Understanding text-based storyboards

…What you see here is what I call a text based storyboard.…This one's for the opening screen of the…scenario based instruction course we'll be working with.…Text based storyboards are usually built in Microsoft Word, and…have a landscape page layout, consisting of columns and rows.…Let me show you the features such storyboards usually include.…Though of course, they may not be arranged exactly in this way.…You've got the screen title, and the fact that…it's the first of 42 screens in the course.…You have a column for audio, in this case voiceover narration.…

You might also include music or a sound effect you're using here as well.…You have a column for the text that will appear on screen.…You have a column for the images that appear on screen.…Now here in this storyboard, we have both…a description of the image and the image itself.…The image identifier may also be important to include.…For instance, if your graphics person needs to procure it from a database.…Moving right along, we have a column for graphic notes and navigation.…