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AI is changing the way digital content is created: our experience

Recently, we had the chance to try the Articulate AI assistant for Rise, to discover the possibilities of this feature.

We were curious to understand how an Instructional Designer can use AI for in the flow of course design, storyboarding and creation.

Usually, when receiving documents and materials from our Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), we deal with pages and slides full of text.

The documentation analysis process is therefore quite a time-consuming phase.
In this scenario, can the new AI tools help the Instructional Designer?

According to our personal experience, yes, AI can be a great facilitator, but still the Instructional Designer’s mind and experience are the greatest tools to be used.

How does the AI Assistant for Articulate Rise work?

Document analysis and creation of a summary

The first step of the Instructional Designer’s work is to carefully read the materials provided by the SME to identify the main learning objectives which will be covered in the course.

The next step is to create a summary and sequence of the learning objectives that will be the structure of the course. This structure must fit the training needs that our clients want the course to address.

The core of the content: the storyboard creation

Now the Instructional Designer needs to create a storyboard, which will be the core of the content, and the guideline for the entire online course.

It is now needed to go deep into details and work on each section.

Details make the difference

In the process of the storyboard creation, it is important to choose the right words. Writing clear and user-friendly texts is definitely something not simple, especially when it comes to very technical content.

Quiz creation

To help the learning process it is very important to provide in-progress and final exercises, quizzes and knowledge checks.

In the design of the course, it is an important part of the job of the Instructional Designer to create meaningful quizzes that help the reflection on the learning objectives.

So, how can we resume our current experience with AI?

As a result, we can say that the AI Assistant for Articulate Rise can be a good facilitator, especially when it comes to analyzing long text materials to be used in storyboard creation.

But, in the end, it’s always the Instructional Designer that critically analyzes the suggestions made by AI, to guarantee the best learning results.

So, AI is not replacing the experience of the Instructional Designer. Instead, it’s the AI supporting the Instructional Designer, to create good quality content and save some time.

We look forward to many more exciting things to come!