mwr syllabus spring 2015 mwf 2

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Multimedia Writing & Rhetoric (WR 13300-04)

Spring 2015

Jere! "# $ain-%onin

MW' 25-1015

%oleman-Mor*e 201

Office: 300 OShaughnessy Hall

Office Hours: Friday 10:30-1:30, before and after class, and other times (by aointment!

"-mail:#con$in%nd&edu

%our*e +e*cription

'ecause researching and comosing arguments is increasingly lin$ed to technological

tools, multimedia sections of riting and )hetoric teach students ho* to ma$e the mostof a *ide array of resources& From standard tools, such as +icrosoft ord, to more

o*erful eb sites and soft*are, students in multimedia sections use comosition

technology to its fullest *hile eloring the uniue oortunities and challenges of

comosing in the .1st century& hile students do not need any rior technological s$ills,they should be ready to learn many of these s$ills o/er the course of the semester&

Students should ha/e access to comuters and the nter*eb&

%our*e ,.ecti/e*

1! )ecognie the narrati/es that surround us in media e/ery day&a! "amine myriad sources&

b! "/aluate the goals of these narrati/es&

c! 2etermine intended audiences&

.! rticulate *hat ma$es narrati/es effecti/e&

a! reciate /arious forms&b! 4nderstand aroriate content&c! 5omrehend ethics of 6riting and )hetoric&7

3! Form narrati/es using a /ariety of media&a! 5raft theses and areciate rhetorical situations&

b! )esearch others narrati/es&

c! Suort claims using e/idence&

d! nticiate ob#ections and alternati/es&e! +a$e aroriate conclusions for imagined audiences&

8! 4nderstand the creati/e rocess and its comonent stes&a! 'rainstorm *ell&

b! Free*rite and 2raft&

c! )e*rite&d! "dit and Format&

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%our*e Material*

The Craft of Research(9hird "dition!

ayne 5& 'ooth ;regory ;& 5olomb &

S'?: @A>-0-..B-0BCBB-3

Fresh Writing(Dolume 18!

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lato (*ith *ireless caability! or tablet is strongly recommended

?otre 2ame email account (chec$ed daily!

)ecommended:

A Pocket Style Manual with 2009 MLA an 20!0 APA "#ates(Fifth "dition!

2iana Hac$er

'edfordESt& +artinsS'?: @A>-0-31.-BB8>0-0

articipation and ttendance olic!

eect students to attend e/ery class, but understand that sic$nesses and other

obligations occur& 9herefore, students can miss three (3! class meetings *ith no enaltyto their articiation grade (see belo*!& Officially-ecused absences do not count for the

three class meetings& One (1! oint *ill disaear from a students articiation grade

(still belo*! for each additional absence&

=articiation comrises the 6sub#ecti/e7 asect of grading& 5oming to class, as$ing

uestions, gi/ing e/idence of reading the assigned materials, *ill ma$e borderline grades

more li$ely to go u& 9ardiness, sul$ing, surliness, lac$ of rearation, sleeing in class,*ill ma$e borderline grades more li$ely to remain fied&

)egarding assignments and eaminations, ro/iding ecuses for absences is theresonsibility of the student, as is obtaining any material co/ered during the missed class&

list of accetable ecuses aears some*here official, m sure& =lease let me $no* in

ad/ance if you *ill miss an eamination or assignment because of an ecused absence&

2ue dates for assignments remain as osted for students *ith unecused absences& "ach

*ee$day late *ill result in the loss of one-third of one letter grade for the assignment&

(For eamle, a aer due on Friday that *ould ha/e recei/ed an 6-7 automaticallybecomes a 6'7 before +onday at 11:C@ m! 9hese late enalties remain in effect e/en

after the student submits a re/ised draft&

%our*e %ancellation olic!

n the unli$ely e/ent that the instructor needs to cancel class, he *ill notify students /ia

email (or, in emergencies, someone *ill ost a notice on the door!& 4ltimately, students

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should not *ait more than ten (10! minutes before lea/ing in the classroom& 9he

instructor *ill ro/ide his comleted discussion and reading notes from the missed class

as *ell as re/ie* missed materials uon students reuests&

**ignment* and rade $readonGll assignments *ill be indi/idually comleted unless instructor aro/es grou *or$&

Gnstructor *ill ro/ide assignment sheets for =ortfolio assignments detailing

eectations&

"ams: ero eaminations in this course (Ioure *elcome!

=articiation: CJSee abo/e for attendance and articiation reuirements&

or$shos: CJ

1! =resenting at *or$sho&.! =articiating in others *or$sho (attending, contributing comments!&

nformal riting: 10J

1! 'logEdiscussion-board entries, of *hich students *ill choose three (3! for

grading& ;rades determined by thoughtfulness and rele/ance to toic&.! n-class eercises&

=ortfolio: >0J

?arrati/e "ssay: .0J1000 *ords

)hetorical nalysis: .0J

1.00 *ords)esearch =aer: .0J

.000 *ords

Disual "ssay: .0J

ortolio S!*tem and +eadline*

ll grades under the 6=ortfolio7 comonent of the grading brea$do*n are 6in encil7until the final due date: .@ ril at 11:C@ m& 2eadlines for the initial drafts aear in the

5ourse Schedule (see belo*!&

Students therefore ha/e the oortunity to re*rite all assignments under the 6=ortfolio7

category and re-submit them for a ne* grade& ?ote: grades are not guaranteed to

imro/e, though re*rites using rofessorial, *or$sho, and eer-re/ie* commentsshould raise grades& lso, late enalties for initial drafts remain in effect for later draft

grades& (For eamle, a aer that originally *as one *ee$day late can only get an -,

no matter ho* imro/ed the ne*est draft is&!

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)esubmission =rocess:

1& )e/ise the assignment, ossibly using instructor and eer feedbac$&

G?ote: due to the instructors grading style of 6rioritiation,7 e/enma$ing all suggested changes *ill not guarantee an 6&7

G?ote: there is a chance your resubmission could recei/e a lo*er grade&

.& =ost the ne* assignment as a ne* entry on your 9umblr blog& 9itle itsomething li$e 6re/ised assignment K&7

3& "mail the instructor *ith:

a& notice of resubmissions eistenceb& listEdescrition of changes made to the assignment

8& 9he instructor *ill resond *ith either a ne* grade, or encouragement to

change e/en more of the draft&

Reuired ni/er*it! Writing %enter and Student-6eacher %onerence*

Students must /isit the riting 5enter (5oleman-+orse .03! once o/er the course of the

semester& 9he riting 5enter is most effecti/e for larger issues of structure, organiation,transitions, et cetera& lthough they accet dro-in students, it encourages scheduling

aointments& 2uring a class session, a riting 5enter tutor *ill come and elain theaointment rocess&

9he /isit to the riting 5enter must haen rior to the semester brea$& 'ring yourassignment *ith youL (Or ost it to the ?: dri/e&! fter /isiting the riting 5enter, ost

a 1.0-*ord reaction to your eerience& hat did you eectM 2id the /isit change your

ercetion of the riting 5enterM ill you go againM

Students must /isit the instructors office hours t*ice during the semester: once before

the brea$, and once after the brea$& Students should schedule an aointment *ith the

instructor in ad/ance& hen scheduling an aointment, students should briefly state*hat they hoe to accomlish during the conference& For eamle, students may use

these conferences to imro/e essays for the ortfolio submission or comlain about the

instructors (lac$ of! fashion sense&

cademic 7one*t! olic!

ll ?otre 2ame students ledge the follo*ing at their matriculation and sign multilestatements each semester, thoughNdesite rumorsNalmost ne/er in blood:

6s a +ember of the ?otre 2ame community, *ill not articiate in or tolerate

academic dishonesty&72eending on the nature of the offense and the etent of dishonesty *ithin an

assignmentEeam, enalties *ill range from a ero of the assignmentEeam to failure of

the course&

(9he follo*ing aears in an adated form through ermission from =rofessor 'illS/elmoe of Saint +arys 5ollege!:

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=lagiarism is the most serious academic offense a student or faculty member can commit&

t is the assing off of anothers ideas or *ords as ones o*n in effect, it is theft&

=lagiarism destroys the educational rocess itself, inasmuch as education reuires thatstudents do the hard *or$ of thin$ing and forming their o*n ideas and then sharing those

ideas *ith others& 9he lagiarist sho*s disresect not only for those from *hom she

steals and for those to *hom she resents the lagiaried *or$, but also for herself& Sheis, in effect, saying that she is incaable of doing her o*n *or$, or that she is too lay to

gi/e roer credit to those from *hom she borro*s&

Students lagiarie rimarily as a failure of time management, not character& 9herefore,

this course includes brea$ing assignments into comonent arts, reuiring students tolan ahead for *hat aear to be un*ieldy and intimidating ro#ects& Students *ho still

find themsel/es tra*ling the inter*eb at the ele/enth hour angling to lagiarie should

olitely reuest an etension& ?early al*ays granted, these 6ne*7 due dates andaccomanying enaltiesNif anyNemerge from an agreement bet*een student and

instructor&

=lagiarism undercuts the trust that is essential in any community of learning& t *ill

destroy the relationshi bet*een instructors and students, ma$ing a semesters course feelli$e an eternity& =ost-lagiarism, the classroom eerience becomes a*$*ard for

e/eryone& Future encounters on camus reuire students flee the instructor by hiding in

garbage cans, nearby classrooms, or behind scultures& Students *ishing not to beembarrassed by banana eels on their clothes, by interruting random classes, or by

moc$ing suirrels should simly a/oid lagiarism&

For all of these reasons, the 4ni/ersity of ?otre 2ame maintains an academic honesty

olicy& ccordingly, treat incidents of lagiarism /ery seriously&At $ini$u$, a student

*hose *or$ is disco/ered to be lagiaried *ill fail the assignment in uestion& f, in myestimation, the student lagiaried *ith the deliberate intent to decei/e, the student *ill

fail the course, not #ust the assignment& n $eeing *ith the official olicy, *ill reortinstances of lagiarism to aroriate administrators&

t is e/ery students resonsibility to be a*are of *hat lagiarism is and to learn ho* to

document their *or$ correctly& *ill go o/er these rocedures in class and am al*ays

a/ailable to ans*er uestions& ?e/er let the ressures of academia lead you intodishonesty& 5haracter is more imortant than *hat may seem more ob/ious measures of

success&

Statement on Student* ith +i*ailitie*

69he 4ni/ersity of ?otre 2ame does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national

or ethnic origin, se, disability, /eteran status or age in the administration of any of its

educational rograms, admissions olicies, scholarshi and loan rograms, athletic andother school-administered rograms or in emloyment&

69he 4ni/ersity has designated the 2irector of its Office of nstitutional "uity to handle

all inuiries regarding its efforts to comly *ith and carry out its resonsibilities under

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9itle K and under Section C08 of the )ehabilitation ct of 1@A3& 9he 9itle K and

Section C08 coordinator may be contacted as follo*s: 2irector Office of nstitutional

"uity 818 ;race Hall (CA8! B31-08887

%our*e Schedule?ote: 2ue 2ates (GG! aly to 11:C@ m (South 'end time! of the noted date, e/en for

those students *ith unecused absences& 9he student is resonsible for osting herEhis

materials (and double-chec$ing a/ailability!&

ee$ One: 'eginnings

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.A February nnotated 'ibliograhy

ee$ "ight: "/idence. +arch "/aluating "/idence

8 +arch 4sing "/idence

B +arch MMGG)esearch bibliograhy due 11:C@ m

Fall 'rea$ (@-13 +arch!

ee$ ?ine: Disual "ssays

1B +arch Samles

1> +arch 9echnologiesGG=roosal (Disual "ssay! due 11:C@ m

.0 +arch Puotes

ee$ 9en: Disual "ssays.3 +arch or$ on Disual "ssay

.C +arch or$ on Disual "ssay

.A +arch )esearch =aer

ee$ "le/en: )esearch =aer30 +arch )esearch =aer Samles

1 ril )esearch =aer

GGDisual "ssay due 11:C@ m

3 ril ?O 5SS

ee$ 9*el/e: )esearch =aer

B ril ?O 5SS> ril )esearch =aer

10 ril )esearch =aer

ee$s 9hirteen and Fourteen: ?othing but or$shos

13 ril )e/ision =rocess

GG)esearch =aer due 11:C@ m

1C ril =ractice or$shos1A ril or$shos

.0 ril or$shos

.. ril or$shos

.8 ril or$shos

ee$ Fifteen: 9eary Fare*ells

.A ril or$shos

.@ ril GG=ortfolios 2ue 11:C@ m

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