Elizabeth McAlister

Category: Graphic Design

  • Elective Course – Group Project elements

    For an elective course taken early 2021, I worked with three other classmates to create a module aimed at Professional Development for School of Education faculty. It could be done using Articulate 360, Rise 360, etc., but had to be housed in and feed analytics into Canvas. We opted to do ours using only tools we knew were available to UAB faculty (Articulate is not). Our goal was to not only provide professional development, but also to show the faculty what Canvas is capable of. 

    Our team did a module covering chapters 10-12 of our text: Clark, R. C., & Mayer, R. E. (2016). E-learning and the science of instruction: proven guidelines for consumers and designers of multimedia learning. Wiley. Part of my contribution to the initial analysis phase was the goal analysis. We worked together to decide on goals and instructional material. I was also responsible for creating the graphic introducing each section, used Canva to create them. and UAB’s branding site guidelines for colors.

    chart outlining process of analysing learning goals
    Goal Analysis

    Applying the Segmenting and Pretraining Principles: Managing Complexity by Breaking a Lesson into Parts:

    Explains Segmenting and Pre-Training Principles, Managing complexity. Segmenting: Essential Overload caused by too much interrelated information coming in at one time. Break a complex lesson into bite-size segments (1-2 major steps). This allows the learner to focus on relevant information, that is, essential processing. Pre-Training: Essential Overload caused by too much unfamiliar information. Identifying key concepts before getting into the lesson allows the learner to focus on the overall concept (essential processing).

    Engagement in eLearning:

    Image showing 5 principles of Engagement in e-Learning. Focus on relevant material. Mentally organize it into a clear concept. Integrate it with relevant prior knowledge. Doing does not necessarily lead to learning (Behavioral Engagement). Promote appropriate cognitive processing (Psychological Engagement).

    Leveraging Examples in eLearning:

    Image showing 6 principles to effectively use examples to promote learning.

  • Elective Course – Individual Projects (Article Review, Informative Comic, Infographic)

    In an elective course taken early 2021, we were assigned to do three individual challenges (the course itself was primarily group work). The three I chose were an article review, creation of a comic strip explaining a concept from our textbook, and creation of an infographic explaining a concept from our textbook.

    Course Text: Clark, R. C., & Mayer, R. E. (2016). E-learning and the science of instruction: proven guidelines for consumers and designers of multimedia learning. Wiley.

    Article Review

    Review an article from a professional, peer-reviewed, research oriented journal. Include a summary of the article, the value I felt it brought to the profession, the contribution I feel this made to my understanding of the subject matter, and ideas for new research generated from the article. I was actually disappointed with this article, but didn’t have time to find a new one. Besides, not everything can get two thumbs up.

    pdf available upon request

    Informative Comic Strip

    Create an informative comic strip expressing application of the content matter we have been covering.

    I decided to do a strip regarding the concept of the Segmenting Principle. available upon request

    Infographic

    Take the information you have learned and create an Infographic. I chose to do mine on a chapter from our text covering how people learn which, as it turns out, is essentially an overview of Mayer’s Principles of Multimedia Learning. available upon request

  • Multimedia Design – Compilation of Course Projects

    Link to course compilation of Multimedia Design assignments

    Course Assignment Recap

    The final project for the Multimedia Design course was to create a “course” detailing each assignment.

    • Articulate Storyline
    • Rise 360
    • Quizmaker and Engage (Articulate 360)
    • Peek and Replay (Articulate 360)
    • Camtasia

    Link to Course

    Disclaimers: 

    The Quizmaker and Engage project is rather random. The purpose of the assignment was to utilize as much of the two programs as possible and then compile it into one Storyline “course.”  As I was posting this, I realized that I did not update the placeholder text to reflect the assignment details. Unfortunately, my trial membership had expired and I’m unable to update it at this time. The assignment details were:

    1. Use Quizmaker 360 to create 10 quiz slides from three built-in question categories. Include 4 Graded Questions, 4 Survey Questions, and 2 Freeform Questions. Save it to my computer.
    2. Use Engage 360 to create 10 interaction slides from 20 built-in interaction templates. Save it to my computer.
    3. Open Storyline, import the quiz and engage slides that you saved to the current story scene, add transitions, then publish the story.

    Second Camtasia assignment: The assignment was to “either use Camtasia to record my computer screen as a screen cast video clip or download a video clip from YouTube.” I ended up putting multiple videos together* and created, essentially, an homage to Eddie Van Halen, who died October 2020 from cancer. As such, there are clips in the video that are copyrighted (and not by me). Links to the source videos and material are in the video description and the video is only accessible through the link in the course.

    *Personal “proud” moment was syncing up the music track of “Eruption” to match the video track of a live performance!

  • Articulate360 – Storyline360 Mini-course on GME Compliance

    Link to course on GME Compliance0

    Course: Multimedia Design
    Assignment: Create a course on any topic to include the use of Storyline templates, a quiz, a video, and a slide created from blank. Because I was unable to find an appropriate video already made, I opted to make an intro video of my own.

    For the topic, I took the opportunity to create a mini-course that could be used with our GME Coordinator Onboarding program which, because of COVID, is being redesigned and moved from in-person presentations to virtual. This portion on annual compliance is part of a larger presentation on the role of the GME Office.

    Articulate Storyline Course

    Intro Video for course was created using Doodly.

  • Designed to SCALE: A Model for Small-Group, Complex Learning

    Course: Alternate Instructional Design and Development Models

    Often in our field we are called to be innovative and utilize the tools we have to solve a problem in a way that may be outside of the box.  Things don’t always line up or fit in the squares we want them to. We need to be able to innovate and develop an IDD model that works for our client, our team, and ourselves as a designer.  For this report, I was tasked with identifying a gap in the current models used in our field and then find a way to close the gap, supporting my design and decisions with research.

    pdf available upon request

  • This Website

    I’m honestly not sure where to start in describing all that has gone into creating this website. Lots of Photoshop. Lots of exploring different WordPress themes before finally deciding to build my own. Eventually. For now, I’m okay with this one.

    Header image: I’ve used this image in multiple places for a good 3-4 years now, so it shouldn’t surprise me that I decided to use it as a focal image and color inspiration for my site. I got it (and the VAST majority of others) from Pixabay and, unfortunately, have long lost the information in order to provide an attribute. Pixabay doesn’t require it, but if I can do it, I’d like to because there are some truly talented people who contribute to that site! The font, Timberline, came from Adobe Fonts. It was a toss-up between it and one called Lamar Pen. I like them both, but my daughter, who has an awesome eye for design herself, said, “Timberline” and I agreed.

    Images on Home page: The flower is a photo I took in the gardens at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Huntsville, Alabama. I’m pleasantly surprised that I like the parallax effect. Normally, I’m not a fan because it makes me dizzy. My only guess is that it’s because I’ve only used it on a portion of the page where most sites seem to use it over the entire page and site.

    Category button images:

    1. Instructional Design base image by Mediamodifier. I added Instructional Design-specific images and text to it.
    2. Graphic Design image by JL G. I added text.
    3. Writing image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images. I added a background, texture, and text.
    4. Music image by Efes Kitap.

    For how brief this post is, I promise there was a lot of time and effort poured into creating this site. Especially after I inadvertently crashed our main site and my darling sys admin/husband had to recreate the database to get it back. Despite that, he helped me find and get this domain and has set up a dev site for me to play with and experiment with creating themes! Yeah, he’s a brave man.

    Disclaimer: If what you see here is different from how the actual site appears, it’s because I made changes and then forgot to update this post to reflect said changes

  • Program Coordinator Onboarding Curriculum

    2018-2020: With the Program Administrators and Coordinators Leadership Team, developed a 6-month rolling curriculum for onboarding new Program Coordinators in Graduate Medical Education (GME). Sessions cover six topic areas: Getting Started, Accreditation, GME Requirements and Processes, Onboarding/Offboarding, Recruitment, and Professional Development. Each team member is able to co-present on any given session but have specific assignments based on area of expertise.

    2020-present: Because of COVID, the in-person sessions were stopped. Additionally, because we all had to learn how to do our jobs remotely and via Zoom, the onboarding curriculum was essentially put on hold. In March 2021, the GME Education Coordinator and I became Power-Users in UAB’s Campus Learning LMS (Docebo) and are working with two other members who are passionate about education to move the curriculum into a self-paced format. 

    The initial project was written up, submitted, and accepted as a poster presentation for the 2019 Association of Hospital Medical Education conference.

    Craft J, Fleming R, Pickens T, Freiger B, Butler K, Chandler R, Chambless S, McAlister E, Millette N, Veazey M, Whitehead J. (2019). Program Coordinators Onboarding—It Takes a Village to Be Successful. Association for Hospital Medical Education 2019 AHME Institute; Savannah, GA.

    Abstract. In AY 2013, a Program Administrator and Coordinator Leadership Team (PACLT) was established to provide mentoring to Program Coordinators (PC). PACLT members are experienced in GME and represent residency and fellowship programs. Members routinely present best practices at the monthly institution-wide PC meetings and meet regularly with the GME Director (GMED) to identify quality improvement activities. Through collaboration, a GME PC Manual (PCM) was developed. Recognizing that the ACGME Next Accreditation System is continuously evolving, there is need to frequently create new institution-level processes. With an average of one new PC per month, the group determined that a standardized and comprehensive program was needed to effectively prepare PC for internal and external requests.

    The objective of this activity was to develop a comprehensive PC Onboarding Program (PCOP) to prepare new PC for their important role.  Key components were to include: 1) monthly learning sessions (LS); 2) individualized training meetings with the GME Education Coordinator (GMEEC); 3) a listing of institutional resources; 4) a calendar of GME deadlines; and 5) opportunities for professional development.

  • Presentation: Emotional Intelligence: What’s DISC got to do with it?

    Presented Oct 2018 to a group of subspecialty fellowship coordinators. The goal of the presentation was to explain what Emotional Intelligence is and how it ties in with our communication styles (we had recently taken the DISC assessment).

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  • Book Cover Design

    Book Cover Design

    Created cover art for his first book, All Nighter at L&L Pub (I was also a reader/editor). The image he had in his head was something like a pub you might find in The Hobbit and he wanted the title to include the pub’s signage.

    The original image is from Ingo Jakubke on Pixabay (creative commons licensing; the image I’ve uploaded here is smaller/low-res). Using photoshop, I cleaned up various business-related stickers that were in the windows, removed the goldschmiede atelier signage, moved the Nürtinger Keller sign to the doorpost, removed the ornamentation that had been on top of the sign-post and the business’s name, then added L&L Pub. I would have loved to have kept the ornamentation on that signpost, but enough of it was cut out of the picture that including it would have been a challenge.

    According to the photographer, this is in Tuscany, which confused me since the signage is German (though I did find a couple 2007 stories about a German travel company buying a Tuscan village, so… maybe??)

    After the ministry’s name change, the cover was updated again to add the new name, logo, and website.

  • Logo “Refurb”

     

    Logo “Refurb”

    Recreated original logo for Storytelling Apologetics Ministry (now Echoed Calls). The image the author was using was originally done in MS Paint (I know!) and quality had degraded with use. I was able to match all of the original elements, making it almost identical to his original.