How it works

Create, test and integrate your first activity.

Start with an open question in a course you already have. Prepare the activity in the SlideMind web application, then bring it into Storyline or Rise.

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Start with one activity in your own course.

SlideMind assembles a small activity card at a table while the course leans in to watch.

Before you start

What your first activity needs.

A SlideMind accountDiscovery is free, with no credit card needed.
A course in Storyline or RiseRise’s Code block requires a standard Articulate 360 AI licence.
An LMS, for learner memoryOptional for AI activities, which also work on any HTML page.

In SlideMind

Write what you want the learner to practise.

Choose Q&A for an open question with feedback, or Chat for a written conversation. Set the learning objective, the question or situation, and the instructions that guide the AI.

Give the AI the facts it needs, the criteria to apply and the tone of its response.

Explore Dialogue Engine

The SlideMind slide editor for a Q&A activity. Step 1 holds the question shown to the learner; step 2 holds the instructions that tell the AI how to judge the answer. — The question and the instructions in the SlideMind editor.

Before integration

Try answers your learners might give.

Use the “Try it” button in SlideMind to test the activity. Try a partial answer, a complete answer and an off-topic reply. Check that the feedback follows your criteria, then adjust the instructions.

Each test is an AI request. With managed AI, it uses credits.

See the feedback examples

Question

You are handing the monthly report over to a colleague. What do you tell them?

Partial answer
Partially correct4 / 10

Can you take care of the monthly report this time?

Your request is clear. Add when you need it and what a finished report includes.
Complete answer
Good answer9 / 10

Could you prepare the monthly report by Friday noon, with the three sales charts? I’m free Thursday morning if you want to go over it.

You give the expected result, a deadline and your support. Next time, say why the report matters to the team.
Off-topic reply
Not quite1 / 10

I’ll just do it myself, it’s faster.

This keeps the task with you. Try handing it over: what result do you expect, and by when?

Three test answers for the same instructions.

In your authoring tool

Add the activity to your course.

A widget is a ready-made block with the question, answer field and feedback, or a conversation interface. SlideMind generates the integration code. Widgets also work on any HTML page.

The installation step for Storyline: the names of the question and answer variables, and a Copy the code button. — The installation step generates the code for Storyline.

Articulate Rise 360
Copy the generated snippet into a Rise Code block. This block requires the Articulate licence described on the integration page.
Explore the Rise integration
Articulate Storyline
Connect variables, the named values that hold an answer or result, to the generated code. A trigger runs it when the learner submits an answer. Or insert the Q&A or Chat widget as a Web Object.
Explore the Storyline integration

In the published course

Check what the learner receives.

Publish in your learning management system (LMS), the platform that delivers your courses and tracks progress. Check the activity there with a learner account.

In Rise, the score stays in the widget: SlideMind passes only the completion to Rise. A Continue block can wait until the learner sees the feedback. In Storyline, you connect returned values to your own scoring and completion rules.

An LMS is optional for Q&A and Chat: they also work on a web page. Learner memory needs one, because the LMS tells SlideMind who the learner is.

The Q&A widget, as a learner sees it in the course.

Optional

Once your first activity works.

Two ways to build on it when your course needs them.

Memory Engine

Choose what the course remembers.

In Memory Hub, the area where you manage saved learner information, choose a value such as a practice goal. Its scope determines whether it is available in one course or across several courses.

This is where the LMS becomes necessary: it recognises the same person in both courses and supplies the learner identifier that connects them.
Explore learner memory across courses
Shared context

Write the course background once.

Set the course theme and the details for each module in one place. Each slide’s instructions can then use them without repeating them.
See an example

Reference information for the AI

Share instructions across your slides.

Set the background for your course, add the details for each module, then use the context each slide needs. Keep shared information in one place instead of repeating it in every prompt.

Course

Set the foundation.

Define the course theme, learning objectives and reference content.

Example · New employee onboarding

Company values
Onboarding objectives

Module

Add the specifics.

Add the subject and reference material for this part of the course.

Example · Customer conversations

Service guidelines
Escalation procedures

Slides

Put the context to work.

Use the relevant course and module information in each slide’s prompt, alongside its own instructions. Override a shared value when a slide needs something different.

Slide 01 · Practice

Respond to a customer.

Practise a customer conversation using the module’s service guidelines.

Context used

Service guidelines

Slide 02 · Feedback

Reflect on your response.

Receive feedback using those same guidelines and the course objectives.

Context used

Service guidelines
Course objectives

Adapted for this slide

Course objectives: focus on knowing when to escalate a customer request.

Two activities. Shared reference material. Instructions tailored to each slide.

Practical questions

Common first questions.

Do I need to write code?

SlideMind generates the integration code. Paste it into a Rise Code block, or connect variables and triggers in Storyline. In Storyline, the Q&A and Chat widgets also fit in a Web Object. The integration pages walk through each approach.

Can I start in an existing course?

Yes. Choose one activity, connect it to SlideMind and check the result in the published course before adding more.

Do I need an LMS?

Not for AI feedback and conversations: the widgets also work in a Web export or on any HTML page. Learner memory does need to know who the learner is. The LMS usually supplies that identity; the integration also accepts an identifier you provide.

Do learners need a SlideMind account?

No. Learners use the widget inside your course. When your LMS provides it, the widget identifies them automatically.

Why test in the LMS rather than Rise’s preview?

The preview does not provide the learner’s identity: the widget works there, but without memory. The same applies to a Web export without an LMS.

Will this work in every LMS?

That needs to be checked in your environment. Publishing format, network restrictions, embedded content and learner identification can affect the result. A supported code generator is not a guarantee for every LMS configuration.

Keep the idea going.

Start with an activity you already have.

A reflection, a scenario or a goal worth remembering can be a useful first step.

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