VDB 4213 - Assignment (10%)

Date of Presentation: 8 August 2017

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Choose any scope of study below

2. Do a mini VIDEO documentary (5-10 minutes per group)
3. Write a summary report for the presentation
4. Be sure to upload the video to Youtube.com.
5. Teach us something we did not know!

SCOPE OF STUDY
(MAJOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES." National Research Council. 1994.
Priorities for Coastal Ecosystem Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press).

1. Habitat Modification

Physical modifications of habitats by either natural forces or human influence pose

serious threats to coastal ecosystem integrity and these modifications are often difficult
to reverse. Such modification may result from filling of intertidal or subtidal habitat;
loss of tidal wetlands; submerged aquatic vegetation or coral reefs due to a decline in
water quality or changes in sedimentation; or from changes in the hydrodynamics of
coastal systems.

2. Hydrologic and hydrodynamic disruption,

Geomorphological modifications of shallow coastal systems may significantly affect

the hydrodynamics of the coastal regime (Inman, 1976), affecting the influence of the
coastal ocean on estuaries as well as the movement of materials from rivers to the sea.
Such modifications may result from dredging of navigation channels, shoreline
development and filling, shoreline protection (e.g., breakwaters and groins), and
channelization of tidal wetlands. For example, dredging channels can change salinity
structure, circulation, flushing, and residence times of these semi-enclosed coastal
systems.

3. Shoreline erosion and hazardous storms

Shoreline erosion is influenced by coastal processes resulting in offshore and

alongshore transport of sediments. Changing patterns in coastal storm climate can
change the direction of sediment transport by altering the intensity and direction of
waves incident to a beach. This change has altered sediment movement and the
resulting nature of the coastline (Shepard and Kuhn, 1983). Shoreline erosion and
hazardous storms are affected in a complex manner by land-use decisions and climate
change and, conversely, can greatly affect coastal environmental quality.

Internal
Guidelines for mini VIDEO documentary

1. http://www.desktop-documentaries.com/making-documentaries.html
2. http://www.desktop-documentaries.com/mini-documentary.html

Guidelines for summary report (6-8 pages only)

The report must contain:

1. Introduction
2. Problem Statement
3. Methods
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions

Additional info

1. Equal Participation
Each team member should contribute equally.
2. Grading
Grading is based on the mini VIDEO presentation and report writing.

Links for your reference:

1. The Best Free Video Tools:

https://elearningindustry.com/the-8-best-free-video-tools-for-teachers

Internal
 Mini Documentary
Good-5 pts
Mini-documentary Documentary is 510
- content minutes in length and
clearly and effectively tells
the real story on a topic
that engages multiple
audiences. The
documentary topic is clearly
and fully researched, tells
multiple sides of the story,
and the interviews support
the content. The
documentary is engaging
and uses still images.
Research
Project is well researched
with sufficient evidence to
give a complete account of
the event.
Information The team's video
documentary is very
informative. It covers the
required criteria which is
the history, features,
benefits, and the downfalls
of two types of
communication; as well as
how they affect society. The
team's personal viewpoint is
also expressed.
Editorial/Script The voice over script is
well-written and gives a
complete account of the
events of the case.
Creativity
The team presents their
video documentary in an
extremely unique, original,
and creative way. It catches
the viewer's attention and
holds their interest.
Graphics
Project has appropriate
graphics. The graphics
enhance the project and are
well placed and thought out.
Project shows great effort,
and the graphics help tell
the story of the case.
Organization
The team's information in
the video documentary is
organized and flows. The
transitions are smooth and
the material is easy to
comprehend. The video
documentary ranges from
510 minutes in length.
Internal
Fair-3 pts Poor-1 pts Marks
Documentary is 58
minutes in length and
includes still images.
The documentary story Absent, incomplete, or
uses research and unfocused.
interviews to support
the content and engages
multiple audiences.
Project shows little
Project contains a few evidence of research.
facts but needs more Project does not include
evidence to add to the facts from the case that
credibility of the case. support the limitations of
human justice.
The team does not cover
The team does not
any of the required material.
cover all of the required
Their video documentary is
criteria and is not
not detailed or informative.
detailed in presenting
The information that is
their information.
presented is irrelevant.
The voice over script is
poorly written and
No voice over is included.
leaves the audience
confused.
The team's video
documentary is not
The team presents their
presented in an original or
video documentary in a
creative way. The
basic way that tries to
information is read to the
capture the viewer's
viewers and fails to present
attention.
the information in an
interesting format.
Project has many
graphics. Some graphics
are not appropriate for Project has only a few
the content of the case. graphics that help tell the
Timing of the graphics story. Some graphics are
need work. More inappropriate for the
graphics would improve content of the case.
the quality of the
presentation.
The team's information
The team's information is
in the video
not organized in any
documentary has a
manner and lacks a flow of
general order and flow.
conversation. The
The material is
terminology used to present
presented in a difficult
the material is unfamiliar to
manner. The video
the viewer. The video
documentary ranges
documentary is less than 5
from 5-8 minutes in
minutes in length.
length.