UPDATE FOR 2013: The resources below may be outdated, so I recommend that you consult the official WordPress.com Support pages instead. (This does NOT apply to Amy’s students, who are using the custom “full” version of WordPress installed on my own domains.) This post features links to some specific pages on the WordPress.com support site […]
If you’re using blogs in a class, chances are you’ll need to read and comment on classmates’ blogs on a regular basis, so I recommend that you find an easy way to keep track of their blogs. While you could just bookmark each blog and visit it regularly, that’s not a particularly efficient way of […]
Below is a brief version of an assignment I’ve used in WRTG 1150 and WRTG 2090. I have a long version somewhere, which I’ll post if/when I find it. Topics The article you write will feature a comparative analysis of three digital tools that are useful to college students, either for class work or for […]
This video packs in a LOT of concepts that you may not get right away, but it’s a good one to re-watch, study, and discuss. Vision of Students Today This well-known video by a cultural anthropologist shows the disconnect between traditional methods of teaching in higher education and today’s social media savvy students. Understanding the […]
To search for articles in a broad range of academic journals, go the library’s list of general and interdisciplinary databases and search some of those. I recommend Academic Search Premier, JSTOR, and Google Scholar, but keep in mind that you can’t use these databases unless you’re either on campus or logged into the campus network […]
Listen to “This I Believe” radio essays Listen to StoryCorps radio interviews Start using exploring personal experiences Share your responses to TIB and StoryCorps samples Radio essays and interviews are meant to be listened to while you’re doing something else, like driving, cleaning house, walking, and so on. They’re not meant to be listened to […]
Being able to put highlight passages in and put notes on a PDF file is extremely useful, particularly for students who don’t want to have to print out lots of documents but who need to take notes on them either to learn the material or to use the material in a paper. Students in my […]
NOTE: The instructions below are for QuickTime X, which comes on all Macs with OS 10.6 and higher. When using a new multimedia app, it’s always a good idea to make test version first, before you record a full version, just to make sure you’ve got the video and audio settings working correctly. You don’t […]
I used the following assignment in my WRTG 1150 class, as a way of introducing rhetorical awareness and the importance of structure and clarity. You can see some of their final projects on the Student Projects: Instructions Articles category on DigitalStudents.net INSTRUCTIONS PROJECT Description Chances are, when you’ve wanted to know how to do something, […]
(1) After you upload a PDF or presentation to SlideShare, view it as it appears on the “front end.” (2) Click the Embed link at the top to see the box below, but DO NOT copy the iframe code. If you put that into your blog post, WordPress will strip it out as a safety […]
Developing rhetorical awareness is a learning goal for this class both because it relates to our class theme, of exploring the rhetoric of gender and sexuality and because the class is offered by the Program for Writing and Rhetoric. “Rhetorical awareness” is, in some ways, a fairly simple concept, and in other ways, a really […]
If you want to restrict a blog post to only those who have a password, follow these steps: (1) On the post editing page, look in the Publish box in the upper right corner and click on the Edit link next to Visibility, as shown below. (2) Click the button next to Password protected and […]
Rhetorical Considerations for Presentation Design from Amy Goodloe What makes any form of communication “effective”? Following the principles of reader-friendly design. When does a presentation need to be “reader-friendly”? When you intend for it to stand alone as a document readers can navigate through on their own, rather than using it as a visual aid […]
Digital Story by Sarah (WRTG 3090 – Fall 2012) AMY’S NOTE: This is one of the samples by students who took WRTG 3090/ATLS 3519 the first time it was offered, in Fall 2012 under the title “Intro to Digital Storytelling.” The digital stories they made were based on the approach taught by the Center for […]
