Final project checklist, requirements and timeline
8-page website on your individual research topic due during final exam period (note reduction from 10)
Consisting of:
--landing page with substantial content
--discussion and incorporation of your secondary research and any primary research
--exploration of subtopics on separate webpages
--demonstrating a command of the research and making a connection to readings/topics discussed in class
--usable navigation with links throughout
--links back to your homepage, to the landing page
--coherent and thoughtful design and content
--design relevant to relationship to content
--usable and accessible layout
--proper attribution and citation of images
--thoughtful integration of images throughout most pages
--demonstrates rhetorical awareness
--accessibility through design and captioning images and video
--incorporation of feedback from in-class draft workshop peer reviews
--brief, informal email to me summarizing process
--3,000 words polished, revised prose spread throughout
--prose displays controlling ideas/focus
--optional multimedia to serve the purpose of your project could include:
-quick explainer video
-maps
-charts
-visual gallery
The individual project meeting with me will result in a plan for your ten pages customized to the purpose and content of your topic and your own goals.
timeline:
by March 25:
--project meeting with me scheduled or completed
--research conducted
by March 31:
--rough or final website plan
--landing page drafted
by April 7:
--2 further webpages drafted (for a total of 3)
by April 14:
--2 further webpages drafted (for a total of 5)
by April 21:
--3 further webpages drafted (for a total of 5)
ongoing:
--revisions for content, design/layout, attribution, proofreading, attribution, and everything
by our scheduled final exam time:
--project completed along with homepage and blog, this is how you "submit" for your final grade