A Storyboard in Instructional Designing is a prototype of a proposed e-learning course. An Instructional Designer details out each slide of an e-learning course in its right sequence in a Storyboard. A Storyboard can have any number of slides depending on the duration of the course. Most often MS Word or PowerPoint is used to make Storyboard Templates.
Each slide in a Storyboard Template must have the
- Slide Number
- Module Name
- Topic Name
- Learning Objective
- Content ( Text + Images)
- Notes to the Programmer/Designer ( detailing out your ideas on the kind of image or animation the slide must have)
- Audio Script ( voice over for the slide) (optional)
Here is a sample slide from a Storyboard Template:
To learn more on Storyboard templates, read this interesting article by Bill Brandon in eLearningguild – http://www.elearningguild.com/pdf/2/050304des.pdf
Also read this article in clomedia.com : http://www.clomedia.com/content/templates/clo_webonly.asp?articleid=435&zoneid=78
Thanks for this post. Could you please also take a look at the new tool for creating e-learning storyboards? It is called Storyboarder Pro, here is the link: http://www.storyboarderpro.com There’s a set of customizable storyboard templates and course flowchart and structure management, all based on MS Word. Do you think the tool could be useful for you? Your opinion would be valuable! Thanks.
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