Some further Admin
Okay, it's good to see that people are starting to post and respond already, and doing so under your own names. Lucas, and those who have been responding so far, are doing things exactly correct: even if your login name is unique and strange, please sign off your posts with your own names. It makes things much easier from a marking perspective, and also provides a transparent community.
Firstly, FTVMS203 has a course reader with weekly readings available from Film Department reception, and it'll cost a few dollars for printing and binding. There's one reading a week, and we expect everyone to have read the article for the week before the tutorial in order to get the most out of discussions.
Secondly, in the past I've had questions about how the blog assignment is dated, so I thought I'd clarify that to begin with and save confusion.
The week runs from Monday through Sunday inclusive, with the next week starting on the Monday. The mid-semester break is more time you can post in, meaning that you essentially need to post six times across fourteen weeks to be eligible for full marks in the assignment. Posting less than six, or in less than six weeks, will cost marks before we even get to the posts themselves. Since we're aiming for the blog to be a community, it's better to contribute throughout the semester rather than saving it all to the final six weeks.
From prior experience, there will be some people who find the blog assignment intimidating, particularly if you're not used to technology. This is a perfectly relevant point to discuss in your blog posts, so don't be afraid to just start talking about why you don't like the blog.
Another question which comes up is whether the comments you make in response to other people's posts can count for the assignment. They can. BUT:
As the course outline recommends, it's a good idea to save and date copies of your responses on your computer as you make them, to make them easy to find when times comes to hand things in. You can search the titles of posts made to the core blog, but cannot search the responses. This can make them hard to find. Another option, which also works for the Blog As Community element, is to make your response in a new post, and make a link back to the post you were responding to. Again, this means you'll be able to search for it, although saving a copy to your computer is still the best policy.
I'll go over some of this again in tutorial, but for now, have a good week.
Anyone have any other questions at the moment? If you can read the blog, but don't have an invitation yet, send an email to my address on the course outline and I'll get a new one to you.
- Kevin.
Firstly, FTVMS203 has a course reader with weekly readings available from Film Department reception, and it'll cost a few dollars for printing and binding. There's one reading a week, and we expect everyone to have read the article for the week before the tutorial in order to get the most out of discussions.
Secondly, in the past I've had questions about how the blog assignment is dated, so I thought I'd clarify that to begin with and save confusion.
The week runs from Monday through Sunday inclusive, with the next week starting on the Monday. The mid-semester break is more time you can post in, meaning that you essentially need to post six times across fourteen weeks to be eligible for full marks in the assignment. Posting less than six, or in less than six weeks, will cost marks before we even get to the posts themselves. Since we're aiming for the blog to be a community, it's better to contribute throughout the semester rather than saving it all to the final six weeks.
From prior experience, there will be some people who find the blog assignment intimidating, particularly if you're not used to technology. This is a perfectly relevant point to discuss in your blog posts, so don't be afraid to just start talking about why you don't like the blog.
Another question which comes up is whether the comments you make in response to other people's posts can count for the assignment. They can. BUT:
As the course outline recommends, it's a good idea to save and date copies of your responses on your computer as you make them, to make them easy to find when times comes to hand things in. You can search the titles of posts made to the core blog, but cannot search the responses. This can make them hard to find. Another option, which also works for the Blog As Community element, is to make your response in a new post, and make a link back to the post you were responding to. Again, this means you'll be able to search for it, although saving a copy to your computer is still the best policy.
I'll go over some of this again in tutorial, but for now, have a good week.
Anyone have any other questions at the moment? If you can read the blog, but don't have an invitation yet, send an email to my address on the course outline and I'll get a new one to you.
- Kevin.
posted by Kevin Veale at 3:36 PM
1 Comments:
Fabulous videos! Thanks, Lucas.
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