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Storyboarding



Overview Storyboard?

Exercise (creating a storyboard)



Storyboard? A pictorial/written synopsis of texts, graphics, videos, and animations, etc.

shown in order they will appear in thefinal product.

Is a sequence of screen displays.

Represent results of a sequence of user

actions.

Used to identify all multimedia resources.



Storyboard? One example of low-fidelity

prototyping

Does not very look very much like thefinal product.

Consist of a series of sketches showing the flow of the system and

how users might perform their tasks. Used in early design.



Storyboarding? The process of defining the messageand describing user interaction with

the content and the application. Involves a complex effort to develop

panels for screen layouts that describe content, flow and format.



Types of storyboard Text-only

Simple

Graphical Hand-drawn



Text-only storyboard



Simple storyboard



Graphical storyboard



Hand-drawn storyboard



Extra example of storyboard



Advantages Helps to catalyze the f eelings about the f easibility of the program idea.

If the storyboard looks wrong, so does the program.

Omission may be spotted.

Act as a document which everyone

can point to as a common point of ref erence

For both the design team and theclient/user.



Advantages Helps focus on the total content of the program.

Problems may be spotted. Detailed storyboards can save time in

writing project documentation.

Act as a template for the content-writer to work with.

Speeds up the content-writing process



Flowcharts



Flowchart? A diagram that uses graphic symbols

to depict the nature and flow of thesteps in a process.

When to use Throughout the Process:

In the beginning: use an ³As-Is´Flowchart To understand how the project currently works

During: Compare As-Is to ³Ideal´ End: Use to help visualize changes to

process



Flowchart? Benefits

Promote process understanding

Provide tool for training Identify problem areas and

improvement opportunities

Depict customer-supplier

relationships



Symbols in flowchartStart/End

Process Step

DecisionYes

Measurement

Connector

No

A

M



Macro level flowchartsStart

Draft

Newsletter

Type

Newsletter

Distribute Newsletter

End



Mini level flowcharts

StartDraft an

Article

Send to

Editor

R evise

DraftEnd

Editor

Appr oves?Put in

Newsletter

Yes

No



M

icro level flowchartsTurn on

Com puter

Err or s?Yes

No

Type Draft

Pr oof R ead

Draft

E-mail to

Editor

Corr ect

Draft

A

A Editor

Appr oves?

B

B

Editor

Amends

Sends f or For matting

For matted

Editor

e-mails Back

End

Yes

No

Page 1 Page 2



Types of flowchart Linear

Deployment

Opportunity



Linear flowchartsTurn on

Com puter

Err or s?Yes

No

Type Draft

Pr oof R ead

Draft

E-mail to

Editor

Corr ect

Draft

A

A Editor

Appr oves?

B

B

Editor

Amends

Sends f or For matting

For matted

Editor

e-mails Back

End

Yes

No

Page 2Page 1



Deployment flowcharts

Turn on

Com puter

Type

Draft

Pr oof R ead

Draft

E-mail to

Editor Editor

Appr oves?

Editor

Amends

For mats

End

Yes

No

R e porter Editor For matter



Opportunity flowcharts

Start

Type

Draft

Pr oof R ead

Draft

E-mail to

Editor

Editor

Appr oves?

Editor

Amends

For mats

End

Yes

No

ValueAdded Cost Added Only

A

A

Sends f or

For matting

R e porter

R ewrites

B

B



Exercise 1 Construct a Macro-Level Linear

Flowchart and mini-level linear

flowchart for making a pizza & cheesecake.



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