storyboard

(noun, verb)

noun

1. A series of drawings that lay out the sequence of scenes in a film, especially an animated one.

- The storyboard process helps promote brainstorming, highlights missing tasks, and allows the team to incorporate changes prior to travelling too far down a particular path.

2. Any sequence of drawings or diagrams which illustrate a sequence of events, e.g. in an accident or as a flowsheet for computer programming.

verb

1. To create and arrange storyboard drawings.

- Storyboarding allows students to work together as they generate ideas and eliminates the territorial defensiveness that often occurs when new ideas are suggested.