MbShea@PWP@English@UMCP

assignment.

I am running a pedagogy test about how well students can follow discussion guidelines about design choices in these two typical assignments.  Recall: no grade/no evaulation BUT does ding you if you do not do this version of your article review.  

Question: do we need a set of office hours for the slide and article generation?  TBD.

Annotated bibs due in HARD COPY ON MONDAY. Here are the most common lapses:

1. Not identifying the genre or document type. Why do I ask for this?  Genre recognition is essential reading and research skill.
2. Not noting the ethos of publication.  Why?  We need to be able to recognize many authorities of publication and platform. Ethos matters.
3. Not describing the selected information that will help your reader in your document. Why? Information extraction is a key research and writing skill.

On to some design discussions:

• Choices concerning slides requiring presenter presence v. slides that are wholistic and stand alone.
• Captions and snaplines or guidelines.

Additional topics:

• Web-driven options for captions in online publications, one designer's take.
• The Non Designer's Design Book makes GitHub appearance.
• Nice example of meta-analysis and clinical note genre.