Fall 2015 Eng 363W assignments:
the website itself 20%
weekly blog 10%
visual rendering of an idea 10%
1 minute keyword video 5%
article choice and discussion questions for the article 5%
short final project proposal 5%
hyperessay/scholarly webtext final project to begin mid-semester 25%
participation 20%
scholarly webtext*
*This assignment is a combination of assignments I have used for the last 10 years, revamped to include some direct language from Cheryl Ball's multimodal composition final project. (This assignment description is a draft and will be edited for style.)
Purpose: This final project synthesizes your learning this semester into a multimedia scholarly webtext (aka hyperessay or final project).
Goals:
Due Dates:
December 8: whole project published to site
interim sub-deadlines tba
the website itself 20%
weekly blog 10%
visual rendering of an idea 10%
1 minute keyword video 5%
article choice and discussion questions for the article 5%
short final project proposal 5%
hyperessay/scholarly webtext final project to begin mid-semester 25%
participation 20%
scholarly webtext*
*This assignment is a combination of assignments I have used for the last 10 years, revamped to include some direct language from Cheryl Ball's multimodal composition final project. (This assignment description is a draft and will be edited for style.)
Purpose: This final project synthesizes your learning this semester into a multimedia scholarly webtext (aka hyperessay or final project).
Goals:
- to synthesize what you have learned from your work this semester: daily required readings and discussions, weekly blog posts, visual rendering, keyword definitions, project proposal, and research reports
- to practice applying your analytical skills to technical and rhetorical production of a multimodal text (Ball)
- to produce texts in response to a particular rhetorical situation that reaches a specific audience using multiple modes, media, and technologies (Ball)
- to understand how multiple texts create a “set” that often work together (Ball)
- to apply the assessment criteria we built as a class when making rhetorical choices that suit your scholarly multimedia text (Ball)
- to come to a more thorough understanding of audience (Ball)
- communicate about secondary and primary sources to audience
- bring secondary and primary sources to bear on one another
- 8-10 nonlinear pages of text conceived of in nonlinear fashion with meaningful hyperlinks
- shows sound visual design
- incorporates visual elements beyond design (images, perhaps video, etc)
- accesible to diverse audiences
Due Dates:
December 8: whole project published to site
interim sub-deadlines tba