Planning ideas

When planning a multimedia project, you need to decide if it will be in a linear, hub, or brancing format. Here are explanations and examples of each:

Linear: This format is best used for a movie or slide show. The user or audience does not interact with the presentation. The presentation moves from one slide/scene to the next with a fixed end and beginning. See linear plan sheet.

Hub: This format is best used for an interactive computer presentation such as a HyperStudio or web site. In the hub format, you would have a Table of Contents that has many cards or pages linked to and from it. See hub plan sheet.

Branching: This format is best used for an interactive computer presentation such as a HyperStudio or web site as well. In the branching format, you would have a Table of Contents that has major sections linked to and from it. From these sections, your site would branch out into more details. See branching plan sheet.

Storyboard plans

Following are different ideas for story boards. Before students create a project on the computer, have them use one of these story board templates to plan out their ideas and information:

Story boards for young students: Young students do best if they can plan one page/screen of a project at a time. These storyboards are set up as one page of the project with a place to draw what you will SEE and a place to write what you will HEAR (or what text will be typed). See story board 1 See story board 2.

Story board for older students: This storyboard allows students to plan out three cards at a time with places to sketch what you will SEE and HEAR (or text to be typed). See story board.

More Storyboard Samples

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