Assignments and readings are due on the day they are listed. For example, Bolter, chapters 1-4, should be read for Monday, Sept. 18. Select assignment to see assignments associated with the reading. Be aware that assignments often will be due on Thursday.
week 1
M Sept 11: First day of class; discussion of syllabus; introductions;
The Media of September 11
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week 2
M Sept 18: Bolter, chapters 1-4; Learning Record disc.;
learning record templates (zipped file)
assignment
LRO Parts A1 and A2, and 2 Observations due on Monday, Sept 25 by noon
week 3
M Sept 25: project 1 handed out
sample homepage
sample homepage (zipped file)
assignment
week 4
M Oct 2: Peer response, hypertext discussion
Project 1 rough draft due
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week 5
M Oct 9: Sante, images, "Documentary," "Police Aesthetics," and "Evidence"
Project 1 Final Drafts due
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week 6
M Oct 16: quotations exercise (Word doc); writing between the quotations (Word doc)
Project 1 Final Hypertexts Due
Project 1 General Comments (pdf)
Project 2 handed out
week 7
M Oct 23: sample intros and second paragraph (.pdf, 43kb)
writing between the quotations examples (.pdf, 6kb)
Project 2 Rough Draft due
project 2 peer response sheet (.pdf, 63kb)
project 2 peer response sheet (.doc, 76kb)
assignment
week 8
M Oct 30: Midterm Learning Record discussion
Project 2 Final Draft due
week 9
M Nov 6: Learning Record due Sunday by 5:00pm; moderations
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week 10
M Nov 13: Tufte, Introduction, Chapters 1 and 2; mapping elections
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week 11
M Nov 20: Tufte, Corruption in Evidence Presentations, The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint
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week 12
M Nov 27: Tufte, Words, Numbers, Images; taking screen shots
project 3 handed out
Return Midterm Learning Records
assignment
week 13
M Dec 4: "Fighting to Live as the Towers Died" and multimedia
Screen Shot Analysis and Tuftean Description
week 14
M Dec 11: Last Day of Class; peer response; class party
Essay 3 Rough Draft due
assignment
week 15
M Dec 18: Class open for students completing web version of essay 3
Essay 3 Final Draft due on WebCT by 6:30pm
W Dec 20: Optional web version of essay 3 due by 5:00pm
F Dec 22: Final Learning Record due on WebCT by 11:00pm