Storyboard Your Way to E-Course Success

Welcome and Introduction

Lesson 1: What is a Storyboard and Why Do I Need It?

By the end of this lesson you will be able to define a storyboard, describe how they can help organize content and minimize rework and explain when to create one.

Lesson 2: How to Brainstorm and Research Content Effectively and Efficiently

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to describe brainstorming techniques, identify reasearch type, describe techniques and organization strategies, and formulate learning objectives.

Lesson 3: Effective Ways to "Chunk"Content

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to: define “chunking” in the context of online course design, describe why content chunking is important and describe key strategies for content chunking.

Lesson 4: Storyboard Templates

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to: define a storyboard template, explain the advantages and disadvantages of certain templates and describe the contents of each stage of a storyboard.

Lesson 5: Writing and Design Standards

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to describe why course standardization is important, how to determine which standards to use, and guidelines for developing writing and design standards.

Lesson 6: Authoring Tool Decisions

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to define Authoring Tool, identify some common authoring tools, and explain how you can use PowerPoint to create your course.

Lesson7: Making Your Course Interactive and Engaging

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to define interactivity, describe the different types and why it is important, and describe best practices for recording narration to engage your audience.

Lesson 8: Using Interactive Elements in PowerPoint

This is an Add-On series of videos demonstrating how to create interactive elements in PowerPoint using Animations and Action Buttons.

Lesson 9: Great Graphics - Creating Media Mock-Ups

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to define “Media Mock-up”, identify the types of graphics to include, describe how to create a Media Mock-up, and explain how Canva is used for graphics.

Lesson 10: Ending Your Course - Up-selling and Testimonials

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to describe motivational incentives, define up-selling and cross-selling and how to construct them, and identify questions for gaining testimonials.

Lesson 11: The Next Steps - After Your Storyboard is Complete

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to describe why self-editing and peer reviews are important, explain different editing techniques, use a review checklist, describe storyboard conversion and identify useful software and equipment.

Lesson 12: Conclusion

Lesson 13: Bonus Resource!