English 2269 Syllabus

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Spring 2014

English 2269: Digital Media Composing

Instructor: Krista Bryson

Email:[email protected]

Twitter handle: klbryson https://twitter.com/klbryson

Course blog:http://english2269bryson.wordpress.com/

Class meets: TR 2:20-3:40 PM Denney Hall 343

Office hours:TR 1:40-2:20 PM, 3:40-4:30 PM, or by appointment Denney Hall 324

Course Number: (20451)

Course Description and Objectives

1 Course Description

What does it mean to use digital media? Use digital media ethically? The uses of digital

media are highly contested and are the subject of much academic study. We will examine

how conceptions of the purposes and ethics of digital media are constructed, maintained,

and contested. We will think about what makes digital media meaningful both for ourselves

and for others. We will explore how the uses of digital media are shaped by social, cultural,

political, economic, historical, material, and ideological forces. We will consider why

specific digital media are believed to promote social, intellectual, and economic

deterioration or enhancement depending upon cultural beliefs.

Digital Media Composing provides a rhetorical framework for engaging in the theory and

practice of digital media in contexts outside the classroom. In addition to examining the

above theoretical questions concerning digital media, we will compose digital media

documents (DMDs) that demonstrate the fulfillment of the following objectives.

2 Objectives

In this course, you will develop your capacity to:

Understand and applytraditional rhetorical and design principles when planningand creating digital media documents (DMDs);

Analyzethe rhetoric of DMDs created by others, employing traditional rhetoricaland design principles as well as qualitative criteria you discover and articulate;

Assessyour own DMDs according to criteria you help to articulate;
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Use and critically examinea range of digital capture and editing technologies (e.g.,digital cameras, digital audio recorders, digital video cameras; Dreamweaver;

Garage Band or Audacity; Photoshop or GIMP; iMovie);

SituateDMDs in comparison to other media, exploring how DMDs reciprocally drawupon and affect older/other forms of media (e.g., print, cinema, photography,

broadcast radio and TV); Critically examinethe cultures and enabling contexts (including technological, social,

etc.) in which DMD's emerge and are deployed.

3 GEC Requirement

This course fulfills English 2269 is a Arts and Humanities VPA GEC: A writing course where

students analyze and compose digital media texts while studying complex forms and

practices of textual production.

This course fulfills the arts and humanities GEC requirement for cultures and ideas. In GEC

arts and humanities courses, students evaluate significant writing and works of art. Such

studies develop capacities for aesthetic and historical response and judgment;

interpretation and evaluation; critical listening, reading, seeing, thinking, and writing; and

experiencing the arts and reflecting on that experience.

Required Materials

You are required to bring each of these items to every class. Failure to do so will result in a

lowering of your participation grade.

All texts are free and located on the course blog:http://english2269bryson.wordpress.com/

Headphones External hard drive (not a flash or thumb drive)of at least 100GB 6 pack of AA batteries

Course Requirements

During the term, you will complete several major assignments designed to build on each

other intellectually and conceptually. These assignments are:

Assignment Percentage of Course Grade Due Date

Artifact Analysis 5% 1.21

Audio: This I Believe 10% 2.6

Image: Subvertising 10% 2.20

Video: Concept in 60 10% 3.18


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Website Redesign 20% 4.3

Portfolio 15% 4.23

Blog 10% 4.15

Twitter 10% 4.15

In-class Participation 10% All term

Grading Scale

A 93.5-100 C+ 76.5-79.49 E 0-59.49

A- 89.5-93.49 C 73.5-76.49

B+ 86.5-89.49 C- 73.49-69.5

B 83.5-86.49 D+ 66.5-69.49

B- 79-.583.49 D 59.5-66.49

Course Policies

1 Access Students with disabilities that have been certified by the Office for Disability Services

will be appropriately accommodated and should inform the instructor as soon as possible

of their needs. The ODS is located in 150 Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue; telephone 292-

3307, TDD 292-0901;http://www.ods.ohio-state.edu/ 2 Attendance & Participation Attendance is important to the success of this class and to your development as a digital

media composer. Therefore, each unexcused absence after two will result in the lowering ofyour final grade by a third of a grade. Excused absences, such as those for documented

illness, family tragedy, religious observance, or travel for inter-collegiate athletics, will not

affect your grade. It is your responsibility to contact your instructor as soon as possible if

you miss class. Five unexcused absences will automatically result in failure for the

course. There will be an attendance sheet passed around at the beginning of each

class. It is your responsibility to sign the attendance sheet to indicate your presence

in class each day. Whether excused or not, if you miss a class, you are expected to make up

the work. This means if you miss on a day that involves an in-class assignment, you must

make arrangements to compete the assignment on your own time and submit it to the

appropriate discussion board or dropbox. I will count you absent if you are more than

20 minutes late to class, sleeping, or if you come to class unprepared to discuss thedays assigned readings.I will record your attendance on Carmen so you can keep track.If you are ill, visit the universitys Flu page (http://flu.osu.edu/)and/or related excuse

form (http://shs.osu.edu/post/documents/absence-excuse-form2.pdf)
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Tardinessis disruptive to the classroom environment, and prevents you from fully

participating and assimilating the information and materials discussed in class. Excessivetardiness will lower your participation grade.

Participation I want to hear from you in any and all forms you're comfortable with. And,

perhaps more importantly, I want you to hear from each otherto know what one anotherthink of the readings, course topics, etc. This is why participation (in-class, Twitter, and

blogging) totals 30% of your course grade. I may occasionally hold quizzes to check for

preparedness. I will give you a weekly participation grade that you can check on the

Carmen gradebook.

3 Student Work Student work should be turned in at the time indicated on the syllabus and in the format

designated by the instructor. Late submission of an assignment will result in the deduction

of one full letter gradefor each day past the due date (for example, B+ to C+). The grade

will not be affected when an assignment is late for reasons that would result in an excused

absence. Drafts for peer review must be brought to class on the specified days. Failure to

have a draft in class for peer review will result in the deduction of 1/3 letter grade from the

final graded assignment (for example, a B+ would go to a B).

Missing class or encountering technological misfortunes are not acceptable excuses for

failing to meet a deadline. Save early and save often, and be sure to back up your work. I

recommend that you save your work in two separate locations (e.g., save one copy to your

external hard drive, and another copy on a flash drive or CD-ROM). The hard drives of the

classroom computers are wiped every night, so plan to back up your work somewhere else if youdo your composing work there.

Assignment grades will not be affected when an assignment is late for reasons that would

result in an excused absence. Students who know they will miss the class when the

assignment is due must contact the instructor as soon as possible in advance of class to

arrange for submission of the assignment

4 Plagiarism Plagiarism is the representation of anothers works or ideas as ones own. Suchrepresentation includes the unacknowledged word for word use and/or paraphrasing of

another persons work, and/or the inappropriate unacknowledged use of another personsideas. For additional information, see theCode of Student Conduct. All cases of suspected

plagiarism, in accordance with University rules, will be reported to the appropriate

departmental or University body, as stipulated in Faculty Rule 3335-5-487:

It is the responsibility of the Committee on Academic Misconduct to investigate or

establish procedures for the investigation of all reported cases of student academic

misconduct. The term "academic misconduct" includes all forms of student

academic misconduct wherever committed; illustrated by, but not limited to, cases
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of plagiarism and dishonest practices in connection with examinations. Instructors

shall report all instances of alleged academic misconduct to the committee.

Working in digital environments poses all sorts of new questions regarding copyright and

intellectual property, and we will discuss these issues as part of the class. While it is

important to respect others intellectualproperty, it is equally important to assert the right

to fair use granted you by copyright law. If you have any questions about copyright,intellectual property issues, or fair use, please dont hesitate to ask.

5 Mutual Respect Policy

I will abide by the following mutual respect policy. I also expect every student to abide by it

as well. This classroom is committed to bringing about mutual understanding and respect

among all individuals and groups at the University and to eliminating all forms of

discrimination. In recognition that the development of human potential is a fundamental

goal in a democratic society, this classroom promotes an education system that values

cultural and ethnic diversity and understanding; that provides for the preparation of

students for full and meaningful participation in a changing world; and that promotesequitable and fair treatment in every aspect of campus life and employment for all persons

regardless of race, color, national or regional origin, sex, age, religion, veteran status,

disability, and body shape or size.

6 Classroom and Email Etiquette

Classroom and Email Etiquette is an important consideration in any academic setting.Respectful behavior is the expectation. In your emails, please remember to use language,

grammar, and formatting that are appropriate for a professional setting. Any questions that

you believe would merit a visit to my office hours are appropriate for an email [email protected].

Cell phones must be silenced before class. Taking a call or texting during a business

meeting is not an acceptable practice, and it will not be tolerated in this class. Text

messaging is particularly inappropriate in class and will affect your participation grade,

regardless of whether or not I call you out in class. You are expected to listen carefully to

your fellow classmates when they are speaking and take notes during lectures and

discussions. You never know when a classmate or your instructor will say something that

might spark an idea for you!

7 Class Cancellation If class is cancelled due to emergency, I will contact you via email and request that a note

be placed on the door. In addition, I will contact you as soon as possible following the

cancellation to let you know what will be expected of you for our next class meeting.

8 Changes to Course Schedule
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I reserve the right to make changes to the course schedule. Changes are a likely possibility

because our topic and our needs will be constantly changing throughout the course of the

term. I will notify you of changes to the schedule orally during class and posting a written

notice on Carmen news on the homepage and by posting a revised syllabus to the Carmen

content page.

Resources

1 The Digital Media Project (DMP)

The DMPis the division of the English department that provides equipment and technicalsupport to students enrolled in English classes. You will be using the DMPs resourcesextensively throughout the quarter, and they will be assisting with technology tutorials in

our classes. The DMP general office is located in Denney 324, and offers equipment

borrowing and support from friendly, expert staff. The DMP Mac lab where we have ourclasses is will be available for studio time, hours TBD. You will also have access to the lab

for an hour before class during my office hours. Policies for checking out materials from the

DMP:

Equipment (recording devices, cameras, and device accessories) can be checked out fromthe DMP for a 24 hour period, according to DMP policy. The only exception to this policy is

that items checked out on a Friday must be returned the following Monday. Hours for the

DMP are TBD, but will be available on the DMP website http://dmp.osu.edu.

The DMP does not supply DVDs, video tapes, CDs or other media. We may be able tosupply rechargeable batteries with equipment, but students should have AA batteries on

hand.

All undergraduate reservations must be made in person. (Instructors may makereservations via email or phone.)

Habitually late returns will lead to revocation of checkout privileges.

Students must make reservations and check outs in their own names, not for friends or

group members. The equipment must be picked up and returned by the person who

checked it out.

Only students in English classes may check out equipment.

Equipment may ONLY be returned to the DMP, not the English department office or

the lab assistants.

Save any and all recordings you make on DMP equipment to your own storage devices;

equipment is checked out and wiped continuouslyif you return an item without

downloading your files, there is absolutely no guarantee you will be able to retrieve it. Understand that checking out equipment from the DMP is a privilege. You do not pay forthe DMP with fees or tuition; therefore, you must understand that having access to this

equipment is not a right. Treat the equipment and staff with respect, returning equipment

on time, communicating with DMP staff when an issue arises, and generally being

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2 OCIO Classroom Services

OCIO Classroom Services, located in Central Classrooms 25 (the basement), will also checkout media equipment to students. You will need the Student Equipment Loan Permission

Form, which is available on Carmen and linked on the course site in order to access these

resources. Check out http://ocio.osu.edu/elearning/services/equipment/ for moreinformation.

3 The Digital Union

The Digital Union, located in Hagerty Hall 171, Prior Hall 460a, and Stillman Hall 145

(closest to Denney and least crowded)is a placefor faculty, students, and staff to explore

emerging technology. The Digital Union hastechnology, space to work, and a

knowledgeable staff to guide users to thoughtfulsolutions and provide a supportive

environment for low risk trial and error with technology. Visit http://digitalunion.osu.edu

to check out their hours and resources.

4 Writing Center

The OSU Writing Center offers the following free services to members of the OSU

community:

Help with any assignment (ranging from lab reports to dissertations) at any stage ofthe writing process (brainstorming, thesis development, revising, etc.).

Face-to-face, 50 minute tutorials by appointment at our main location in 4120ASmith Labs, Monday through Friday!

Online tutoring sessions via Carmen by appointment.

Walk in appointments at our two satellite locations!o Smith-Steeb dorms, Monday-Wednesday, 7-9pm.o Thompson library 1st floor, Monday-Thursday, 11am-1pm and 5-7pm.

Online appointment scheduling, available 24/7. Please visithttp://cstw.osu.edu orcall 688-4291 to make an appointment.

5 Library Research

Deb Kuzawa, University Libraries GAA, can provide assistance at any stage of the research

process. She is available at the Writing Center in Thompson Library, from 11a-1p and 5p-7p Monday through Thursday. All sessions are drop-in and last for up to 20 minutes. Deb

can be reached [email protected].

6 Counseling

Your time at Ohio State promises to be exciting and filled with many new experiences, but
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it can also be overwhelming. Counseling and Consultation Servicesprovides a widerange of resources for undergraduate students. For more information call 292-5766.

Daily Schedule

Date Topic/Activity Reading Due Writing Due*

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1.7

Introductions and

Course Expectations

-Create Twitter and

Wordpress accounts

-Introduce yourself

through your profiles

First Twitter and

Blog Post due

11:59 pm

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What is a

digital/interactive

documentary?

How does rhetoric

work in digital

media?

Hollow: An Interactive Documentaryby

Elaine McMillon

http://hollowdocumentary.com

Kress Multimodality

Tweet ideas for

documentary

topics and respond

to classmatesideas

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1.14

Introduction to

Digital Artifact

Analysis

Understanding RhetoricIssue 1

(Introduction and Ch. 1)

http://www.doclab.org/category/projects/

Digital Artifact Analysis Assignment (on

blog)

Tweet digital

artifact

possibilities and

respond to

classmates ideas

250 word blog

post in response to

Blog Prompt #1 oncourse blog

R

1.16

Visit from Elaine

McMillion, Director

of Hollow

HollowDiscussion Post Final Digital

Artifact to blog and

write 250 word

summary of it

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1.21

Modal Affordances

-Fair Use and

Copyright

-Creative Commons

-A Fairy Use Tale

-Meet the DMP!

Lessig, Lawrence. Lawrence Lessig: Free

Culture: Lessigs Book Condmns theMonopoly of Ideas. Talk of the Nation. NPR,

2004. Web.

Aoki, Keith, James Boyle, and Jennifer

Jenkins. Bound by Law: Tales from the

Public Domain. Duke University. Duke

Center for the Study of the Public Domain,

2006. Web.

http://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/video/

http://creativecommons.org/about

Digital Artifact

Analysis due to

Carmen Dropbox
http://hollowdocumentary.com/http://hollowdocumentary.com/http://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/video/http://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/video/http://creativecommons.org/abouthttp://creativecommons.org/abouthttp://creativecommons.org/abouthttp://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/video/http://hollowdocumentary.com/


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1.23

Composing Audio

-Listen to and

Discuss Audio

Examples

-Introduce Audio

Assignment

-Format hard drives

Solomon, John. Pulling Back the Curtain:

Transcript. On the Media. NPR, 2007. Web.

Listen: This American Life

Ira Glass on Storytelling, Parts 1-4

http://youtu.be/loxJ3FtCJJA

Bring hard drives

to class for

formatting

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Composing Audio

-Recording with

Edirols and Zooms

Lancaster, Kurt. Getting Clean Audio and

Crafting a Sound Design.

Audio Recording Resources

Post to Blog 500

word storyboard

for Audio

Assignment

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1.30

Composing Audio

-Editing Audio with

Audacity

Selfe, Cynthia. The Movement of Air, The

Breath of Meaning: Aurality and

Multimodal Composing.College

Composition and Communication60.4

(2009): 616-663. Print/PDF.

Tagg, Philip. Reading Sounds or an Essayon Sounds, Music, Knowledge, Rock and

Society.1987. Print.

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2.4

Composing Audio

-Advanced Audio

Editing

-Peer Review

Peer Review Worksheet Instructions

Read: Bradbury, Ray. Mars is Heaven

Listen Bradbury, Ray. Mars is Heaven. 29

min.

Post Audio

Assignment

Soundcloud link to

Carmen Discussion

Board

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2.6

Composing Audio

-Studio Time forAudio

-Introduce Digital

Image Assignment

Submit Final

AudioAssignment and

Cover Letter to

Carmen Dropbox

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2.11

Composing Images

-Digital Image

Manipulation on

Photoshop

McCloud, Scott. Blood in the Gutter and

Time Frames. Understanding Comics: The

Invisible Art. New York: William Morrow

Paperbacks, 2004. Print.

Post 2 found

Digital Images for

Photoshop editing

to Blog with 250-

500 words

explaining

rhetorical purpose

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2.13

Composing Images

-Digital StillPhotography

-Visual Rhetoric

Kress, Gunther and Theo van Leeuwen Ch.

4: Representation and Interaction:Designing the Position of the Viewer.

Reading Images. Routledge, 2006. Print.

Review Classmates Images on Their Blogs

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2.18

Composing Images

-Visual Rhetoric

-Studio Time

Kress, Gunther and Theo van Leeuwen. Ch.

5: Modality: Designing Models of Reality.

Reading Images. Routledge, 2006. Print.


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2.20

Composing Video

-Discuss Video

Examples

-Introduction to

Video Preview

Assignment

-Permission and

Ethics of Filming

People and Places

Everynone. Radiolab Presents Symmetry.

Youtube. RadioLab, 2011. Web.

Everynone. Radiolab and NPR Present

Words. Youtube. RadioLab, 2010. Web.

Everynone. Radiolab and NPR Present

Parabolas. Youtube. Radiolab, 2009. Web.

Image

Assignment and

Cover Letter Due

to Carmen

Tweet Video

Assignment ideas

possibilities and

respond to

classmates ideas

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2.25

Composing Video

-Discuss Video

Preview Ideas

-Storyboarding

-Recording with

Zoom cameras

Lancaster, Kurt. Shooting the Image. Blog 250-500 word

description of

Video idea

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2.27

Composing Video

-Editing with iMovie

iMovie Editing Guide Bring 5-10 minutes

of video for iMovieediting

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3.4

Composing Video

-Advanced Video

Editing

iMovie Advanced Editing Guide

Lancaster, Kurt. Editing for Rhythm.

R

3.6

Composing Video

-Peer Review

Peer Review Worksheet Instructions Post Video

Youtube link to

Carmen Discussion

Board

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No class

Spring Break

Video and Cover

Letter Due to

Carmen Dropbox(link to Youtube

url)

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3.13

No class

Spring Break

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3.18

Composing Websites

-Discuss Website

Examples

-Introduce Website

Redesign

Assignment

-Visual Design of

Websites

http://coolhomepages.com/

Kress, Gunther and Theo van Leeuwen. Ch.

6: The Meaning of Composition. Reading

Images. Routledge, 2006. Print.

R

3.20

Composing Websites

-Basic HTML Coding

Basic Website Coding

http://www.w3schools.com/

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3.25

Composing Websites

-Basic HTML Coding

Basic Website Coding

http://www.w3schools.com/

Redesign

Proposal due to

Carmen Dropbox
http://coolhomepages.com/http://coolhomepages.com/http://coolhomepages.com/


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3.27

Composing Websites

-CSS Templates

Website Style Coding

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4.1

Composing Websites

-Studio Time

R

4.3

Composing Websites

-Client Review

Client Review Instructions Group Redesign

Memo and Three

Photoshop

Mockups of

Website due to

Denney Mac

Drive

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4.8

Studio Time

-Website Redesign

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4.10

Revision and Putting

it all together

-Website Redesign

Blog assignment

over

Twitter

assignment overT

4.15

Presentations

-Website Redesign

Website Redesign

Presentations

Due

Post Twitter Log

to Carmen

Dropbox

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4.17

Studio Time

-Portfolio

Post Portfolio Draft

to Carmen

discussion board

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4.232-3:45

PM

Wrapping up!

-Portfolio Showcase-Celebration

Portfolio and

Cover Letter Dueto Denney Mac

drive

*Due at start of class unless otherwise noted.

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