Q3 Craft Your Story: About Storyboards

18. Digital Storytelling

Why use a storyboard?

Digital storytelling is a fun way to share your ideas and experiences using a combination of images, sounds, and text. 

A Storyboard is frequently used to help you visualize and organize your story to ensure that your message is clear. It is a graphical representation of the different elements for your story, identifying images, text, narration, music, transitions, etc. 

Comic strip image with three frames showing a two characters dressed up as cereal boxes trick and treating

 Think off it as a blueprint for your digital story that outlines what will happen, what you will see, what is said and what media you will use.

Getting Ready

There are three Google slidedeck storyboard templates on the next page (Storyboard It!). You will be selecting the template for the type of story you have decided to create.

  1. Educational Narrative Storyboard Tempate
  2. Fictional Narrative Storyboard Template
  3. Personal Narrative Storyboard Template

Step 1: Start by previewing an example of a Personal Narrative Storyboard Template that was used to create the Litter Beach story below.

Litter Beach Digital Story Example

Step 2: Important Considerations

Check with your teacher about the following:

  • To keep the attention of your audience keep your story between 2-5 minutes in length. 
    • As you build your storyboard time yourself as you "talk it through or tell it". For example, The Litter Beach storyboard example has 23 slides and the recording was 2 minutes and 11 seconds.
  • Specific requirements for the media elements for your digital story (text, images, photos, audio/narration), sounds, music, video clips, animation, and interactive elements)?
  • How much time will be available to work on your storyboard and then to finalize it?
  • Which of the options listed below will be used for your storyboard.

    • Google slides: Build your scenes and script using the Google slides templates provided. When the storyboard is complete you will have the option to record it as a video in Canva in Quest 4 Finalize It!.

    • PowerPoint: Export the storyboard template from the Google slide template and export it as a Microsoft PowerPoint slide deck. When the storyboard is complete you will have the option to record it as a video within PowerPoint in Quest 4 Finalize It!

    • Canva: Use the Google template provided as a guide to create your storyboard and later you can import it and record it as a presentation or video in Q4 Finalize It!

18.Q3 HOOK YOUR AUDIENCE

18.Q3 STORYBOARD IT! 

18.Q3 Student Checklist
 

18.Q3 Teacher Guide 

MITECS   Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and

ISTE Standards for Students

2. Digital Citizen
c. Demonstrate an understanding of and respect for the rights and obligations of using and sharing intellectual property

3. Knowledge Constructor
a. Plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits
c. Curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts or solving authentic problems

4. Innovative Designer
a. Know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems

6. Creative Communicator
a. Choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication
b. Create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations
d. Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences

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