Storyboarding in PPT
I don’t remember if I’ve written about this before but PPT is a great storyboarding tool. Especially if you are creating both ILT and WBT for the same course. With my current project, we will be creating ILT for the initial training rollout to current employees but will have a WBT version for refresher and new hires.
PPT converts/imports well into Captivate and Articulate so if you’re doing ILT, then PPT is an excellent choice to storyboard from.
Pros:
- Everyone has PPT
- Everyone knows how to use PPT
- PPT can be published into Word format if track changes is desired
- PPT 2007 and up come with great tools such as SmartArt
- Notes imports into Captivate to be used as closed caption and narration
- PPT & Articulate work hand in hand
Cons:
- Changes made by reviewers are not tracked
- “looks” like PPT by default
Usually I like to put the visual elements on the screen and add any IG notes followed by WBT narration in the notes section . Text in the notes section can always be removed for ILT or WBT use, but this way all the information is located in one place and the reviewer can see everything.
It is important to go over with the reviewer what the storyboard intends to do (create ILT, WBT, etc) so that they know that they are reviewing for more than one type of product.
