Storyboarding

Overview 

What Is It?

A storyboard is a graphic organizer in a form of images or sketches displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing or planning a motion picture, motion graphic or interactive media sequence.

"A primary tenet of all symbolic interaction theory holds that the self is established, maintained, and altered in and through communication" (Stone,1962).

In his examination of communication, Stone demonstrates that all communication can be broken down into two parts; discourse and appearance.
The term discourse refers to auditory whereas the term appearance is visual.
For Stone (1962), visual communication "sets a stage for, or establishes, the types of verbal discourse possible"(Huff-Corzine,1986).

Additionally, storyboards provide the visual component, the primary component for communicating with one's self as well as with others. This is the reason they serve as powerful tools for learning more about one's self, as well as for organizing "stories" to be shared with larger audiences in auditory formats.

REFERENCE
Ibiblio.org. (2016). Storyboarding 101: Turning Concepts into Visual Forms. [online] Available at: http://www.ibiblio.org/ism/articles/huffcorzine.html [Accessed 6 May 2016].
Benefits

-The product team would get an overview of the screen with one look.
They would get a clear picture of the visual that is being used, plus the suggested animation along with the interactivities involved.

-It is possible to improvise on the design ideas provided by the ID based on the visual ideas

-Most information can be compressed and summarized visually instead or presented through lengthy instructions. visual elements essentially communicates the depth of the course to both the designer or production team.

-The interface is illustrated in storyboards which helps to understand the course clearly before its development.

-Visual storyboards make it easier for a production team to integrate various course elements e.g. content, graphics and animation to create the final eLearning course.

-If sticky notes are used to make the storyboard, they can easily be moved around if necessary

Drawbacks

-A lot of time is required to make these storyboards.

-As new ideas come up, the entire storyboard might need altering

REFERENCE

Custom Training and E-learning, Anywhere Anytime!. (2016). Advantages of Designing a Visual Storyboard. [online] Available at: http://blog.commlabindia.com/elearning-design/advantages-visual-storyboard [Accessed 6 May 2016].

Further Development Of My Prototype 

I had my prototype reviewed for the very last time today. judging by what was mentioned in the feedback, it seems as though i should design the artefact to aid people of learning styles other than that of the visual learning style.

Including features such as spoken words could help the users, especially young children, to memorise the way in which the words are said. it is a known fact that children adapt to accents or pronunciations rather fast.