Storyboarding Storyboarding

Designing an effective online Designing an effective online coursecourse

Purpose of StoryboardingPurpose of Storyboarding

Storyboarding is a common practice Storyboarding is a common practice for film makers, animators and web for film makers, animators and web developers.developers.

It is being utilized more frequently by It is being utilized more frequently by educators and course developers.educators and course developers.

It allows educators to visualize how a It allows educators to visualize how a course will appear to the student.course will appear to the student.

Adding Content Adding Content (to the empty spaces)(to the empty spaces)

What the student seesWhat the student sees (after you’ve added all that great (after you’ve added all that great

content)content)

Using a Storyboard to Using a Storyboard to OrganizeOrganize

Organizing for a good first Organizing for a good first impressionimpression

Planning an online Planning an online lessonlesson

The content in this example has been The content in this example has been divided into 3 time periods.divided into 3 time periods.

Each time period will contain weekly Each time period will contain weekly lessons.lessons.

An example of an online An example of an online lessonlesson

The course topic of Medieval England is The course topic of Medieval England is divided into 3 different weeks of readings divided into 3 different weeks of readings and activities.and activities.

An example of an online An example of an online lessonlesson

Storyboard each lesson to understand Storyboard each lesson to understand what you want to present and how to what you want to present and how to reinforce it through activities.reinforce it through activities.

Mapping content resources Mapping content resources with online toolswith online tools

Some Vista tools:Some Vista tools:

Learning ModuleLearning Module

Content PageContent Page

AssessmentsAssessments

Discussion TopicsDiscussion Topics

Media Library collectionMedia Library collection

Content for Medieval Content for Medieval England organizerEngland organizer

Organize Weekly Material Organize Weekly Material with Table of Contentswith Table of Contents

Timeline and readingsTimeline and readings

Weekly quiz on material Weekly quiz on material read.read.

Contribute to Weekly Contribute to Weekly discussiondiscussion

Reference photosReference photos

Using the learning Using the learning modulemodule

ConclusionConclusion Online courses give you the opportunity to Online courses give you the opportunity to

present a great deal of material to a present a great deal of material to a student in a variety of formats.student in a variety of formats.

The student is at risk of information The student is at risk of information overload if the content is not presented in a overload if the content is not presented in a logical, user-friendly manner.logical, user-friendly manner.

Storyboarding helps to organize the Storyboarding helps to organize the presentation of the material and facilitates presentation of the material and facilitates breaking the course into smaller chunks breaking the course into smaller chunks which work more effectively in an online which work more effectively in an online environment.environment.

(Storyboarding your online course is a (Storyboarding your online course is a euphemism for planning!)euphemism for planning!)