Using Storyboards for Learning Instruction

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Before I started on the path to becoming an Instructional Technologist through Sul Ross State University, I first began my post-secondary education at Austin Community College, where I studied 3D Animation. As an animator, I learned quite a few things, including how storyboards are a vital process in the creation of multimedia projects. In many cases, storyboards provide visual reference and help to map out the path of which an artist or designer wishes to explore. That learning experience was almost 15 years ago. Today, it’s amazing to see that storyboards aren’t only a tool for the development of the next blockbuster film or animated masterpiece from Pixar studios, but have become a welcome addition to the growing list of resources made available to instructional designers for the development of online and eLearning courses.

eLearning storyboards make the eLearning design and development process much more efficient, as they can not only help eLearning professionals to illustrate their ideas, but also to deliver engaging and visually rich eLearning experiences to their audience (Pappas, 2015). This summary on the importance of storyboarding for the development of professional course design is highlighted in the article 12 Tips To Create Effective eLearning Storyboards from the website eLearning Industry. Among the tips included from Pappas, (2015) are important details such as producing effective learning design by selecting a storyboarding template, researching who your audience is, and identifying your goals and objectives beforehand. Small details such as these can go a long way in creating the foundational blueprint for the design, direction, and pace of a given course.

Since the topic of discussion for this week centered on storyboarding and how it functions within online learning design, I thought about another potential feature to add onto that experience. Animatics are an extension of storyboards in that they use visual images and sometimes audio, to establish pace and are usually implemented after storyboarding is complete. With that in mind, use of animatics could be useful when designing specific lessons or presentations that require the use of visual aids and voice over narration. The following link provides further details on how animatics are used in the pre-production phase of projects:

https://boords.com/animatic/what-is-the-definition-of-an-animatic-storyboard


Pappas, C. (2015, July 13). 12 Tips To Create Effective eLearning Storyboards. eLearning Industry.

Retrieved November 29, 2021, from https://elearningindustry.com/12-tips-to-create-effective-elearning-storyboards



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