Instructional Design Portfolio
Welcome!
I’m Mike Revenaugh, and I’ve been helping faculty and students to use technology since 2007. This page will highlight some of the projects I’ve worked on recently, and some of the people I’ve been lucky enough to work with and support.
All of the projects listed below I worked on before I realized I was an instructional designer. Through my career in higher ed, I have gravitated toward this work, picking it up and adding it to my workload. Having done all this accidentally, I would like to move forward in my career intentionally with LITS.
Faculty Support
Language Center Workshops
Each semester I hosted several introductions to the Language Center. One specifically for new Language faculty, and one open to all. Below is a keynote presentation I created for one of these sessions.
I try to provide examples of the topics I address whenever possible. Here is a quick video example I made of a news broadcast, which is a great way to have language learners present a topic of their choice. It highlights pronunciation, can use visual aids, and is relatively easy to put together.
Language Center Open Hours
I coordinated and hosted Open Hours with the Language faculty. These sessions were an opportunity for faculty to learn more about the resources offered at the Language Center, as well as technology that they might consider using in their classrooms.
As COVID pushed classes remote, asynchronous learning platforms were in high demand as instructors were seeking ways to quickly adapt their curricula. Below is a document I created as a guide to getting started on Flipgrid, an asynchronous video discussion and sharing app (now called simply Flip).
Virtual LC Open Hours
During the pandemic, I moved the Open Hours to Zoom. During these sessions I would present new technology and software, as well as answer questions about hybrid/online course environments. I would also lead discussions amongst the participants about their experiences going remote, both good and bad.
Resource Appraisals
While at the Language Center, I would evaluate new platforms and technologies for potential use in language classrooms, and write up cost/benefit analyses about them. The above keynote presentation about Flipgrid was the result of one of those analyses.
Asset Management/Rental Policies
Using AssetTiger, I created a database of the cameras, tripods, microphones, laptops, iPads, and other audiovisual equipment that the Language Center had available for student and faculty use. I also trained our student assistants in the proper procedures for signing this equipment in and out.
Zoom Buddy
I participated in LITS’ Zoom Buddy program, supporting two professors.
Artistic Review Evaluations
While at NYU Tisch Drama, I assisted with the audition process (Artistic Reviews). This involved teaching a dozen Drama Faculty how to use the custom-built review software on an iPad, as well as troubleshooting throughout the day.
Remote Artistic Reviews also took place via Zoom, for which I served as host and troubleshooter for sessions of twelve applicants at a time.
Course Support
French 298 - I hosted an orientation for Professor Stempniak’s students as well as an introduction to using GarageBand to record pronunciation exercises and submit them via Blackboard.
Korean 141 - The students of Professor Helderle’s class had a great time as they used PhotoBooth on the iMacs in the Language Center to record themselves and use those videos to assess their pronunciation.
Japanese 401 - I hosted Professor Omori’s students at the Language Center, where I taught them the basics of video dubbing using iMovie and GarageBand for a project titled “My Favorite Spot at Hamilton.”
German - I hosted a zoom presentation for Professor Burwick’s students who were putting together a two minute autobiographical slideshow. I gave them an introduction to both iMovie and VoiceThread, a collaborative media platform.
Other Multimedia
Podcasting
I produced this short podcast intro as part of the Berkeley Advanced Media Institute’s certificate program Podcasting: Telling Stories in Sound 1121.