Storyboardthat: Bringing Digital Storytelling to Your Classroom

Storyboard That is a website that offers users to create digital storyboard using various graphics.  It helps teachers to visually share ideas and concepts in the form of story. It has templates where stories can be created where scenes, characters, text boxes, shapes, and other images to choose from, and users can easily drag and drop them. Watch this tutorial video below on how to use Storyboardthat.

How does it work? 

Go to Storyboardthat.com. Create a new storyboard, and you can choose to create your new account by linking it to your email address or other social media. Once you set up, you can easily make a new project or story.

What does it do?

In the free version, users can create a story board by adding cells and then input scenes, characters, text, shapes, and upload other images available in the website. It is really easy to navigate by dragging and dropping each items in the square cells. Users can also upload and add pictures to the cells. The layout and characters are set based on categories so users can easily adjust based on their needs. The characters can also be adjust their arms and leg positions as well as their facial expressions.

In the premiun version, user can also upload their own version. However, they can also add audio and advanced layouts.

What are the benefits for your classroom?

• Story telling: Storyboardthat will make a fantastic way of telling a narrative.
• Presentation tool Alternatives: It might not as complex as powerpoint, but if you want to surprise your students, Storyboardthat have options for slide shows and auto created powerpoint
• Diversity character: If you want to teach students culture or story, Storyboardthat has many available character representing different colours.
• Lesson plan bank: This website allow teachers to access various kind of lesson plans, thus if you  finding it hard to integrate this tool to your lesson, you might want to check out examples of lesson plans available.
• Writing skill: It is possible to create writing activity since Storyboardthat provides bubble speeches where for example, students can be assigned to create a story about their experience. 
• Simple interface: Although it may sound complicated to have students create a story, the design of this website is very simple. Thus, it can accommodates different context of story. 

What are the limitations? 

Pricing: Although the free version is good enough for a classroom activity, the premium version offers more features and it is considerably affordable for $9.95/month.