Group Leadership Project: Part B - Storyboard and Script

This is our storyboard for our group leadership project.  This is a newer version than what my group members posted, which is entirely my fault as I was late in making my edits to the introduction.  Please do not hold them responsible!  The scripting is mostly contained in the comments section which is not readily viewable using Slideshare.  I included some screenshots later on to show what the actual script looks like.

Group project story board

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Reflections so far on what we have accomplished.  We did not spend nearly enough time discussing how this portion of the project would be carried out.  All we had decided on was that we would use PowerPoint.  I am definitely regretting that decision.  Since that time we have had several issues.  The first issue we have is that PowerPoint can not be worked on simultaneously like Google Doc file can.  The result is that I received a .ppt file from a group member with a slide that said this is where your portion goes.  I viewed the presentation using Google Docs as Gmail gives this as an option.  It looked like an acceptable presentation that was well thought out and nicely laid out.  When I asked where the script portion was (via chat) I was told that it was in the notes section, which I am unsure if Google even supports.  When I opened the document using PowerPoint I was unsure where to look still but I eventually found the area where the existing script was (to be honest I don't think I knew that area existed before that point).  In retrospect, all of this could have been avoided had we scheduled a time to all get together and work, at least for a while, so we could make some decisions on the formatting as a group instead of doing our parts individually and then trying to put it all together.  It was not disastrous just inconvenient and inefficient.

I also encountered an issue when I received the PowerPoint back from my group with all the sections put together.  My group members had suggested some changes to my portion; however, when I went to edit the file I found that all of my bullet points were showing up as images instead of editable text fields.  I am guessing that this is due to a version compatibility issue as my group members are working with a post 2003 version of Office and alas, I am still in the dark ages.  :(  I ended up having to redo entire slides which wasn't entirely a bad thing since I had lots of edits that needed to be made.  In my opinion, this is where cloud computing excels.  We would have had no issues (well at least not the same ones) had we chosen Google Docs as it is the same for all users regardless.  We couldn't necessarily have foreseen all of these issues and I do not mean for this to be a criticism of my group members, rather it is a reflection on some of the issues that I have encountered so far and the lessons I have taken from them.

Looking at our storyboard as it stands now, we will have several things to do before it is ready to go into final production.  We need to remove all of the scripting from the actual slides.  I have volunteered to tackle this portion but I am waiting to hear back from my group about how we will proceed.  I think we also need to compile a document of some sort that puts all of script items (what will be said, when to transition...) in one location so that when it is time to produce the final product it can be more easily accomplished.  Last we will need to actually produce the final presentation.