For your second assignment, you’re going to write a post describing at least two disciplines that will help you pursue your project. This might be the same project you described in assignment one, but remember that it can change as you learn more (or change entirely!). The most important skill we’re practicing with this assignment is the ability to identify sources of knowledge that will be relevant to your project.
Step 1: Identify at least two disciplines that will help you pursue your project.
Step 2: Compose a post that describes revised components of your project and the disciplines that will help you pursue them. Make sure that you include citations for information that you quote or paraphrase in your post.
Tip: You may find it useful to compose in a document outside of OpenLab (Microsoft Word, a Google Doc, or something else).
Step 3: Upload a featured image for your draft blog post.
Step 4: Gather information needed to describe your featured image and make sure the media file has accurate information in the “caption” and “alternative text” fields. We will work together in class to learn how to reproduce images on a website carefully, ensuring we provide proper attribution and make the image legible for all readers.
A complete blog post should have the following components:
- Title
- Featured Image (something you’ve created or something you’ve found)
- Complete media file details for featured image (“caption” and “alternative text”)
- Captions conveying attribution statements for all images in the post
- Actual post with source material clearly cited with hyperlinks (flyby hyperlinks and actual citations)
- A list of works cited at the bottom of your post formatted according to MLA guidelines (use Zbib or guidelines from WAC Clearinghouse)
