7 Steps with multiple scenarios below each!
Jun 06, 2012
Hi All,
I have a multiple scenario, multiple layer development under way and I wanted to get some help from you guys as to an idea for structuring!
The development subject is Civil Procedures in the Court = as such there are hundreds of lovely scenarios that can arise. I have broken them down into the 7 steps and then below each there are about 10 options / scenarios, some of which cross over/link to one another.
I was starting to look at using a character for each process (i.e. step 1 starts and then into a scenario, then into step 2, etc...) but it is getting confusing and inconsistant, as there is a lot of cross over of the scenarios.
Im now looking at branching and just creating each process on its own and then working at a way of adding buttons to give the options to the other possible scenarios/steps that link with that process...?
How would you takle this? Any ideas?
Anna
2 Replies
Hi Anna,
I have not found a quick or easy method for creating a scenario.
Two approaches that I have used:
1. I use sticky notes to map every step, choice, consequence, etc. out before beginning. That way I can add and move elements as the scenario evolves.
2. I create the scenario by following one decision line all the way through. I usually make this the one that I think is most logical and the one that most people will probably follow. Then I go back to the top of the scenario and go to the first point where a decision point can take a different path and create the slides for that path. Keep repeating for each path and decision point until I've covered them all. Usually, I find that at some point I can reuse some of the same slides within each path.
My advice is to keep scenarios as simple as possible (unless you are creating full-blown simulations). If the scenarios are too complicated, it may defeat the purpose of the learning activity and confuse the learner even more. Does the learner really need to have all of the choices made available to them? Can you have them make choices from a smaller, select number of offerings?
Sometimes we have decided that branching scenarios were just too complicated and time consuming for both the designer and the learner. In these cases, we opted to use multiple choice questions with the stem of the question containing a portion of the scenario. You can still customize the feedback for each answer. These are much easier and quicker to create than is a complex multi-level scenario.
Hope this helps.
Hi Anna,
I think Rebecca has this right...
Consider streamlining the scenarios to contain just the most common or illustrative options.
Then put the other choices in a different format that is not a full-blown scenario and sequence the learning so those come after the learner has seen the common ones. ie "Now that we've experienced the most common situations, let's look briefly at the other situations that can come up"
Hope this helps,
Bob
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