Desk Crits

Did not produce any formal written desk crits. However, more time was spent than in past helping others with their design, critiquing and offering technical advice. Examples:

• Dicussed at length with Peg Daigle about the technical challenges and pros and cons of implementing her project in powerpoint vs. flash.
• Discussed with JP Murrell early on in his project choice technical approaches (databases, spreadsheets, etc.) he could take in developing his fantasy football project.
• Reviewed Erin Adair's Instructional Services Portal for the COE and gave suggestions for improving her site. For example, enumerating the step instructions besides the diagram rather than flowing in with the text and changing "Reality Check" to "Have another Question?"
• Reviewed Hi-Fi Design's project with Li Zhu, suggesting need to accommodate the hearing impaired by adding captioning to the audio streams as well as giving visual feedback (i.e. red "X" or green circle) around the items when clicked rather than just a gong sound since I couldn't hear either.
• Helped Jin Ling proof her paper and correct grammar as well as discussing writing in active voice vs. passive voice.
• These are just standout examples from throughout the semester, mainly because I either knew the person or the discussions were lengthly, but I did feel that overall I provided numerous constructive feedback to classmates, and certainly more so than when I was in EDIT 6190 last Fall. I attribute this to the mandatory meetings that occurred during the first half of the semester.