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Faculty + Staff

Steve
Rost
Professor Emeritus

Rost taught in the College of Architecture and Design for nearly 40 years. His teaching responsibilities included Foundation/Basic Design, Photography, Digital Video, Sculpture, Portfolio Design and Senior Thesis and Seminar for the Graphic Design and Games Design majors.

He is co-author, along with Harold Linton and Laura Cleary, of the book “Marketing for Architects and Designers” published by W. W. Norton and Co. He has contributed to the book “Portfolio Design,” also published by W. W. Norton and co-written by Harold Linton. He contributed photographs for the book “Digital Vernacular, Architectural Principles, Tools and Processes” (Routledge 2015).

Rost also is a practicing artist and shows his photography and sculpture in the Detroit area. As part of a public art initiative, his sculpture stands as a gateway to a Clark Park sculpture park in southwest Detroit. His work is included in the collection of Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum and the Detroit Institute of Arts among many private collections worldwide. Rost’s work has been exhibited in Shenzhen, China (2015) and Paris, France(2014), along with local Detroit community exhibition spaces.

Rost is a graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art (MFA 1982), University of Denver (BSBA 1975) and attended Minneapolis College of Art and Design (1978-80).

» Document Viewer

Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom

  • What you will need to have and do
  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
  • Have your phone plugged in
  • Set up video stand phone holder

From Computer

Log in and start your Zoom session with participants

From Phone

  • Start the Zoom session on your phone app (suggest setting your phone to “Do not disturb” since your phone screen will be seen in Zoom)
  • Type in the Meeting ID and Join
  • Do not use phone audio option to avoid feedback
  • Select “share content” and “screen” to share your cell phone’s screen in your Zoom session
  • Select “start broadcast” from Zoom app. The home screen of your cell phone is now being shared with your participants.

To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera

  • Open (swipe to switch apps) and select the camera app on your phone
  • Start in photo mode and aim the camera at whatever materials you would like to share
  • This is where you will have to position what you want to share to get the best view – but you will see ‘how you are doing’ in the main Zoom session.