Instructional Projects - Week 8

Theme Color Contrast

A screenshot of a link contrast checker that shows that the link color, body text color, and background color pass WCAG A and WCAG AA contrast checks.
The website's color theme passes the WebAIM contrast checker tests. <br> (Screenshot by Mya Ballin of the WebAIM Link Contrast Checker

Check your own theme’s color contrast using the WebAIM Link Contrast Checker.

Embed Practice

Contents: Research Instrument Design Instructional Presentations Extra Curriculars

Research Instrument Design

Project: Master’s Thesis

Under the supervision of my committee, I designed and used a variety of documents that facilitated my research. What follows is an example of one of these documents, which was approved for use in my research by the UBC Ethics Review Board in November of 2021.

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Written Consent Form

Instructional Presentations

Project: The Joint Secretariat File Name Convention

As part of a work experience project, I scripted and recorded an instructional video explaining the purpose and importance of a standardized file naming convention. The video includes a demonstration of how to implement the file naming convention that was designed by the records management team for the Joint Secretariat.

Extra Curriculars

In addition to the documents that I create for work, I am an avid hobbyist photographer. Below are some examples of the photos that I have taken.

Two Kodak Cameras, the Bantam Fixed Viewfinder and the Retina sit on a wooden table with a white background
Cameras such as the Kodak Bantam and Kodak Retina, shown here, were models available during the 1940s.
(Photograph by Mya Ballin, licensed under CC BY 4.0)
An orange kitten with green eyes sits on a carpeted surface in front of a yellow-orange wall.
My cat, Peaches, when she was first adopted by my family.
(Photograph by Mya Ballin, licensed under CC BY 4.0)
A small grey and black bird with a yellow head and yellow highlights along its wings sits in a tree with needle-like leaves.
A golden-crowned kinglet seen in Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver, B.C..
(Photograph by Mya Ballin, licensed under CC BY 4.0)