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Wow, I can't believe today's the day! At long last, it's time for me to present my final(ish) capstone project for my Media Publishing class! Sound the trumpets, and click here to view it in all its glory! So to address the elephant in the room, my initial plan to recreate the voter registration form in Microsoft Powerpoint/Google Slides simply didn't pan out the way I'd hoped, despite various attempts to find the proper configurations. To quote the great Hell's Kitchen overlord, Chef Gordon Ramsay: "Great concept, terrible execution." Thus I was left with little choice but to try to perfect my original Google Sheets prototype, heeding as much of my professor and peers' feedback as I could. And as I suspected, I couldn't find the time to create that state-specific voter info pamphlet, so I scrapped it entirely and focused upon making my voter registration form as great as possible. Some key modifications I made from the prototype include:
A couple things that I was unable to accomplish, but would like to figure out if this form were to be released for widespread use involve:
Thanks for sticking by me all this time! I'm incredibly proud of what I've produced this semester and I've taken great value from the experience overall - hopefully y'all share similar sentiments. That's about all I have for you, and I'll leave you with a Melodramatic Mike Drop™!
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Hello, everyone! Well, here we are, a mere week away from me submitting my final capstone project (before revisions). What an exciting, but also somewhat terrifying, prospect! On Monday I had an individual conference with my Media Publishing professor, so now I'm tasked with providing another update for y'all. This shouldn't take too long, but here we go: So as far as the voter registration form is concerned, it looks like I'll be sticking with my initial idea of providing a slide presentation ... well, sort of. You see, my professor and I agreed that Google Sheets wasn't the optimal platform for creating a fillable, physical/online hybrid document. So instead, I'll be using Microsoft Powerpoint (or Google Slides) to recreate my color and black & white forms, incorporating my professor and peers' suggestions. There's a little-known feature that allows me to adjust the slide size, so I'll certainly make good use of it to create my horizontally oriented, copy paper-sized forms. With the voter information pamphlet, I'll have to play it by ear. I've already decided to scale it back and only cover Avon's town hall candidates - and honestly this makes more sense anyway if I'm operating off of the November 5, 2019 municipal election timeline - but even then I may not have enough time to create a high-quality product. One appealing alternative would be to simply apply a hyperlink to each state star (although for now, I'd really only bother doing that with Connecticut's) that would allow registered voters to access official, unbiased voter information. My initial intent behind the pamphlet was to increase accessibility for those using physical materials, but considering my project's hybrid nature, perhaps it'd be redundant for me to create "original content" containing information that's readily available already. I must admit that I'd be somewhat disappointed to have to take this route, as I'd feel that my project's scope was dispropportionately smaller than the time period I was allotted to work on it, but it's a sacrifice that I'm willing to make if it'll benefit me and my project as a whole. That's about all I have for you today! Look out for my final capstone project on November 22, and until next time, I'll leave you with a Melodramatic Mike Drop™! Hello, everyone! Yes, it's been some time since I last posted, but I have another quick exercise to undertake regarding my capstone project! This time around, I'll be conducting an audit (no, not the financial kind, don't worry!) in relation to its accessibility, using Eyman et al.'s "Best Practices for Creating Accessible Digital Texts" as my primary guide. Ok, here goes nothing: As a creator:
As an editor:
That's about all I have for you today! Hopefully I've made this auditing process, ahem, accessible for y'all! Look out for my project trailer on Facebook and Twitter tomorrow at 10 AM (Election Day, baby!), and until next time, I'll leave you with a Melodramatic Mike Drop™! |
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