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2016 Pre-Conference Workshops

Sunday, June 12 | 1-5 p.m. | $100

Visual Journaling for Creative Professionals

Audrey J. Cisneros, Fine Arts and Technology Content Leader & International Baccalaureate Visual Arts Teacher, IDEA Public Schools

 

During this year’s pre-conference workshop, you’ll practice a thoughtful and hands-on approach to design using visual journaling. The session will begin with participants reflecting on your own creative style and problem-solving approach. Next, you’ll look for trends in the visual thought process of some of the industry's leading designers. After defining a strategic- and research-based approach to the design process, you’ll then work in teams to apply the method to a creative project from the initial brief to presentation-ready concepts. This fast-paced workshop is for creative professionals at all points in their career, ranging from students to senior designers. All participants will be supplied with your own 6" x 9" mixed media journal. A variety of drawing medias and collage materials will also be available for use throughout the session. Designers are encouraged to bring your own device for research, however, you’ll be highly encouraged to create using tangible materials rather than rely on design software.

 

 

Beyond the Newsroom: Strategies to Design Your Website With the Student in Mind

Sarah Tuley, Social Media Editor/Digital Content Producer, and Gabe Hernandez, Photographer, Corpus Christi Caller-Times

 

Two Corpus Christi Caller-Times professionals will present this two-part workshop covering visual and content development for a more dynamic website. Your college website is the hub for your digital presence online, and it’s often the first glimpse of your campus that a potential student sees. What first impression are you making? Current students are looking to your site to provide info about their classes, campus events and services--are those things easy to find? Learn the latest trends––including turning data into infographics, using video to make your site sing, using storyboarding for dynamic storytelling and making content platform-specific by using social media as extensions of your site, among other topics. You’ll learn how to implement your site's desktop and mobile designs to ensure you're designing your site and your content with the student in mind. You’ll also learn how to take those great shots that will make your website really pop, how to create engaging videos, how to use your iPhone or IPad and apps that news photographers use to make sure those special shots get seen. You’ll also hear how these two professionals work as a team while hearing about their tips to complete those projects directed to making your website more engaging.