About the Course Schedule

Assignments and readings are due on the day they are listed. For example, Garfield should be read for Monday, Jan 26.

week 1

W 9/2: Brief Introductions; syllabus, YouTube videos, watch some student videos, intro to the Flip Video camera, hand out the Flips
assignment for 9/9

week 2

M 9/7:  Class Canceled for Labor Day
W 9/9: Interviews; edit the interviews, finish the movie.
Studs Turkel with Dawn Kelly (.ram),  Joseph Boone (.ram), Leola Spann (.ram); Sergei Rachmaninoff
assignment for 9/14

week 3

M 9/14: Wesch on YouTube; Creative Commons; wesch-creative-commons-discussion-questions.pdf
Hand out “The One” assignment
assignment for 9/16
W 9/16: Kelly on Screen Literacy; discuss “the one” questions and assignment

week 4

M 9/21: Interviews due, intro to iMovie, work on “The One” videos
W 9/23: Work on “The One” videos; Creative Commons Licenses
assignment for 9/28

week 5

M 9/28: RIP: A Remix
assignment for 9/30
W 9/30: TBD on remixes

week 6

M 10/5: discuss “The One” drafts, discuss Fair Use
Hand out Memes and Remixes assignment
“The One” assignment due on YouTube by 11:00pm
W 10/7: Discuss Downfall Meme drafts
assignment for 10/12

week 7

M  10/12: When the Levees Broke, Acts I and II, OHR, Intro and Chapter 2, wtlb-ohr-discussion-questions.pdf
assignment for 10/14
W 10/14: OHR Chapters 3 and  4
Hitler Downfall Remix due on YouTube Channel
assignment for 10/19

week 8

M 10/19: When the Levees Broke, Acts III and IV
Oral History Video Composition handed out
assignment for 10/21
W 10/21: OHR Chapter 1, Studs Turkel Archive, Storycorps, and Oral History Video Archive
Video Proposals due online
Hand out IRB portion of Oral History Assignment
assignment for 10/26, 10/28, & 10/30

week 9

M 10/26: OHR Chapters 5, 6, and 8; discuss proposals; Sample Interviews
Hand out Remix #2 Assignment
W 10/28: OHR Chapters 9, 10, and 11; discussion-questions-3-9.pdf; Interviewing and listening
List of potential interview subjects due
F 10/30: IRB Proposal and Consent Form due

week 10 — Conduct Interviews

M 11/2: Interviewing and listening; the oral history interview
Interview schedule due on the wiki
W 11/4: discuss Oral History mock interviews, discuss Ken Burns effect, example from WTLB, Ken Burns Discussing Ken Burns Effect
0.45 – 1.30 minute rough draft due online by class-time

week 11 — Conduct Interviews

M 11/9: The Golden Age of Video by Ricardo Autobahn; Work on Remix #2 Assignment
W 11/11: Work on Remix #2 Assignment; The One assignment grade template.pdf
F 11/13: Remix video #2 due on YouTube and Wiki by 11:59pm

week 12 — Conduct Interviews/Conference Week

M 11/16: Work on Oral History draft
W 11/18: Work on Oral History draft
First video due online (2 – 3 mins)
H 11/19: Conferences
F 11/20: Conferences

week 13

M 11/23: Putting audio over still image; oral history intro samples: sample 1, sample 2, sample 3, sample 4
Music selections due
Primary Documents and screen shots due
W 11/25: Class canceled for Thanksgiving
Second Video Draft due online (5 – 6 minutes)

week 14

M 11/30: Discuss final video requirements
assignment for 12/2
W 12/2: peer response on oral history rough draft #2

week 15

M 12/7: Reflecting on the semester, Department of Writing Arts 9 Core Values
W 12/9: return Flip video cameras
Final oral history videos due (8 – 10 minutes)

week 16

M 12/14: Last day of class.