Assignments:
| * | Annotations |
| * | Photography Editing Project |
| * | Final Project |
| * | Quizzes |
LSC 529
INFORMATION DESIGN
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Annotations Assignment
Because it is very important that you gain an understanding
of the issues and challenges of information design in the world today,
you are to read fifteen (15) current articles (post 2000) on topics
of the course and write an annotation for each article. Each annotation
will be a maximum of 50 words. You will cite the article using
the APA format (see Electronic
Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
, Electronic Reference
Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association , and/or
Examples
of APA-style citations - PDF document). Each article chosen should
reflect the topic for the week and should be done by the date assigned
(see Course Outline). Each annotation will be worth one (1) point toward
your final grade (total of 15%).
The annotations should be submitted in hardcopy, attached to WebCT emails
to me, or posted on your personal website. Attaching these files in a WebCT
email in rich text format (rtf) usually works best if you use a program
other than MicroSoft Word.
For the first four annotations only, you may use my suggestions
to resubmit any with grades less than one to raise the grade to one point.
The last eleven annotations cannot be upgraded from a grade less
than one but you will be expected to make the suggested changes on your
website.
When all annotations have been submitted, you should provide me with a
complete list of all fifteen annotations and you will be given a cummulative
grade for the overall quality of the articles used. This grade (5%) will
be based on the appropriateness of the articles to the topic for the week,
the depth of the articles (not all one page articles), the variety of
journals used, and the overall quality of the annotations you have written.