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Center for Instructional
Innovation and Assessment

INNOVATIVE TEACHING SHOWCASE

2009
2010
Jason Kanov
David Shull
Larry Symons
COLOPHON

2009-2010

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

  • Graphic design: Justina Brown, Carson Johnston
  • Video footage and production: Karen Casto
  • Animated video introductions: Ian Couch, Rob Capelluto
  • AJAX, scripting and CSS coding: Jeff Reiter, Matt Forbes
  • Web development: Justina Brown, Matt Forbes

Design Elements

  • Typefaces: Montserrat (Headings/titles), Playfair Display(Sub-headings), Droid Sans(Text), Baskerville (videos)
    All fonts used are part of Google Font
  • Colors: Green (#336600), Red (#cc0000), Orange (#ff3300), Medium Blue (#2b587c), Dark Blue (#1d2e52), Page Background (#d9e7f0), Page Background (#ccc)

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

  • 3D and vector art - Carson Johnston, WWU graphic design student, 2010

 

Showcasee Pages

JASON KANOV

  • Portfolio
    • Jason Kanov's Mgmt. 311 class - Justina Brown, 2010
    • Marionette controller - iStock, Mehmet Ali Cida (2010)
    • Getting a C Grade (graded on the Curve) - iStock, Robert Deal (2005)
    • Stack of Papers to Grade (The beginning...) - flickr, Paula Peedyk (2009)
    • Surprised student (Frazer and kitchen) - flickr, rockbadger (2007)
    • Guest Speaker - iStock, James Steidl (2009)

 

  • Showcase Videos
    • Interviews conducted and recorded by Justina Brown and Karen Casto
    • Captioning by Alissa French, WWU student, 2010
    • Videographer: Karen Casto
    • Campus and interview footage: Robert Capelluto
    • Management 311 classroom footage: Justina Brown
    • Animations: Karen Casto

    • Intro Segment
      • Music - Dolphins in my bathroom, by A.K.1974, creative commons license, www.jamendo.com
      • Stop Motion Animation by Ian Couch and Rob Capelluto, WWU students, 2010

     

    • Movie 1: Managing the Context
      • Business Meeting - flickr, Isirtosky (2006)
      • Management Students at WWU - courtesy Dan Purdy, MBA program, CBE
      • Danish customer centric meeting - flickr, SAP_CRM (2009)

     

    • Movie 2: Motivating Students
      • Management Students at WWU - courtesy Dan Purdy, MBA program, CBE
      • 8:00 am class - flickr, Robert S Donovan (2009)
      • Management Students at WWU - courtesy Dan Purdy, MBA program, CBE

     

    • Movie 3: Logistics of Large Classes
      • Mother, son, father - flickr, permanently scatterbrained (2007)
      • Spinning clock animation - Ian Couch (2010)

     

    • Movie 4: Teaching as Performance
      • Empty Cinema - iStock, Ference Szelepcsenyi (2009)
      • Microphone - iStock, Sean_Warren (2006)

     

    • Movie 5: Achieving Teaching Goals
      • Business Models by Design - flickr, World Economic Forum (2008)


DAVID SHULL

  • Portfolio
    • Cove at Larrabee State Park - flickr, (Complicated, 2005)
    • LEAD Project - LEAD (2010)
    • David Shull's Environmental Science 101 Class - Rob Capelluto, 2010
    • Not afraid to get her hands dirty - flickr, Colleen Taugher (2009)
    • Inslee floor speech - flickr, Jay Inslee (2007)
    • Stack of Papers with Recycle Symbol - iStock, (cogal, 2009)
    • YouTube movies:
      • The Green Knight - Joseph Sacks, Mat Steinberg, Mac Hamilton, Soren Kounts (2009)
      • ESci Boyz- Precipitation - wwupinkerton (2010)
      • Rewind - Jamin (2010)
      • ESI: Environmental Science Investigators - Austin Bridges (2010)

 

  • Showcase Videos
    • Interviews conducted and recorded by Justina Brown and Karen Casto
    • Captioning by Alissa French, WWU student, 2010
    • Videographer: Karen Casto
    • Campus, interview, and ES 101 footage: Robert Capelluto
    • Animations: Karen Casto

    • Intro Segment
      • Music - Dolphins in my bathroom, by A.K.1974, creative commons license, www.jamendo.com
      • Stop Motion Animation by Ian Couch and Rob Capelluto, WWU students, 2010
    • Movie 1: Learning Environmental Science
      • Forest Trail - flickr, qwrrty (2009)
      • Deepwater Horizon fire, courtesy U.S. Coast Guard
      • Visible Earth Project , courtesy NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center

    • Movie 2: Large Class Service Learning
      • Library Guy - iStock, Don Bayley (2008)
      • WWU students doing service learning project, Photo courtesy of L.E.A.D, Western Washington University http://www.wwu.edu/lead/
      • Students at Outback Farm, photo courtesy of L.E.A.D, WWU
      • WWU students doing service learning project, photo courtesy of L.E.A.D, WWU
      • Outback farm, photo courtesy of L.E.A.D, WWU
      • Photo courtesy of L.E.A.D, WWU
      • Students at Outback Farm, photo courtesy of L.E.A.D, WWU
      • Students at Outback Farm, Photo courtesy of L.E.A.D, WWU

    • Movie 3: Critical Thinking in Large Classes
      • Controversial environmental topics, Karen Casto

    • Movie 4: Maintaining Objectivity
      • O'Shaughnessy Dam, Yosemite National Park - flickr, Joe Shlabotnik (2007)
      • Al Gore - flickr, jurvetson (2010)
      • Corn Field - flickr, Jams_123 (2007)
      • Oil drilling platform in the Santa Barbara channel - flickr, Mike Baird (2009)

    • Movie 5: Going Papterless
      • Paper Stack Animation - Ian Couch (2010)
      • Email Screen Cap - Karen Casto (2010)


LARRY SYMONS

  • Portfolio
    • Larry Symons teaching Psychology 101 - Andriy Semenyuk (2010)
    • Students walking through WWU's campus - Mike Lemmon (2003)
    • Showing Video in Class (Business Seminar) - iStock, (vm, 2007)
    • Coke vs. Pepsi? - flickr, StormchaserMike Photography (2008)
    • Big Spanish Castle Illusion - johnsadowski.com, John Sadowski (2010)
    • Online Psychology Exam - Ian Couch (2010)
    • Office Life (computer lab) - iStock, Chris Schmidt (2007)

 

  • Showcase Videos
    • Interviews conducted and recorded by Justina Brown and Karen Casto
    • Captioning by Alissa French, WWU student, 2010
    • Videographer: Karen Casto
    • Campus footage: Ian Couch
    • Psychology 101 classroom footage: Andriy Semenyuk
    • Interview footage: Robert Capelluto
    • Animations: Karen Casto

    • Intro Segment
      • Music - Dolphins in my bathroom, by A.K.1974, creative commons license, www.jamendo.com
      • Stop Motion Animation by Ian Couch and Rob Capelluto, WWU students, 2010
    • Movie 1: Designing Large Classes
      • Heyyyy! - stock.xchng, anissat (2005)
      • The baby sitter twins - flickr, deneyterrio (2007)
      • Twins - stock.xchng, wax115 (2004)
      • Twin sisters - flickr, CharlotteSpeaks (2009)

    • Movie 2: Engaging Students' Attention
      • Green Beetle - flickr, Shek Graham (2006)
      • Happy Faces from Bhutan - flickr, laihiu (2009)
      • Sad, sad, sad - flickr, Orin Zebest (2007)
      • Sacred? Weird? - flickr, Ateo Fiel (2005)

    • Movie 3: Taking Exams Online
      • Online Psychology Test - courtesy Ian Couch

    • Movie 4: Writing in Large Classes
      • Shamu Jumping - flickr, jlantzy (2008)
      • Student Collapsing under grading load - photo sequence coutesy Ian Couch
      • Behind the scenes - flickr, vancouverfilmschool (2009)

    • Movie 5: Students as Consumers
      • Paying Off Debt - flickr, quaziefoto (2007)




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