CHI 507 PPT Video Project Update

The CHI507 Project has been moving along magnificently since the issues we had with the font. Before, syncing these videos took probably about a month and a half. Now, with the all-hands-on-deck approach for the resyncs, we’ve completed roughly the same amount of videos in about 2 weeks. Personally, I received experience quickly training STAs in workflow processes they have not done before, assigning todos/giving adequate feedback, as well as streamlining the video sync workflow process. Here’s to wrapping up this project by the end of this week! I’ve included a screenshot of the basecamp assignments for this project. The checked off ones are officially complete, the grey ones are the ones that have been assigned to an STA for syncing, most of which are done and are just awaiting edit notes and the yellow ones are remaining videos to be completed!

CHINESE 507 Online Course

An older Chinese online language course has been revived for completion recently and I’ve been tasked as the guy to sync it up! It follows a similar workflow as the Russian online course I’ve been working on. In fact, it’s responsible for establishing some of the norms for making these types of videos at LAITS, which continued on to the Russian online course. Some of the processes are a little dated but I’ve gotten into the swing of things and have already knocked out about about 10 videos since being assigned it a little over a week ago.

Personal STA Presentations Progress

I have made much progress on my own STA presentations as well. I have been assigned two presentations, one for an animated Austin Skyline I made for a live broadcast online AET class, and one for the Russian Online course I have devoted so much of my time to since beginning this job. The Russian online course presentation has taken some time to develop, it has already gone under two major structural changes and about 3 or 4 drafts, but I believe it’s near its completion! The AET presentation was a little simpler for me to break down, especially since there was much less to talk about, it’s first draft is complete and will probably only need a few minor adjustments.