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Reflection on Remediation Assignment

Write a brief reflective essay (200 words) on the challenges of remediating/recomposing your written paper (argument/information) in a different format/medium and how you overcame those challenges. You can use these questions for reflection:

• What is your purpose in your remediation project? How well have you remediated your work from your original purpose to your new purpose? 
• Did your target audience change when you remediated the paper? How did that affect other rhetorical situations, e.g., design, language use, etc? 
• What differences did you find in the two media/format (written and PowerPoint/Prezi/website/video) in terms of their affordances? How did they affect what kinds of resources you utilized (sound, images, text, links, etc.)? 

Bad/Good PowerPoint Slides

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Evaluating Effectiveness of a Website

Design:

• Is the design attractive? 
• How difficult is it to find the information? 
• Are fonts, colors, backgrounds, etc. effective, consistent and appropriate to the topic and audience? 
• Are the pages too long for the readers to scroll? 
• Does the website use white space, headings, and other design elements to make reading easier?
• Is there a balance between text and visuals?

Content:

• Is the content organized in a logical way? 
• Are paragraphs short? 
• Is the text free of grammatical errors? 

Peer Review Guidelines for PowerPoint Presentations

Form groups of three and present your research to your group. The presentation should use PowerPoint/Prezi and it should be 8-15 minutes long. After the presentation, give feedback to the presenter based on the following evaluation criteria:

Content:

• Is the information/argument presented in a logical manner? Does the presentation follow a clear structure? 
• Do the slides maintain a balance between text and images? Is there too much text (paragraphs, complete sentences, etc)? 
• Is the presentation free of grammatical errors? 

Design:

• Do the slides display elements of effective design? Are fonts, colors, backgrounds, etc. effective, consistent and appropriate to the topic and audience? Does the slide design enhance the presentation?
• Have animations and/or sounds been used to emphasize important points? Are the slide transitions distracting or flowing? Are the slide transitions too fast or too slow?
• Are the pictures clear?

Presentation:

• Did the presenter look familiar with the material and does he/she not read from slides or rely on notes? 
• Did the presenter speak clearly and slowly enough to be heard by the audience?
• Did the presenter show enthusiasm for the subject matter and encourage interest in audience?
• Did the presenter make eye contact with audience?

Adapted from Hamden site. 

Designing Effective PowerPoint Presentation

Web Design Principles

Basic Web Design Principles
Key Elements of an effective Website

Discussion Questions

•      What is remediation? Discuss three examples.
•      What is the double logic of remediation?
•      What do immediacy and hypermediacy mean? Discuss a few examples.
•      How is every mediation remediation?
•      How are hypermedia and transparent media opposite manifestations of the same desire: the desire to get past the limits of representation to achieve the real?

Reflection_Second Major Assignment

Write about the process of writing your research paper from selecting and narrowing down your topic to the final revision. Focus on the challenges you faced and how you were able to overcome those challenges. What did you learn from the process of writing this research paper?
Compare the second major assignment with the first major assignment. How is research based argument paper different from research based informational paper? 

Citation Game

Williams College Library Citation Game

Citation Styles and Disciplinary Values

Citation Exercise

Make entries for "Works Cited" in MLA format/"References" in APA format for the following sources:

Norton

Transnational Writing Program Administration (Edited Collection)

Text-to-Visual Remediation

GOP Senator's Letter

Emergency Notification

Redefining

Self-Editing