Portfolio
Here are a few examples of my professional work. I now work mostly with TechSmith Camtasia and Audacity, but I also have extensive experience with Adobe Captivate, and I’m comfortable working with either interface.
1. Document Delivery for Distance Education Students This video shows students how to find materials through different document delivery methods. I’ve created a strong narrative by relying on PowerPoint slides and Camtasia callouts throughout the piece. My voice is intentionally informal and personable to soften the blow that Document Delivery and ILL can be for library users.
2. Getting Your Research Started with the Dal Libraries Website In October 2010, Dalhousie University relaunched their web presence. The Libraries received a brand new site in the middle of the term, so its users had to re-learn where their trusted tools and resources were located. This 3-minute long instructional tutorial that was produced to introduce the new site to our users. We featured it on our blog, linked to it in e-mails, and promoted it to faculty and students in classrooms and in meetings.
3. How to Find Databases with the Dalhousie Libraries Single Search Bar In the days following the launch of the new website, our analytics showed that the above instructional tutorial worked well in the classroom but not “in the wild.” Feedback at the reference desk and usage stats showed us that users preferred an informal “how to” tutorial that explained in as little time possible how to find our resources. I produced this video, which features Picture-in-Picture video, within a day to quickly and effectively show our users how to find scholarly databases and integrate them in their work again.
4. This is your DalCard Most university and college library users suffer from having too many logins associated with their accounts. This short clip, intended for distance users but applicable to all students, demystifies the two numbers listed on a Dalhousie University identification card.
5. Searching with EBSCO Databases Dalhousie Libraries has been building online tutorials since the mid-2000s. In 2011, I refreshed an existing EBSCO tutorial to meet current web standards and the vendor’s own interface. This tutorial features extensive screen captions from both PowerPoint and the web browser to combine teaching and examples into one video.
6. Leveraging YouTube: Informing and Educating with Screencasts This is my slide deck from my Halifax PodCamp 2011 presentation on screencasting. Although some may think that screencasting is “old hat” since it’s been around for 5 or 6 years, most organizations have not had the resources or capital invest in it. This presentation outlined the costs and benefits associated with screencasting.
7. Web Publishing: Fashionable People, Questionable Things
FPQT is a blog about fashion, style, and pop culture, from Halifax. The site runs on a self-hosted install of WordPress and receives over 15,000 pageviews a month. I manage the site for FPQT and generally handle server-related issues, feeds, and analytics. I understand CSS and PHP, so I’ve made minor modifications to site design and coding, too. Edwards Magazine and Edwards Bookclub
Edwards Magazine is an Atlantic Canadian women’s lifestyle magazine, published in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. In the winter of 2009, I shifted its content from a static framework onto WordPress. Before going live, the Edwards’ CSS had to be tweaked to meet the client’s standards. Some lines of PHP also had to be re-written to allow the dynamic sliders to function properly.
8. Other Items Saint Mary’s University: Pamphlet – Accessing CANSIM through ESTAT
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