Each of the four units of the course culminates in a project. This course blog will be a
public repository of your project design plans, production documentation, and reflections.
If you are new to WordPress, you may want to review this guide to the WordPress Editor.
Expectations for your posts this semester:
- You will follow any specific prompt requirements for length / content. Often, blog post prompts will be tailored to Unit projects / documentation needs. Prompts will be posted and archived under the “Professor Posts” category. (You can review these posts through the link above.)
- Unless otherwise specified, aim for your posts to be between 200 and 500 words. Use specific examples from class readings and your own design production to support and illustrate claims.
- Be sure to Categorize your post correctly. If you like, you can also use Tags to generate (and then track) smaller themes across posts. Categories are based on Unit modules and are preset by your instructors; Tags operate as #s would on social media and can be made by everyone. [Here’s a demonstration video about where to find Categories and Tags in the post composition window.]
- Posts can be more conversational in tone than other modes of academic writing, but should be no less rigorous in thought, analysis of class readings, and incorporation of citations as necessary. Please refer to the Purdue Online Writing Lab, or OWL, for help with citations.
- Consider including screen-grabs, photographs, or videos of your projects in your posts when useful, even if the prompt doesn’t require them. These media elements can help interest your readers and communicate elements about your designs that may be difficult to fully appreciate through written description.
Every time you post on our blog, you need to set the “Visibility” to Private. Follow these official WordPress directions / read more about this setting here. (Quick directions: When in your post composition window, Click “Document” on the right menu. Click on the setting next to “Visibility” and, if necessary, change it to “Private”.) At times we may ask you to publish posts for public consumption; follow this process but set Visibility to “Public”.