Outline Stage Overview

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Ready to Create Your Scenario?

You've got your strategic foundation from Module Planning - now let's turn that into an actual interactive experience! The Outline Stage is quick and easy. You're setting up the basic framework: scenes and interactive zones.

You're in the first of three creation stages. Like building a house, you want the foundation right before adding details - moving the kitchen after the walls are up is painful!

Don't Miss This: Name Your Scenario

At the top of the interface are fields many people skip:

Scenario Name: What learners see - "Handling a Difficult Customer" beats "Scenario 1."

Brief Overview: Help learners understand what they'll experience.

💡 Keep It Intriguing: Don't give away the specific Performance Gaps in your scenario name or overview - let learners discover the learning through the experience!

Scenes and Interactive Zones

Think movies - you need different locations where your story unfolds, and interactive moments where learners participate.

Scenes are your locations: "The Manager's Office," "Conference Room," "Customer Service Desk." Most scenarios work well with 2-4 scenes.

Zones are where the action happens: The interactive moments within each scene where learners engage through conversation, decisions, and assessments.

Preview Available Environments

Before planning too deeply, take a quick look at available characters and environments.

💡 Quick Check: You don't have to assign anything now, but checking what's available prevents planning characters in a park when there's no park environment!

The Four Zone Types

Now for the fun part - deciding what interactions happen in each scene:

Dialogue Zones (💬)

Where characters have conversations and learners discover information.

Decision Zones (👆)

You'll need to create decisions in the Content Library first, then assign them to these zones. Check out this article for more details on how decisions are created.

Time Passes Zones (🕓)

You're in a simulation - you have time travel! Travel just a few minutes, a few days, or even years to show consequences or move to new situations.

Question Zones (❓)

Ask opinions, check knowledge, create pre/post assessments. Use conversation to introduce them creatively - not just a boring knowledge check!

🔍 Strategic Tip: Questions aren't as powerful as decisions with coaching, so use both strategically.

Common Scenario Flows

Organizing Your Zones

The interface is flexible:

  • Drag zones between scenes using the grip dot icon

  • Reorder zones within scenes for better flow

  • Add or remove zones as ideas develop

Zone descriptions are optional but can help you remember your intent later.

Ready for Setup!

Your scenes and zones are outlined - time to bring them to life! Click "Setup" to choose environments, add characters, and configure all the interactive elements.

What you've accomplished: You've set up the scenario flow. You've got your scenes and interactive zones ready to go - now let's make them amazing!

Your creative foundation is solid - let's add the characters and environments that will bring your scenario to life.

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