ENGLISH 1302 2022

Communicating your
Research on Social Media
Project 2
One of the major goals for this course to help you better engage in the processes of communicating
your research to your audience. The research paper is not the sole way to communicate ideas. As
our world expands to include a variety of digital and social spaces I want you to consider how to
effectively and meaningfully create content on Social Media. To do this I’ll ask you to develop a
social media site where you will develop several multimedia posts to communicate the research you
developed in project 1, I’ll ask you to think about the way your social media space works to com-
municate ideas as well as what kinds of genres and content creation will work both in that space and
for your audience. By the end you’ll develop a fully functioning and publicly accessible Social Media
Site where you share what you’ve discovered and learned from your Research in Project 1 with an
online audience..

Take note: This assignment requires you PRESENT your RESEARCH from Project one, and must be on
topic: how reading, writing, literacy or learning or language or communication works. Your topic
MUST align with these. Any off topic work will receive a zero.

ASSIGNMENT
You will develop a SOCIAL MEDIA SITE that Presents your Project 1 research over a read-
ing/writing/literacy/learning topic and engages a specific Audience.

So lets break down what this project must include:

• SOCIAL MEDIA SITE needs to be on the topic of Reading or Writing or Literacy or Social Media Sites you can Use
Learning!
https://www.instagram.com/
• THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE MUST PRSENT AT MINIMUM 3 POSTS THAT TOGTHER https://twitter.com/
PRESENT THE RESEARCH DEVELOPED IN PROJECT 1. (Intro, discussions of
https://www.youtube.com/
sources, discussion of the missing perspective, discussion of the students own research,
study, discussion of analysis of results, discussion of final conclusions) https://www.facebook.com/
https://www.reddit.com/
• ALL posts must have a VISUAL element, a AUDIO element and a TEXTUAL element.
https://www.tiktok.com/
• Ex. You are making three episode podcast (Audio) on Youtube. Create a Al-
https://www.pinterest.com/
bum Cover for your Podcast(Visual) that will play on the Youtube video as the
podcast plays and Transcribe each podcast (textual) in the youtube caption or as
captions on the video.
Free Opensource Software
• Ex. You are making 5 Art abstract pieces to represent your Research (Visual)
• Free Photo editing Software
on Instagram. Create a written explanation that will go in the caption (textual) and
→ https://www.gimp.org/
Video posts of the art where you verbally explain how the art represents they key
ideas in your research (audio). • Free Video editing Software
→ https://www.openshot.org/
• ALL content must be made from scratch, original, by the student OR clearly named
• Free Audio editing Software
open source content with clear credit given to the source on all posts. → https://
www.audacityteam.org/
• Social media Site must be fully functioning, networked, public and actively engaging
and audience. (Must follow relevant users and reach out, utilize hashtags, effective
captions, biography, user pictures, etc.)
RUBRIC
A All Content is original, Social media site and Post design is polished and presented master- Student has engaged in Peer feedback
fully. Content Clearly presents the research from project and is very well explained. The and has revised their work in mindful
Social media site includes at least 3 posts. All 3 posts utilize visual, audio and textual ele- response to their peers comments
ments purposefully and skillfully. The student demonstrates a full understanding of the
genre they are working in and the Social Media site and Posts also demonstrate a deep Ex
awareness of the intended audience. Ideas, Examples, explanations, information is pre- Student creates an Instagram to show-
sented for the audience and not for the teacher or for the student themselves. The social case their abstract art pieces, 5 in total
media site is public and actively enaging an online audience. (intro, sources, missing perspective, re-
search study, conclusions) . Each art piece
Posts presents the topic, and it’s relevancy and connection to themselves and their audi- represents a part of their research. The
ence clearly. explains 3 high quality secondary sources authoritatively, names authors and captions are used to describe the art and
presents ideas as claims. Student addresses conflicts between sources by questioning the how it represents the ideas in the re-
conflict and including their own ideas. Student tests Secondary sources claims against their search the student did. Student uses sto-
own experiences or other sources. Student discusses their critical evaluation of the sec- ries and videos to orally and visually pre-
ondary sources, and presents the primary research they engaged in as well as their results sent the art as well. Student uses
and analysis of those results. Student clearly presents their new theory of writing/reading/ hashtags and actively responds to com-
literacy/learning. ments left on the posts.

B Some Content is original and content that is not is clearly credited in posts! Post Design is Student Has engaged in Peer feedback
presented mostly well. Content Clearly presents the research from project and is well ex- and made minor or few changes.
plained. The Social media site includes at least 3 posts. All 3 posts utilize visual, audio and
textual elements purposefully. The student demonstrates a good understanding of the Student creates a comic of his research to
genre they are working in and the Social Media site and Posts also demonstrate a good present some of his research on youtube.
awareness of the intended audience. Most Ideas, Examples, explanations, information is Comic is well designed and colored, with
presented for the audience . The social media site is public and somewhat actively enaging clear text. Student uses his phone to hand
an online audience. record the comic and then overlays a
voice over of the comics dialogue. Stu-
Posts presents the topic, and it’s relevancy and connection to themselves and their audi- dent has friends/family do voices for
ence clearly. explains 3 high quality secondary sources well, sometimes names authors and different characters. Student Responds to
presents ideas as claims. Student includes their own ideas. Student tests Secondary some comments left on his video.
sources claims against their own experiences or other sources. Student discusses their
critical evaluation of the secondary sources, and presents the primary research they en-
gaged in as well as their results and analysis of those results. Student clearly presents their
new theory of writing/reading/literacy/learning.

C All created content may not be original but credit is clearly given to opensources. Social Student has engaged in feedback but
media site and/or post design are not polished. May appear or sound messy or appear like made no changes.
a first draft. The Social media site includes at least 3 posts. All 3 posts utilize visual, audio
and textual elements but not always effectively. The student demonstrates some under- Student creates a powerpoint of their
standing of the genre they are working in overall design did not take any specific audience research, then crops it to fit on Insta-
into account. Examples, explanations, information fail to be fully explained for the audi- gram’s lay out. Student includes a few
ence. The social media site is public, but is not actively engaging an online audience. clipart and some personal images. Stu-
dent does not respond to comments.
Posts presents the topic, but may fail to present the topics relevancy and connection to
themselves and their audience clearly. Student includes 3 secondary sources but they are
of low quality. Student presents sources but not authoritatively. Students fails to names
authors, fails to presents sources as claims. Student fails to addresses conflicts between
sources by questioning the conflict and including their own ideas. Student fails to test Sec-
ondary sources claims against their own experiences or other sources. Student does dis-
cuss their critical evaluation of the secondary sources but it is not clear what the critical
evaluation is. Student presents the primary research they engaged in and their results.
Student somewhat presents their new theory of writing/reading/literacy/learning.
F Student Fails to develop a social media site with 3 posts that implement Visual, textual and Student did not engage in feedback and
audio elements. Students shows no understanding of chosen genres or awareness of audi- of course made no changes.
ence. Posts are underdeveloped, unpolished and incomplete. student does not have a
publicly available or active social media engagement. Student has an twitter with few to no
posts or completely copied content. It
isn't clear that the account is active or
about students research.
 Prepping for Partner Ap-
proval meeting

I’ll ask you each during our meeting

to lay out your expectations for each
other as well as explain what you will
promise to contribute.

Afterwards I’ll speak with each of you

privately before making my decision
to approve or reject your partner
ship.

Even when both partners are certain

of working with each other, I may still
reject the partnership. You are free
to talk with me privately over why I
choose against your partnership if I
rejected the partnership, but I will
not likely change my mind.

Otherwise, once I approve your

partnership it will be your responsi-

Caption describing picture or graphic bility to keep in touch with your

partner and complete all work to-
gether.

PARTNERS?
You can partner up for project 2! Read the rules below and follow the instructions if you want to
partner up!

When we return to class after spring break we’ll share our research topics and discoveries with
the class, that will be the time you’ll want to look around and see who might have a similar topic
as you who you would like to work together with!

If you find a partner you must

1. make sure you and your partner have similar enough research to develop a social media sit
together where BOTH or your research will be showcases.

2. Meet with Bonnie for Partnership approval no later than Friday March 25th 2022. If you
move forward to complete work with a partner without approval, you’ll both receive a zero
for all submissions for the project.

3. You must both work on the social media site and design of each post together.

4. When submitting you must both submit on blackboard, yes even if it is the same thing.

5. You must mediate your own problems, Bonnie will not mediate issues between you both.
Once you’ve been approved for partnership you must finish the project together.

6. You will answer extra questions in the final exam regarding your partnership.

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 Changes may happen in
the process
Sometimes things change, a class
needs more time or we get behind,
so the time frame may change. That
being said some deliverables may
change as well to better suit student
needs during the process. We may
add or remove readings, minor as-
signments, etc. Please be aware that
changes can and may happen, and
know that any change made to this
process is intended to better meet
your and your classmates needs
during the process.
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Deliverables
We’ll be working on this project over the
course of a few weeks. We’ve already got
the content, we just need to develop new
ways of presenting it!! Don't wait until the
last minute to create your posts!
Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll be do-
ing and submitting
1. Planning worksheets— early outlines
and written ideas to help you figure
out what you want to create.
2. Weekly drafts— every week you’ll
submit : Sketches, outlines, first
attempts, second attempts, complet-
ed content...up to you.
3. Feedback Sessions– Where you’ll get
quick help on your drafts.
4. Engagement assignments—You’ll be
asked to follow fellow researchers,
those who would benefit from your
research, amd engage them with
comments!
5. Readings & Videos– You’ll read or
watch videos tolearn about different
concepts or approaches to creating
content for social media
6. Reading Exams– Just as before I’ll
ask you to work in groups to discuss
a reading I assigned!
7. Any Reflection journals over Your
Process that I assign.
8. Revised Final Draft of Social media
site with at least 3 posts that com-
municate your research to your audi-
ence– You’ll submit for My evalua-
tion.
FINAL PROJECT DUE
APRIL 13/14th 2022,
Extension to April 18th.
Your Organization
This would be a good place to insert a
short paragraph about your organiza-
tion. It might include the purpose of
the organization, its mission, founding
date, and a brief history. You could also
include a brief list of the types of prod-
ucts, services, or programs your organi-
zation offers, the geographic area
covered (for example, western U.S. or
European markets), and a profile of the
types of customers or members served.
It would also be useful to include a
contact name for readers who want
more information about the organiza-
tion.
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