Interactive compliance learning from Jazz - Near-Life

Decision-driven compliance learning

Jazz used Near-Life to create an immersive, decision-driven compliance course focused on Sanctions & Export Controls: a critical topic given Jazz’s extensive global vendor network.

More engaging. More memorable. More compliant.

Jazz transformed a traditionally complex subject into an engaging, decision-driven experience that helps employees recognise and respond to real-world risks by blending storytelling, branching scenarios, animation, and game-based mechanics.

Background & Challenge

As a global organisation, Jazz must ensure employees understand international sanctions, export regulations, and the compliance risks that arise when working with vendors around the world.

But the team faced several challenges:

  • Low engagement: Compliance topics can feel dry or overly technical.
  • High risk: Missteps with export controls carry significant legal and reputational consequences.
  • Need for relevance: Employees must not only understand regulations but confidently apply them to real scenarios.

Jazz needed a solution that could deliver serious content in a way that captured attention while still driving behaviour change.

The Approach

Jazz used a combination of Near-Life’s branching capabilities, Vyond animation, and Articulate to produce a fully immersive e-learning journey.

1. A creative narrative to spark engagement

To make the learning memorable, the team designed a superhero-inspired story:

  • The Legal Guardian, an everyday Jazz employee, is chosen to protect Jazz World.
  • He battles LoopHolio, a troublemaking new recruit who searches for loopholes and shortcuts.
  • Guided by Legal-E, he must unlock a series of “stones” that represent core compliance principles.

This narrative structure made the training fun, dynamic, and emotionally engaging — increasing learner motivation to complete the course.

2. Over 100 micro-scenarios built in Vyond

The team created more than 100 short animated scenarios using Vyond. Each scenario presents a realistic compliance dilemma involving international vendors, high-risk transactions, or potential gaps in due diligence.

These segments were integrated into Near-Life to create a game-based, branching path where every learner choice influences what happens next.

3. A cohesive e-learning journey

The full experience was assembled in Articulate to produce a polished, interactive course that felt cohesive and intuitive for learners.

Loved by learners. Easy for creators.

High satisfaction

86% of Jazz employees expressed satisfaction with both the content and the Near-Life experience.

Smooth development process

The team described Near-Life as:

  • clean and intuitive
  • easier to use than other branching tools
  • supported by a responsive, flexible support team
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“NearLife made it possible for us to create our first game-based e-learning fully in-house. It gave us the freedom to experiment, refine, and build the exact experience we had envisioned while keeping development costs in check. The AI Wizard became a real game changer for us, simplifying the branching process and helping us work faster and smarter.”

Why It Worked

  • Storytelling: The superhero narrative brought energy and clarity to a complex topic.
  • Decision-driven learning: Branching built authentic accountability and real-world relevance.
  • Micro-scenarios: Short Vyond animations kept the pacing tight and the content relatable.
  • Full creative control: Near-Life empowered the Jazz team to build exactly what they imagined quickly and cost-effectively.

Because the solution was created fully in-house, Jazz can now continue expanding or updating the experience without heavy external costs.

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