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Learning goals:
- Publish high quality digital products
- Learn to write hypertext
- Demonstrate an understanding of basic design principles
- Learn how to create and incorporate graphics and other
elements
- Post coursework online for peer teaching
and review.
- Gather and publish links to resources related to the
final group project
- Demonstrate how your learning experiences in completing
this assignment relate to the New Century Competencies (http://www.ncc.gmu.edu/competency.htm)
Since the subject of this course is "Information in the Digital
Age," publishing your own course Web site will help give you
a better understanding of how digital information is created
and how form relates to audience and purpose. Your course
Web site will also give you a place to publish your course work.
Your Web material will be visible to anyone with Web access.
Remember, your Web site is one of your digital "identities."
Who do you want people to perceive you to be?
Your course Web site will be graded on:
- Content - All assignments that are Web-based,
plus relevant information, such as name, email address,
date of creation, link to home page, copyright symbol, etc.
- Conventional English - grammar, spelling (Use
spellcheck!!), clarity, logical organization, evidence of
proofreading
- Organization - Your Web site should a clear organizational
pattern within the "texts" and within the site as
a whole.
- User-friendliness - The main page should have
links to all required material. There should be clear
linking pattern within each assignment. All links
should work!! Don't maroon your reader on a page,
without an avenue of escape!! It is not your reader's
responsibility to try figure out where you have locataed
your Web material.
- Layout - Your Web site should have margins, font
that is not too large or too small, appropriate contrast
between text and background, consistent color scheme (Your
course Web site page should have an overall, consistent
design.).
- Graphics - Your graphics should be relevant to
the topic and should compliment, not overshadow your written
content. Your graphics should not be memory hogs.
We are not in a good mood when we have to sit there and
watch your graphics load.
- Copyright - You should always cite the sources
of all information that you did not create yourself.
This includes graphics. It is illegal to "capture
" someone else's document and post it on your Web page.
Linking is okay (Some Web sites, however, have guidelines
for linking to their material.).You must gain permission
from the source to copy a graphic onto your Web site. All
material on the Web is copyrighted, whether or not there
is a copyright symbol. We recommend the APA
guidelines for citing sources.
- Appropriate information - Your Web site should
not reveal personal information about yourself or others,
nor do we advise you to post personal photographs.
Please take precautions to protect
your privacy and safety.
Ways to approach your Web site:
Develop a plan - Brainstorm possible
contents, visit some Web sites for ideas, outline or make a
"tree" of the elements, storyboard a rough design, experiment
with color combinations and graphics. Read these brief
guidelines on writing
hypertext.
Script your content - Be sure your content
is well-developed, coherent, and well-organized before you begin
to publish. You can't choose an appropriate form until
you know in detail what your content is going to be. Remember,
your Web material will be visible to anyone with Web access. Develop
the organization and linking of your content. Revisit
your final product for final changes and be willing to change
textual, graphic or other elements that do not contribute to
your message in each particular part of your site. Less is more
(more often than not)!
Useful Resources for Web publishing:
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