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LAITS Student Technology Assistants collaborate with the College of Liberal Arts faculty and administration by re-imagining their instructional and promotional projects with a creative use of video, audio, web and graphic design. STAs learn technical skills on the job with LAITS development studio staff. They build presentations, produce audio/visual works, scan text documents & perform image correction. STAs are instrumental in helping COLA faculty realize their vision for instructional technology projects used to enhance the teaching and learning experience.

TBH Kids: Time Travel Interactive PS Mockup

October 5, 2016 By Anna Xu

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Shaw > Young Hunters (1)
Shaw > Young Hunters (2)
Shaw > Young Hunters > Plastron
shaw > fflint nappers > stone tools
shaw > flint nappers > stone tools > hammer
shaw > > flint nappers> stone tools > core
shaw > travois boys
shaw > travois boys > travois
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Shaw Scene (top-left)

I added a darker shadow to Jun’s “clickable” buttons in Photoshop to distinguish them from the rest of the image. I also decided to stylize the text box: I created a rectangle backdrop (#hex code here), used eraser (in various brushes) to subtract from the box while accomplishing a stippling effect, and then I used a texture at XX% opacity to make a clipping mask over the rectangle.

 

Young Hunters Opt. 1 (top-right)

So far, I’ve decided to go and make the old pop-ups into pop-up lightboxes. I also created another camera icon that matched the style of other the buttons. The camera button is necessary because it’s in the provided script/audio. I haven’t really played with layout yet. I’ll do that once I get everything on the mock-up.

 

Young Hunters Opt. 2 (bottom-left)

For this alternative, I used eraser again to add texture to the image to match the text-box in the Shaw scene. This was an attempt at thematic consistency.

 

Plastron (bottom-right)

I just used the Jun’s back button here, but I’m considering making an “X” button for the interactive. It would be better to get rid of the coloration in the drop shadow in the actual draft since the lightbox is dark and not orange.

Filed Under: 2016 - 2017

10/4/16

October 4, 2016 By Lauren Shafford

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Today was all about scanning pictures! I scanned slides (little film things I’ve never seen before….ancient technology….) and converted them to .tif files for the professor who sent them in.

 

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Filed Under: 2016 - 2017

CRL Icons

October 3, 2016 By Anna Xu

Icon 3: Parrot
Icon 8: Elephant
Icon 9: Baby Hands
Icon Under Review
Icon Under Review
Icon 9 Re-Draw

 

 

CRL Icons

Here are some sketched designs for three icons commissioned for the Children’s Research Labs.
Parrot: Language Development Lab; currently under review.
Elephant: Center for Learning and Memory; currently under review.
ABC Block: Child Development in Context; the design is currently an ABC block, but ideas for the icon have not been finalized.

Filed Under: 2016 - 2017

PowerPoint designs for Russian 406

October 2, 2016 By Valerie Lopez

Update as of Nov. 5th-

For my previous ornamental design, I simplified the look with the feedback from suloni and mike. I made a more wooden version of the design and put it in a template for testing. I also created another slide design with birds and had it on one side of the slide instead of a border.

 

I made more powerpoint designs with the common theme of anchors and the sea as suggested by mike. There are 5 different types of slides for different kinds of information. I tried to find patterns or designs that were repetitive and a bit less decorative than my previous ornamental designs but still border-like. A concern I had was if it kept to the russian theme. Mike, the project manager for this project, approved the designs with the wave border on the sides, the wave border on top, and the main wave pattern for the main page. I created a wooden version of this template for testing.

Powerpoint designs as of Oct.2nd

 

 

Most recent updates:

Filed Under: 2016 - 2017, Uncategorized

9/30/19

September 30, 2016 By Lauren Shafford

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Buttons! These are for the online jazz class.

 

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I also created a new profile picture for basecamp by just playing around with shapes and colors in photoshop.

Filed Under: 2016 - 2017

PSY33D Intro Slide

September 29, 2016 By Valerie Lopez

Intro Slide for Psy33D. Blocks made by fellow STA Anna Xu.

intro-slide

Filed Under: 2016 - 2017, Uncategorized

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