transform dry

content into

creative

eLearning

make your storyboards

EPIC

What theme(s) do you see

across all 4 images?

ACTIVITY A: FINDING THEMES

Flexibility

Indoors vs. outdoors

Balance

Leisure

EXAMPLE SOLUTIONS TO ACTIVITY A

What analogy could you use to enhance these

technical statements?

Dealing with multiple environments, multiple vendors

and increasing data all at once is a headache.

Moving to a converged infrastructure with unified

orchestration eliminates the headache.

ACTIVITY B: FINDING ANALOGIES

Music analogy

Dealing with multiple environments, multiple vendors and increasing data all at once is like listening to multiple radios all tuned to different stations. It’s a headache.

Moving to a converged infrastructure with unified orchestration replaces the headache with harmony.

EXAMPLE SOLUTION TO ACTIVITY B

exploreEPIC

Who?

Who is the audience?

What?

What is the course

goal?

Why?

Why should the learner

care?

EXPLORE

playEPIC

How does a child

play?

With imagination

With stories

With games

With no limits

Play with your

eLearning content

like a child would

PLAY

Use the building blocks of creative writing

Characters

Point of view

Setting

Plot

Dialogue

Tone

Theme

PLAY

Use the building blocks of creative writing

Characters

Point of view

Setting

Plot

Dialogue

Tone

Theme

PLAY

Who are the main

players in your story?

Use the building blocks of creative writing

Characters

Point of view

Setting

Plot

Dialogue

Tone

Theme

PLAY

Whose eyes are you

seeing through?

Use the building blocks of creative writing

Characters

Point of view

Setting

Plot

Dialogue

Tone

Theme

PLAY

Where should your

characters be?

Use the building blocks of creative writing

Characters

Point of view

Setting

Plot

Dialogue

Tone

Theme

PLAY

What happens in your story?

setup | conflict | resolution

Use the building blocks of creative writing

Characters

Point of view

Setting

Plot

Dialogue

Tone

Theme

PLAY

Who is talking and

what are they saying?

Use the building blocks of creative writing

Characters

Point of view

Setting

Plot

Dialogue

Tone

Theme

PLAY

What should the tone

of your course be?

Use the building blocks of creative writing

Characters

Point of view

Setting

Plot

Dialogue

Tone

Theme

PLAY

What theme do you

see in the content?

Imagination Themes Analogies Stories

PLAY

Add a story to the

technical content with

the music analogy

Who = Salesperson

What = Learn how to sell

a solution that eliminates

the headache of multiple

environments, multiple

vendors, increasing data

Why = Increase sales

Characters:

Point of view:

Plot:

Setting:

Dialogue:

Tone:

Theme:

ACTIVITY C: ADDING STORIES

Characters: Will (salesperson), Yuki (SME and violinist),

Javier (customer)

Point of view: Third person

Plot: Yuki tells Will about her recent concert, which leads

to a conversation about the company’s new solution; Will

then takes the right steps to sell the solution to Javier

Setting: Coffee area at work; Will’s office

Dialogue: Conversation between Will and Yuki

Tone: Professional but fun

Theme: Headache vs. harmony

EXAMPLE SOLUTION TO ACTIVITY C

immerseEPIC

Immerse the learner

in the story

Allow the learner to

control or interact with

the characters

Give the learner

opportunities to

choose a learning path

IMMERSE

What eLearning interaction could you add to immerse the learner in the story?

Storyboard recap:

A converged infrastructure solution transforms customer headaches into harmony

Will must learn how to apply Yuki’s knowledge to sell this solution to Javier

Through Will’s story, the learner must discover how to sell the solution

ACTIVITY D: ADDING INTERACTIONS

Provide a decision point where the learner chooses the best response

Will was able to get Javier on the phone to talk about the sales opportunity. How should he start the conversation?

A. “I’d like to talk to you about the option to move to a converged infrastructure with unified orchestration. It can eliminate the headache you have with your current IT environments.” (Fair)

B. “I have an exciting opportunity for you that will solve all your problems.” (Poor)

C. “I understand you’re going through a headache dealing with multiple environments, multiple vendors and increasing data. Can you tell me more?” (Great)

EXAMPLE SOLUTION TO ACTIVITY D

condenseEPIC

You don’t necessarily need more time to create story-based eLearning

Condense the material to focus on critical points of each course topic

Move supplementary content to resources

Let the story teach the critical content

Condensed content leads to a more effective course

CONDENSE

source

material

vs.

storyboard

demo

Explore Who = Technical

consultants

What = Learn time utilization concepts

Why = Improve time utilization

Play Fun and relatable story

Immerse Learner gets to choose

learning path

Condense Key elements addressed

HIGHLIGHTS FROM EXAMPLE COURSE

Technical Content Lessons Bowling Analogy in Script WBT Animation

Defining utilization Bowling pins represent

available time; throwing the

ball represents the act of

spending this available time

Calculating utilization Compared scoreboard to

utilization formula: amount

of points scored out of 300

possible points yields a

utilization percentage

Technical Content Lessons Bowling Analogy in Script WBT Animation

Utilization targets Targets displayed as

percentages of the pizza

Barb and Jeff ordered

Billable utilization time One billable activity is

displayed per slice of pizza

for a total of 8

activities/slices

Technical Content Lessons Bowling Analogy in Script WBT Animation

Influencing utilization Compare difficulty levels of

methods for influencing

utilization to difficulty levels

of bowling shots

Factors that reduce utilization Bowler in next lane has a

bad technique that causes

him to reduce his utilization

(Jeff and Barb watch him

throw a gutter ball)

questions?

thank you!