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