Sara Newman

web designer & consultant, teacher, instructional designer, eLearning & TLC director, online applications administrator, and technology integration specialist

College eLearning Director, managing all eLearning operations: online instructional applications, support and services
Teaching & Learning Center (TLC) Director: Trains faculty, administrators and staff how to integrate current pedagodgy and technical solutions in the classroom, to achieve college goals, and hires, directs and supports TLC Associates (faculty leaders)
Web designer/developer/consultant who has co-built custom applications for surveys, content management, document storage and specialized projects
IT/Web instructor specializing in HTML5, CSS3, UX fundamentals, best practices and web career strategies
Instructional Services Administrator: SSC’s Canvas, Tegrity, Collaborate and Google Apps for Education (GA4E)

Development: Adobe Creative Suite, Google Applications, Microsoft Office Suite, Windows/Mac OS fluent
Languages: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Frameworks (like Bootstrap) and PHP -- emphasis on adaptive responsive design
Technologies: Webinar/Lecture Capture (Collaborate, Tegrity, GoToMeeting, iTV, Skype, Facetime, Hangout) -- Online Repositories (Google Drive, OneDrive, DropBox, Box, iCloud) -- Server/Hosts (AWS, Dreamhost, Alentus and Google)
CMS and LMS Systems: Canvas, WordPress, ANGEL, Blackboard, WebCT and Moodle

Represents college in face-2-face and online meetings with vendors and state partners such as WAOL, quarterly
Troubleshoots application issues and works to resolve with vendors such as Canvas, Tegrity, and GA4E
Administers student and teacher information for campus instructional service and college systems
Trains 100's of faculty on technologies such as Canvas, Google Apps for Education, Collaborate, and Tegrity
Collaborates and develops training and resources across Washington State with 33 sister colleges
Presents keynote and workshops on Teaching with Technology for campuses such as Edmonds, SCC and SSC

Integrates webcasting, and desktop and cloud application technologies into classrooms
Trains instructors, staff and administrators how to utilize applications and technological tools
Researches systems, applications and hardware to integrate into school workflow
Collaborates and develops training and resources across Washington State with sister campuses
Develops and presents conference workshops for Educause, ATL, CanvasCon

Teaches responsive web design (HTML5, CSS3, User Experience) best practices to 60+ students, quarterly
Develops and revises web design and development course outlines and curriculum
Provides partnerships with industry such as King County, City of Seattle, TCG and Amazon for web program & students
Participates on TAC (Technical Advisory Committee) representing both teacher and industry experience

Builds custom web applications such as course outlines, surveys, content management
Consultant on North Seattle College (NSC) new Application Development BAS degree
Works with departments within the college to develop reporting systems and other special projects
Consults, Designs and Develops private industry websites

Built e-commerce custom websites for clients, including 55000 member social networking site