AI Assistant: Writing and Editing Inline Content

Generating content using the power of AI takes just seconds. However, without proper guidance, AI-generated content can be generic or out of step with your writing style and brand voice. Luckily, AI Assistant can be your new writing partner, helping you create and perfect content quickly—while you stay in control of the finished product.

Available in Rise 360 and Storyline 360, AI Assistant’s write and edit inline feature allows you to generate or refine content right within your favorite authoring app. In Rise 360, click the Quick Insert icon in a text block with no content and choose the Write with AI option (sparkle icon), or select existing text to bring up a floating toolbar and choose the Edit with AI option. For Storyline 360, access write and edit inline from the AI Assistant menu within the ribbon or click the sparkle icon from the floating toolbar when you select existing text.

Ready to learn how to enhance your writing and editing with AI Assistant? Keep reading for tips to help you dive in.

• Improve Your Writing
• Beat Writer’s Block
• Get Prompt Engineering Help
• Help Learners Understand Complex Topics

Improve Your Writing

AI Assistant’s write and edit inline feature makes it easy to simplify content for accessibility, apply formatting, highlight key terms, add relevant emojis, and organize content into a list or table. You can also ask AI Assistant to find and address grammar, spelling, and punctuation mistakes—or take advantage of the many other options available in the dropdown menu shown below.

Write and edit inline menu options when editing a selection of text

Pro tip: Aren’t sure where to start but want to give your writing a quick boost? Click Improve writing and let AI Assistant upgrade your content.

Beat Writer’s Block

AI Assistant's write and edit inline feature not only helps you refine existing content—it can also generate new content from scratch! It's perfect for those times when you just feel stuck.

To get started, click the Quick Insert icon in a text block with no content. Then, choose the Write with AI option to bring out the dropdown menu. Select a prebuilt prompt, type in your desired topic, and press Enter. Continue to enhance the content using custom prompts until everything is perfect.

Write and edit inline options to generate content from scratch

Get Prompt Engineering Help

Having difficulty figuring out an AI Assistant prompt to generate just the right image for your course? The write and edit inline feature can help you compose a detailed, effective prompt for image generation.

Select your content and click the sparkle icon from the floating toolbar. Enter a custom prompt or select the Create an AI image prompt option from the dropdown menu. AI Assistant will generate a prompt based on the selected content. Once AI Assistant has generated the prompt, click the Copy option to save it onto the clipboard.

Write and edit inline option to create an AI image prompt

Help Learners Understand Complex Topics

Using AI Assistant’s write and edit inline feature is like having a writing expert at your side, ready to assist you throughout the course creation process. For example, you can prompt AI Assistant to analyze and explain your content or ask for key takeaways that summarize your main points effectively. This helps ensure that learners will also be able to grasp your essential messages.

Need to make your content more relatable and engaging? Ask AI Assistant to generate analogies to help learners draw connections between complex ideas and familiar concepts. Or, provide a well-structured scenario. AI Assistant can generate a scenario based on your selected content in seconds. By working through a relatable situation, learners grasp the nuances of the topic and can visualize how these concepts apply to real-world contexts.

Write and edit inline option to create a scenario

Note that AI Assistant’s write and edit inline feature doesn’t support media or HTML/CSS styling of inline content. And while Rise 360 supports emojis, tables, and lists within inline content, Storyline 360 only supports lists.

Video Tutorials

Want to learn more before getting started? Check out our video tutorials for additional guidance on using AI Assistant to write and edit inline content.

• Write and edit inline content in Rise 360
• Write and edit inline content in Storyline 360

Articulate 360 Training also has additional video tutorials on using other AI Assistant features.

• Use AI Assistant features in Rise 360
• Use AI Assistant features in Storyline 360

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