Winter Driving Survival Guide: Be Prepared for Snowstorms

1. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Welcome Narration or script Colorado weather is notoriously tricky. We can get serious snow storms any time from October to April, often following warm, sunny weather. In order for the roads to be safe for everyone, all drivers need to know some basic information about winter preparedness. Do you know how to prepare for sudden snowstorms? Variable notes Set timer to 66 Set all other variables to no Javascript: set randomNumber to 1, 2, or 3 Interactions, branching, and programming notes Title on page from start of timeline Continue or next button moves forward Accessibility: Make closed captioning available to read for all slides

2. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Coach Narration or script Variable notes This layout is a sample of the coach feedback slides/layers Image takes up whole slide in Storyline Interactions, branching, and programming notes Continue takes you to next slide

3. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Learning objectives Narration or script Variable notes This layout is a sample of the coach feedback slides/layers Image takes up whole slide in Storyline Interactions, branching, and programming notes Continue takes you to next slide

4. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Meeting with boss Animation MP4 – your character in cartoon form, with boss character in cartoon form Office background Narration or script Boss: I see you’re meeting with HealthFocus tomorrow. Do you realize how important that meeting is? You: Well, sure, they’re our biggest client… Boss: It’s more than that! Sales are down. It’s make or break time. The bottom line is, if they invest in our new line of microsurgery tools, it could save this company. You: Jeez! I had no idea things were that bad. Boss: Just bring in this sale, and you’ll be the hero. If not, well, it’s not just your job on the line. Clear? You: Understood. No pressure, huh? Boss: We’re all counting on you. Variable notes Interactions, branching, and programming notes Automatically play MP4 when slide is opened Automatically advance to next slide when MP4 ends

5. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Set up menu Narration or script You live in a suburb of Denver, and your client’s office is in Colorado Springs, an hour south on the freeway. As you are at home, getting ready to leave for this all-important meeting, you hear on the radio that the weather service is predicting a bomb cyclone to hit the area today. That’s when the pressure drops rapidly, bringing drastic weather changes. Variable notes This layout is a sample of the choices slides Image takes up whole slide in Storyline Interactions, branching, and programming notes Disable next button on player Choice 1feedback layer 1 (weather) Choice 2feedback layer 2 (map) Choice 3feedback layer 3 (leave)

6. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Feedback layer 1 (weather) Picture of home computer Narration or script (audio) “…m we’re all tracking this bomb cyclone. The rain is expected to turn to snow during the morning, with possible blizzard conditions. There may be school closures later in the day.” Get more information on the weather Continue Variable notes Interactions, branching, and programming notes Continue back to set up menu main screen

7. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Feedback layer 2 (map) Map showing relative location of Denver and Colorado Springs, with 1-25 highlighted Narration or script Look at a map of my route Continue Variable notes Interactions, branching, and programming notes Continue back to set up menu main screen

8. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Set up/4 Rainy weather out the window Narration or script You look out the window. It’s March, and lately the weather has been beautiful – warm and sunny. In fact, in a fit of spring cleaning you recently got your car detailed inside and out, and now both the car and trunk are clean and empty. Today, it’s a little cooler and overcast, and a steady rain is falling. You check the weather report on your computer. Get ready to leave Continue Variable notes Interactions, branching, and programming notes Continueleave or prepare

9. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Leave or prepare for weather Narration or script Your appointment is in one hour six minutes. It takes an hour to get there. What do you want to do? timer Character at home, professional clothes, ready to leave What do you want to do? Leave immediately in sedan and probably get to Colorado Springs early Decide whether to take the sedan or the SUV Take the time to load winter gear into the trunk of your sedan Take the time to load winter gear into the trunk of your SUV Variable notes Set timer to 66 minutes If select leave, then car=sedan If select load sedan, then car=sedan If select load SUV, then car=SUV Interactions, branching, and programming notes:  = go to/navigation Use choice template with buttons Once narration ends, what do you want to do and buttons fade in If leave, then  leaving client If decide, then car choice If load gear, then gear choice NOTE: on dashboard, top: Progress monitor – car driving along bar, bar fills in as car moves to the right. Lifepoints bar – heart moves up or down depending on lifepoints gained or lost. Hover over pop up information tells you that the far right green = happy, healthy, successful while the far left red = dead. Yellow = fine.

10. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Car choice Narration or script You have an all-wheel drive SUV with older all-weather tires, or a front-wheel drive sedan with new all-weather tires. What do you want to do? timer Character looking thoughtful What do you want to do? What do you want to do? Take the SUV Take the SUV Take the sedan Take the sedan Check the tires on both cars Interactions, branching, and programming notes Choice template with buttons What do you want to do and buttons fade in once narration finishes If take SUV, then leave or get gear choice If take sedan, then leave or get gear choice If check tires, then  check tires Variable notes Timer: Subtract 1 minute If SUV, car=SUV If sedan, car=sedan

11. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Check tires Narration or script Both cars have all-weather tires. The tread on the SUV is worn; the tires fail the quarter test. The tread on the sedan is new and in good shape. timer Tire failing quarter test What do you want to do? Take the SUV Take the sedan Variable notes Timer: subtract 3 minutes at beginning of timeline If SUV; car=SUV If sedan; car=sedan Interactions, branching, and programming notes Choice template with buttons What do you want to do and buttons fade in once narration finishes Both choices  leave or get gear choice

12. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Leave or get gear choice Narration or script Now you’ve chosen the car. Time is ticking. Do you want to leave right away or put winter gear into the trunk? timer Character questioning What do you want to do? Leave now Grab a warm coat, mittens, and a hat and leave Load winter gear into the trunk Variable notes If grab warm coat, then warmClothes=yes If grab warm coat, then timer subtract 2 minutes Interactions, branching, and programming notes Timer state: if timer is >=60, it’s green; if timer < 60, it’s red Choice template with buttons If leave now, then leaving client If get coat, then leaving client If load gear, then gear choice

13. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Gear choice Narration or script timer Drag the supplies you want into the trunk. Car trunk picture Next Variable notes For each item selected, subtract 2 minutes from timer For each item selected, change it’s variable state to yes. (Ex. Blankets=yes) Interactions, branching, and programming notes Timer state: if timer is >=60, it’s green; if timer < 60, it’s red Drag and drop interaction. Garage shelves with pictures of items available, with hover over pop up labels: blankets, water, flashlight, shovel, granola bars, warm clothes, sand, ice scraper, chains, cards, phone charger, jumper cables Hotspot on car trunk picture Navigation: next  leaving client Question icon: Brings up resource page with information on essential supplies and traction laws

14. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Leaving client Narration or script: You walk out of your client’s office into a heavy snowstorm, with gusts of strong winds whipping the snow around. It’s going to be slow and difficult driving 60 miles in this. It’s already noon, and your 4th grade son and 7th grade daughter will be home from school at 3:15. Your partner is out of town today, on a work trip, so you’re in charge of the kids. What do you want to do? Blizzard picture What do you want to do? Call your neighbor to watch the kids and stay in Colorado Springs until the weather clears up Call your neighbor to watch the kids in case you are late, and hit the road. Go straight home. There’s no time to waste. Variable notes If timer => 60, lifepoints +1 If timer <60, lifepoints -1 • Interactions, branching, and programming notes • When timeline starts, popup message on layer • If timer => 60, message with happy character: You were on time and your meeting went well. Great job! If timer < 60, message with sad character: You were late and your meeting went very poorly indeed. You may have lost the sale. Close button, to main screen, which is choice template with buttons • When narration finishes, what do you want to do and buttons appear • If stay in Springs  Stay in Springs • If call neighbor and drive, then call neighbor • If go straight home, then drive home

15. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Stay in Springs Narration or script: You are safe and warm in your hotel room overnight. Luckily, you weren’t caught in the storm. However, your kids and neighbor are a little upset that you didn’t come home last night. Let’s see what would have happened with a different choice. What do you want to do? Character with hotel room background What do you want to do? Call your neighbor to watch the kids in case you are late, and hit the road. Go straight home. There’s no time to waste. Variable notes Lifepoints - 1 Interactions, branching, and programming notes When narration finishes, what do you want to do and buttons appear If call neighbor and drive, then call neighbor If go straight home, then drive home

16. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Call neighbor Narration or script You: “Hey, Jane? I’m down in Colorado Springs for work and the weather has gotten really bad. I’m worried I won’t be home by the time the kids are back from school. Could you maybe check in on them at 3:15? I hope to be back, but just in case?” Neighbor: “Sure. No problem. Drive safe and let me know if you want me to bring the kids to my house for dinner.” You: “Thanks! You’re a life saver!” Split screen/ Main character on the phone at an office OR animation of two characters talking with a split screen Another female character on the phone at house Variable notes Interactions, branching, and programming notes At end of MP4, automatically  drive home

17. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Drive home Narration or script Now you’re on the highway, headed north. It’s even worse than you expected. The wind is whipping the snow around and there are moments where you can’t see beyond the hood of your car. Traffic is crawling since no one can see the lane markings or the cars around them. You’re listening to the news on the radio as you squint to see through the blinding snow. On the news you hear that the state police have declared Colorado’s traction law is now in effect. What do you want to do?  Video of traffic in heavy snow What do you want to do? Pull off at the next exit and wait the storm out someplace warm and dry. Keep going. Pull onto the shoulder and put chains onto your tires. Variable notes Ifpull off, lifepoints -1 If pull off, change state of pull off button to visited If chains, and chains=yes, then chainsOn=yes, and lifepoints +1 If chains, and chains=no, then lifepoints -1, change state of chains button to greyed out Interactions, branching, and programming notes If pull off, then  layer 1 feedback: You are safe and warm overnight However, your kids and neighbor are a little upset that you didn’t come home last night.Close button returns to main screen with pull off button greyed out If keep going, then blizzard If put chains on, and chains=no, then layer 2 feedback Sorry, you didn’t bring any chains with you. Close button returns you to main screen with put chains on greyed out. If put chains on, and chains=yes, then  blizzard

18. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Blizzard Narration or script The storm is getting worse. You can barely see and the road is so slippery. Video of traffic in heavy snow Variable notes Interactions, branching, and programming notes Automatically advance when narration ends. If chainsOn=yes, then  chain law If chainsOn=no, then off road

19. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Off road Narration or script During a moment of whiteout, I’m afraid you slid off the road entirely and crashed into a snow drift. You try to drive out, but your wheels just spin uselessly on the snow and ice. What do you want to do? Car stuck in snowbank What do you want to do? Try to dig yourself out Call 911 Wait to be rescued Variable notes If click dig, change dig=yes If dig out, +1 If shovel OR sand = yes, random number means you are stuck, then lifepoints -1 If dig=yes and shovel=no and sand=no, then lifepoints -1 Interactions, branching, and programming notes Choice template with buttons; What do you want to do and buttons appear when narration ends If dig, and shovel and sand=yes, then  chain law If dig and shovel OR sand  You are stuck overnight (feedback) waiting in storm If dig and NO shovel OR sand Sorry, you didn’t bring sand or a shovel. You are stuck overnight. Waiting in storm f call 911, then 911 If wait to be rescued, then waiting in the storm

20. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Chain law Narration or script On the radio, the announcer says the storm is now officially a blizzard, and that the state police have announced a chain law is in effect. What do you want to do? Video of traffic in heavy snow What do you want to do? Pull off to the shoulder and put on chains Take the next exit and wait out the storm inside Keep going. Pulling over could be dangerous in these conditions. Variable notes Referring to random number set on first slide If pull off and chains=yes, chainsOn=yes, lifepoints +1 If pull off and chains=no, lifepoints -1 If take exit and choice=1, lifepoints -1 Interactions, branching, and programming notes Choice template with buttons; Choice and buttons fade in when narration ends If pull off, and chains=yes, if randomNumber <2road closed; If randomNumber =>2,  accident If pull off and chains=no, feedback layer 2: I’m sorry, you have no chains. Close brings back to main screen with pull off button greyed out If take exit and if randomNumber=1, feedback layer 1: You are safe and warm overnight. However, your kids and neighbor are a little upset that you didn’t come home last night, close button back to main screen with exit button greyed out If take exit and randomNumber<2feedback layer 2: Good choice! Unfortunately, before you could get off the road… accident If take exit and randomNumber=>2feedback layer 3: Good choice! Unfortunately, before you could get off the road… road closed If keep going and randomNumber <2, then accident; if choice=>2, then road closed

21. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Accident Narration or script After a blinding flurry of snow, you see a car has slid sideways right in front of you, completely blocking your lane. It’s far too late to stop, and anyway, there are cars all around you. There’s no place to go. You brake as hard as you dare, feeling the rear of your car fishtailing, and slam into the car in front of you. You are jolted forward, feeling the pressure across your chest as your seatbelt catches you. Fortunately, you were going pretty slowly, so the airbag does not deploy. Before you can even react, something slams into you from behind, whipping your head forward again. More squealing, bangs, crashes and horns go on for a horrible time until everything falls silent in the heavy snow. Your driver-side door is smashed in, but you can get out the passenger side. A cut on your forehead is bleeding into your eyes, your neck hurts, and you have a headache, but other than that you seem to be unharmed. What do you want to do? Car accident in snow What do you want to do? Call 911 Turn off your engine and wait for rescue Get out and look at the situation Variable notes Set accident=yes Lifepoints= -1 Interactions, branching, and programming notes If call 911, then 911 If turn off engine, then waiting in storm If get out, then feedback layer 1: It’s hard to see through the whipping snow, but the accident fills the highway, in front of you and behind you, as far as you can see. Some of the other drivers tell you they heard there are 15 or 20 cars involved. No one you can see is badly injured, other than some possible sprains and maybe a broken bone here or there. You all just have to wait for rescue. waiting in storm

22. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Road closed Narration or script The traffic comes to a complete stop. While waiting for things to get moving, you call up the CDOT map on your phone, and are horrified to discover that the state police have closed the road. You call 911 and explain the situation. They tell you to sit tight and the first responders will get to you as soon as possible, but it could take many hours before they reach you. Picture traffic in snow, or maybe road closure in snow, possibly video with flashing lights? Variable notes Life points -1 Interactions, branching, and programming notes Automatically advance at end of narration to  waiting in the storm

23. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: 911 Narration or script Operator: 911, what is your emergency? You: I’m trapped in my car on I-25 in the storm. Operator: Is your life or limb in danger? You: No, but… Operator: We are handling a lot of calls right now. We will get to you as soon as possible. Split screen either characters on phone or animation of characters on phone with split screen Main character in car 911 operator in call center Variable notes Interactions, branching, and programming notes Automatically advance at end of narration/MP4 waiting in the storm

24. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Waiting in storm Narration or script You are stuck in your car in the middle of a blizzard. It might take hours, possibly even all night, for help to reach you. Try to run your car for a few minutes every hour to warm up, and be sure to keep snow cleared away from your exhaust pipe. Let’s check your supplies. Pictures of supplies Drag supplies into seat to use them With your car turned off, you are getting very cold. Did you bring warm clothing? Picture of car seat/ drag and drop hot spot Continue Variable notes Change state of each supply button depending on the variable =yes. Check state of each variable to determine feedback for that supply’s layer. +1 or -1 supply points for each supply layer +1 lifepoints for each supply chosen -1 lifepoints for essential supplies not brought Interactions, branching, and programming notes – ADD NEW SLIDE FOR EACH OBJECT< disable all pictures that were not selected Button states: For each button/item, have two states – visible and hidden. When the variable for that item =yes, change state to visible. If state =no, then hidden; go through cold, hungry, thirsty, need to clear the exhaust pipe, and it’s getting dark. (Button states visible on all layers) Layers: For each supply see a layer with the problem, check if you brought the supply, and feedback (one positive layer and one negative layer per supply)– your state is worse or better because of supplies, with relative +1 or -1 lifepoints for each. The continue button brings you to a feedback layer. Check variable yes/no to determine which feedback you see. (i.e. don’t trust accuracy of self-reporting.) Example: Layer cold 1, feedback cold 1 (pos), feedback cold 1 (neg), etc. Feedback layers include NEXT button instead of YES/NO buttons. NEXT leads to new layer and new problem. Summation final screen – your overall state of being depending on what you packed; check supply points to determine positive or negative final summation screen. Text for problem layers: Cold 1: With your car turned off, you are getting very cold. Did you being warm clothing? Cold 2: The temperature is dropping, and you can’t stop shivering. Did you bring any blankets? Thirsty: You’ve been in your car for hours, and your throat aches because you are so thirsty. Did you bring any water? Hungry: It’s been hours since your quick lunch at the client’s office, and you are starting to feel faint with hunger. Did you bring any food? Dark: It’s dark outside now, and you have to save your phone battery. Did you bring a flashlight? Exhaust: You go out to clear your exhaust pipe and find the snow has blown into a huge pile against the back of your car. Did you bring a shovel so you can dig out?

25. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Rescue Narration or script The green checkmarks show essential supplies that can either give you better visibility, prevent you getting stuck, get you unstuck, or save your life if you are trapped for hours due to an accident or road closure. The other supplies are useful, but not essential. You should carry your winter preparedness kit from October to April. It can snow any time! Variable notes Interactions, branching, and programming notes Green checkmarks on essential supplies: blanket, flashlight, food, water, chains, shovel, sand, warm clothes, ice scraper On summation screen, Continue button  feedback get feedback you are well prepared and doing OK in the storm if supplies =>5, feedback: You are really not feeling at all well. It’s too bad you don’t have the supplies you need. On feedback layer, continue buttonrescue

26. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Rescue/no accident Narration or script Finally, after hours and hours of waiting in the blizzard, you see the welcome flashing red and blue lights and know that the first responders have arrived. After a while, a police officer taps on your window and asks if you are all right. You climb into a police van. They’re bringing everyone somewhere safe and warm until the weather clears up. enough for it to be safe for you to drive home. Video of flashing lights in snow Variable notes Interactions, branching, and programming notes Automatically advance after narrative to chains feedback

27. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Chains feedback Narration or script Feedback depending on layer – not quote – Patrolman tells you that… State patrolman Next Variable notes Lifepoints – chainsOn +1 No chains= -1 Interactions, branching, and programming notes If chains =yes layer 1: Good thing you put on chains! Lots of people are getting tickets. If chains=no and car=SUV layer 2: Unfortunately, you do not have chains on, which is a fine. You do have all-wheel drive, but you do not have adequate tire tread, so that’s another fine, I’m afraid If chains=no and car =sedan layer 3: Unfortunately, you do not have chains on, which is a fine. You have all weather tires, which are not adequate to the weather. You need snow tires. I’m afraid that’s another fine. Next button  quiz – Hover over information button links to reference sheet on Colorado’s traction and chain laws.

28. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Quiz Narration or script Select the 9 most essential items for winter driving. Car trunk picture END Variable notes Interactions, branching, and programming notes Choose many quiz Items listed: blankets, water, flashlight, shovel, food, warm clothing, sand, ice scraper, chains, cards, phone charger, jumper cables Correct items: blankets, water, flashlight, shovel, food, warm clothing, sand, ice scraper, chains Feeback: Yes! You are well-prepared for sudden storms or No! You are at risk during sudden storms!

29. Winter Driving: Necessary Supplies Lesson Scene: Quiz on traction law Narration or script END Variable notes Interactions, branching, and programming notes Type of tires multiple choice quiz Choose the tires that are legal to drive on when the traction law is in effect: All-weather tires on an all-wheel drive car regardless of tread Snow tires on any car regardless of tread All weather tires with good tread on a front-wheel drive car Any tires with chains (* correct answer)