appreciated. Thank you!✨ Friday Fun Prompt: What’s Your “Dream Build”?
It’s Friday, so let’s daydream a little… If you could build any e-learning project, with no limits, what would it be? We all have that one idea that’s been in the back of our minds… maybe it’s too big, too niche, or you’re just waiting for the right time (or tools). 🎯 Share your “dream build” in the comments! This could be: A concept you’ve always wanted to explore A course you’d create if tools/time weren’t a constraint Something you started but never finished (yet!) 💬 Bonus: What’s holding it back, and what would help you get started? Can’t wait to see what’s on your e-learning wish list!Generate Phonemes using AI and a Dictionary
Pronunciation is a challenge at times, especially when the same word is pronounced differently depending on its "use." We use a combination of IPA phonemes and basic phonetics (phonics). I use an AI chat to generate the SSML code, then place it in a SharePoint library for when I need it again. The same voice may get it right one time, but not the next, so I never know when I'll need the phoneme. Given that the Articulate voices don't allow emphasis on syllables, this is the best method I've found so far. If anyone has a better way, it would be most appreciated if you would share, thank you! This is very basic, but it does work when needed. Here is an example of the AI prompt: Please generate the phoneme SSML code for the word "<word>" and use https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary to obtain the phonemes. Example for "use" as a noun: <speak> <phoneme alphabet="ipa" ph="ˈjuːs">use</phoneme> </speak> Example for "use" as a verb: <speak> <phoneme alphabet="ipa" ph="ˈjuːz">use</phoneme> </speak>Best Fonts to Use
Hi, I'm brand new to Articulate and I have a few trainings I created using Canva that I rather not completely rebuild. When I upload the deck to Storyline there are a few fonts from Canva that Storyline doesn't have. Is there a list of acceptable fonts that I can find somewhere? TIA :) NovaNae
