Schedule
September
Week 1: Course Introduction, What Does It Mean to Write in Public Spheres?
Thursday, September 1
Discuss: Writing Constraints & Public Audiences; The Quest for Refuge Project
Studio: Setting up a wix.com website
Week 2: Defining a Topic, Identifying an Audience
Thursday, September 8
Discuss: Public Sphere Theory, Multimodality, and The Quest for Refuge Project
Studio: Building a Webpage & Web Design Concepts
Workshop: Websites
Homework Due Today:
Read “Politics, Culture, and the Public Sphere” (posted on the “Resources” page of the course website);
Create a wix.com website (need a home page and a bio or "about me" page) and email me the link (view chapters 2-7 of the How to Use the Wix Editor videos (access through “Video Tutorials” under the “Help” menu of your website);
Email me your intro letter (instructions posted on the "Workspace" page).
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Week 3: Digital Ethos
Monday, September 12
Discuss: Ethics and Multimodal Research/Composing
Studio: Building a Webpage & Web Design Concepts
Homework Due Today:
Read “(excerpt from) Radio: An Illustrated Guide” (pgs 14-43 in Out on the Wire);
Final Website: it should now contain at least three images (and image credits) and the following pages: Home (including your name, course title, and a brief explanation of the purpose of the website), About (including a picture of you and a bio), Audio Essay (this page will be empty), and Workspace. All "extraneous" template information should be deleted.
Thursday, September 15
Discuss: Responsibilities and Rewards of Authentic Storytelling
Studio: Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing (from now on, bring ear buds to all classes)
Homework Due Today:
Read Chapter 1, “Amuse Yourself: Ideas,” in Out on the Wire;
Post your “I Am From” poem on your website. Instructions posted under "Resouces." Create a page titled "I am From" under the “Audio Essay” menu to house poem)
Week 4: Developing a Project, the Rhetoricity of Sound
Monday, September 19
Discuss: Audio Projects, Copyright & Creative Commons
Studio: Audacity
Homework Due Today (Please bring your earbuds to class today, and to each class from now on):
Read Chapter 2, “The Heat of Their Breath: Character & Voice,” in Out on a Wire;
Download Audacity and the LAME MP3 Encoder;
View Chapter 1, “Getting Started” & Chapter 2, “Recording,” in the Up and Running with Audacity Lynda.com video tutorials;
Write script for your audio biography and record at least 2-3 minutes (bring on laptop and save on your flash drive);
Read "Background" pages (Timeline, International Legal Framework, Who is--and isn't--a refugee, The Asylum Process) on the Refugees Deeply site and write a 1-paragraph summary that you post on a "Research" page
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Thursday, September 22
Discuss: Copyright and Creative Commons
Studio: Audio Recording & Editing, continued
Homework Due Today:
Audio Bio Draft 1 due (create a page called "Audio Bio Draft 1" under the "Audio Bio" tab on your main menu: embed your draft there and bring it saved on your flash drive). Draft 1 should include the full narrative script and at least some sonic elements (music, sound effects, etc.) Note: in order to embed your Audio Bio draft on your website you will need to create a Soundcloud account and upload your mp3 file there, then add a Soundcloud player to your page, and copy the "embed" code from Soundcloud into the player);
View Chapter 3, “Basic Editing” in the Up and Running with Audacity Lynda.com video tutorials;
Read "Quick Facts from Mercy Corps: What You Need to Know About the Syria Crisis" and write a one-paragraph summary that you post on your Research page.
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Sana Mustafa, Syrian Student and Activist, Talking in the Library Series, 4:30 in the Mary Tefft White Cultural Center (Library). Please ake every effort to attend!
Week 5: Audio Mixing
Monday, September 26
Discuss: Rhetoricity of Sound
Studio: Audio Recording & Editing, continued
Homework Due Today:
Continue working on your Audio Bio;
View Chapter 4, “Common Tasks” in the Up and Running with Audacity Lynda.com video tutorials
Thursday, September 29
Discuss: Rhetoricity of Sound
Studio: Audio Recording & Editing, continued
Homework Due Today:
Audio Bio Draft 2 due (embedded on your website (create a "Audio Bio Draft 2" page under the "Audio Bio" tab on the main menu) and saved on memory stick);
Read at least 2 sources from the libguide and post a 1-paragraph summary of each on your "Research" page
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