August 24
- Introductions
- Name and preferred pronouns
- Where you’re from (your hometown)
- Your favorite film, show, episode, podcast, media stream, music, etc. (i.e., “media”)
- Seating Chart
- Course Overview
- Introduction: What’s the relationship among Media, Culture, Identity?
- Expectations: Presence and participation, online and in class
- Syllabus: Refer to course site moving forward, as it will be more detailed
- Course Site
- Logging in (it’s private)
- Creating content (Posts)
- Commenting on posts (Reply Comments)
- Adding media
- Including Categories and Tags
- Readings
- Blackboard
- Grades
- Announcements
- Rubrics (I’ll copy them over to the course site as well)
- Major Assignments (semester)
- Upcoming Assignments (this week and next)
- Course Outline & Schedule
- Read from KMS: Introduction, New Media (due Thursday)
- Response post to New Media (due Thursday)
- 2 reply comments (total, not per response) to posts (due next Tuesday)
- Add Introduction post (due next Tuesday)
- Closing thoughts
- What are you expecting from this class? Complete this Google Form
August 26
- No class meeting on Thursday, August 26
- In lieu of this class, required attendance on Wednesday, September 22, 7:30pm to Gamelan Çudamani
- Free tickets to be provided via email about a week prior to the event
- Let me know if you have a scheduling conflict
- Assignments are due (see above)