Innovative Teaching Showcase
COLOPHON
2007-2008
Designers
The following staff of the Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment contributed to the design, graphic creation, video production, and coding involved in the Innovative Teaching Showcase: Justina Brown, Yale Wolf, Joe Riehl, Karen Castro, Andriy Semenyuk, Jeff Reiter, David Van, Alex Talevich, Jenna Wilson and Ben Greene.
Design Elements
- Typefaces: Montserrat (Headings/titles), Playfair Display(Sub-headings),
Droid Sans(Text), Baskerville (videos)
All fonts used are part of Google Font
- Colors: Yellow (#D69905), Red (#D00202), Orange (#DB6005), Brown (#851619), Dark Blue (#1d2e52), Page Background (#000000), Page Background (#F7EBC6)
Software Used
- PhotoShop / Illustrator
- Dreamweaver / Visual Studio
- AfterEffects
- Premiere
Coding
- Embedded Videos - This Showcase utilizes YouTube to play movies on the "Videos" pages, which only require the Flash player. By embedding YouTube's proprietary code for each of our movies into the HTML of the player pages, the movies play seamlessly within the design of the website.
- Javascript
Image Permissions
All of the graphical design elements for the Innovative Teaching Showcase are original creations generated via in-house photography and graphic design. Photos purchased from iStock are used in accordance with iStock's content license agreement; photos obtained from Stock.xchng are used in accordance with Stock.xchng's image license agreement. All other copyrighted material on the website is used with permission.
Home Page and Design Elements
- Carmer Werder picture
Showcasee Pages
Robert Mitchell
- Portfolio
- Proximity of Western Washington University to the Lake Whatcom watershed - GoogleMaps, 2008
- Student writing (Homework study) - lovleah, 2004 (iStock)
- Student with a streamflow meter - Robert Mitchell, 2008
- Lake Whatcom Aerial - Margaret Landis, 2006
- Drinking water - Benjamin Turner, 2005 (iStock)
- Student with laptop by water (What to say) - Jake Hellbach, 2008 (iStock)
- Showcase Videos
- Intro Segment
- Music - A Secret Passageway from Beat Element by Mike Link and Harvey Taylor, 2008
- Video background: Flowing water background - Pieter Miller, 2008 (iStock)
- Animation by Karen Casto, 2008
- Movie 1:
- North peak - Matt McPhloyd (2006)
- Robert Mitchell classroom footage - Justina Brown (2008)
- Movie 2:
- Mountain stream - Matt McPhloyd, 2006 (Flickr)
- Screenshots from online thesis: Streamflow calibration of two sub-basins in the Lake Whatcom Watershed - Katherine Kelleher (2006)
- Lake Consolation - Nico97492, 2006 (Flickr)
- Day at the library - Willie B. Thomas, 2007 (iStock)
- Business meeting - Pabis Stanislaw, 2007 (iStock)
- Ladies' Bath Falls - Shiny Things, 2007 (Flickr)
- Tibet 526 - Ottmar Liebert, 2006 (Flickr)
- Movie 3:
- Lake Whatcom aerial 2 - Margaret Landis (2006)
- Lake Whatcom aerial 1 - Margaret Landis (2006)
- After the storm on Lake Whatcom - Sandra Matheson, 2008 (Flickr)
- Bloedel Donovan Park - Paint and Shoot, 2008 (Flickr)
- Lake Whatcom summer - Ben Herring, 2007 (Flickr)
- Lake Whatcom Gauges 015 - Robert Mitchell (2007)
- Lake Whatcom Gauges 007 - Robert Mitchell (2007)
- Lake Whatcom Gauges 045 - Robert Mitchell (2007)
- Lake Whatcom, Washington - Robert Ciavarro, 2008 (Flickr)
- Robert Mitchell classroom footage - Justina Brown (2008)
- Circular animation - Karen Casto (2008)
- Movie 4:
- Stream crossing - Mel Rappensuncle, 2006 (Flickr)
- Robert Mitchell classroom footage - Justina Brown (2008)
- Screenshot from Writing Tip of the Day - Robert Mitchell (2008)
- Screenshot from Surface-Water Hydrology Report Writing Template - Robert Mitchell (2008)
- Movie 5:
- The Gap of Dunloe, Killarney - Kman999, 2006 (Flickr)
- Stormy viewpoint - Steve Geer, 2005 (iStock)
- Business meeting - Pabis Stanislaw, 2007 (iStock)
- Robert Mitchell classroom footage - Justina Brown (2008)
Julia Sapin
- Portfolio
- Group of Buddhist believers - Razvan, 2006 (iStock)
- Dr. Sapin's student working with Post-it notes - Jimmy Taylor, 2008
- Gion Matsuri street festival - Razvan, 2005 (iStock)
- Dr. Sapin with students at WWU's Western Gallery - Jimmy Taylor, 2008
- Roberta Kjesrud of WWU's Writing Center working with Dr. Sapin's students - Brett from WWU Classroom Services, 2008
- Dr. Sapin working with her student - Jimmy Taylor, 2008
- Showcase Videos
- Intro Segment
- Music - Japanese Folk Music, royalty free world music from ProductionTrax.com, contributed by Gayle Ellett (BMI)
- Video background: Red draped curtain - Gabriel Schroer, 2007 (iStock)
- Animation by Karen Casto, 2008
- Movie 1:
- Kyoto bamboo grove - Martin Mette, 2007 (iStock)
- Julia Sapin classroom footage - Jimmy Taylor and Justina Brown (2008)
- Genji emaki Yokobue - Tokugawa Museum Nagoya, Japan, 1937 (public domain)
- Sei Shōnagon (965-1010s?) - picture by Kikuchi Yosai (public domain)
- Study - Nicole Holte, 2008 (stock.xchng)
- Late homework - Sanja Gjenero, 2007 (stock.xchng)
- Relaxing by the lake - Nadia Arai, 2008 (stock.xchng)
- Movie 2:
- Shwedagon Pagoda 3 - Vanessa Fitzgerald, 2007 (stock.xchng)
- Julia Sapin classroom footage - Jimmy Taylor and Justina Brown (2008)
- The Golden Temple - Leea Gilmour, 2007 (stock.xchng)
- Couple with artwork at gallery - Leighdra59, 2008 (Flickr)
- Curator's desk - Kevin Tostado, 2007 (Flickr)
- Movie 3:
- Mayan Writing 1 - Benjamin Earwicker, 2007 (stock.xchng)
- University's library 4 - Holger Dieterich, 2004 (stock.xchng)
- So many - Sanja Gjenero, 2008 (stock.xchng)
- Examination - Gokhan Okur, 2007 (stock.xchng)
- Working with computer - Vangelis Thomaidis, 2007 (stock.xchng)
- BCC Design Lab 1 - Richard Karrer, 2004 (stock.xchng)
- Around Inle Lake, Myammar - hde2003, 2007 (stock.xchng)
- Screenshot from Blackboard Discussion Board - Julia Sapin (2008)
- Screenshot from Blackboard Blog - Julia Sapin (2008)
- Shogun Garden - Altan Ramadan, 2007 (stock.xchng)
- Tutorial - René Mansi, 2008 (iStock)
- Japan - Peter Szustka, 2007 (stock.xchng)
- Movie 4:
- Haggard Hall Skybridge at WWU - Mike Lemmon (2003)
- Julia Sapin classroom footage - Jimmy Taylor and Justina Brown (2008)
- Old Main Entry at WWU - Western Washington University (2007)
- Old Main with ivy covered tree - Western Washington University (2007)
- Painter and his creation - Prakhar Amba, 2006 (Flickr)
- Kato - iStock (by Radu Razvan, 2005)
- Prof. John Pollini working with the Augustan Ara Pacis - Joe Geranio, 2008 (Flickr)
- Writing Center at WWU 1 - Jimmy Taylor (2008)
- Fine Arts building at WWU - Jimmy Taylor (2008)
- Movie 5:
- Fine Arts building at WWU - Jimmy Taylor (2008)
- Portrait of Carmen Werder - Ann Carlson (2007)
- Faculty and students working with Carmen Werder - Andriy Semenyuk (2007)
- Fellows photo animation - Karen Casto (2008)
- Girls Reading - by Tom Spitznas, 2004 (stock.xchng)
- Teaching and Learning Academy - Andriy Semenyuk (2007)
Kathleen Saunders
- Portfolio
- Students taking exam - Radull, 2006 (stockxpert)
- Teaching and Learning Academy students, faculty, and staff discussing educational issues - Andriy Semenyuk, 2007
- Kathleen Saunders teaching Cultural Anthropology - Andriy Semenyuk, 2007
- Papers to grade (Teacher's desk) - crazychristina, 2007 (iStock)
- Weekly discussion groups in Kathleen Saunders' class - Justina Brown, 2007
- Community Action website (Center for a Public Anthropology) - screen capture, 2008
- Students working on a laptop - Jason Stitt, 2006 (stockxpert)
- Mother and child reading together (story time) - Matka Wariatka, 2007 (iStock)
- Female graduating at university - Andres Rodriguez, 2007 (stockxpert)
- Student writing in notebook - Claudiad, 2006 (iStock)
- Showcase Videos
- Intro Segment
- Music - stock audio footage: Romanza (royalty free music from Digital Juice)
- Video background: Gold silk closed sun - Olga Gromova, 2007 (iStock)
- Animation by Karen Casto, 2008
- Movie 1:
- View through an old brick wall - Ray Phua, 2006 (Flickr)
- Baby eating and smiling - Mirko Pernjakovic, 2008 (iStock)
- Wait...! - Sektordua, 2006 (Flickr)
- Young family taking a stroll - Justin Horrocks, 2008 (iStock)
- Happy father and son - Niamh Baldock, 2008 (iStock)
- Quality time for children - Hulagway, 2007 (Flickr)
- Vietnamese workers - Rob Broek, 2007 (iStock)
- Inca woman and son - Sebastien Cote, 2008 (iStock)
- Walled garden - Paul Englefield, 2006 (Flickr)
- Bull jumping ceremony - David Kerkhoff, 2007 (iStock)
- Drinking - Claudia Dewald, 2008 (iStock)
- Nepal - Steve Evans, 2005 (Flickr)
- Net fishing - Mikhail Nekrasov, 2007 (iStock)
- Thrushing wheat in Egypt - Alex Pitt, 2008 (iStock)
- Movie 2:
- Boalt Hall room 103 - Umjanedoan, 2007 (Flickr)
- Waiting for class - Chris Schmidt, 2008 (iStock)
- Studying - Steven S., 2006 (Flickr)
- Writing exams - C. Carlstead, 2007 (Flickr)
- Test answers - Jason Stitt, 2006 (iStock)
- Chairmen of the Bored - PeskyMonkey, 2007 (iStock)
- Concentrated - Ralph Unden, 2006 (Flickr)
- Lecture lecture - Alan Levine, 2005 (Flickr)
- Teaching and Learning Academy - Andriy Semenyuk (2007)
- Writing Center at WWU 2 - Jimmy Taylor (2008)
- Movie 3:
- Books at library - Domas Mituzas, 2007 (Flickr)
- Checking the inventory - Ed Hidden, 2007 (iStock)
- Salmon fishing, Alaska - Debargha Mukherjee, 2006 (iStock)
- Mature businessman portrait - Jacom Stephens, 2008 (iStock)
- Library - Stewart Butterfield, 2006 (Flickr)
- Movie 4:
- Kathleen Saunders classroom footage - Justina Brown and ATUS Classroom Services (2008)
- Screenshot from Community Action Project website - retrieved 5/16/08
- Blood tubes in rack - Nancy Louie, 2005 (iStock)
- Business meeting - vm, 2008 (iStock)
- Screenshot from American Anthropological Association website: Statements on Ethics - retrieved 5/27/08
- Movie 5:
- bus stop - M. Vittis, 2007 (Flickr)
- Journals compilation - Karen Casto (2008)
- Screenshot from Blackboard Writing Models 1 - Kathleen Saunders (2008)
- Screenshot from Community Action Project website - retrieved 5/16/08
- Screenshot from Blackboard Announcements 1 - Kathleen Saunders (2008)
- Kathleen Saunders classroom footage - Justina Brown and ATUS Classroom Services (2008)
- Screenshot from Blackboard Announcements 2 - Kathleen Saunders (2008)
- Cracked wall - Leonardo Aguiar, 2007 (Flickr)
- Screenshot from Blackboard Writing Models 2 - Kathleen Saunders (2008)
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