Today is my STA orientation~ I used photoshop to create my Basecamp avatar, and I created a short ppt for the STA handbook.
Who We Are
LAITS: IT and Facilities Director, Joe TenBarge initiated the Student Technology Assistant program in 2004. STAs are UT students who work on a variety of projects in collaboration with UT faculty and LAITS staff members. STAs assist College of Liberal Arts faculty members and administrative staff with print and web design. From building presentations, to creating audio/visual works, and producing online classes in the LAITS film studios, STAs are instrumental in helping COLA faculty realize their vision for multimedia projects that enhance their teaching and the students learning experience. By the end of their student careers, STAs have portfolios which demonstrate their accrued technical and design skills.
Creative and technically inclined students are appointed as STAs for one year, with the possibility of being rehired as long as they study at the university. Applicants for the program are hired before both long semesters. Interested students may look for postings on Hire-A-Longhorn when positions are available. Positions will have Student Technology Assistant (illustrator or web designer) in the title of the job post.
Faculty & Staff with questions about services, please contact us.
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/laits/contacts.php
By Duo
By Kathy Vong
Today was the STA Orientation. We just went through the basics, played a Photoshop icebreaker, read through the handbook, and did various assignments. I created a new Basecamp avatar:
I actually pulled the image from my portfolio site’s about page and roughly added some color in Photoshop.
It was really nice meeting all the new STAs and getting to know more about them! I’m excited to work with them on the Russian project :’)
I also drew some small illustrations for a Powerpoint presentation we had to make. We were to illustrate some points from the STA Handbook.
By Duo
By Melissa Lam
By Bridget
By Esther Shin
Wow, it’a my last day here and the work I’ve done for the past semester isn’t all in this blog; however, I am very happy to say I have learned quite a lot and met wonderful people through this STA program! I will miss being an STA and I would like to thank Chloe Kim for recommending me to Suloni to be an STA! I also would like to thank Suloni for being such a warm, kind and patient boss! I loved our conversations, your encouragements and advice! I wish I was more invested in this during my busy seasons; but, the experience was worthwhile and I got to learn and do things I never thought I would do: such as learning how to scan those old little photo slides, learning how to talk to clients and collaborating with others! And so on! Thank you for everything (I hope this wasn’t cheesy)