Dual Student Teams Across Dual Semesters: Transition, Technology, Narrative

Many large projects cross semesters but that can often mean different student teams working on the same project. How do we handle that transition so everyone is caught up, not only for the technological aspects but also for the content/context pieces of that project? Sometimes this means the technology has advanced and everyone needs retraining. Almost always students new to the content need to catch up–and this can be a real problem for interactive storytelling . . .