Team Raptivity recently hosted a successful webinar on ‘The Art of Storyboarding’ by Desiree Pinder - Executive
Director/Founder of Artisan E-Learning. Desiree answered some fundamental
questions on storyboarding, through this webinar, such as: what is a storyboard,
why create one, and how to build and show content in a storyboard.
Here are some key takeaways from the session:
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Storyboard is crucial when working with others to
create an eLearning course e.g. Subject Matter Experts (SME), Graphic Designers,
or programmers.
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Storyboarding saves time and money as it’s
easier to make early changes to a storyboard rather than to the actual course.
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A high level storyboard gives the overall vision
of the course to your team.
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Microsoft Word is the easiest but least visual tool
to create a storyboard. Use it when you are mostly going to include text in your
storyboard. Use Microsoft PowerPoint if you want your storyboard to be visual.
·
Create a storyboard directly in an eLearning/authoring
tool for short courses and technical topics that need animations. But do it
only if you know the tool very well and are the SME.
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The most important aspect of storyboarding is what
goes in the storyboard, i.e. page numbers, text, audio, video, graphics/media,
and programming instructions.
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Automating common functions can be a time-saver e.g.
setting up macros and using the AutoCorrect option from Word.
·
Use style guides for standardizing language,
formatting, style, and design of your storyboard as well the course. Here
is one such style guide for your reference.
·
Set up a proofing process and always have
someone else proofread your storyboard.
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Most importantly, keep your storyboard succinct
and it must map to what your learners are supposed to be learning or doing
after the course.
Here
is a sample storyboard template shared by Desiree.
Did you miss the webinar? No worries! You can watch the
webinar recording here and have a look at
the webinar presentation here.
