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WRT320 Digital Writing: Theory and PracticeFall 2015Madeline YonkerOffice: HUM 226 Hours: Monday 8-9amTuesday 930-1130amWednesday 8-9amThursday 2-330pmX1358 myonker@ycp.edu ( best way to reach me)wrt320f15.Course Description:WRT320 Digital Writing: Theory and Practice examines current scholarship on technology and rhetoric, and pairs that theoretical approach with understanding practical application. For instance, we’ll consider theoretical concerns of digital writing, such as the role of the author in digital environments, as well as current pragmatic issues in professional digital writing, such as search engine optimization. In other words, this course is both a ‘thinking’ and ‘doing’ course. Writers will use a variety of tools and platforms to explore what it means to write digitally, including the composition of image, sound, video, and words. Writers will develop a rhetorical awareness to choose the tools best suited for different projects and audiences. Shape of the Semester (Longview):The first half of the semester will be spent doing some heavy reading and discussion: digital literacy, project management, authorship, intellectual property, remix culture, and research in the digital humanities. Then we’ll transition into more hands-on work: basic design principles, usability, content development, templates. We’ll finish, then, with a large-scale digital media project, which will serve as the capstone for this course. Throughout the semester, our discussions will be punctuated by smaller group projects and some smaller individual written projects. There is a midterm and a final for this class as well. You must complete all class projects and exams in order to pass the course.Attendance and Technology Policy:Attendance: I take attendance for the registrar. If you miss class and we have a quiz, you will be unable to make up those points. If you miss class in which we discuss content that is then subsequently covered on a quiz, you will be unable to make up those points. Come to class. Your grade will suffer if you don’t.Technology: Feel free to bring/use your laptop, tablet, e-reader, or phone to class and to use them during class. I trust that you will use technology during class time for productive purposes.Departmental/College Policies:Academic Integrity: York College’s mission statement stipulates that strict adherence to principles of academic honesty is expected of all students. Therefore, academic dishonesty will not be tolerated at York College. Academic dishonesty refers to actions such as, but not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, fabricating research, falsifying academic documents, etc., and includes all situations where students make use of the work of others and claim such work as their own. When a faculty member believes a student has committed an act of academic dishonesty, the faculty member must inform the student in writing and then has ten business days from that written notification to the student to report the incident to the Dean of Academic Affairs and the Department Chair. Documentation related to instances of academic dishonesty will be kept on file in the student’s permanent record. If the academic dishonesty is the student’s first offense, the faculty member will have the discretion to decide on a suitable sanction up to a grade of 0 for the course. Students are not permitted to withdraw from a course in which they have been accused of academic dishonesty. Students who believe they have been unjustly charged or sanctioned (in cases involving a first offense) must discuss the situation with the faculty member and have 10 business days thereafter to submit an appeal to Student Welfare Committee through the Dean of Academic Affairs. If an appeal is filed, the Student Welfare Committee will then conduct a hearing to review the charge and/or sanction. In cases of a first offense, the faculty member may request that the Student Welfare Committee conduct a hearing and decide on the sanction, which can involve academic suspension or dismissal from the College, if the faculty member believes the offense to be of an extremely egregious nature. If the Dean of Academic Affairs determines that the academic dishonesty is the student’s second offense, the Dean will provide written notification to the student, the faculty member, and the Department Chair. The Student Welfare Committee will automatically conduct a hearing to review the charge and decide on an appropriate sanction, which will involve academic suspension or dismissal from the College. Students who believe the Student Welfare Committee has unjustly sanctioned them may submit a written appeal to the Dean of Academic Affairs within 72 hours of receiving notification of the Student Welfare Committee’s sanction.Writing Communication Standards:York College recognizes the importance of effective communication in all disciplines and careers. Therefore students are expected to competently analyze, synthesize, organize, and articulate course material in papers, examinations, and presentations. In addition, students should know and use communication skills current to their field of study, recognize the need for revision as part of their writing process, and employ standard conventions of English usage in both writing and speaking. Students may be asked to further revise assignments that do not demonstrate effective use of these communication skills.Students with Disabilities:York College is dedicated to serving the needs of students regardless of disability by providing equal access to a quality learning experience. York College will not discriminate against any qualified student with a disability in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its amendments. The College will reasonably accommodate the needs of students with a disability provided such accommodation does not constitute a fundamental alteration of York’s program of education or otherwise constitute an undue burden.Students requesting academic accommodations should submit disability documentation to the Director Disability Support Services and then meet with the Director to discuss appropriate accommodations and plan a strategy for meeting their academic requirements.Main Learning Activities:[Assignment Specifications will be discussed in class and distributed electronically.]Reading/Discussion Quizzes and Interstitial Deadlines: [10%] Periodically we will have short essay quizzes to ensure that you are completing the assigned readings and participating in class discussion. Progress memos and other process work toward larger assignments falls under this category as well.Authorship/Remix Project: [10%] Choose one or several textual artifacts and construct a remix. Reflect on your position as “auteur” with regard to this new composition; what is new, what new meaning have you added? What juxtapositions have you created? Application Demo: [10%] We will construct a wiki that offers instruction on new and upcoming digital writing tools (collaborative project). This will combine your technical writing skills with your ability to learn/familiarize yourself with new/unfamiliar tools.Digital Freelance Piece: [10%] To demonstrate your understanding of the digital writing industry and the appropriation of discourse, you will find an outlet (online magazine, blog, or other content-driven site) that suits your interests and you will compose and submit an article for publication. Automatic A if it gets selected for publication. Creatives of York e-Book: [20%] This collaborative project, which we will complete with the other section of WRT 320 and in conjunction with the Center for Civic Humanities, will allow us to develop a digital design/layout for an e-book that showcases our local artists and their multi-media work. Digital Media Project: [20%] The capstone will be a digital media project of your own design and execution. You will identify a client, situation, or topic for which you will create the project. You will select an appropriate media format, and the applications that can be used to create the project in that format, based on the rhetorical goals of your project.Midterm and Final: [20%] We will “test” our ability to think critically about the role of digital writing at two points in the semester. These exams will be in-class essays, and will be open notes/resources. Study/preparation for the exams will be best conducted by being an active, regular participant in class.Final grades correspond with the following percentages: 4.0 = 94% - 100% 3.5 = 88% - 93% 3.0 = 82% - 87% 2.5 = 76% - 81% 2.0 = 70% - 75% 1.0 = 60% - 69% 0.0 = 0% - 59%DateTopic/ContentReadingDeliverableTues.9/1Introduction to course and digital literacies.Syllabus/CalendarStudent expectations for the course. What do you hope to learn?Thurs.9/3Introduction to digital/techrhet theory.Mark Deuze, Peter Blank, and Laura Speers’s “A Life Lived in Media”Tues.9/8 Authorship; Intro to Remix ProjectLev Manovich’s “Who is the Author?”Thurs.9/11AuthorshipNick Diakopoulos’s “Remix Culture: Mixing Up Authorship”Tues.9/15Intellectual property and copyleftLawrence Lessig: Laws that choke creativity; Creative Commons: About PageThurs.9/17Authorship/Remix Project DUE.Tues.9/22Developing Content; Intro to Digital Freelance Piece A Three-Step Approach to Strategic Content Development from CopybloggerThurs.9/24Usability and ContentTrenton Moss’s “Content and Usability” from webcredibleTues.9/29Digital Freelance Piece WORKSHOPFULL DRAFT of Digital Freelance Piece DUE.Thurs.10/1REVISED Digital Freelance Piece DUE.Tues.10/6Introduction to basic design; Design and Templates; Introduction Creatives of York ProjectKristen Arola's "The Design of Web 2.0: The Rise of the Template, The Fall of Design"; Basic Visual Design Guidelines from Robin WilliamsThurs.10/8Creatives of York Workday/Committee MeetingsCollaborative/Team Writing ExpectationsTues.10/13Creatives of York Progress Memo with Information Plan Plan DUE.Thurs.10/15Introduction to App Demo; MidtermTues.10/20Fall BreakNo Class.Meet with Creatives of York TeamThurs.10/22Editing for Zombie CopyZombie Copy handoutTues.10/27Design and Image use.Tips for Borrowing Images from the WebTeam Progress Memo Due.Thurs.10/29Introduction to the Digital Media Project.App Demo DUE. Tues.11/3Digital Media Contracts/Clients DUE.Thurs.11/5No class meeting (MAPACA conference)Tues.11/10Professional Social Media UseBill Hart-Davidson's "Web 2.0: What Technical Communicators Should Know"Thurs.11/12Social Media ManagementReading TBATues.11/17Search Engine OptimizationReading TBAStatement on social media for Digital Media Project DUE.Thurs.11/19Digital Media ProjectWorkday.Tues.11/24Creatives of York Project DUE electronically by SUNDAY 11/8.Thurs.11/26Thanksgiving BreakTues.12/1Digital Media Studio WorkThurs.12/3Digital Media Studio WorkTues.12/8Digital Media Studio WorkThurs.12/10Digital Media Studio WorkTues.12/15Last day of classFinal Digital Media Projects DUE.Final exam: TBA ................
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