Storyboarding

Storyboarding is the process that you go through to determine what text, pictures, and links the student will see during your lesson. As you create your storyboards, consider what information that aligns with your objectives will be needed to teach your lesson. You may also wish to create a screen-design form on which you will fill information. Some of you WILL NOT do as I suggest and create your storyboards first. Just let me caution -- it's easier to create your instruction if you have already finished your storyboards.

Storyboarding help create your instruction. You'll create and modify your text, organize it, match graphics and links, and continue to monitor alignment of your objectives, instruction, and assessment.

Your storyboard for your design plan will be placed on the web in a table format for ease of peer-evaluation (that way we don't have to share paper products). This storyboarding may be a little bit different from which you are accustomed. You'll outline your objectives, create a summary of the text, include navigational information (including WWW web sites as necessary), and other information such as graphics, programming instructions, etc. You will need to group objectives together to improve its "flow."

Link these storyboards to your group tables of contents so that they can be easily located.

Sample Storyboard

Here's an example storyboard for you to model (of course, it's not complete -- just a short example).

Lesson Title: Rain

Developer: KLR

Group: Weather

This lesson guides the students in discovering what rain is and its impact on the local habitat. At the end of the lessons students will be able to discuss rain and how it affects local environments. They will also be able to analyze rainfall in other areas to evaluate its impact in that other environment.

Objectives Text Summary Navigation/Sites Other

1.1.1 Define rain
1.2.5 Analyze creation of rain Students will explore the concept of what rain is. They will also explore where rain comes from and describe how they think we get rain. Embedded questions will include: What do you think about rain, How does rain affect you, etc. Embedded feedback will be included to encourage deeper understanding of the topic. Activities: lecture, WWW exploration, students will write a story about rain. weather sites pictures of rain, students playing in the rain

1.1.2.1 Discuss influences of rain in our community
1.1.2.2 Discuss influences of rain across the state Students will explore how the community is affect by rain and then compare and contract that effect to other parts of the state. Activities: lecture, guest speaker, e-mail, WWW exploration, graph local rainfall amounts ask a weatherman, e-mail addresses for other schools graphics of plants, farming, beach, sports, industry, etc.

Objectives	Text Summary	Navigation/Sites	Other
1.1.1 Define rain 1.2.5 Analyze creation of rain	Students will explore the concept of what rain is. They will also explore where rain comes from and describe how they think we get rain. Embedded questions will include: What do you think about rain, How does rain affect you, etc. Embedded feedback will be included to encourage deeper understanding of the topic. Activities: lecture, WWW exploration, students will write a story about rain.	weather sites	pictures of rain, students playing in the rain
1.1.2.1 Discuss influences of rain in our community 1.1.2.2 Discuss influences of rain across the state	Students will explore how the community is affect by rain and then compare and contract that effect to other parts of the state. Activities: lecture, guest speaker, e-mail, WWW exploration, graph local rainfall amounts	ask a weatherman, e-mail addresses for other schools	graphics of plants, farming, beach, sports, industry, etc.

Sequence your storyboard based on your flow chart. Create a summary of the text that the learners will see. Include graphics and links as appropriate. Determine what links you'll need and how they will be displayed. Always keep in mind your objectives so that the students are provided with the information that they need to meet those objectives.

Your storyboards should contain all of the text, graphics, and links that your students will see. This process will greatly decrease your actual development time When you finish your storyboards, you will be ready to create your web page.