Passive Storyboards

• Passive storyboards provide information to the user. They might consist of images, text, or diagrams. In a passive storyboard, the user simply clicks through the slides until the presentation is finished. Because of their simplicity, passive storyboards can make good training tools for professionals who are familiar with the subject matter at hand, and do not require elaborate multimedia presentations to make the material palatable.
  
  

Active Storyboards

• Active storyboards contain audio and video clips. These storyboards present information through the use of multimedia. The user of an active storyboard may read text, and then click on a link to view a video with additional information. Because of their aesthetic qualities, active storyboards are often great learning resources for beginning learners, who benefit from seeing information presented in an approachable way.
  
  

Interactive Storyboards

• Interactive storyboards allow the user to participate in the learning process. The user of an interactive storyboard might answer questions, play games or enter data. Interactive storyboards can be used to simulate real world activities, like data entry or phone operation. Because of their versatility, interactive storyboards can be useful for just about any training program.
  
  

Presentation Storyboards

• Presentation storyboards are primarily visual. They show the visual characteristics of objects, designs and blueprints. Presentation storyboards may be passive or active; their distinguishing feature is not functionality, but content. Because they are visual in nature, presentation storyboards can be useful in teaching architecture, engineering, and electronics.
  
  

Production Storyboards

• A production storyboard describes the elements involved in the process of creating something. These storyboards might list the components needed to build a house, or the staff required to complete a job. Because of their macro level content, production storyboards can be useful in training or briefing project managers.
  
  

Maintenance Storyboards

• Maintenance storyboards detail the requirements for maintaining a project. They tell managers what needs to be done after a project has been set into motion. Maintenance storyboards might include information on logistics, personnel management and financial management. These types of storyboards are most useful in conveying information about day-to-day details. For this reason, they are most useful in training supervisors and front line employees.