I am a manager of an instructional design team. I have 3 elearning developers on the team. We are a software company and most of our training is related to how to use our products including step by step workflows and scenarios. We primarily use Captivate Classic (2019) to create software simulations. We don’t like the new Captivate at all and we are looking for new ways to create our training and use AI more.

How are you currently creating software based training using AI? Are you using specific authoring tools with AI built in or do you use something like Claude? We are struggling to modernize what we do and would love your suggestions. Thank you.

Hi I have exp in ID but my org never did storyboard and now when I am trying to switch I need to submit story board samples and it is super confusing about what to add and waht not to add.

Can anyone with relevant exp connect with to help me understand the goal and the difference between content and visual story boards and what do you generally include in your storyboards....

Kindly let me know. Thank you!

Hi everyone,

​I am looking for recommendations on the best AI tools or workflow to build learning materials from official vocational training and degree syllabi.

​Here is the exact pipeline I want to achieve:

​Analyze documents: Read and break down existing, detailed curriculum PDFs (ausbildung/degree frameworks).

​Design a curriculum: Turn those requirements into a structured, modular syllabus.

​Generate learning content & exercises: From that syllabus, automatically create:

​Explanations & summaries

​Practical tasks (e.g., fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, practical scenarios) Video scripts or complete explanatory videos

​Is there an all-in-one platform capable of doing this reliably, or do you recommend combining separate tools (e.g., an LLM like Claude/ChatGPT for analysis/text, plus specialized tools for exercises and video)?

​What tools or setups are you using for this kind of workflow? Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I need some advice on my resume to make it compelling to both ATS and human hiring managers.

I have 5 years of experience working as an instructional designer in corporate learning design consultancies, after which I took a 2-year career break to pursue a master's degree in the field in a different country. I recently graduated and have applied to a few jobs using different versions of my resume, tailoring it to each role, but I haven't received any positive responses yet.

I'm trying to figure out what could be wrong with my resume or what could potentially be improved.

General advice on the internet is to phrase your statements to show accomplishments instead of responsibilities. Unfortunately, in the consultancies I worked for, we never measured the impact of the programs we designed for our clients, so I don't have any program evaluation metrics to demonstrate accomplishments.

What should I do in this case? Is there anything else I can do to show the value of my work? I would appreciate any advice on what else I can do to strengthen my profile and land interviews.

I am a 1 YO ID but I've worked in the training world for 6+ years, first as a training coordinator and then as a training program manager. When I joined ID a year back, storyline was the go-to tool to create anything that Rise could not. Simulations, tool practice, case studies etc. I spent time learning it. Today, I am able to near-replicate everything that storyline does using a few prompts on an AI and then just pasting the code block on Rise. Takes me ~10-25% of time it would take to do the same on storyline. Rise code blocks are much easier to maintain as well, no local file, no figuring out the connectors a year later, just copy past the code, share your requirements and within a few prompts you pretty much get what you need 9/10 times. So yeah, my question - is storyline dead, or dying?

Please be civil with replies. Just want a constructive discussion.

Has anyone from L&D tried to become a HR Business Partner? I am looking to do this. Any help will be appreciated.

I've been an instructional designer for a very long time, but only recently started getting more interested in learning about UI/UX design. To start, I've been trying to think more deliberately about colors and have been considering how important it is to use specific colors for objects that you want users to interact with.

For reference, I work primarily in Articulate Storyline, and since that tool's so popular I assume most people are familiar with it, but in the theme colors you get six "accent" colors. I mostly pull from those six colors (usually only four or five of them, though).

One of them I consider the "primary" color and one the main "accent" color (even though they're all called accent colors in Storyline). Students will see both of these colors on almost every slide. However, I also want to use the main accent color for buttons. Things like start, submit, etc.

Would that potentially introduce too much cognitive load for users? If I'm using the same accent color too much for things that users need to interact with, will it be difficult for them to quickly identify what is what and what they need to do with it? Maybe interactive objects need to stand out more with a different color?

And then in addition to that, should different buttons/interactive objects also be different colors? Like, one color for a "start" type button that takes the user down a specific branch or path but a different color for a "submit" button?

My only concern is I don't want to be using so many colors that the whole design starts looking ridiculous.