• Chapter on Linking

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    Intro Steps

  • Introduction 
  • Planning
  • Creating
  • Publishing

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    Planning: Step 1.1 Overview

    Your course web site storyboard needs to include some required design elements. Other design elements are up to you. A storyboard is a drawing, a map, that shows an overview of how the major elements are related and the sequence in which the viewer or user might encounter them. This storyboard can be made in many ways:
    • posterboard and post-it notes with connecting lines;
    • a piece of paper with hand-drawn objects, lines and labels;
    • a draw or paint program that lets you create design objects and move them around as needed for later editing and printing. Further, the map file that you create can easily be turned into a web page that can serve as a map of your web site. The Draw application within Clarisworks on either Windows or Macintosh applications is an excellent tool for this purpose but there are many others such as Powerpoint, Photoshop, Paint, PhotoDraw, Publisher and more. 
    An advantage of a computer drawn map is that it can be linked to your web site.

    Teacher or instructor storyboards might include a wide array of elements: assignments; lesson plans; unit plans; tutorials; grading criteria for major assignments; relevant web site addresses for a topic of study; calendars for important events during the grading period and semester; sample test questions; study guides; teacher contact information (school phone, fax, and teacher email address); fund raising information; and student creations. If your information would normally on a chalkboard, poster or printed handout, it is also a strong candidate for a web page.

    By comparison, business sites would also require product and price information, entertainment or news that generates repeat visits, contact information, and so forth.

    Web page designers will also benefit from making collections of bookmarks which are relevant to special topic and class interests. Not only are the bookmarks important to include in the web site, but the pages you find and bookmark will suggest design ideas for your topic that you may want to incorporate in your own web design.

    Move to the left column of this page to find the next page to read. The next page, 1.2 Storyboard, will provide a storyboard for the initial construction of your web site.

    Optional Sidebar

  • work with a team to develop a storyboard
  • School and teacher storyboard model
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