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English 4885: Digital Writing - Syllabus - Frost

This document is a course syllabus for a digital writing class. It provides information about the instructor, learning goals, required materials, attendance policy, academic integrity, and assignments. The course focuses on investigating how digital technologies have affected composition and thinking through developing digital writing skills and exploring digital humanities. Students will produce various digital writing projects and develop a digital toolbox.

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English 4885: Digital Writing - Syllabus - Frost

This document is a course syllabus for a digital writing class. It provides information about the instructor, learning goals, required materials, attendance policy, academic integrity, and assignments. The course focuses on investigating how digital technologies have affected composition and thinking through developing digital writing skills and exploring digital humanities. Students will produce various digital writing projects and develop a digital toolbox.

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2-3:15 p.m.

MW, Fall 2016


Bate 2018

Welcome to Digital Writing!


This course focuses on the theory, analysis, and production of digital texts,
with special focus on the emerging field
of digital humanities. Students will investigate how digital writing technologies have affected the ways we compose and the ways we think. We also
will explore how digital innovation has
changed the act of composing, including
the impact of social media on our lives.
Students will develop a digital toolbox
to supplement their writing practices
while developing real-life digital writing
products.

Course Resources
Dr. Frost
Office: Bate 2139
Phone: 252-328-5561
Email: [email protected]
ecudigitalwriting.
wordpress.com

Table of Contents
Page 2 ..... Learning Environtment & Accommodations / Required Materials
Page 3 ..... Learning Goals / Attendance
Page 4 ..... Academic Integrity / Grading & Assignments

Learning Environment & Accommodations


Your success in this class
is important to me. We
will all need accommodations because we all learn
differently. If there are aspects of this course that
prevent you from learning,
please let me know as
soon as possible. Together
well develop strategies
to meet both your needs
and the requirements of
the course.

I encourage you to
visit the Department for
Disability Support Ser-

Department for
Disability Support
Services
vices (click above for
more) to determine how
you could improve your
learning as well. If you
need official accommodations, you have a right to
have these met based on
the The Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA), a
federal antidiscrimination
statute. I consider the

requirements of the ADA


a minimum threshold.*
There are also a range of
resources on campus, including the Writing Center
and Joyner LIbrary.

I hope you will each
talk with me about how
I can best provide the
means for you to do well
in this course. I may not
be able to provide retroactive accommodations in
every situation, so please
talk with me as soon as
possible about your needs.

*For example, the typeface used in this syllabus is OpenDyslexic, which is designed to be
functional for readers of many different types including those with dyslexia.

Required Materials
The following materials are required for this
course, and it is your responsibility to make sure
you have regular access
to these materials (including correct editions)
no later than the second
week of class.
-Internet access
-Access to Creative Suite
-Ability to read PDFs
-Word-processing capability
-Digital storage capability

McKee, Heidi and DeVoss, Daniel


Nicole. (2007). Digital Writing Research: Technologies, Methodologies and Ethical Issues. New York:
Hampton Press.

Ridolfo, Jim, and Hart-Davidson,


William. (2015). Rhetoric and the
Digital Humanities. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Learning Goals

Use digital writing to investigate complex,
relevant topics and address significant questions through engagement with and effective
use of credible sources.

Produce digital writing that reflects an
awareness of context, purpose, and audience,
particularly within the written genres (including
genres that integrate writing with visuals, audio
or other multi-modal components) of their major disciplines and/or career fields.

Demonstrate that they understand digital
writing as a process that can be made more effective through drafting, revision, peer review,
and the interplay of form and content.

Proofread and edit their own digital writing, avoiding grammatical, mechanical, and digital design errors.

Assess and explain the major choices that
they make in their digital writing.

Consider the situated nature of particular
digital texts and think about their rhetorical
velocity and possible future purposes.

Examine theories, methodologies, and ideologies that undergird digital writing, including
in-depth investigation of the emerging field of

digital humanities

Theorize a variety of reasons, using rhetorical language,
for why digital writing is different from print-based writing
and why understanding of this
difference and skills in digital
writing are important in an increasingly globalized world

Attendance
Showing up for class is crucial to your
success. I understand that absences
sometimes cannot be avoided, but it is up
to you as a responsible adult to decide
what course of action is best for you and
your life. In the event that you must miss
class, you should communicate with me
about the situation and do everything in
your power to keep up. This may mean
contacting a classmate to get notes,
making an appointment with me, and/or
checking the course schedule. Excessive
absencesmore than four per semesterwill affect your grade at the rate of
one full letter grade (that is, 10 points)
per absence. If you face a challenging
situation in regard to your attendance,
please contact me right away so that we
can work out an alternate plan together.

Academic Integrity
The Academic Integrity
Policy governs student
conduct related to academic activities. All alleged violations of the
policy must be resolved in
accordance with the procedures outlined in Part
IV of the Faculty Manual
(which is available on East
Carolinas website). In the
context of this course,
engaging in the following
practices are signs that
you exhibit academic integrity:

Being respectful of
other students, the instructor, and any guests;

refraining from hate


speech and other socially
unjust practices.

Doing and submitting
your own original work:
The use of all sources
should be properly documented. If you have any
questions about how or
when to cite sources,
contact me or the Writing
Center. Ignorance is not an
excuse for plagiarism or
improperly cited work.

Preparing your work
on time: You should turn
work in on time, just as
you would in the work-

place. I do not accept late


work. I am, however, willing to grant extensions or
otherwise work with students who make an effort
to communicate with me.
Please request extensions
via email so we both have
a record. I do reserve the
right to refuse extension
requests, so schedule
your request for an extension accordingly. (I strongly recommend that you
back up your work for this
class. Backing up files is
a necessary professional
practice in the age of digital information.)

Grading & Assignments


Grades are rendered on a 10-point scale
as recommended by the Faculty Senate.
You are always welcome to discuss your
grade with me; this is best done during
office hours in order to comply with the
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA). Your grade will be determined
by your performance on class assignments. However, attendance and academic integrity may also impact your
grade.

We will complete the following assignments in this course, details of which


are available on individual assignment
sheets: a Visual Rhetoric Artifact,
Digital News Story, Professional Website, Social Media Plan, and Multimodal
Essay.

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