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?Group Manager Permissions
I'm trying to understand what a group manager can do in Articulate Storyline, Rise, and the 360 accounts. My IT department is reluctant to give me 360 admin permissions so I have group manager now, but it doesn't seem to be useful for collaborating, organizing, and providing oversight, unless I'm missing something. I've read through the articles but haven't found much...Can someone help?Keyboard navigation to support accessibility
Hi all...happy holiday. I recently took a work-required eLearning course (ahem, we won't discuss quality!) that had keyboard navigation options to move through the course, allowing for accessibility. I wonder how that works with Articulate storyline and RISE...how does that get created? No clue on this but see it as necessary for our work. Your guidance is appreciated. MicheleTraining Courses
Hello, There used to be a place within this community where we could download "off the shelf" courses of various topics. In that area, you had the option to download a template for a topic, or you could download a course. I can't seem to find it now. Does anyone know where I can find that? I found it to be a great resource to not have to start from scratch on certain topics.LMS API Error
Good morning All, About 2 weeks ago, we started to see an uptick in course > LMS errors: "An error has occurred: Error - unable to acquire LMS API, content may not play properly and results may not be recorded". It's across multiple devices, multiple networks, and multiple courses. I have not yet been able to identify the commonality between then yet. I heard something last night that the last Chrome release may have had some security updates that could impact this. Any thoughts? Anyone else seeing an increase in these errors? Thanks JustinHow are you documenting live ILT in Reach 360?
I've created "dummy" courses where I upload the sign-in sheet, any course materials, and videos whenever they are available into our old LMS and then mark everyone as completed based on attendance. However, I would like to find a better, more consistent way to document live ILT course completions in Reach 360. Can you please share your best practices? Thank you in advance. <3Forced Alignment Voiceover Analysis
In courseware development, we often find last-minute errors in the AI speech-to-text. We review. We listen. We review more. But errors slip through. Much of our courseware is over highly technical topics and full of terms and acronyms, so tedious to review. One avenue we are investigating is the use of Forced Alignment tools to provide an analysis of the voiceovers and call out any errors found. Then break the spoken word into phonemes, based on the written script. Then provide a comparison of the script vs the transcript. Has anyone been using these tools? Looking for feedback on ease of use or any training. Looking forward to comments or suggestions! Travis Tool Name Description Download Link Montreal Forced Aligner (MFA) Trainable text-speech alignment using Kaldi; supports phoneme-level alignment and multilingual models. https://github.com/MontrealCorpusTools/Montreal-Forced-Aligner Gentle Lightweight forced aligner for English; easy to use for word-level alignment. https://github.com/lowerquality/gentle Penn Phonetics Lab Forced Aligner (P2FA) Classic aligner for English; requires HTK installation. https://www.ling.upenn.edu/phonetics/p2fa/ Prosodylab-Aligner Designed for laboratory speech; integrates with Praat for prosody analysis. http://www.prosodylab.org/lab/software.html FAVE-align Sociolinguistic alignment tool; based on P2FA. https://fave.ling.upenn.edu/ Aeneas Aligns audio and text for eBooks and captions; Python-based. https://github.com/readbeyond/aeneas Pyfoal Python suite integrating MFA, P2FA, and RAD-TTS for alignment and ML tasks. https://github.com/maxrmorrison/pyfoal mms-300m-1130-forced-aligner Multilingual forced aligner based on Meta’s wav2vec2; supports 158 languages. https://sourceforge.net/projects/mms-300m-1130-forced-aligner/ Online Forced Aligner (UWM) Web-based interface for Penn Phonetics Lab aligner; outputs Praat TextGrid. https://web.uwm.edu/forced-aligner/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!✨ 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!
