Each year I encourage my students to visit sites that aggregate the latest web design trends in hopes that they will become inspired. This semester appears to be the semester of the splash page. A splash page is a page that is typically taken up by an image. Many students recruited someone to take professional [...]

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I strive to help my students understand how to visually communicate their work with people. One way of reaching people is through their  professional portfolio. If your school or department does not help students present themselves professionally online, your students will struggle finding employment. To help my future students and other people, I post my [...]

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My sophomore-level Online Media students create both professional portfolios and small team websites each semester. This is their first college classroom experience using technological tools to share their research, reporting, and stories. I select approximately one-third of their projects to publish for the CronkiteZine each semester. I wanted to share with you some of their [...]

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My students are required to create and design original content in my Online Media class. In some cases, they are allowed to include other creators’ work on their sites. I lecture briefly on copyright. This semester I decided to dedicate more time to the topic. Much misinformation exists about copyright. Mark S. Luckie lists common [...]

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It is a new semester. I have decided to rejoin the social media sphere (at least on a professional level) again. I am teaching online media this semester. If you would like to view my syllabus, please do. I break the semester into three parts: social media, visual communication and site creation. Feedback is always [...]

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I absolutely love how much easier it is to create cool online informational features. I want to share with you an easy way to create a Panorama in Photoshop. Set your camera on a tripod or hold it very steady and at the same height. Take pictures slightly turning in one direction. You want the [...]

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More news organizations are buying digital video cameras for their reporters asking them to gather video for their stories. I am supportive of this practice, however it is important to understand how people process visual information. Research conducted by Mendelson and Thorson featured in the Journal of Communication argues that there are two types of [...]

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There is an interesting research article in the Visual Communication journal addressing how digital photos are now used more often for capturing moments, rather than capturing memories. In the past, the camera belonged to the family, however today it is used more by individuals, especially young people. The digital photograph is now more about visually [...]

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