How to Create an eLearning Storyboard

 

A storyboard, as the name implies, tells the story of your training course. It's a document, slide deck, or prototype in which the instructional designer or training developer lays out the framework for the eLearning course they intend to develop. We'll walk you through each step of the process with examples so you can use it as a guide when creating your own storyboard.

Step 1: Determine your Target audience and requirements: Determine the target audience for your course based on the niche or desired course content.  After you've determined what training is necessary and who your target audience is, it's time to analyze your content and determine your course requirements based on the course. This step is critical because you must know who you are teaching before you can design a course for them.

Step 2: Select an instructional technique/design strategy: It is now time to consider how you will present the content to the learner. Do you want to present it using storytelling, a scenario-based approach, narrated infographics, or a mix of content types? There are many instructional strategies to choose from. They are active learning, assessment-based, group-based, advanced strategies, organizational, and tiered.

Step 3: Collect and organize content: It makes no difference how well-designed your course is if the content you're sharing isn't valuable to your audience. This is why this step is critical. Be wary of long, detailed documents and PowerPoint presentations that your Subject Matter Experts (SME) may hand you at this stage! Don't let the introduction of boring content kill your exciting research-based design. Use your design model as a template, and have your SME contribute to the learning experiences you're planning.

Collaborate with them now to capture meaningful content that will complement the approach you've outlined in your design direction. Don't just hand over your wireframe and expect them to fill in the blanks; explain what content you require from them. Facts will be trumped by stories and examples. 

Step 4: Choose a storyboard template: Based on the work you completed in the first three steps, you should be able to determine the type of storyboard you will use. There are many websites that provide free storyboard templates or you can customize them in Canva.

Step 5: Add and arrange content: This is the time when the real work begins! Begin by adding content and arranging it in the screens or text columns of your preferred storyboard type. Consider the content order and which topics should come before or after others. Interactions, scripts, progressions, navigation, branching, and design details should all be added. 

Step 6: Select an authoring tool: In eLearning, authoring tools give you tools and templates to create your eLearning course quickly. They help to create interactive multimedia learning experiences without any prior coding knowledge.

• Determine your 'why’: It will help you all the way through the process if you keep the reasons for using a storyboard in mind.

• Use the appropriate tool for the job: Choosing the right type of storyboard template will make the entire process much easier.

• Keep learning objectives at the forefront of your mind: Always ensure that the content of your storyboard corresponds to a learning objective. If it doesn't, think about why you're including it.

We hope this article has sparked your interest in storyboarding. Remember these key points to make your first storyboard memorable. To launch your own eLearning course platform, use ExpertPlus LMS, a 100% white label udemy clone script to launch your udemy-like website. Contact BSEtec for more details.