ENC 4260: HTML / MOO Theory and Practice Course Requirements

Informal Writing Since ENC 4260 is a writing class, I will ask you to write weekly. This writing is informal, in the sense that it will take the form of memos, proposals, and reports. However, this daily writing does have to be serious: I will expect you to spend more than a few minutes on this writing, and I will expect that your writing shows that you are thinking critically about the subject matter. Even though most of your daily writing will concentrate on specific assignments, your responses should be a kind of conversation that you have with the material and classroom discussions; they should give you the space to think through some of the issues raised in the reading and in your research. What you write will determine to a great extent what gets said in the class and will ultimately influence the experience of each member of the class. In that sense, your writing is definitely a collaborative effort: together we will look at our experiences with technology in order to enrich our understanding of its various general texts and how you might allpy that to your specific interests and discipline. The informal writing assignments are designed to be done during your own time and at your own pace. You should submit your assignments to me as you finish them. The first eight assignments (except one) are due before mid-term, and the last seven will be due on the last day of class; these due dates are the last acceptable dates to turn in assignments. Projects In addition to creating what goes on in class, your daily writing should also prepare you to “write” two formal projects, one individual and one collaborative. The project topics will reflect the reading material and class discussions and will expect you to expand upon them with your own knowledge and research of the material. Ideally, these projects should grow out of an insight or set of insights that you first recorded in your informal writings. As these projects complement each other, they should be completed simultaneously and are both due on the last day of class. See Project 1 and Project 2. Class Participation Regular class attendance and active participation in classroom discussion and the class interchanges are required. Some assignments will occasionally count for participation: peer editing, the viewing of a film, and like activities. Additional assistance can be obtained from the instructor during his office hours or by appointment. Various forms of electronic discourse will be utilized by the class. Participation in LitMUSE meetings and Littalk interchanges will be required. Specific assignments dealing with each of these activities will be prompted by the instructor, usually in class. While we will complete much of our computer work in-class, the use of a computer out-of-class is manditory for the successful completion of of this class. USF provides open-use computer labs, but I suggest your buying a computer, if you do not already have one. You will need to use a computer for this class daily; if you do not have easy access to one, you should consider taking another class. Exams I reserve the right to have a final exam based on class performance and participation. If the class average falls lower than expected, then a final exam will be given during finals week. You should take diligent notes and do all the readings during the course of the semester as if you expect to take a cumulative final exam. Hopefully, an exam will not be necessary.

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