The Page Content Worksheet will help you design and keep track of the files and events associated with the individual web pages that you will eventually be including in your actual storyboard (the document which shows flow and directionality as well as individual page content). This worksheet can also serve as a storyboard in and of itself, if you wish. However, you will probably want to put this information into a completed storyboard in order to get a better sense of the flow and directionality of your web course.
Blank Page Content Worksheet (.pdf format).
In order to best illustrate what we are trying to help you achieve in creating your Storyboard, it is a good idea to take a looked at some finished storyboards.
The following is a Sample Storyboard of a fictitious professor’s “Module 1”, which is about the health risks of smoking and teens.
Note: "TM" = Teaching Method; for example
Communication, Active Learning, (eg Reading, self-test), Student - Student Interaction,
etc. (Chickering & Gamson,
1987)
"IPS" = Internet Presentation Style or Tool; for example Discussion, Quiz, web page, image, links, etc
(See the Storyboarding Worksheet for more information on Teaching Method and Internet Presentation Style or Tool)
Here is a Sample Storyboard:
Your own storyboard may end up looking very different from our examples, as yours may have non-linear navigation, a different number of pages, etc. Here are some more examples:
Text-only Storyboard
Simple Storyboards Graphical
Storyboard Hand-drawn
Storyboard
After you have listed all the associated files and actions for your module or course, you are ready to put it into storyboard format as in the sample above. Simply print out the following form and add your information from your Page Content Worksheet, adding arrows to denote directionality and flow of the material. Your storyboard should in essence be a type of map, outlining all the major steps needed to complete the learning objective(s) for that module.
The student learning objective pertains only to this module’s expected outcome. For your purposes, “Module 1” could be Week 1, Chapter 1 or some similar grouping based on your syllabus. You can use a similar Word document type of chart for your storyboard, another method as described in the workbook, or you can come up with your own storyboarding method, as long as the document contains the essential page content information as well as showing navigational flow of the content (the order in which students are expected to access/use the material). We have provided for your convenience a Word document however in case you find that method useful and simple.
Access a blank Storyboard (.pdf format) (Word format).
Access the Storyboarding Master Worksheet.
