A Review of Storyboard Tools, Concepts and Frameworks

Abstract

This paper describes and analyses storyboard tools, concepts and frameworks. It aims to identify gaps in storyboard works in an attempt to extend support for establishing a common ground between instruction designers and subject-matter experts as a distributed instructional design team. Twentyfour storyboard tools, concepts and frameworks are described according to the two classifications of domain applications, domain-independent and domaindependent. They are reviewed and analysed with regard to three aspects of elearning storyboard requirements: collaborative design environment, iterative process methodology and designer-centredness support. The finding shows that much less research has been done on collaborative environments and iterative processes than on supporting designers' work. It is also found that storyboard systems have some limitations in terms of giving the distributed instructional design team opportunity to engage in these cognitive task-related activities.

Transforming Haptic Storyboards into Diagrammatic Models: The Scene2Model Tool

“…Storyboards are a visualization tool which displays the key moments of a story, synthesizing them in a cohesive and illustrative flow [13]. The simplicity of storyboard sketches or objects and the light annotation is meant to encourage discussion, team collaboration [14] and enables designers to explain events, to identify logical errors in the story flow or present results [15].…”

“…I think the processable and enriched digital representation helps to use the results later in the implementation of found services/products. 13. A simple picture of the created scenes is more helpful than the digital model.…”