Comm361-001/Online Journalism Grading Sheet

Name:

Assignments

Description

Points

Deadline

Upload home reading assignments (10)
Rewrite and summarize 5 reading assignments of your choice utilizing web-writing techniques. You may do an additional assignment for extra credit.

25 25 25 25 25
(125 total) (150 possible)

April 17
(end of 13th week)

Video Conference Stories

Write a 2-page, double-spaced story utilizing web-writing techniques (including links) and upload each on a separate page of your website ... stories may be submitted to instructor for editing and feedback ... each story must include quotes from the video conference and at least one quote from a classmate. You must do a minium of five (375 total points).

375
total

Individual by story
Video conference story #1 (Ari Fleischer)
75
Jan. 31

Video conference story #2 (Walter Mondale and/or
Dorris Kearns Goodwin
)

75
Feb. 7
Video conference story #3 (Janet Brown)
75
Feb. 14
Video conference story #4 (Ken Sands)
75
Feb. 19
Video conference story #5 (Brit Hume)
75
Feb. 21
Video conference story #6
(Joel Sucherman)
75
Feb. 26
Video conference story #7 (Rob Curley)
75
March 4
Other video conferences TBA
75
Others TBA

Final Story

First draft (should include ALL the primary elements) Your story should be an example of cross-platform story telling utilizing a variety (3 minimum) of multimedia techniques and programs.
125
April 17
Final version (ready for presentation)
75
April 24

Your Blog

Weekly blog entries (2 per week) You must write a minimum of 2 entries per week beginning Week #3 (Feb. 3 if not sooner) through Week #13 (April 19) for a minimum number of 20 entries (5 points each). Entries must demonstrate knowledge of web-writing techniques and include links. You may do up to 2 extra for extra credit.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20
(100 total)
2 per week between Feb. 3
and April 19

Your Website

Required STAR Lab workshops You must attend a minimum of 2 workshops by the assigned dates.
50 50
March 7
April 11
Extra credit STAR Lab workshops You may attend up to 8 additional workshops. (10 10 10 10
10 10 10 10)
No later than
April 11
Upload your website on the Mason server Create your index page and pages for the other parts of your website.
25
No later than
Feb. 21
(end of 5th week)
Site infrastructure Create a basic look and navigation system for every page of your website (includes links to the syllabus, your assignments page, final project, blog, resume, resource page and other pages).
25
No later than
March 6
(end of 7th week)
Assignment page Utilizing tables, build a page that takes users to each home reading assignment, each video conference story, your Media Pyramid (using Photoshop), and your final project.
25
No later than
Feb. 21
(end of 5th week)
Resources/favorite sites page  
10
Feb. 29
Portfolio page (extra credit)  
(20)
April 17
Database (extra credit)  
(20)
Part of project
RSS feed (widget or page)  
(20)
March 20
Resume  
10
April 10
E-Mail link
5
Feb. 21
Website total
(300 total)