Creating With Articulate Rise

Mini Project 2

June 30, 2022

What a challenge this week! I had the pleasure of exploring the authoring tool Articulate Rise for the first time.

For the assignment, I was given a brief overview of the scenario involving a company called Krell Technologies. Due to previous concerns for violating EEOC regulations, the company needed to create a training course on both the Behavioral Interviewing Process, and questions that are appropriate vs. inappropriate during an interview. The training needed to include an audio component, and an activity in the form of a scenario block.

First Steps

After exploring resources and researching the topic a ton, I first made a concept map with Diagrams.net, which you see here on the right.

I knew the two main topics I needed to cover, so I plugged them into the map first. Then, after further digging in the reference material, I figured out which aspects of each were necessary in understanding the material.

I also knew that I wanted to create a scenario block for a particularly important part of the learning, with the idea that interactivity improves learning. I chose the legal/illegal interview questions as the prompt of the scenario.

concept map of process that the course takes as learners navigate it.

Storyboarding

As someone who had never storyboarded before, my biggest challenge next was figuring out how to do this effectively. I only recently explored the very idea of storyboarding in a blog post for another course, so thankfully I was already aware of the benefits it would bring. We [my class] were very graciously provided a storyboard template from Rise, so I did not have to find a template on my own. I created a copy of the template and used certain aspects of it while discarding the rest. It helped immensely to use this template when it came time to build my course, and I was surprised at how much was just copy and paste from my template.

My process from the start of the storyboard was to just go through my concept map step by step and fill in as much information as I could that I thought was relevant. When I was finished, I went back through it to weed out information and tidy up my writing so that it felt more even and conversational.

I have provided my complete storyboard for reference below:

Mini Project 2 523.docx

Media

Since I still needed an audio component for my course, I decided that I would make a mini learning video on how to use the STAR method, which is a component of Behavioral Interviewing. I made the video with Canva, which is another authoring tool that I used for the first time. I tried to have fun with it more than anything else so that I wouldn't overwhelm myself this week with trying to make it look perfect. Imposter syndrome, am I right? Canva is actually where I made the logo for this course as well.

Mini Video for STAR Method

Made in Canva

Logo for Krell Technolgies

Made in Canva

Scenario Block

At first, I was a little scared of trying to create a scenario block. But, thanks to Rise, it was actually pretty intuitive! It came together really quickly after I watched their tutorial on how to do it. I chose to put the scenario at the end of my course because it felt like a nice summary of the legal/illegal question section. The scenario was between a member of HR that was there to help you [a new member of the hiring committee for Krell Tech] prepare yourself for interviewing within the law. Some questions are inappropriate, and the member of HR walks you through the dos and don'ts.

Here's a little snip of what my scenario looked like:

Creating With Articulate Rise

Mini Project 2

First Steps

Storyboarding

Media

Mini Video for STAR Method

Logo for Krell Technolgies

Scenario Block

References