The Accessible Video Interface Notes and resources for presentation at the 2009 eLearning  in Portland, OR. The age of video on the Web is here! Both content creators and users have high expectations and you may become caught in the middle. Learn how to create an accessible media interface that will allow your institution to […]

We were supposed to have a 2hr layover in Denver. Now going on 3 with the sign still just blinks “DELAYED” At least Luis and Karen are here to keep me company.

The age of video on the Web is here! Both content creators and users have high expectations and you may become caught in the middle. Learn how to create an accessible media interface that will allow your institution to deliver high quality Flash video with closed captioning, convey a consistent design across your Web presence, […]

I was asked to give a presentation on “new media” during the 2008 ELC Inservice. Beforehand, I contacted a few of the faculty that planned to attend. They helped me decide to go the 101 route which ended up working well. For each topic, we covered: What is this thing? The good, the bad… Getting […]

“HighEdWeb is an organization of Web professionals working at institutions of higher education. We design, develop, manage and map the futures of higher education Web sites.” Each year, the organization puts on a conference where web professionals from colleges around the country gather to learn, discuss and network. I had the opportunity to attend in […]

The new camera just came in at work – a Nikon D40X. I decided to bring it home over the weekend and get some practice. Posted below are some sickeningly sweet pictures for you to enjoy. The puppy “Plinko” belongs to a friend of ours. The kitten (well more of a cat at this point) […]

The Student Success and Retention Conference was held February 8-9, 2007 at Portland State University’s University Place, 310 SW Lincoln Street Portland, Oregon. The SSR Conference was sponsored by the Joint Boards Articulation Commission, Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development, the Oregon University System, and Oregon’s community colleges.Together, Andrew Roessler and I were […]

The web team started getting requests to post pages of images. Maintaining photo galleries Flikr style seemed a bit odd for an education site. How usefully would a separate page of random images be for a prospective Mathematics student? However, I do understand that there are times where a single, static image is not enough. […]

The Smart Card Manager is an open-source alternative to Microsoft’s InfoCard. I worked for two quarters with a group developing the second stage of the project. This included the creation of an API, an agent and a GUI interface. Source code for our part of teh project can be downloaded from the trak site. Also, […]

I am not a proponent of using Flash to create entire pages. However in small doses, it can do a lot to to spruce up an HTML based site. Samantha Nagmay insisted that her portfolio site “grab the attention” of those who view it. For the front page I created a short animation that shows […]