Higher Ed projects that make distance learning engaging

Art and Digital Media

Propaganda graphic/photographic

Students use Spark Page to compare propaganda posters with 1930s-1940s photos

Humanities

Analyze a music video

Students use Spark Video to analyze and develop an argument about a music video and its relationship to society, politics, and culture

Science

Stop gap motion

Students use Rush to create a stop motion film on a compelling topic

Social Sciences

Blog for social justice and community engagement

Students use Spark Page to craft a blog related to social justice

Careers

Career genogram and timeline

Students use XD to create a career genogram and timeline to think about familial influence

Humanities

Edit opinions

Students use Acrobat to show their thinking about political and social rhetoric by annotating portions of an op-ed

Art and Digital Media

Remix and match a topic

Students use Rush to select a topic and remix it by creating a video

Humanities

Culture in context

Students use Audition to create a podcast about culture

Careers

Build a Portfolio

Students use InDesign to create a portfolio of their college career

Science

STEM TV

Students use Rush to explore a STEM topic in an engaging television format

Humanities

Scholarly concept video

Students use Premiere Pro to create a video about a concept

Science

Communicate current science

Students use Spark Video to express the findings of a research article in a video

Careers

Understand occupations

Students use Illustrator to create a career infographic

Art and Digital Media

Reanimating historical photographs

Students use Premiere Pro to reanimate Muybridge’s photographs in order to see what they looked like in motion

Social Sciences

Invented necessities

Students use InDesign to create a zine that identifies and traces the effects of a handful of technologies

Humanities

Tell a travel story

Students use Acrobat to bring travel texts to life

Science

The art of science

Students use InDesign to observe and photograph aesthetic phenomena in the natural world and share via a photo essay

Humanities

Anatomy of a podcast

Students use Audition to explore how production impacts narrative

Art and Digital Media

Create a video tour of a work of art

Students use Premiere Pro or Rush to create a personalized video tour of a piece of art

Social Sciences

Archive dive

Students use Spark Page to analyze a folder of primary sources and craft an original historical argument

Art and Digital Media

Create an interactive map

Students use XD to create an interactive map

Science

Science in translation

Students use InDesign to translate specialist scientific discourse for non-specialist audiences

Art and Digital Media

Create an interactive directory

Students use XD to create an interactive directory

Humanities

Literary exploration with mobile app design

Students use XD to design an educational mobile app exploring a literary text

Art and Digital Media

Exhibition brochure

Students use InDesign to design a brochure for an imagined exhibition

Careers

Video resume

Students use Spark Video to create a video resume

Art and Digital Media

Art in perspective

Students use Photoshop to create a composite photograph of their own design to match the original artwork

Humanities

Monumental podcast stories

Students use Audition to create an audio narrative that monumentalizes a object, artifact, event, or idea

Art and Digital Media

Visualize your dream

Students use Photoshop to play with scale and create their own surrealistic “dream” scene

Art and Digital Media

Design your personal brand

Students use Illustrator to create a logo and stationery set to represent their personal brand

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