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{{Short description|Assignments overview and required texts for NMAC 5108, spring 2020.}}
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{{nutshell|This course has requirements designed to maximize online participation, community building, and writing practice. It requires [[#Required Materials|one textbook]].}}

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| [[Writing and Publishing in Digital Environments, Spring 2020/Requirements/Group Project|P1: Group Wikipedia Project]] || 40%
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| [[Writing and Publishing in Digital Environments, Spring 2020/Requirements/Project|P2: Wikipedia Project]] || 30%
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| [[Writing and Publishing in Digital Environments, Spring 2020/Requirements/Log|3Cs Log]] || 20%
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| [[#Online Participation / Daily Work|Participation / Daily Work]] || 10%
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{{Big|This section of NMAC 5108 has three major requirements and daily work, listed in the chart on the right. For easy access, the first three correspond with tabs at the top of the syllabus, P1, P2, and Log respectively. Each requirement will be on-going throughout the semester, will require regular contributions, and be comprised of various assignments. Each assignment must be submitted in order to pass the course.}} {{More}}

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Projects you complete online should be able to '''stand alone'''; that is, assignment P1 and P2 should not reference the class, but target a particular '''professional audience'''. Remember, these are '''public documents''', not just assignments; your audience, if you’re considering yourself as part of an expert community, is ''not necessarily'' your classmates and professor.

Please read each project at the beginning of the semester, so you have an understanding of what will be expected of you during the semester. Some assignments will take longer to complete than others. '''Work a bit and practice every day''' — ''do not procrastinate''.<ref>Seriously, procrastination is likely the cause of 95% of failures in this course. You must work consistently and carefully each week to be successful.</ref>

===Group Wiki Project===
Our group project for the semester will be to write an article from scratch: ''[[w:Draft:The Faith of Graffiti|The Faith of Graffiti]]'' is a 1974 essay by [[w:Norman Mailer|Norman Mailer]] about New York City’s graffiti artists. We will read, research, and write about the essay on Wikipedia as a class.

===Wiki Project===
This project has you writing a new Wikipedia article from scratch or making significant contributions to one or more articles—work equivalent to a graduate-level research paper.

===3Cs Log===
A daily process log will help you document your progress in the class at the same time allowing you to practice your writing regularly. This log will be housed on various Wikipedia talk pages, emphasizing the betterment of Wikipedia and assist in community building.

{{mbox|type=content|text=Students must complete '''all''' assignments in each of the three requirements above to successfully pass the course.}}

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==Required Materials==
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This course has one required textbook (purchase using the {{Amazon}} link below or through another bookstore), an essay, and several handouts as web links or PDFs.
* {{cite book |last=Carroll |first=Brian |date=2017 |title=Writing and Editing for Digital Media |url=https://amzn.to/2MqI6nV |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |edition=3rd |isbn= |author-link= }}
* {{cite book |last=Mailer |first=Norman |date=1982 |orig-year=1978 |chapter=The Faith of Graffiti |title=Pieces and Pontifications |chapter-url=https://bigjelly.synology.me/index.php/s/4AR8tnAYww77K5p |location=Boston |publisher=Little, Brown  |isbn= |author-link= }}
* Various Links and PDFs.<ref>Mostly on the Wiki Education site.</ref>

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==Notes==
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