Go here to see examples of branching stories about ethics developed with ComicBEE
https://www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~tony/itethics/comics_and_ethics.html
Here's the process:
Lesson Plan > Script Writing > Storyboard > Final Comic
Create an account for yourself at thia address https://www2.comic-bee.com/Account/SelfRegister/1ffdf29f-bab2-4fc1-830e-c6d0d17d618b
Use your SBU Gmail address for email verification
Then go to the ComicBEE website - https://comic-bee.com (USE THE CHROME BROWSER!)
Select Login
Download the ComicBEE User Guide - https://comic-bee.com/Docs/Comic-BEE_UserGuide.pdf
Or view the video tutorials at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6qqX87Rocs&list=PLZ3cs-WMaGOztWSXRxxxU5c6zu0ZF07Vp
Give your project a name, and click Create
Your project will appear in the project list, choose Open
Topic is the Campus Ethical dilemma you chose
Audience is college freshmen
Now select Real life scenarios
Click New Real Life Scenario to add a new scenario
Then go to Learning objectives
Export Lesson Plan
The downloaded Word doc will be an addendum to your final project, uploaded to Blackboard
1. Select Plan Lesson > Write Script (very top left of application)
Add Title & Characters for your comic
Twirl scenarios down to show the ones you created (arrow button in upper right corner)
You can drag scenarios down to the work area to create relationships between them
Select the scenario you want to be the start scene
Its node appears below, select arrow on right of node and choose edit
Create a question related to the decision to move on to the next scene
Select “new choice” to create an answer to the question. Select it again to create alternative choices for the reader to make
You may ignore the scoring options for story choicesDrag a connector from each decision point to the scene that follows it (box in the middle at the bottom of each node)
Save the file
2. Select the drop-down menu in the top, upper left (showing Plan Lesson or Write Script) and choose Layout storyboard
All scenes are listed in the drop-down menu at the top left
Choose a layout for each scene (single frame, multiple frame, etc.)
Select Start Storyboarding
Advice: use the text tool to write notes about the content of the frame for each scenario, but ignore the graphics at this point
Select Mark panel as done
Click on Preview to get a sense of how the story will flow. You can go back to Write Script if you need to add a scene or modify choices so that the story makes sense
Remember to Save!
3. Select Plan Lesson > Create final comic
Choose your scenes from the drop-down menu in the upper left
You can use the ComicBEE library of props and characters, or you can upload .svg graphics files
Note that ComicBEE will not accept svg images that are too large, or contain too many colorsHere are some free sources for .svg illustrations:
https://undraw.co/illustrations
https://www.manypixels.co/gallery/
Advice: If you want to create your own graphics, Inkscape is free, easy to use, and cross-platform! You may need it to edit the graphics you have downloaded.
https://inkscape.org/Tip: use a consistent style of images for a better more cohesive look
See Final Comic Help for tips on how to copy whole panels, change character positions and expressions, etc.
Save as you go
You can preview your comic as you develop it
Publish to your local computer as .zip file