From the course: UX Design: 5 Creating Scenarios and Storyboards

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Storyboard creation

Storyboard creation

- [Instructor] Storyboarding is one activity that's normally undertaken by just one or two individuals using the scenario input that was created by the whole team. The idea is to take the scenario text and create a visualization of each scene, showing how the users interact with the software and with their surroundings. You'll probably find an almost one-to-one relationship between the sticky notes from your scenario and the panels in your storyboard. But that isn't always the case, because often, a storyboard visual can cover several scenario steps. I find that it helps to establish a couple of shots that you'll repeat throughout the storyboard. For instance, the general scene, a closeup of the device, a depiction of the user interaction, an image that demonstrates the user's reaction to the interaction. Now, just use the most suitable of these shots for each scenario sticky and fill in the details that differentiate this panel of the storyboard from all the others. Like we already…

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