A
common tool used in
creating multimedia shows and other types of
visual productions (e.g., movies) is the storyboard,
which can refer to any type of visual organizer. Although a storyboard
is not required for this project (only your PPT presentation is
required), I hope that you find the storyboard technique valuable in
your group work.
Below is an example
storyboard (cleaned up considerably for
use here) for a PowerPoint presentation on introductory paragraphs.
Thumbnail. These can be rough drawings or screenshots of a
PPT slide, whatever fulfills your purpose.
Graphics refer to any visual
(non-text)
element on the slide: photo, clip art, drawing object, etc.
Text. This column includes only
the
words that will appear on the slide. Text elements are listed in the
order they will appear.
Animation. This should describe
any
animation that is applied to the text or graphic elements.
Audio. These are the words spoken
by the
narrator. The column should contain the exact words
spoken by the narrator for that slide and should be coordianted with
the animations, if any.
The sample
storyboard
below is offered strictly as a tool for your
possible use. Different creators work in different ways. The key is
that you will need some method to organize your group work as you put
together the text, graphics, animations and script for this short
presentation.
"The
Introductory Paragraph" show that follows
the sample storyboard was a collaboration between Michelle Bowman and
me. We
used a rougher version of the storyboard you see, but the point is that
we had a way to coordinate our work together.
Note on animated avatar:
You are not expected to have an avatar in your
PPT. A simple audio recording coordinated with your PPT is all that is
expected.
