Share Your E-Learning Storyboard Templates #251
E-Learning Storyboard Examples #251: Challenge | Recap Whether you prefer scripts, blueprints, or rapid prototypes, chances are you’re using some type of storyboard to plan and organize your e-learning projects. In most cases, successful projects depend on the designer’s use of a storyboard. Storyboards are also one of the most popular discussions in our forums. New designers ask to see examples, download templates, and learn more about workflows and using storyboards. Experienced designers share their favorite tools and tips while debating the use of storyboards and prototypes. Regardless of your experience, storyboards are a critical element in the course design process. And that’s what this week’s challenge is all about! Challenge of the week This week your challenge is to share an example of your preferred e-learning storyboard, blueprint, or scripting template. We want to see what you use and learn how you use it! Share your storyboard templates Do you have a storyboard template you’d like to share with the community? Great! Share your template in the comments and we’ll feature it in our downloads gallery. Questions to answer Whether you share a template this week or just want to join the discussion, I’d love to get your feedback on one or more of following questions: How do you define scripting, storyboarding, and prototyping? Which method do you prefer? Do you use different types of storyboards? When do you use each? How do you storyboard interactivity? What are your top three storyboard tips for new course creators? Last Week’s Challenge: Before you storyboard your challenge demo, check out the creative ways course designers are combining text and images in e-learning courses: Combining Text and Images in E-Learning Design #250: Challenge | Recap Wishing you a great week, E-Learning Heroes! New to the E-Learning Challenges? The weekly e-learning challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos.Storyboard Templates for E-Learning #48
Storyboard Templates for E-Learning #48: Challenge | Recap Challenge of the week This week your challenge is to share an example of your preferred e-learning storyboard, blueprint, or scripting template. We want to see what you use and learn how you use it! Tools You can use Articulate Storyline, Articulate Studio, or PowerPoint to create your e-learning storyboard examples. Resources Here are a few resources to get you thinking about storyboards. Storyboard templates: Check out the free templates in our downloads gallery Blog posts: Elearning Storyboarding 101 6 Tips for Managing & Developing Your E-Learning Projects Forum discussions: Storyboarding vs. rapid prototyping e-learning projects Storyboarding e-learning courses in Storyline E-Learning Storyboards and Examples Time-Lapse Demo: A Very Basic Storyboard Template Word vs. PowerPoint: Which do you use to storyboard your courses? Storyboarding a serious comic Using Storyline to storyboard projects Estimating storyboard development times Tips for working with e-learning storyboards Share your e-learning work Comments: Use the comments section below to share a link to your e-learning storyboard and blog post. Forums: Create your own thread in our E-Learning Heroes forums and share a link to your e-learning storyboard. Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your e-learning storyboard process. We’ll link back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure. Twitter: If you share your e-learning storyboards on Twitter, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness. Facebook: Reply to this Facebook post with a screenshot of your e-learning storyboard and a link to your template or blog post. Last week’s challenge Before you storyboard this week’s challenge, take a moment to check out the e-learning call center demos your fellow community members shared in last week’s challenge: E-Learning Challenge #47: Call Center Training in Online Learning More about the e-learning challenges: The weekly challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. Even if you’re using a trial version of Studio ’13 or Storyline, you can absolutely publish your challenge files. Just sign up for a fully functional, free 30-day trial, and have at it. And remember to post your questions and comments in the forums; we're here to help.Wireframes and Functional Prototypes in E-Learning #85
Rapid Prototypes and Wireframes #86: Challenge | Recap It’s Monday morning and you just sat down with a potential client to discuss their safety training. The client is new to e-learning and wants to convert their existing classroom materials into online training. Because this is their first experience in e-learning, they’d like to first get a feel for how their content and activities will work as an online course. You recommend starting slow and building out a functional prototype using some of their material. You really want this contract, so you agree to send them an example by the end of the day. Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to build a functional prototype using the OSHA Fall Prevention PowerPoint slides. Select a range of slides for your prototype making sure to include different types of content slides (objectives, navigation, quiz, scenarios). Remember: This is not a design challenge! Your objective is to create a working prototype to show how you might approach this content for a real-world project. We’re not looking for anything overly polished this week—simple boxes and arrows is enough! When you submit your prototype, please tell us how long you spent on the project. Example of a Rapid Prototype There are many ways you can approach this week's challenge. One way is to build out several slides to show how the client's content will look and function. Another approach is to build the skeleton of the course using placeholder text and graphics. Here's an example that uses real and placeholder content. It took me just over two hours to put this together. View the functional prototype Tom's 3C model is another way to think about functional prototypes. He uses a simple scenario model to help designers (and clients) visualize a 3-choice interaction: With the 3C framework, you can use placeholder graphics to build out working prototypes to share with your client: Those are just a couple ways to approach this week's challenge. What I'm most excited about seeing is the different ways to build functional prototypes. Resources OSHA Fall Prevention (PowerPoint, 194 slides) Here’s How to Build an E-Learning Template That Will Rock Your World Share Your E-Learning Work Comments: Use the comments section below to share a link to your published example and blog post. Forums: Start your own thread and share a link to your published example.. Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We’ll link back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure. Twitter: If you share your demos on Twitter, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness. Facebook: Share your work on our Facebook page by replying to this Facebook post with a link to your example. Last Week’s Challenge: Before you rapidly prototype this week’s challenge, slide over and check out the interactive slideshows your fellow community members shared over the past week: Image Sliders and Photo Galleries #84: Challenge | Recap Wishing you a functional week, E-Learning Heroes! New to E-Learning Challenges? The weekly challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos.
