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TGDP Banner First Draft

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TGDP Banners

Banner 8 First Draft

Project: TGDP Banner Exhibition
Client /Prof: TGDP
Completion Status: To be finished fall 2023 semester
Staff Guidance: Valerie
Description: Learning the ropes and first draft.

This week, I took over one of Adrian’s longstanding projects, designing banners for the Texas German Dialect Project. I am beyond grateful for his thorough documentation and template because it is certainly a challenge to fit in such diverse content into a specified dimension and make it all look the same as the others. I’ve also enjoyed reading the history as a side bonus to working on this project!

isaiah ~ week 011

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Week 11

ocean’s eleven

  JUNE 27th – 29th

 

I completed some Google Analytics tasks using Airtable. I was assigned to extrapolate data for all of the university’s websites by projecting the total number of user sessions over the course of a year. I originally calculated by hand, but ran into many mistakes, so I decided to optimize my workflow using Chat GPT-3. I began developing a Calculator Prompt for GPT. I originally though it would allow me work at a more efficient pace while also providing accurate results; however, I soon learned that Chat GPT – being an AI language model – can’t solve mathematic equations.

Google Analytics

 

Original Math

 

Airtable Spreadsheet

 

I also met with Stacy and LAITS Desktop Support for some training using WordPress’ user interface. After the meeting, I forwarded screenshots via Slack to help Desktop Support walkthrough any further questions they had.

 

isaiah ~ week 010

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Week 10

shang-chi and the legend of the ten rings

JUNE 20th – 22rd

 

I continued building my tic-tac-toe game using html, css, and javascript. I used source code editor, Visual Studio Code, and Google Chrome in order to display the game’s user interface.

 

 

Tic Tac Toe Game

 

 

 

javascript file – applies action to user interface

 

 

I had trouble debugging the loop assigned for winning combinations. I am still troubleshooting and will hopefully have this solved soon.

 

TXDST Lesson Plan Page

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TXDST Web Redesign

Lesson Page UI Design

Project: TXDST Website Redesign
Client /Prof: TXDST
Completion Status: To be finished fall 2023 semester
Staff Guidance: Stacy
Description: Initial designs for lesson plan landing page.

I’ve gotten back into working on TXDST web redesign tasks, starting with working on the initial design for the lesson plans segment of the website. Here are two iterations for the landing page and an iteration of an individual lesson plan.

 

UTFC Image Tracking (once more!)

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UTFC Greenscreens

Image Sourcing & Cataloging

Project: UTFC Greenscreen
Client /Prof: Internal
Completion Status: Ongoing
Staff Guidance: Valerie
Description: Finding original source of images and sourcing new public domain images.

Now that Module 7 has begun approval, I’ve been working through the modules with approved revisions, and tracking them as usual.

 

Week 6/13 – 6/21

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UTFC Greenscreen Edits

Project: UTFC Image Sourcing
Notes: For the past few weeks, our team has been assigned with locating the original image sources for the UTFC greenscreen modules and gathering fresh public domain images. All of the photos for Course 2 for UTFC have been sourced and replaced by Adrian, Luisa, and I, and approvals and modifications for the replacements have begun to come in. The next step is to review and respond to each revision feedback. Some comments emphasize finding a brand-new image, while others discuss cropping and Photoshop adjustments that may be applied to the selected image to make it better. I included a spreadsheet I created down below.

 

UTFC Logo Design 

Project: Connexions Francophones Logo
Notes: For this project, I was assigned with developing keywords/symbols and sketches for the French Online Textbook logo. I’m redesigning my logo to be more in-tune with learning, people, and connections. The main goal of mine for this logo design is to create something timeless, advertiseable, and something like a trademark.