Anyone who’s spent time in E-Learning Heroes has probably heard the term “storyboarding.” But what exactly does it mean? Storyboarding is a critical planning step for any slide-based e-learni...
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Thanks for this informative post! I'm curious what tools you would recommend for building storyboards? I've used everything from pen-and-paper to PowerPoint to simple Word-based tables... But haven't found anything that really works well for showing all the moving parts in an easy-to-read format. I noticed you make reference to downloads in your post, but I didn't see any links... ? Thanks!
- Thanks for the great comment, Kris. I added the link for the Storyboard downloads (https://community.articulate.com/downloads/course-design/storyboards), thanks for pointing out that was missing!
When it comes to recommending a tool for storyboarding I think it depends on your project, how many people are involved and what tools they are comfortable using. I am lucky and in the past have been the ID and the Dev on most of my projects so I personally storyboard/rapid prototype directly in Storyline. I add in all my text, content, placeholders, etc. and set up my navigation links. I call this a bit of a rapid prototype because I like to get all my hyperlinking and nav set up and functional in my storyboard, so I know the course has the flow I want before I move on to final development.
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Thanks for the great comment, Kris. I added the link for the Storyboard downloads (https://community.articulate.com/downloads/course-design/storyboards), thanks for pointing out that was missing!
When it comes to recommending a tool for storyboarding I think it depends on your project, how many people are involved and what tools they are comfortable using. I am lucky and in the past have been the ID and the Dev on most of my projects so I personally storyboard/rapid prototype directly in Storyline. I add in all my text, content, placeholders, etc. and set up my navigation links. I call this a bit of a rapid prototype because I like to get all my hyperlinking and nav set up and functional in my storyboard, so I know the course has the flow I want before I move on to final development.
Once my storyboard is approved I just do a Save As of the .story file, and start styling and developing the aesthetics. Saves me a lot of time because by storyboarding directly in Storyline I don't have to take time copy and pasting or moving content from the storyboard to the authoring tool.
Now, that's just my process, works well for me, but again, I think it's really dependent on many variables... Hope this helps a bit! :)