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September/October
2004 - Using Storyboards in Online Course Design
By: Virgil E. Varvel Jr. <vvarvel@uillinois.edu>
Keywords: instructional design; storyboards;
multimedia design; flowcharts; course design; online education; online
courses
Online education continues to grow around the world. As technology
continues to improve, so too does the level of interaction, complexity,
and diversity
of multimedia elements involved in online course design. It is now time
for course developers to look towards methods of enhancing their instructional
design in order to take into account these changes. Simple notes on
paper no longer capture the needed elements of the online course development
process. Storyboards are a means to graphical represent the layout,
organization,
content, and linkages of information within a multimedia rich online
learning experiences. They help to create a conceptual idea of the information
location, meaning, and appearance. This presentation will describe the
usefulness of storyboarding in an online instruction context. Why they
are used, and how they are used will be discussed. Finally, examples of
storyboards from my practice and the simplified template that I use are
shown. I have so many ideas in my mind concerning how I utilize and develop
storyboards that I feel confident that I will leave some things out.
Still, I hope that you will find that what I have remembered to place
herein will be most useful in your own practice. Remember that one of
my primary principles in using storyboarding is simplicity. Do what is
most necessary in order to make the time used most efficient while still
providing educational benefit to the final design.
 Why Use Storyboards
Creating Storyboards
Putting Storyboards into Practice
Simplified Storyboard Template
Example Storyboards
References
 PowerPoint
Presentation used at the Madison Conference on Distance Education
 Short
Paper from the Madison Conference on Distance Education proceedings
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