storyboard

plural storyboards

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

   The storyboard process helps promote brainstorming, highlights missing tasks, and allows the team to incorporate changes prior to traveling too far down a particular path. — By Cheryl A. Malloy & William Cooley, NASA & SAIC here

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.

present singular third person storyboards · participle present storyboarding · participle past storyboarded · past storyboarded

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. — "Using Storyboarding to Determine components of Dellness for University Students" J Am Coll Health. 1996 Jan;44(4):180-3 Abstract