Stan Ascher

Portfolio Showcase

I am a trained journalist
Click here to see my extensive portfolio in video, radio and print media.

I work as an instructional designer for JBS International Inc.in North Bethesda, Maryland.
Click here to see how I can build self-paced e-learning courses, educational flash videos, learning management systems and decision-making tools.

Music Production

I can compose music in a variety of styles, and record and produce music in a variety of settings.
Check out some of my past work by clicking here>.

Video Event Production

I work capturing important events on video. Click here to see my YouTube channel and check out some wedding videos and event summaries I shot.

Web Deveolpment

I build websites for clients both big and small. The North Texas Daily, North Texas Television, Dallas Association for the Blind, The Safe Start Center USAID and more all use my work as a developer. I specialize in dynamic sites using the content management system Drupal.

Articles

Exes reach out through cyberspace

Social networks used to increase value of degrees

Updated date: 01/31/2010 - 08:10

The North Texas Exes, NT's alumni association, announced Friday it will renew efforts to reach out to both alumni and current students by increasing its online and campus-wide presence.

This new approach of connecting students to the...

Denton man builds Little D Guitar Shop into successful labor of love

Profile of a small business

Updated date: 01/31/2010 - 08:15

DENTON TX — How are people surviving in this difficult economy? Gregory Lange, owner of the Little D guitar shop in Denton, does it by growing slowly, staying out of debt,...

DeSoto TX author details victory over sexual assault

Updated date: 01/31/2010 - 07:12

DESOTO TX — Cindy Herb says she was nine when she was sexually assaulted while delivering newspapers. "This man came up to me and asked me to help him find his cat, and then, the next thing I knew, I was being raped...

Project Updates

A Drupal Tutorial for beginners

Project Area:: Drupal

Tue, 02/09/2010 - 01:18

My company wanted me to produce a document introducing my team to the basic concepts of Drupal.
I built the attached document as a first draft of my instructions.

Great solution for WordPress privacy while working on an external host.

Project Area:: Drupal

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 08:06

I needed to make a Wordpress site private, but had a couple of issues since I have an external host and the software didn't support it, I found a great soultion here...

Windows Media Player issue with Composica

Project Area:: Instructional Design

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 00:12

Today, I came across a project built in Composica that had a functionality problem.

There was no way to keep the narration muted throughout the...

Creating a flash based learning exercise

Project Area:: Instructional Design

Tue, 02/02/2010 - 21:12

We are working with a client to build a tutorial about prescription drug abuse. The material is being put on a custom-built LMS, but it holds flash files on the page.
The file attached has...

Creating graphs in Excel for use in video

Project Area:: Video Production

Sat, 01/30/2010 - 14:06

My boss and I were looking over some graphs for use in an upcoming video production.

The graphs that the project supplied us were in one word, awful.

I suggested that we...