Why JollyDeck Create is good for L&D (and great for instructional designers)

The case for JollyDeck in HR teams

In today’s rapidly evolving learning HR landscape, tighter budgets and stricter deadlines make creating impactful educational content more challenging than ever.

Whether you’re an HR professional looking to streamline onboarding or an instructional designer wanting to amplify your impact, JollyDeck Create ensures you have the tools to build engaging, effective learning materials effortlessly, with the best ROI on the market.

Let’s explore how JollyDeck Create supports content creators at every step, from easing the cognitive load of initial development to empowering instructional designers to strategically refine and elevate learning content.

Getting started: From slides to learning 

JollyDeck Create streamlines the content authoring process by transforming existing materials, like PowerPoints, into engaging e-learning modules. For L&D teams, this means taking what subject matter experts (SMEs) have already created and making it immediately useful – cutting out the repetitive and laborious effort of restructuring content.

Staying in the flow: Editing with support, not interference

Our AI Copilot works seamlessly within the authoring flow, only responding when explicitly instructed. It provides suggestions, rephrases content, or creates new visuals based on input received. This means the author remains fully in control. Maintaining this autonomy is crucial for keeping authors motivated and aligned with organisational goals.

By empowering authors to decide when and how to use the AI, L&D teams can take SME-created content and refine it efficiently, without needing deep instructional design expertise at all times.

Making it interactive: Generating questions effortlessly

The AI Copilot doesn’t stop at content; it also generates questions that help reinforce learning through active recall.

Creating a question bank from existing slides supports retrieval practice, which is known to enhance retention. This feature allows the author to quickly add interactivity, turning content into a more dynamic experience, enhancing learner engagement and long-term knowledge retention.

From practical pains to productive gains

At every stage, JollyDeck Create is built to solve the practical challenges of authoring learning content:

• No more blank pages: AI provides starting points, reducing the intimidation of creating from scratch.
• PPT conversion made easy: Import entire presentations and convert them into learning units, with minimal manual adjustments.
• Visual alignment without the headache: Consistent slide redesigns ensure that the narrative flows seamlessly, reducing redundancy while enhancing the message.

What about the Instructional designer?

With AI transforming content creation, a question often arises:

Does this mean instructional designers are becoming obsolete?

If anything, it’s the contrary. When speaking with clients, they acknowledge having little to no instructional design expertise – and a growing need for it.

Instructional designers can best leverage JollyDeck Create to enhance their impact and elevate learning outcomes. Here’s how:

Empowering the instructional designer: A strategic role

Instructional designers (IDs) play a crucial role in ensuring that learning content isn’t just informative but transformative.

The platform supports IDs by handling the manual, repetitive tasks of formatting, design alignment, and initial content transformation, allowing them to focus on what they do best – creating impactful learning experiences.

Guiding the learning experience

The AI Copilot, when instructed, helps free up instructional designers to refine the learning experience – helping them add nuance, ensuring that content fits the specific needs of the learners, and making instructional decisions that align with learning principles of adult learning.

Instructional designers can evaluate and adapt content in ways that make a real difference, such as tailoring content for different roles, adjusting tone for the audience, or incorporating elements that make learning more engaging and relevant.

A partner, not a replacement

JollyDeck Create is designed to complement the work of an instructional designer, not replace it. The AI Copilot provides suggestions and automation, but the instructional designer remains at the helm – making critical decisions about learning paths, the pacing of content, and which interactions will drive the most value.

This means instructional designers can spend more time strategising and aligning content with learning objectives rather than getting caught up in the minutiae of content formatting and slide alignment.

Scaling their impact

Instructional designers are also empowered to scale their impact across an organisation. By using JollyDeck Create, IDs can easily adapt content from SMEs into multiple formats, ensuring that learning is consistent and accessible for diverse audiences. They can quickly iterate on content based on learner feedback, making agile improvements that align with shifting business needs.

Collaboration, not conflict

JollyDeck Create supports a collaborative environment where instructional designers work hand-in-hand with SMEs and L&D teams. SMEs contribute their expertise, while IDs refine and enhance the structure and delivery, ensuring that the content doesn’t just inform but also engages and inspires learners. The goal is not to create friction but to foster a smooth partnership where everyone contributes their strengths.