How to build a PowerPoint Storyboard

Performance Objectives

Instructional Step Performance Objectives

1.0 Build Outline – Gather Items Given a computer and sketch book/outline, learners
layout a storyboard and gather images and audio to
organize in one folder to start storyboard.
1.1 Create new folder Given a computer, learners will create a folder, to
function as a collection that contains all the
storyboard files such as images and audios.
1.2 Build Outline Given sketchbook/outline, learners layout and
structure their plan to clarify their ideas.
1.3 Gather images & audio Given a computer with internet access, learners will
search images and audio, to build collection.
1.4.0 Images and audios available? Given internet browser, learners will search for images
and audio to make media easily available.
1.4.1 (YES) – For available images and audios - place in Given a computer, learner check and gather available
folder images & audios to place in a folder to build the
collection.
1.4.2 (NO) – For unavailable Images & audios create Given computer, unavailable images and audio,
Items learners will create items to be placed in storyboard
collection to make available for storyboard
construction.
2.0 Place images in PowerPoint Given PowerPoint, learners will open PowerPoint,
create slides and place images within slides to build
storyboard.
2.1 Click insert from tool bar Given PowerPoint, learners will open PowerPoint click
insert from tool bar to prepare image to be imported
to each slide where an image is planned.
2.2 Click Picture, down arrow Within PowerPoint, learners will open PowerPoint,
click on picture to open and prepare for image
selection
2.3 Select Image from file Within PowerPoint, learners will select image from
file, find the insert picture panel, select folder created
in 1.1
2.4 Insert into slide Within PowerPoint, learners will click Insert from tool
bar, select the image and insert it into a slide to place
image on slide.
3.0 Add audio and timing Given PowerPoint, learners will work within
PowerPoint and add audio and timing to be placed in
slides to build storyboard.
3.1 Click on insert, select audio Within PowerPoint, on the ribbon, learners will click
on Audio and then click on Audio on my PC to select
prerecorded audio from collection folder to build
storyboard.
3.2 Select audio from file, click insert, place on slide Within PowerPoint, on Insert Audio, learners select
audio file to be inserted on slide.
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Performance Objectives
3.3 Click on transition, set timing, duration Within PowerPoint, from ribbon, learners click on
Timing group and click on Duration to set the length of
the audio.
3.4 Click on playback, set audio options Within PowerPoint, from ribbon, learners click on
Playback, set Audio Options to set how the audio is to
be played.
3.5 Go to editing, set trim and fade option Within PowerPoint, still on the Playback menu,
learners select the Edit for audio selection group to set
trim and fade options.
4.0 Preview and modify Within PowerPoint, still on Playback, learners click on
the play symbol (>) on the audio icon on the slide to
listen to the audio. Learners repeat from 3.3 to modify
until satisfied. Learners repeat for all slides with audio
testing to produce valid audio within storyboard.
4.1 Click on slideshow on tool bar Within PowerPoint, from ribbon click on Slide Show,
learners review Storyboard, learners adjust when
needed to produce a quality storyboard.
4.2 Play from start Within PowerPoint, learners click on From Beginning,
to play storyboard from beginning to test the
storyboard production.
4.3 (Yes) Images good? Within PowerPoint, learners validate that all images
are acceptable to verify that images are acceptable
4.3 (No) Images not good? Within PowerPoint, for images that need rework,
learners repeat 2.0 to correct images.
4.4 (Yes) Audio good? Within PowerPoint, learners evaluate that all audio is
acceptable to verify that all audio is acceptable.
4.4.(No) Audio not good? Within PowerPoint, for audios that need rework,
learners repeat 3.0 to correct audio.
5.0 Save as movie Within PowerPoint, learners proceed to save
storyboard as a movie.
5.1 Click on file Within PowerPoint, from the ribbon, learners click on
File to define criteria to save as a movie.
5.2 Export as MOV Within PowerPoint on the Info menu, learners select
Export to prepare for saving storyboard as a movie.
5.3 Click export Within PowerPoint, on the Export menu, learners click
on Create Video, on Save As panel, learners type File
name in File name box and click on Save to save
storyboard as a video.