This course takes a hands-on approach to exploring reading and writing in digital (Web) environments. Students in the course consider ways that digital writing environments create opportunities for writers to address multiple audiences, to bring together visual and alphabetic texts, and to involve readers in the construction of those texts. Students in the course will develop a variety of digital texts, including blogs, websites, and wikis. Students’ work will be collected in an e-portfolio designed and assembled over the course of the term.

 

Objectives

• Consider how digital writing environments help writers address multiple audiences.
• Bring together visual and alphabetical texts in a variety of webbed projects.
• Experience the ways readers participate in the construction of multi-modal texts.
• Understand principles and practices in several webbed projects, including blogs, websites, and more.
• Develop a professional electronic portfolio.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students in this course will

• Demonstrate the ability to write in both styles and syntax of several digital writing environments.
• Apply key principles of web writing style to both individual and collaborative writing spaces.
• Critique blogs and websites using design and style principles introduced in the course.
• Apply a range of digital tools to the creation of contemporary media products.
• Plan and execute collaborative writing projects using relevant collaborative writing environments.
• Create a professional electronic portfolio (ePortfolio) attentive to the visual and textual elements of web design.