I have learned a lot this summer working with content manager. A lot of it is making sure everything is placed right and is readable to people passing by. With so much information being put onto one template I had to design in a way that was simple so it would not seem too crowded on the template but interesting enough to grab people's attention. Working with Ben Tonak was great because he would push me to make my designs better and more interesting. He gave me a lot of great feedback and suggestions which has help me to design better ads. I have also been able to work with a lot of people designing ads for their organizations so I have had a lot of business interaction. I am also able to work with my boss Kim Zaft and Michael Pule who works on the ASUW content manager to bounce ideas and get help with the content manager. Everybody has been really helpful and great to work with. Soon we will be getting new templates for the screen so the design on the screen might change completely but it is something I am looking forward to so I can keep working on making things look better and more interesting to people passing by. I think this new program is a great way to get information out to students and other people about what is going on in the Union and the events that are happening. When I first started doing this internship I was really nervous because they kind of just handed it over to me and I was not sure I could do it, but people have been great to work with and I am really enjoying working on the project. I have received many complements on my work and feel I will progress even further with this project. So there will be more to come.......:)

Food Court

This template is in the food court. The large region is for the ads about involvement and the ads for food service are in the lower right hand side. The weather is underneath and the scrolling text. The far right side is for campus announcements. The time and date is in the upper left hand corner.

SLCE and CAC Office

This template is right outside the SCLE and CAC Offices. The large area is for the different organizations in the Union and in the lower left hand box it says what its about, when meetings are held and where they are held. SO for instance when Friday Night Fever has their meetings it tells what time they are at each week and where they are at. The weather is in the lower right hand box with the current temp, the temp for today and the temp for tomorrow. The large right hand box is for UW Campus Announcements and the lower right hand side box is for the ads like food service and other events happening.

Events Office

This is the Events Office Template at the top of the stairs on the second floor in the Union. The large part is for what meetings are going on in each room in the Union. It is an excel document so that Robert who works at the events office can put in the info each day and it will appear on the template. The weather is underneath and scrolling text at the bottom. On the right side is a static picture welcoming new students and the ads are underneath alternating. The time and date are in the upper left hand corner.

Information Desk

This is the finished template for the information desk. The ads are the biggest section with the weather underneath. On the right side there is info on what tickets are on sale at the info desk along with the UW Football Tickets on sale. Then scrolling text is at the bottom of the template that has CNN Nation News, Yahoo News, and UW News.

Ads

Each ad that I designed I put on the template and they alternate every 15 seconds. They also have to be programmed and set to the right time.

UW Football Tickets

This is what the region looks like after I put in all the information. I switches every 15 seconds to a different game and shows the date, opponent, location, time, and ticket prices for students, faculty, and families.

UW Football Tickets

I also had to put the information for the football tickets in a region. This contented to an excel file that will automatically update so John at the information desk can just put in the information and will come up on the screen.

Campus Announcements

After the information was put into the region and lined up it came out like this on the template.

Campus Announcements

Each content then has to be placed in the region according to how I want it to look on the template.

Campus Announcements

Each content has properties that have to be set like how long it runs and how often it needs to be updated.

4 Day Forecast

This is how I placed the 4 other days of weather for the region. I had to first line up the top part that says Day with the box on the actual template and then aligned the rest of the information with it. I also used this to make the background for the current weather just using the image to match the rest of the week.

Current Temperature

This what it looks like when placing the information for the current weather in the region. I used this to put on top of the region while having just one day weather and using the weather picture like the other four days so that way it would match. It has the current temperature and the direction and wind speed.

Weather

At first the weather just showed what the temperature would be today and the next 3 or 5 days, however many days was wanted, it did not show the current temperature. I worked with Micheal Pule to find a feed that would show the current temperature and then was able to combine it with the the other weather feed.

Template

This is what it looks like when I am in the Content Manager Program. This is the template I used for all four of the televisions in the Union. Each box is a region that I can put content in like ads, news feeds, and other information that is going on in the Union. The different content on the side is how I create what goes into the different regions for example, weather. I have to set up how it's going to look when it's inside the defined region.

Wyoming Union Summer Hours

I used the same typeface as the logo for consistency and the same color of the logo for the type. The picture is of the union and works for summer hours since it's sunny out.

Multicultural Student Leadership Initiative (MSLI) Redone

The background needed texture instead of the flat black background before.

Multicultural Student Leadership Initiative (MSLI)

Gallery 234 Redone

Not that much is changed except the place and hours of the gallery are larger to get attention and the text is cut down.

Gallery 234

First-Year Institute (FYI!) Redone

The background needed texture instead of just a radial gradient. It's more interesting and not as intense as the gradient.

First-Year Institute (FYI!)

Campus Activities Center (CAC) Redone

The bright blue background was to much so I used a light background with some texture for more interest. The little figures from the logo looked like clip art so I took those away and highlighted the titles with the colors from the logo which grabs attention.

Campus Activities Center(CAC)