Launched in September, Articulate’s AI Assistant marks a significant step in the eLearning landscape, offering course creators new ways to speed up and simplify the eLearning development process. Integrated directly into Articulate 360’s Storyline and Rise, AI Assistant promises to boost productivity and reduce development time. In this blog, we take a closer look at Articulate’s new tool and its capabilities.
Some background
Many online learning companies are integrating AI into their platforms to stay competitive and meet the evolving demands of the industry as learning and development (L&D) teams are having to work more efficiently than ever to meet their training goals and keep pace with the competition.
When developing AI Assistant, Articulate was committed to streamlining course creation while keeping users in control. It’s been designed with educational best practices, making it particularly suited for the unique needs of instructional design.
Key Features of Articulate’s AI Assistant
Here are some of AI Assistant’s main features, designed to streamline key tasks that instructional designers often find time-consuming:
- Generate content: With AI Assistant, users can generate text-based content, such as course descriptions, learning objectives, and summaries, directly within the authoring tools. This feature allows creators to quickly draft foundational course content that they can refine and customise.
- Create quizzes and questions: AI Assistant can automatically generate quiz questions based on the content provided. This is particularly useful for courses where regular knowledge checks are needed, helping creators save time on developing questions manually.
- Summarise and simplify text: The tool can summarise longer text sections or provide alternate wording, rework complex information into more digestible pieces, or translate jargon into learner-friendly language.
- Suggest design ideas: For those working on the visual aspect of course design, AI Assistant can offer layout suggestions and ideas for slide compositions to create visually engaging learning experiences.
How does AI Assistant compare to other AI content-generation tools?
Articulate’s AI Assistant is different to other AI-powered eLearning tools as it focuses on structured, guided workflows that cater specifically to instructional design needs. Unlike some AI tools that generate content based on prompts, Articulate’s AI Assistant integrates deeply into the course creation workflow, allowing for step-by-step input from users.
AI Assistant was also built with input from eLearning professionals and instructional designers, ensuring the AI aligns with best practices in education. For example, users can specify educational frameworks to tailor the difficulty of generated assessments, an option that adds a layer of control over the quality and relevance of the content.
The development process of AI Assistant was also highly collaborative, involving continuous feedback from eLearning experts both within and outside Articulate. This approach helped ensure that features align with real-world L&D practices, making the tool practical for everyday use in course creation. In contrast, other AI tools might offer generalised content creation without these nuanced customisation features, which can lead to less tailored outputs.
How B Online Learning can help
At B Online Learning we’re experts in every facet of online learning. We bring our invaluable technical skills and knowledge of AI to eLearning development, while combining it with the human touch in instructional and graphic design to ensure courses are engaging, relatable, and effective. By utilising the strengths of the latest technology and combining it with human creativity and uniqueness, we create a comprehensive eLearning experience that meet the diverse needs of learners.
Please get in touch with us to find out how we can help with your eLearning development leveraging AI Assistant in Articulate.
Articulate also have plenty of great resources including blogs, guides and case studies on AI Assistant in the Resource Centre on their website.
