Ask any instructional designer what they need most, and the answer is almost always the same: more time, simpler tools, and less frustration. They’re expected to deliver engaging, accessible courses on tight deadlines, often with limited resources. On top of that, they juggle multiple requests - onboarding modules, compliance training, product updates, all while keeping content fresh and learner-focused.
What they really need is a way to cut down the endless hours spent drafting scripts, formatting slides, building quizzes, and translating courses. They need a solution that takes care of the repetitive work so they can focus on strategy, creativity, and learner impact.
Articulate Rise, with its AI Assistant, directly answers this need by giving L&D teams the speed, simplicity, and smart support they require to design and deliver training faster and smarter.
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Table Of Content
- What is Articulate Rise 360?
- What Are the Core Features and Updates in Rise 360?
- What Can the AI Assistant in Rise 360 Deliver?
- What Are the Benefits of Using the AI Assistant in Rise 360?
- Practical Tips for Instructional Designers Using Rise 360
- What L&D Teams Might Not Know About Rise 360’s AI Assistant?
What is Articulate Rise 360?
Rise 360 is a web-based authoring tool for creating professional online courses that look great on any device. Unlike traditional slide-based software, Rise uses a block-style editor, making it easy to stack text, images, videos, and interactive elements into a smooth, scrollable format that feels like a modern website.
Key highlights include:
- 100% web-based - no downloads or installations required
- Automatically responsive on desktop, tablet, and mobile
- Drag-and-drop simplicity with pre-built blocks and themes
- Seamless LMS integration with SCORM, xAPI, AICC, and cmi5 export options
- WCAG 2.1 accessibility support with screen reader compatibility and alt text
- Real-time collaboration for teams to co-author and review
What Are the Core Features and Updates in Rise 360?
Articulate Rise 360 offers a rich set of features that make course creation simple, flexible, and effective. These cover everything from design to delivery and ensure L&D teams can scale training without technical hurdles.
- Easy Authoring - Build courses directly in your browser with no steep learning curve.
- Responsive Design - Content automatically adapts to desktops, tablets, and mobile devices.
- Blocks Lessons - Stack text, images, videos, timelines, accordions, carousels, and quizzes into interactive lessons. Block templates now allow you to reuse designs across projects.
- Themes and Branding - Choose from prebuilt themes or customize layouts, fonts, colors, and navigation to match your instructional design needs. Recent updates added cover page options, custom fonts, and smoother animations.
- Assessments - Add multiple-choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, or question bank–based quizzes.
- Rich Media Support - Upload videos, audio, and images, or embed web content like YouTube. Expanded audio support means narration and clips work across more block types.
- Navigation Control - Decide whether learners move freely or sequentially and use branching to simulate real-world scenarios.
- Publishing Options - Export in SCORM, xAPI, AICC, or cmi5, share via Review 360 for feedback, or publish directly to Reach 360 for extended audiences.
- Collaboration - Co-author courses, share block templates, and manage consistency across teams.
- Accessibility - WCAG 2.1 compliance with features like alt text, keyboard navigation, captions, and transcripts. The built-in accessibility checker helps designers spot and fix gaps.
What Can the AI Assistant in Rise 360 Deliver?
The AI Assistant in Rise 360 doesn’t just speed up tasks - it changes the role of the designer, shifting their focus from building pieces of a course to orchestrating the entire learning experience.
Here’s what the AI Assistant enables:
- AI Script Writer: Draft or refine narration scripts that sound natural and match your course tone.
- AI Text-to-Speech: Generate professional-quality narration with thousands of AI voice options in multiple languages and styles.
- AI-Generated Transcripts: Produce transcripts automatically, boosting accessibility with minimal effort.
- AI for Assessments: Suggest draft quiz questions (multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, etc.) that can be refined to meet objectives.
- AI-Powered Accessibility: Create alt text, captions, and labels instantly to ensure WCAG compliance.
- AI Translation: Translate entire courses into 70+ languages in seconds, with glossary consistency and right-to-left support.
By automating these tasks, the AI Assistant gives instructional designers what they need most: time - time that can be reinvested into instructional design strategy, creativity, and crafting learner-focused experiences.
What Are the Benefits of Using the AI Assistant in Rise 360?
With the AI Assistant, L&D teams can scale corporate training, improve quality, and reach more learners without adding extra workload.
Watch Rise 360 deliver 6 key benefits for modern responsive eLearning.
- Time Savings Across the Workflow: Routine tasks shrink from hours to minutes.
- Consistency in Output: Narration, scripts, and translations maintain uniform quality.
- Faster Global Rollouts: Translation and accessibility tools make scaling to worldwide teams easier.
- Improved Inclusion: Automatic transcripts, alt text, and captions reduce barriers for learners of all abilities.
- Scalability Without Extra Staff: Teams can meet rising training demands without expanding headcount.
- Better Engagement: Courses feel more polished with professional narration and multimedia integration.
- Stronger ROI: Faster delivery and reduced costs maximize the value of training investments.
Practical Tips for Instructional Designers Using Rise 360
How to Write Effective Prompts in Rise 360’s AI Assistant?
Here are 4 simple ways to craft prompts that deliver better learning content:
- Be Specific - Don’t just say “Make a quiz.” Instead: “Create 3 multiple-choice safety questions with feedback.”
- Give Context - Avoid “Write a script.” Try: “Draft a 2-minute onboarding script for new sales reps in a friendly tone.”
- Iterate - Start with “Summarize this policy.” Then refine: “Rewrite as a 5-step learner checklist.”
- Tie to Goals - Instead of saying “Explain AI.” Use: “Explain AI simply so learners can apply it in daily work.”
If you’re an instructional designer, you already know how precious time is. The good news is that Rise 360, especially with the AI Assistant, can help you cut down on the busy work and focus more on the creative side of your job. Here are a few practical ways to make it work for you:
- Balance AI efficiency with instructional integrity: It’s tempting to accept AI-generated scripts or quizzes as “done.” But check them against your learning objectives and Bloom’s taxonomy to ensure they measure the right outcomes, not just recall.
- Use block templates as design patterns: Don’t just reuse layouts to save time. Instead, treat templates as patterns that enforce sound pedagogy, for example, a scenario block sequence followed by reflection and feedback.
- Design microlearning with context: Breaking content into smaller chunks through microlearning works best when each module has a clear standalone purpose yet also fits into the larger performance goal. Avoid creating 'snackable' but disconnected pieces.
- Layer accessibility into your design philosophy. Instead of checking boxes with auto-generated alt text or transcripts, consider how different learners will experience your course. Test with screen readers, adjust pacing, and ensure cognitive accessibility (clarity, readability, low load).
- Audit AI-generated translations for cultural relevance. AI handles the language, but it won’t catch cultural nuances, idioms, or sensitive phrasing. Build a review process with native speakers or SMEs to validate tone and context.
- Use navigation controls to shape learning journeys. Deciding when learners should explore freely versus when sequential navigation or branching is critical to simulate real-world decisions. This choice impacts engagement and knowledge transfer more than aesthetics.
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- Leverage Review 360 for iterative prototyping: Bring stakeholders into the design process early. Share drafts while still experimenting, so their feedback shapes the flow not just surface edits at the end.
- Experiment with voice and tone strategically: AI voice libraries make narration fast, but narration isn’t just about clarity, it sets the emotional tone. Match the voice style to the learning context (e.g., empathetic for compliance, authoritative for safety).
Did you know?
According to ATD’s 2025 research, nearly two-thirds of instructional designers - primarily in the U.S. but reflecting a growing worldwide trend have adopted AI tools within the past year, underscoring how rapidly AI is reshaping course development.
What L&D Teams Might Not Know About Rise 360’s AI Assistant?
Many L&D teams see Rise 360’s AI Assistant as just a shortcut for faster course creation. It comes with hidden strengths and watchouts worth knowing.
- Micro-Adaptive Editing - Scripts refined by AI can adjust for mobile readability, trimming complexity without losing meaning.
- Silent Error Detection - While generating quizzes or transcripts, AI occasionally flags mismatches or incomplete logic.
- Performance Considerations - Long sessions with repeated AI use (like narration generation) can slow browsers, requiring restarts.
- Session Sensitivity - AI-generated content doesn’t always autosave; losing connection may mean losing work if it isn’t saved directly.
- Rapid Evolution - Features are updated frequently, so today’s limits may soon be replaced with stronger capabilities.
Looking Ahead
As AI continues to weave into the fabric of workplace learning, tools like Articulate Rise with its AI Assistant aren’t just conveniences - they’re setting a new standard for how training is built and delivered. For L&D teams, the real opportunity isn’t just saving time but reimagining what’s possible when creativity and strategy aren’t weighed down by the mechanics of course development.
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