Digc101 Web Project Guide

DIGC101 Spring 2009 New Media and Communication Assessment Criteria – Web Project First Assessment Due: Week 4 Friday , August 21 by 4pm. Weight: 10% Submission is made via email to [email protected] or [email protected] During this course we will be exploring how we can begin to craft a specific online presence. You will be required to supplement your web projects with different contributions, images, and thoughts and at least one blog post each week. Preparations begin from week one as we plan the basic structure of our web projects. This is where your background, expertise, inside knowledge and interests will be of practical use. What kind of identity or presence do you want to create? What part of the web haven't you explored in detail before. Have you avoided social networks, or is there a theory you want to test out with Twitter? You bring together all the materials generated in-class in a cohesive manner that best represents how you have envisioned and developed the concept of your personal web project. The assessment of the personal webification task will review the incarnation of your constructed online identity and will examine the materials that you have been accumulating, generating and developing as part of the process. We will be assessing the webification projects based on a range of criteria that includes to the degree to which you have engaged with the various subject modules, practices, themes, and class exercises. We will take into account your reflection on the theoretical materials, approaches and discussions from in the lectures, readings and other materials. The assessment will take into account your ability to plan, develop and produce content for your sites. Email submission: email a short description of your project, including links to the blog posts generated in class so far, and links to any other blog, twitter account, social network site, YouTube etc that you wish to include in the assessment. Blog posts from the class time each week should be included in some way, and feature discussion of your plans for your identity and the presentation of your online self. In your email you must provide links to all the elements that you want us to view. Explain your concept and highlight all the relevant features that you think we should pay attention to. A link to a central site; one that further links to all the various elements you elect to include in your assessment would be useful but is not essential at this stage.

Assessment We will be assessing the web projects based on a range of criteria that includes the degree to which you have engaged with the various subject modules, practices, themes, and exercises. The assessment will consider the responses to the theory and practices as demonstrated in your blogs and the technical and design choices of your sites. The assessment will take into account your ability to plan, develop and produce content for your sites, and you should include links to all the visual, audio and other media created during the semester.

Criteria Cohesion (25%): how clearly is your identity discussed, detailed, planned and organised. Engagement (25%): to what degree do you consider the course lectures and background materials in your blog reflection and project. Practice (25%): the degree to which you are employing the methodology discussed in the lab/seminar, course materials and the effectiveness of the iteration of your web project. Integration (25%): how well are you connected to various dispersed materials and web services and the degree to which your various elements interconnect.