LitMUSE

First Pages

Posted on 17. Feb, 2009 by Dr. Lucas.

If you are in my Writing for Digital Media class, you now have a professional domain name, working email for the domain, and a functional content management system installed on the domain. Having achieved all of this, you still ostensibly do not have much to show for it. You now must add content.
There are several [...]

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It’s CMS Time

Posted on 22. Jan, 2009 by Dr. Lucas.

After you have chosen your domain name, purchased hosting, and did some initial setup on your ISP, it’s time to get serious. For this part of Writing for Digital Media, you will need to research and install a content management system, or CMS, as the main component of your web site. A CMS provides a [...]

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Domain Services: Google Apps

Posted on 15. Jan, 2009 by Dr. Lucas.

First off, I have added a category link to the right for digital media. All posts specifically made for Writing for Digital Media this semester will be filed under this category.
Now that you have secured a domain name and hosting, the next step in your your online portfolio odyssey will be to set up some [...]

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Secure an Identity

Posted on 09. Jan, 2009 by Dr. Lucas.

The first task in building your online portfolio should be to secure a domain name and hosting. Consider both of these decisions carefully, as the former will present your professional identity to the world and the latter will control how that identity functions. This project will have the following goals:

Register a domain name
Secure hosting through [...]

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“Liberal” Media?

Posted on 04. Nov, 2008 by Dr. Lucas.

Media Criticism Web Assignment 3 • Fall 2008
There’s been much talk lately (since 2000) about media bias, especially from the “elitist liberal media.” In this assignment, you will investigate this notion as a group by contributing any of the following that address media bias:

definition (with at least three works cited)
annotated bibliography entry (one book or [...]

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Human Impacts on the Environment

Posted on 12. Oct, 2008 by Dr. Lucas.

This essay will require you to research human impacts on the environment and present your findings in a 1000-2000 word essay that is properly documented. Your topic should have a local component; i.e., it should have some direct bearing on the environment in Central Georgia. Topics could include, but are not limited to:

Automobiles (electric, hybrid, [...]

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Conglomerate Group Project

Posted on 06. Oct, 2008 by Dr. Lucas.

Media Criticism Web Assignment 2 • Fall 2008
This assignment will be a group research project presented on the Media Criticism Wiki. For it, you will research media conglomerates. Your research should include:

A list of US conglomerates, linked to sub-pages off the Industry page
A breakdown of their holdings, both vertically and horizontally
Recent high-profile activities, including the [...]

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Media Criticism Wiki

Posted on 02. Sep, 2008 by Dr. Lucas.

Media Criticism Web Assignment 1 • Fall 2008
For this first wiki assignment, you may complete one of the following:

Define a vocabulary term
Write an essay about a specific topic we have covered so far
Write a commentary (review) of a text we have read so far
Put at least two entries on the annotated bibliography

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Blog / Forum

Posted on 30. Aug, 2008 by Dr. Lucas.

A major portion of any study of literature or cultural texts is interpretation. For this, there is the blog or forum requirement. Each blog or forum entry should:

address a work of literature, text, or topic you have been assigned to read or discuss for class
apply a critical approach that we have discussed in class to [...]

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Second Life: Building a Chair

Posted on 17. Oct, 2007 by Dr. Lucas.

On Second Life, go to the Ivory Tower of Primitives and take the tutorial located there. You will see a line of floating text on the floor telling you where to begin. Be sure you read carefully and follow the tutorial to the end. You may want to have a pen and paper near you [...]

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