Unit 3 Workshops

In order to avoid missing credit for any work you've done in Unit 3, I ask each of you to email a list of links to your Unit 3 draft workshops. Here are the workshops I'll be looking for:

4/10: Feeder 3.1
4/12: Feeder 3.2 Audio
4/17: Unit 3 Project Script
4/21: Unit 3 Project Audio

For each of these workshops, locate the Google Doc in which you gave feedback on your partner's paper. Ensure that the document is shared with my correct gmail address and email a link to each document to me (just copy and paste the URL from your browser). I will contact you directly via email if any of the links do not work.

Posting Your VoiceThread to Your Blog

1. Go back to voicethread.unc.edu and click on the “My Voice” tab. Click on the VoiceThread you wish to post.

2. Click the menu icon at the top left of the screen then click “edit.” Click the button at the bottom of the screen that says “Playback Options” and enter 0 as the time to wait between slides and check the button that says “Start playing when opened.” Click the “Save” button.

3. Click the button at the bottom of the screen that says “Publishing Options.” Check the box that says “Allow Anyone at UNC to View.” Click “Save.” 

4. Click the button at the bottom of the screen that says “Embed.” Copy the code in the box labeled “Embed Code” (just clicking anywhere in the box will copy the code for you). Go to blogger.com, log in, and click the button to make a new post. Click the button on the top left that says “html,” then paste in the code you copied earlier. Give your post a title and hit “Publish.”

5. Ask a groupmate or friend to open the VoiceThread on their computer by going to your blog. If your friend can’t open it for some reason then I won’t be able to either and I won’t be able to grade your assignment! Please contact me if you have any technical difficulties posting to the blog.

Draft Workshop: Unit 3 Project Audio

4/21/12
Name:

Since many of you are at different stages of the drafting process, today you will compose all of the questions for your workshop. You can either compose new questions entirely or you can copy and paste questions from previous workshops. Please include at least 4 questions.

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Draft Workshop: Unit 3 Project Script

4/17/12
Name:

1. Does the script begin (i.e. in the first sentence) by telling the audience something they do not know? Is the author’s introduction one of the more effective or less effective introductions we talked about in class? If the script begins either with a rhetorical question or a broad declaratory statement (i.e. “Monet was one of the greatest artists of the 19th century,” “Abstract expressionists like Jackson Pollock sought to combine emotional intensity with non-figurative imagery”) work with the author to compose a more effective introduction and paste it below.

2. Does the thesis statement (as the assignment requires) make a strong and specific claim about the artwork’s relationship to a specific context? Does the thesis statement merely state that there is a relationship, or does it define that relationship specifically? If the thesis statement needs to be revised, work with the author to revise it and paste the new version here. In addition, does the thesis statement provide a road map for the rest of the essay and answer the “so what?” question? 

Compose two more questions addressing specific issues you are dealing with on this particular draft. You can copy and paste questions from previous draft workshops or compose new ones.

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Screencast: Assembling Your VoiceThread

Screencast: Splitting Your Audio into Multiple mp3s

Course Evaluations

We will do course evaluations in class on Tuesday, April 17.

Click here (https://www.digitalmeasures.com/login/unc/student) to access the online evaluation system. You will need to login with your ONYEN and password.