🌍 Passport Challenge Recap: See What We Accomplished Together 🎉
✨ All badges are now live on profiles! A huge thank-you to everyone who participated in the Passport Challenge. It’s been incredible to see both new and familiar faces jump in, try new things, and engage with the community in fresh ways. From welcoming new members to tackling weekly challenges and sharing examples, you really showed up! Together, the community earned over 1,600 badges during the Passport Challenge. 👏 🌟 Community Highlights A special shout-out to some standout contributors: Most examples shared: Emmanuel_Kegler Most weekly challenges completed: Kate_Golomshtok Most active in replies: Silverfire, ThierryEMMANUEL, MeeraLynn-UK, Caitlin_B Most “Best Answer” replies: JudyNollet 🎉 Challenge Results 🥉 Tier 1: 3+ Badges Earned Congratulations to everyone who wrapped up the challenge with at least 3 badges—amazing dedication! KendalRasnake-1, Silverfire, Seb_Daubert, PhilMayor, eelizabeth, JanetCC, KatelynDore, JHauglie, jveedubs, SandyMyers, LeeMillardButlr, ClaireBogue-155, Chris-Hurst, BarryHollembeak, SMcNicol, lcarl, chell1948, FelixFranke, KarineMorris669, DanThornton, ChelseaYoung-6f, smous, samxuan, AsbjornReinhold, HVfb0f498d-053b, jeremykelley78, ShernellHolmes, CarolynKeilman, KristinaGaskins, SimonRayCBR, JenWeiss-38f01c, IrisSchlabitz, JenniferThom012, KrisShenenbe782, Mb06, RandyV, TracyGriffith-d, ChrisOMalley, hannahrad22, JoeDey, kimmm, RamonTalavera-0, RehanTT, MarianeTremblay, JulieBaker-ad32, RhondaRolf-1090, SBP_Inc, AdamShepherd79, JohnCooper-be3c, TaniyaAhuja, swri, ElizabethPat123, ErinShaw-ccb1f9, RomanieRoach-e9, SyedAmjad-Ali, DianeBullock-32, PhilFoss, kaitlinmurray, BeckWilliams, Ange, KellyBerezinski, AshlyHart, ShandaKrueger, amalialm, SafeTeamAcademy 🥈 Tier 2: 5+ Badges Earned Congrats to these members who earned 5+ badges—each of you earned an entry into our Articulate swag raffle! 🙌 AK6, AmitPadyal-fcb9, AndréanneChrisHodgson, CydWalker_mwh, DaisyWoods-2947, DanBoylandUK, Ekaterina_V, Emmanuel_Kegler, GolfPrincess, HillaSchlegel, HoneyTurner, JodiSansone, JudyNollet, Kate_Golomshtok, larryvanwave-ff, Lori_Morgan, Marie-Pierre701, MeeraLynn-UK, Michelle_Brooks, MichelleKiefer, MrugeshJani, Nedim, RonPrice, Stephanie, Thomas_Shayon, ThierryEMMANUEL, Tie 🌟 Globetrotter: Tier 3 (8+ Badges!) These community champions went above and beyond! 🎉 You’ll receive a special Globetrotter badge + shareable LinkedIn graphic, and you were entered into both the Articulate swag drawing and the Grand Prize drawing: AbigailVettese, Caitlin_B, Donna_Wilson, Emily02, JenLynnRusso, Jonathan_Hill, KayleneWance, PaSchl, VickyAttridge, Alankrita 🥁 Congratulations to Our Prize Winners Winners were selected through a random drawing from all eligible participants. Articulate Swag Winners AK6 — Fanny Pack Caitlin_B — Fanny Pack CydWalker_mwh — Tote Bag ChrisHodgson — Tech Bag MeeraLynn-UK — Hoodie 🎥 Grand Prize Winner: Fujifilm Instant Film Camera AbigailVettese — Congratulations! I’ll be reaching out to all prize winners soon to collect shipping details. 💬 Your Turn: Share Your Passport Challenge Takeaways As we close the Passport Challenge, we’d love to hear from you: What was your favorite part of the Passport Challenge? Which activity or badge pushed you to try something new? What kinds of challenges, badges, or community activities would you love to see next? Thank you again for making this challenge such a success. This community thrives because of you. 🌍💙Passport Challenge: Badge Updates, Highlights & Upcoming Events
Great news, travelers! ✈️ All badges earned so far (except Voyager — those will be added at the end) should now appear on your profiles. If anything looks off, just let me know, and I’ll get it sorted. Remember, the Passport Challenge runs through January 5th, so there’s still plenty of time to level up and earn those badges! 🎉 This Week’s Highlights A huge shout-out to our badge earners so far! Tier 1 Members who’ve earned 3+ badges: JudyNollet Nedim Silverfire Seb_Daubert elizabeth ThierryEMMANUEL JHauglie HillaSchlegel jveedubs SandyMyers LeeMillardButlr Kate_Golomshtok KayleneWance ClaireBogue-155 Stephanie BarryHollembeak SMcNicol FelixFranke DanThornton ChelseaYoung-6f samxuan Caitlin_B jeremykelley78 Emily02 BorgCube RonPrice JodiSansone larryvanwave-ff HoneyTurner JenniferThom012 BenjiLukas Mb06 hannahrad22 DaisyWoods-2947 RamonTalavera-0 CydWalker_mwh RehanTT JulieBaker-ad32 RhondaRolf-1090 TamaraCraft-62f RomanieRoach-e9 SyedAmjad-Ali Tier 2 Members who’ve earned 5+ badges: Emmanuel_Kegler Lori_Morgan GolfPrincess AbigailVettese PaSchl Jonathan_Hill Michelle_Brooks MrugeshJani Marie-Pierre701 DanBoylandUK Ekaterina_V MeeraLynn-UK VickyAttridge 🌟 Most Badges Earned (so far!) Emmanuel_Kegler is leading the way with 7 badges — just one more to reach Globetrotter status! 🎁 Prize Reminder Tier 2 = Entry into our Articulate swag drawing Tier 3 (Globetrotter) = A chance to win our Grand Prize: a Fujifilm Instant Film Camera! 🚀 Keep the Momentum Going Here are a few ways to earn more badges this week: Weekly Challenge: Share Your 2025 E-Learning Challenge Highlights Upcoming Webinars: Overview of AI Assistant in Rise - Dec 16 Edit AI Images Using Free Windows Tools - Dec 16 Quick Tips & Tricks: Episode 120 - Dec 18 Join the Conversation - Jump into these recent discussions and share your insights: How does your organization support different ways of thinking and working? by smous Help with multiple packages that make up one course by RachelDavis-7dd Welcome Center: Say hi to a new member! Share Examples Hub: Post a project — and remember, sharing your challenge submissions is a great way to earn badges and contribute to the community! 💡 Weekly Pro Tip: Check out the latest Made by Members featuring portfolio examples. Participating in the Passport Challenge is a great way to sharpen your portfolio and showcase your skills! 💬 Join the Conversation What’s one badge you haven’t earned yet but plan to tackle this week?🌍 Passport Challenge Check-In: Badges, Wins & What’s Next
✨ Badge check! All badges earned so far are now live on profiles, based on progress as of the afternoon of December 22. (Voyager badges will be added when the challenge wraps.) See something that doesn’t look right? Just let me know! And don’t forget, the Passport Challenge runs through January 5, so there’s still plenty of time to jump in and earn more badges! 🎉 This Week’s Highlights 🥉 Tier 1: 3+ Badges Earned Huge applause to everyone who has hit Tier 1, amazing momentum! Nedim Silverfire Seb_Daubert elizabeth ThierryEMMANUEL JHauglie HillaSchlegel SandyMyers LeeMillardButlr ClaireBogue-155 Donna_Wilson Stephanie Chris-Hurst BarryHollembeak SMcNicol FelixFranke KarineMorris669 DanThornton ChelseaYoung-6f smous samxuan AsbjornReinhold HVfb0f498d-053b jeremykelley78 KristinaGaskins SimonRayCBR BorgCube JenniferThom012 KrisShenenbe782 BenjiLukas Mb06 RandyV hannahrad22 JoeDey DaisyWoods-2947 ChrisHodgson RamonTalavera-0 RehanTT MarliesKraamer JulieBaker-ad32 RhondaRolf-1090 AdamShepherd79 TamaraCraft-62f Tie RomanieRoach-e9 SyedAmjad-Ali MichelleKiefer Ange KellyBerezinski AshlyHart PhilMayor carl SBP_Inc swri 🥈 Tier 2 — 5+ Badges Earned Next stop: Globetrotter 👀 JudyNollet Emmanuel_Kegler Lori_Morgan GolfPrincess AbigailVettese PaSchl jveedubs Michelle_Brooks Kate_Golomshtok KayleneWance MrugeshJani Marie-Pierre701 DanBoylandUK Ekaterina_V MeeraLynn-UK Caitlin_B Andréanne Emily02 RonPrice JodiSansone larryvanwave-ff VickyAttridge JenLynnRusso HoneyTurner CydWalker_mwh Alankrita AK6 🌟 Globetrotter (Tier 3 — 8+ Badges!) 🏆 Jonathan_Hill & PaSchl — You’re officially our first Globetrotters! So close… These members are just one badge away (webinars will count at the end—no worries!): Emmanuel_Kegler Caitlin_B 🎁 Prize Reminder Tier 2 = Entry into our Articulate swag drawing Tier 3 (Globetrotter) = A chance to win our Grand Prize: a Fujifilm Instant Film Camera! 🚀 Keep the Momentum Going Here are a few ways to earn more badges this week: Weekly Challenge: Using Pantone's 2026 Color of the Year in E-Learning (Last challenge of the year! Submissions from 5-Minute Makeovers #532 to now still count.) Join the Conversation - Jump into these recent discussions and share your insights: Happy Holidays, ELH Community!: Share your favorite memories or goals for the new year! AI Upgrade - Getting it Across the Line: Help VickiFinlay get her AI business case across the finish line. Welcome Center: Say hi to a new member! Share Examples Hub: Post a project (challenge entries count!) 💡 Weekly Pro Tip: Check out the latest Community Insights article to learn how connection, experimentation, and shared learning influenced JudyNollet's journey in instructional design. 💬 Join the Conversation What’s one thing you’ve enjoyed or learned from the Passport Challenge so far?We Appreciate You 💖
Valentine’s Day is almost here, and we couldn’t let it pass without saying thank you. This community is full of people who show up, share generously, and support one another, and that’s what makes this space so special. We’re really grateful you’re here. 💛 If you’d like to spread a little community cheer this week, here are a few easy ways to join in: 💌 Give a shout-out to a fellow member or share what you enjoy about being part of this community in the comments. 📣 We’ve attached a few optional shareable images if you’d like to post on other platforms (like LinkedIn). 🗳️ Cast your vote in our Code Block Build-a-thon. It’s a great way to recognize the incredible work members have created. 💡 P.S. Our weekly challenge is all about Valentine’s-themed e-learning examples. If you’ve created one, we’d love to see it! However you choose to participate (or even if you’re just reading along), thanks for being part of what makes this space so great. 💖✨ Happy Holidays, ELH Community! ✨
As we wrap up the year in the E-Learning Heroes community, I want to say thank you on behalf of all of us at Articulate. Whether you're brand-new or a longtime member, your creativity, kindness, and curiosity make this space truly special. And a huge shoutout to everyone participating in the Passport Challenge! Whether you're collecting your final badges or thinking about starting your very first one, there’s still time to jump in and finish the year strong. To keep the holiday spirit rolling, here are a few festive and winter-themed projects members have shared recently: ❄️ Winter Survival by Donna Wilson Donna jumped into her first-ever ELH Challenge and dove deep into Storyline fundamentals, like variables, states, triggers, and layers. 🎄 Holiday Traditions Game: Save Christmas with Juniper by CydWalker_mwhc This community favorite is back with new puzzles, animated characters, and storytelling magic. Play the 2025 game and see Juniper and Hollywings in action! 🎅 Santa’s Naughty or Nice List by jonathan_hill A clever JavaScript-powered sorting activity that turns text-entry names into draggable Post-It notes for a playful “naughty or nice” decision task. 🎨 Want a Fun Final Challenge of 2025? Our last weekly challenge of the year is the annual Pantone Color Challenge! If you’ve never participated before, this is the perfect one to jump into. 💬 Before You Head Into the Holidays… Share in the comments: What’s one of your favorite ELH memories from this year, or a goal you’re excited to tackle in 2025? I’d love to hear what inspired you, what you learned, or what you're dreaming up next. Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season and a bright, creative new year! ✨How does your organization support different ways of thinking and working?
For the neurodivergent folks in L&D… Lately I’ve been thinking about what it’s actually like to build learning experiences with a neurodivergent brain, ADHD in my case. Not just how it influences my design decisions (as mentioned in my previous post), but how it shapes the experience of doing this work inside a team. For me, neurodivergence shows up as a kind of heightened sensitivity to flow, clarity and cognitive load. It helps me spot moments where a learner might lose their place, or where a step needs more framing to feel safe and predictable. That part has become a real strength. But there’s another layer I don’t see discussed much in our field: How well do our teams understand the way our brains work? Not in a clinical sense, more in the everyday reality of collaboration, feedback, expectations, and creative problem-solving. Things like: having time to process before diving into solutions getting clear checkpoints instead of vague “keep going” feedback having tools and structure that reduce mental friction balancing flexibility with predictability For some of us, these aren’t preferences. They directly affect how well we can design. So I’m curious to hear from others who identify as neurodivergent, in whatever way that shows up for you: Do you feel like your strengths and challenges as a neurodivergent designer are understood in your team or workflow? And how does your neurodivergence influence the way you approach learning design itself? Share only if you feel comfortable. I know these conversations can be personal. But I also think they make our craft stronger, because the more we understand our own brains, the better we design for everyone else’s.Are you an "e-learning team of one"? 🤔
Hey E-Learning Heroes, and welcome to our new forum, Exchange Best Practices! 🎉 We added this forum because we know that your expertise extends far beyond what you do with our products, and we've heard from lots of members that you love using this community to network with other e-learning professionals about a wide range of topics in the E-Learning Industry. We hope this becomes your go-to space to start conversations about anything that's on your mind in the E-Learning industry, even if it extends a bit beyond what you do with Articulate's tools. We're excited to see discussions, questions, and idea-shares around everything from... How you work with SMEs on their first draft of an e-learning request How you approach creating a portfolio to support your e-learning career How you think about infusing your e-learning courses with adult learning & pedagogical best practices... And so much more! To help grease the wheels and kick off interactions within this space, I thought I'd ask a starter question: Would you describe yourself as an e-learning team of one? Do you work as a generalist managing everything from needs assessments to storyboarding to publishing courses on an LMS, or do you work with a group of collaborators who manage different steps in that workflow? If it's the latter, what do those collaboration flows look like? Let us know in the comments—our community team is selfishly interested in learning more about you, but it's also our hope that with prompts like these we can help surface for you other members who work in similar ways so that you can find the right people to network and collaborate with. Excited to read your responses!🌍 Passport Challenge: Final Stretch Check-In
✨ Badge update! All badges earned so far are now live on profiles, based on progress as of the morning of December 30. Note: Voyager badges will be added next week and included in the final totals. Something look off? Just let me know, and I’ll take care of it. ⏳ With the Passport Challenge wrapping up on January 5, this is the perfect moment to grab a few last badges or push into the next tier. 🎉 This Week’s Highlights 🥉 Tier 1: 3+ Badges Earned Big cheers to everyone who’s officially on the map! Silverfire Seb_Daubert elizabeth ThierryEMMANUEL JHauglie HillaSchlegel SandyMyers LeeMillardButlr ClaireBogue-155 Donna_Wilson Stephanie Chris-Hurst BarryHollembeak SMcNicol FelixFranke KarineMorris669 DanThornton ChelseaYoung-6f smous samxuan AsbjornReinhold HVfb0f498d-053b jeremykelley78 KristinaGaskins SimonRayCBR BorgCube JenniferThom012 KrisShenenbe782 BenjiLukas Mb06 RandyV hannahrad22 JoeDey DaisyWoods-2947 ChrisHodgson RamonTalavera-0 RehanTT MarliesKraamer JulieBaker-ad32 RhondaRolf-1090 AdamShepherd79 TamaraCraft-62f Tie RomanieRoach-e9 SyedAmjad-Ali MichelleKiefer Ange KellyBerezinski AshlyHart PhilMayor carl SBP_Inc swri AmitPadyal-fcb9 SafeTeamAcademy jveedubs 🥈 Tier 2 — 5+ Badges Earned You’re officially entered into the Articulate swag drawing 🎁 JudyNollet Emmanuel_Kegler Lori_Morgan GolfPrincess PaSchl jveedubs Michelle_Brooks Kate_Golomshtok KayleneWance MrugeshJani Marie-Pierre701 DanBoylandUK Ekaterina_V MeeraLynn-UK Caitlin_B Andréanne Emily02 RonPrice JodiSansone larryvanwave-ff VickyAttridge JenLynnRusso HoneyTurner CydWalker_mwh Alankrita AK6 Nedim 🌟 Globetrotter (Tier 3 — 8+ Badges!) 🏆 🏆 Jonathan_Hill & PaSchl : incredible work hitting Globetrotter status! So close… These members are just one or two badges away (webinars will count at the end—no worries!): Emmanuel_Kegler Caitlin_B AbigailVettese Lori_Morgan AbigailVettese KayleneWance Ekaterina_V MeeraLynn-UK Emily02 RonPrice larryvanwave-ff VickyAttridge JenLynnRusso CydWalker_mwh Alankrita 🎁 Prize Reminder Tier 2: Entry into the Articulate swag drawing Tier 3 (Globetrotter): Chance to win the Grand Prize — a Fujifilm Instant Film Camera 📸 🚀 Last-Chance Badge Boosters Here are a few ways to earn more badges this week: 🎨 Weekly Challenge: Using Pantone's 2026 Color of the Year in E-Learning (Final challenge of the year! Submissions from 5-Minute Makeovers #532 to now still count.) 💬 Join the conversation: Jump into recent discussions and share your perspective 👋 Welcome Center: Say hello to a new member 📂 Share Examples Hub: Post a project—challenge entries count! 💡 Weekly Pro Tip: Sharing doesn’t have to be perfect. Post what you have, ask for feedback, or share where you’re stuck; chances are someone else is learning from it too (and it might earn you that final badge!). 💬 Let's Reflect What’s something new you’ve tried or learned during the Passport Challenge?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?Fun Animated Timer for Gamification Projects
Hi Articulate heroes, I wanted to highlight one very fast but fun-looking way to create timers for interactive projects. I've learned about this way from "Gamification Series; 05: Creating Tension with Timers." You can check out these amazing webinars Gamification series, and there was a few different ways to add timers to projects. I used it in my recent project "Cooking Frienzy" - Jeopardy-style cooking-game. (btw you can check out the full game: Cooking Frienzy So, here are the steps: 1) Create / find a "timer" picture - it could be any image with transparent background what works for your theme (in my case it is "Pomodoro" timer, made with AI help, saved as .png ) 2) Add this image as a picture (insert an image). 3) Go to Animation tab 4) Choose Exit Animation - "Wipe", go to "Effect Options" - "From Right". Set the animation timer for whatever time you need (10 sec., 30 sec., 1 min etc.) 5) Set triggers to what will happen after the timer is done (animation completed): i.e. jump to the next slide, show "result-fail" etc. 6) Preview and adjust if needed 🤞
