instructional design
973 TopicsWorried 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 Shift152Views6likes6CommentsRetry only incorrect option for Rise quizzes?
Warning: Rant incoming... Wondering why, after so long. this is still not an option. I found conversations/requests from years ago asking for this. If a quiz has anymore than a just a few questions, it's just mean to make them have to redo the ones they got right when they may only be 1 or 2 short of the passing mark. I recognize one can use a Storyline block, but doing the extra to format to match a Rise course is one strike against it and that many clients don't have SL for future updating is another (big) strike. Surely it's not a huge amount of effort to add this feature. Please advise if you have any intention of providing this option in the future. It would be most appreciated by designers AND learners. Rant over.110Views1like4CommentsArticulate: Stop Chasing AI for a Moment and Fix the Learners Question Experience in Rise
Now, Articulate has done a somewhat impressive job integrating AI across its products, and those capabilities undoubtedly have value. Love the AI image editing. But there comes a point where new features begin to overshadow the VERY long-standing usability issues that instructional designers have been raising for years. I'm begging you... please revisit Rise's question and assessment experience. Knowledge Checks and Quiz Lessons still feel visually dated! They've barely changed since Rise launched nearly a decade ago. Huge padding. Heavy shadows. Massive blocks. They consume excessive screen space and offer almost no meaningful control over layout or presentation. And then there's the KCs... they remain fundamentally disconnected from LMS analytics! The most frustrating aspect isn't simply the visual design and which is outdated, boring and barely customisable but the missed opportunity. Knowledge Checks are where learners naturally demonstrate understanding throughout a course, yet none of that information is reported to the LMS. In a SCORM 2004 environment such as CSOD, only Quiz Lesson questions generate reportable interaction data. The crazy thing is the data is already there. Rise knows the question, knows what I clicked and knows whether I got it right... it just doesn't send any of it to the LMS. If I have use your awful layout at least pass the SCORM data! So not only do they look outdated with oversized cards, padding and shadows, every embedded Knowledge Check effectively disappears once the learner moves on. Organisations are forced to choose between good instructional design and meaningful analytics. We should not have to make that trade-off in 2026. At a minimum, there should be an option allowing authors to designate selected Knowledge Checks as reportable SCORM interactions while retaining their in-line presentation and immediate feedback. In many ways, Articulate has built one of the most approachable authoring tools on the market, but it's time to revisit the foundations rather than continually expanding the AI feature set. Refresh the quiz templates. Modernise the interaction design. Give authors meaningful control over assessment presentation. Most importantly, provide the option for Knowledge Checks to submit question-level interaction data to LMSs that support SCORM 2004. Those changes would have a far greater impact on the quality of digital learning than yet another AI button added to the toolbar. Rant over. Sorry... well, not really.96Views2likes3CommentsError Loading Course on Apple Products - iPhone, iPad
I have 3 courses that have been live for a few months, and I've continued to have complaints that users are running into issues when trying to open a course created in RISE360 from our LMS site. I have been able to narrow the issue down to Apple. It happens mostly on iPhones and iPads running later versions of iOS, but sometimes on newer versions too. Sometimes the screen will go black, then kick them back to our website and sometimes they will receive a white error message page. 89% of our users are mobile and Apple users make up a good portion of that. What do I need to do to fix this?!?257Views1like10CommentsFill in the blank not allowing user to enter answer
Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me here. I have a question bank with multiple questions, 2 of them are Fill in the Blank question. When I preview, or use the review site, I can not select the box to type in an answer. Sometimes it worked fine, most of the time I can't select it at all. There is nothing covering the answer box. I've tried deleting the slides and starting again, but I'm still having the same issue. The only thing I can interact with is the Submit button, which won't work because I didn't answer the question. Any ideas are appreciated.47Views0likes4CommentsAI Animation
I am normally a Storyline user, but I do use Rise to make AI animation. But recently when my animation in Rise is generated random words or shapes appear on the screen. I am not sure why or how to make it not happen. I am also wondering if I can create custom AI videos in Storyline yet? If so how? Thank you for all of your help. You can email me at mailto:[email protected] if you'd like.45Views0likes2CommentsNewbie needs Help
I am using a Content Libary slide called Tabs Interaction. The slide is designed to advance through the 4 icons and switch pix when user clicks. I am trying to automate that so the slide delivers the 4 points on it's own, and then at end, I added a 5th tab designed to show all 4 bullets show together. I was successful, except the last stop, where it shows all 4 bullets for 1 second and then goes to 1st bullet only. What have I done wrong? Attached are snips of my tabs/base layer layout, my timeline and my object triggers. Any suggestions? Thanks - First time here.Solved63Views0likes10CommentsWhat Is One Small Course Design Change That Improved Learner Engagement?
I'm always looking for practical ways to make e-learning courses more engaging. Recently, I've been experimenting with shorter content sections, knowledge checks, and interactive scenarios. For those who build courses regularly, what is one small change you've made that had a noticeable impact on learner engagement or completion rates? Was it related to course structure, visual design, interactions, accessibility, or something else? I'd love to hear about real-world experiences and lessons learned.35Views0likes0CommentsEnabling CC by Default in Storyline
Hi Team, Is it possible to have closed captions enabled by default in Storyline when a course begins, without the learner needing to manually click the CC button? I’m currently exploring the built-in captions feature in Storyline 360, and it would be helpful to get some resources or articles.Solved176Views0likes3Comments