Reflection Post

I enjoyed this class throughout the whole year. I believe I learned a lot and am a lot more comfortable in my multimedia storytelling skills. My favorite project for the semester has to be the logo design project. While every project we did included creativity, I thought the logo took the most creativity. I liked how I was given the opportunity to make any logo design I wanted that I believed would fit my site topic. I also enjoyed using Adobe Illustrator the most. I am more of a visual learner and love creating artistic designs. This project fit what I liked perfectly. There were also many tools on Illustrator that allowed me to expand my creativity and create lots of different designs. If I didn’t like how something looked, I could easily change and tweak it to my desire.

I learned a lot of multimedia storytelling skills. I enjoyed the format of WordPress and found it extremely easy to use which was helpful. Being able to create media for other people to view is a valuable skill to have. It lets you display to people what you have in your mind. I’m not completely sure what I would like to major in just yet, but I know if it has anything to do with this class, I am a lot more prepared and confident now than I was.

Like I just said, I’m not completely sold on my career path at the moment. Multimedia content and design is absolutely something I will consider more seriously now after taking this class. All the practice we had with the different Adobe Softwares helped me better understand the class and I can apply those skills I learned in the future. The tutorials for each software helped a lot with getting used to the programs. If I come across having to use those programs again in the future I’ll be very confident in myself and my ability to create high quality content.

There isn’t really anything I wish that we had covered in the class. My expectations were met and I couldn’t have asked for much more out of the class.

I used Google multiple times during each project to look up and remind me how to do simple things in each shortcut. We learned a lot in the tutorials so there were times I forgot how to make a simple edit. After I Googled it, I quickly found what I was looking for. My memory started to remember everything from the tutorials as well. Other than Google, I didn’t use any other sites to help me very much.

Overall, I’m more than happy I decided to take this class. I had originally not signed up for Com210 in my schedule. After doing more research on the different classes WSU had to offer, I found myself really interested in taking Com210. I talked with my Academic Advisor and was able to fit it in my schedule. I’m glad I was able to make that change and hope the skills I learned will come up again in my life.