I worked on changes in Cascade to add a new feature article on the LAITS Webpage that links to a faculty course guide for moving classes online.

With the university moving to remote class structure, we were assigned a sandbox course to try Zoom and Panopto integration with Canvas. I created a test course and explored the different options in Zoom.

We created a Zoom Instructional guide by consolidating information from various sources and added more details and screenshots to the instructions as necessary. We explored various options in Canvas & Zoom and added new sections in the document to provide instructions on how to use a particular feature in Zoom.

 

 

I worked on the Warfield faculty book page to update the books table with 5 new books.

Along with a document with detailed instructions on how to manage tables in Cascade, I also shared a screen recording with the client to help them learn how to edit the books table.

 

COM 301E: Communications Foundations Online

LAITS is producing a foundations course for Moody College, COM 301E. I’ve been put in charge of art direction for the class, including the 20-30 second intro animation.

 

This project is a good learning experience for three reasons:
1) I have little experience in animation and while I’m not the animator, I am planning out the animation and keyframes,
2) I have never been an art director for other STAs like this before, and
3) as a team we will have to be extra considerate about communicating and collaborating during this new work from home COVID-19 situation.

 

The course is an overview of each of the Moody departments, from Speech Pathology to Journalism to Comm and Leadership. I want the intro animation to follow the class outline by featuring a single person processing ideas, to them sharing with a friend, to a group, and eventually communicating through mass media.

 

 

The style will be inspired by this GIF below. The fun colors, cute faces, and organic shapes feel energetic and current, which I know is an important part of Moody’s brand and the communications field in general.

 

Project: COM 301E
Client/Prof: Dr. Madeleine Redlick
Completion status: Planning intro
Staff guidance: Suloni Robertson, Valerie Tran, Quinn Hoinoski
STA team members: Me, TBD
Description/plans: Course development for COM 301E — creation of graphic assets: intro animation and title cards
To be completed: End of summer

Career Services Graphic Refresh

The Liberal Arts Career Services center wanted to update their Graduate student pages with some graphics. Previously the pages were only text, so I broke it up by converting a paragraph into bullet points each with an icon.

 

 

I repeated the icons and added a simple banner on the Welcome page. I designed the icons myself in Illustrator. I used rounded corners and “shiny” marks to make them feel modern and professional.