# Project Memory

This file indexes all saved memories for the Portfolio HTMLs project.

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## project-apex-portfolio
**File:** `project_apex_portfolio.md`
**Description:** Overview of the Waukee APEX portfolio system — what files exist, how they connect, and the design system in use
**Type:** project
**Summary:** Standalone offline HTML/CSS/JS system for Waukee APEX student-associates. Key files listed. Design system: purple `#500778` + lime `#c4d600`, Inter font, fixed top nav, white cards. Built for Russ Goerend's DCS class. No git repo, no build tools.

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## project-playbook-pattern
**File:** `project_playbook_pattern.md`
**Description:** The playbook sidebar UI pattern used across Video, Social Media, and Marketing Analytics playbooks
**Type:** project
**Summary:** Shared sidebar UI pattern (sticky sidebar, phase groups, step-btn/step-check, progress bar). Project switcher stores multiple projects in localStorage. Save-before-switch bug fixed. Callout CSS classes documented. Reference implementations: Marketing Analytics and Social Media playbooks.

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## project-foundational-content
**File:** `project_foundational_content.md`
**Description:** Foundational "Before You Start" orientation pattern added to Marketing Analytics and Social Media playbooks
**Type:** project
**Summary:** Phase 0 pattern for zero-knowledge students: plain-English intro, glossary (8–10 terms), tool overview, access-limitation callout, finished-project description. Marketing Analytics expanded Metrics Plan + Analysis steps. Social Media expanded Content Creation + Publishing + added Performance Review checkpoint. Fixed missing `.callout-yellow`/`.callout-blue` CSS. Video Production Playbook predates this pattern.

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## apex-program
**File:** `project_apex_program.md`
**Description:** Core facts about Waukee APEX — mission, history, WILC location, tools, professional expectations
**Type:** project
**Summary:** 10+ year program at WILC (295 SE Ashworth Rd, Waukee). Tools: Canvas, Slack, Gmail, Google Calendar. Business casual required. 5 & 10 Rule. Performance reviews (not tests). Instructors go by first names. Real clients, real deliverables. Dual college credit.

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## apex-elevated-language
**File:** `user_apex_elevated_language.md`
**Description:** Required APEX terminology — always use these instead of generic school language
**Type:** user
**Summary:** Student→Student-associate, Teacher→Instructor, Classroom→Studio/Lab/Workshop, Class (group)→Team, Class (course)→Course, Field trip→Tour. Must use in ALL written content for this project.

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## apex-dcs
**File:** `project_apex_dcs.md`
**Description:** How Russ's DCS course works — client project structure, self-selection, check-ins, micro-deliverables
**Type:** project
**Summary:** Business partners pitch projects; student-associates self-select into teams; semester spent on real deliverables. Monday/Friday check-ins. Start with micro-deliverable. Portfolio captures evidence of this real work.

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## apex-staff
**File:** `project_apex_staff.md`
**Description:** WILC staff list with roles, studio numbers, and emails (2024–2025 manual — may be outdated)
**Type:** project
**Summary:** Kathleen Sender = WILC Program Director (Russ's boss). Michelle Hill = Director of Work-Based Learning. Russ in Studio The Hue #111. Key colleagues: Jesse Hunt (Finance), Tyler Wright (Engineering), Ashley Prieksat (DWT). Russ noted list needs updating.

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## apex-alumni
**File:** `project_apex_alumni.md`
**Description:** Notable APEX alumni and outcomes from the 2025 Alumni LookBook
**Type:** project
**Summary:** Alumni span all pathways: Sheldon Fox (PIMCO/Capital Group NYC), Ella Titus (fashion designer LA), Vivian Le (NBC/TODAY photographer — also named APEX), Jack Sieleman (NASA), Meaghan Greteman (med school). Real client projects documented.

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## bprm-technical
**File:** `project_bprm_technical.md`
**Description:** BPRM tech stack, data model, Slack commands, and controlled vocabulary
**Type:** project
**Summary:** Sheets ID `15G8kZ64p...`, Slack `#bprm-log`, Make.com, Claude API `claude-sonnet-4-20250514`. Partner IDs: lowercase slugs. Project IDs: `dcs_` or `bs_`. Vibe values: Thriving/Steady/Cooling/Needs Attention. Sentiment: Positive/Neutral/Negative/Uncertain.

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## project-portfolio-v2
**File:** `project_portfolio_v2.md`
**Description:** Full architecture and build plan for APEX Portfolio v2.0 — SSO-ready, Google Sheets backend, instructor dashboard, artifact repository
**Type:** project
**Summary:** Auth stub pattern (swap one function for SSO). One permanent Spreadsheet, Option C portfolio identity (career-spanning, course-scoped instructor views). 5 build phases. Drive folder creation + drag-and-drop upload are SSO-dependent. Target: August 2026 launch.

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## feedback-gamification
**File:** `feedback_gamification.md`
**Description:** Russ's position on gamification — minimal and opt-in only, aspiring professional identity must be preserved
**Type:** feedback
**Summary:** No default gamification. Any streaks/badges must be opt-in. Engagement should come from the tool being genuinely useful, not reward loops.

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## apex-courses
**File:** `project_apex_courses.md`
**Description:** All 17 APEX courses with abbreviations and sectors — for BPRM Lookup tab, system prompts, anywhere courses are referenced
**Type:** project
**Summary:** 17 courses, 5 sectors. BizTech: BSU, DCS, DWT. Financial: FBI, FIAS. Engineering: CL, ETR, A&E, NGE, Auto. Human Services: CNA, EHSM, ESS/SPORT, RES, EMT. Bioscience: AVS, GFS. Russ teaches BSU + DCS.

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