Documentos de Académico
Documentos de Profesional
Documentos de Cultura
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4. Learning Outcomes
In this course, students will be able to:
1. Investigate the purpose, and audience of media texts.
2. Investigate elements and techniques of media texts.
3. Investigate how different audiences respond to media texts.
5. Success Criteria
In this course, students will show they have learned by:
1. Identifying the purpose and intended audience of a variety of media text.
2. Creating a media text.
3. Comparing and commenting on how different people respond to your media text.
6. Course Design
a) This class is a safe zone where mutual respect is a minimum basic requirement.
b) The course is 7 weeks is duration.
c) Weebly is the LMS for this course. *See the content section in Weebly for course resources.
d) This course generally employs the flipped classroom model (Mazur, 2009) where information is
facilitated by the teacher at the beginning of every class and information application, reflection
and consolidation takes place during class.
7. Student Responsibilities
1. Students are required to attend class, participate and refer to the posted detailed course outline
to prepare for each class.
2. Students absence will be notified by the instructor through a written email before class if it is
possible.
3. Students will participate meaningfully with their peers.
4. Students are expected to complete all activities and assignments. Late assignments can be
negotiated if student’s reason is deemed valid.
Weeks Topics
Week 0 Introduction to Course
Week 1 Purpose and Audience of Media Text
Week 2 Elements and Techniques of Media Text
Week 3 Responding to Media Text
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Assignments
Assignment 3: Interview: 35%. Students must share their poster advertisement or commercial to
2 different types of audiences. Students will then respond to the following prompts in a 250-word
reflection:
● How did they respond to your media text?
● Was it what you expected?
● How their responses different from yours or each other?
● Why do you think they were the same or different?
Students must complete this assignment individually. Please post your reflection as a PDF file
into the week 3 discord dropbox.
Due by August 12th, 2019 by 11:59 pm.
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Assignment # 1: Rubric to evaluate Discord Posting: 25%
Very close to Meets expectations Exceeds expectations
Criteria
expectations
Organization, Needs more work This is organized Viewers can easily
Spelling and somewhat well but the discern the main ideas and
Mechanics organization is a bit key concepts of this
vague. There may be course as per the learning
minor errors outcomes and it is
presented very well and
error free.
Knowledge of Only one question Two questions are All the questions are
the Content is thoroughly thoroughly answered thoroughly answered
answered
Higher-order More application The students are The students are making
thinking skills of the ideas would making some strong connections
be helpful. connections between between the theory of the
the theory of the course course and its application
and its application in in media.
the media.
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Peer Assessment of Peers
Participated
in group
discussions.
Helped keep .
the group on
task.
How much
work was
done?
Quality of
Completed
work.
Remained on
Task.
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Assignment 3: Rubric for Interviews: 35%
Very close to Meets expectations Exceeds expectations
Criteria
expectations
Reflection Reflection speaks Reflection and Reflection and response
about what has response identifies focus on the key concepts
been learned in some of the concepts learned in this course to
the course in a learned in the course to date. (Strong evidence of
general way to date. originality, extensive
date. knowledge base,
outstanding)
Content/ Limited or Good. Some evidence Strong evidence of
Organization superficial of organization and originality, extensive
understanding, analysis. knowledge, outstanding
needs to Communicates clearly. ability to communicate.
communicate
better..
Organization, Needs more work This is organized Viewer can easily discern
Spelling and somewhat well but the the main ideas and key
Mechanics organization is a bit concepts of this course as
vague. There may be per the learning outcomes
minor errors and it is presented very
well and error free.
9. Required Texts/Readings
No required texts, all required readings will be uploaded onto course page.
Course page: https://rukshaandrew.weebly.com/