Unit 3 Assignments

Before you leave class, please send me a link to the following documents. Ensure that all documents are shared with my correct email address.

• All Unit 3 Feeder Assignments
• Draft Workshop: Unit 3 Project Script (11/27)
• Draft Workshop: Unit 3 Project Audio (11/29)

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.

Screencast: Assembling Your VoiceThread

Screencast: Splitting Your Audio into Multiple mp3s

Draft Workshop: Unit 3 Project Audio

11/29/12

Name: 

Compose a retrospective outline of the VoiceThread’s audio component. You may want to give you partner the images you plan to use so that s/he can follow along. Your outline should be fairly short... certainly not more than half a page long.

After you compose the outline, evaluate the draft’s organization. Is the draft appropriately weighted toward analysis of the image itself? Does the argument proceed in a logical manner? Does the author relate each section to the thesis statement clearly and directly? Note any sections that seem inconsistent, extraneous, or under-developed.

In addition to those questions, compose at least three questions that you would like your partner to answer about your draft:

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Draft Workshop: Unit 3 Project Script

11/27/12

Name:

1. Does the author’s introduction follow one of the templates for effective introductions we discussed in class (refer to your notes if you have to)? If not, suggest specific strategies (such as an anecdote mentioned later in the draft or some other detail) the author might use to craft a more effective introduction.

2. The assignment notes that the VoiceThread should contain a sustained analysis of the artwork’s formal qualities. In other words, the largest part of the draft should be devoted to analyzing the piece of art directly, rather than the contextual information the author connects it to. Does the draft meet this requirement? 

3. Evaluate the author’s thesis statement. Does it do all three things that we noted a strong thesis statement should do? 

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Turning in Unit 2 Work

As you did at the end of Unit 1, please send me a link to the following files:

All Unit 2 Feeder Assignments

Unit 2 Brainstorming / Pre-Writing (October 11)

Radiolab Homework Assignment (October 23)

Lucy Podcast Group Discussion (October 23)

Unit 2 Data Sheet Workshop (October 25)

Model Podcast Discussion (November 1)

Draft Workshop: Podcast Script (November 1)

Draft Workshop: Results & Discussion Script (November 6)

Draft Workshop: Podcast Audio (November 8)

Draft Workshop: Unit 2 Project (November 13)

PLEASE double check that all documents are shared with my correct email address and all assignments are clearly labeled with your name and the date of the assignment.