Title--Requirements

Presentations
Students will give two formal presentations: a five-minute presentation on the Web project  and a twenty-minute group presentation on a film

Electronic Discussion
Students will use the class discussion board to post responses to each film or reading.  To facilitate discussion, I will post questions to which I want you to respond.  Your posting should provide a 150- to 250-word response to a selected question; you may also address your classmates’ ideas as you respond to the question.  The electronic discussion site allows us to extend class discussion and to raise issues for in-class discussions.  Your postings will be graded on a credit/no credit basis.

To keep the discussion board manageable, I have divided the class into two groups as follows:

  • Group One: Students with last names A-L
  • Group Two: Students with last names M-Z
Take-Home Midterm Exam
In the fourth week of the term, you will have twenty-four hours to complete a take-home midterm exam.  The exam will consist of essay questions that require you to analyze films within their contexts by drawing upon class discussion and readings.

Web Project
Students will complete a research Web site on a class film or films.  We will begin work on the Web project during the second half of the quarter.  You will submit several short assignments that will help you develop and compose the final project:  a proposal, an annotated bibliography, a design template and site map, and a first draft.  I will offer feedback on each of these assignments, and I encourage you to meet with me often to discuss your progress on the project.

Participation and Attendance
Students should come prepared for each class session, with assigned reading completed.  I expect prompt, regular attendance and active participation in discussions of readings and films.  To encourage participation, I will call on students and lead the class in frequent small-group discussion activities.

A number of our screenings will be followed by workshops, and several of our meetings have been designated lab sessions.  These workshops and labs serve as a forum for you to learn and demonstrate mastery of research and technical skills essential to course learning goals.  Therefore, attendance is required at all workshops and labs; failure to attend will affect your participation grade.

Policies

Late Policy
Late postings to the electronic discussion board will not receive credit, nor will late take-home midterm exams.  Failure to do the Web project presentation or to submit the short assignments connected with the Web project will result in a .5 deduction for each missing assignment in the final grade for the project.  Late short assignments will be accepted but will bring a .25 deduction in the final project grade.  Late final Web projects will receive a .3 grade deduction per day late, including weekends and holidays.

Plagiarism Policy
In your electronic postings, presentations, and Web project, you may draw upon the ideas and words of other writers.  However, you must make clear to your audience that you are incorporating another’s work by placing quotation marks around exact words and citing the author’s name whenever you quote, summarize or paraphrase.  Failure to credit sources may result in a failing grade for the assignment, a failing grade for the course, or expulsion from the university.
 
 
 

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