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STAs: Student Technology Assistants

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.

Prospective STAs:

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 and Staff:

Faculty & Staff with questions about services, please contact us.

https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/laits/contacts.php

  • Audio Services: Michael C Heidenreich, Director of Studio Operations & STA Program Coordinator
  • Video Services: Kelly Webster, Video Production Supervisor, Video STA Supervisor
  • Graphic Design & Web Design Services: Suloni Robertson, Art Director / Design & Coding STA Supervisor

German Language Flyer and Vlabs Interactive Design

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German Language Program

 

The past couple shifts I continued on creating material to promote the German Language Program at UT. The first thing I did was create a poster made for digital display around campus using the same template as the last print poster I worked on. Just moved around a couple of items and changed the textual hierarchy and I was done!

 

 

Next I finished up on the German Language Program brochure/flyer which will be handed out at high schools to promote the program to prospective students. Duo made most of the brochure and its design. I just went in and added the text onto the back side of the flyer and made a couple edits at the client’s request.

 

 

 

 

 

“Last Page”

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Remember what I said in my last post..?

 

That the picture that I included was a rendition of the “last” version of the Appstore & that it was the “last” version because Jac still had to look at it? Well, I ran the design by Jac today and sat with her and Chris resizing some of the text and cards so that it looked better from a design standpoint. I won’t include a picture because Chris still has to make one final edit & because I do not want to jinx this “last” version!

 

So everyone, please follow the GIF’s instructions for me!

GIF

 

more v-labs + Canvasser training

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V-LAAAAAAABS!

wow look at dem teeth

 

Aside from V-Labs, I also learned more about canvasser and how we will be using it to make the interactives for the labs. It was a little confusing, but I think I’ll get the hang of it.

That’s all for this shift 🙂

The Second Page begins…

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Round 2!!

So now that the home page is done it’s time to move on to the next page for the UT Appstore. I wish I’d taken more progress shots of the website as I was building it, so here is a shot of the barebones that I’ll be working with.

Yeah.. as you can see she’s looking a bit rough right now! No worries though, we’ll fix her up in no time. Stay tuned for her adventure!!!

Appstore Home Page

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The home page is finally here…

Chris & I have come up with the “last” version of the Appstore homepage. I say “last” because Jac still has to look over this and I’m sure some changes will need to be made in the future. As of right now, the Appstore looks like this.

I’m honestly just astounded that Chris was able to take my simple code and make it look like this! As you can see, he was able to override some of Bootstrap’s rule which I wasn’t able to and make UI better by bettering the responsiveness of the text and the headers and footers. Overall, it was a great experience and I learned so much about Bootstrap and CSS in general. I think that having built the homepage and the framework (the header, footer, background etc.) will make it easier and quicker for me to build the other pages.