Throughout the semester, we will be using Hypothesis, a collaborative annotation tool, to annotate certain readings. These are credit/no-credit assignments, so I will not be grading annotations. I will merely be tracking that you have completed the annotations and have put forth a good-faith effort while doing so.

Once during the semester, each student will write a one-page review of an article or chapter that is related to our discussion for the week. These are readings that the rest of the class is not required to read (though all students are encouraged to read the review texts), so the person reviewing the text will serve as the resident expert on that text.

Reviewers will upload their one-page review to Canvas. The rest of the class will post comments, and the reviewer will respond to at least two of those questions.

Articles and chapters to be reviewed are listed on the schedule. Students interested in a particular reading that is not listed on the schedule are free to speak with me about reviewing an alternate text, though the review does need to fit with the topic for that week.

Reviews are limited to a single side of a sheet of paper. When providing feedback on reviews, I will be asking the following:

• Does the review follow the "rules of engagement" established for this class?
• Does the review offer a detailed summary of the argument that includes discussion of the author's field of study, the methods and theories they deploy, and a description of the evidence they use to support the argument?
• Does the review provide a discussion of how the author's argument relates to the topic of the class, other readings from class, and our discussions?
• Does the review observe the page limit?
• Is there evidence that the author has carefully written and revised?
• Did the reviewer observe the time limit during the informal presentation in class?
• Is there evidence that the reviewer planned their informal presentation?

One-page Project Proposal: Due February 24
Final Project: Due May 11

Final projects may be individual or collaborative, and they can take two forms:

• A conference paper, written for a specific scholarly conference, that somehow addresses the content of this course. Conference papers are typically 15-20 minute presentations. Should you choose this option, you will submit a 2000-3000 word paper as well as a 250-word abstract. You will also need to include either a CFP that you are responding to or a description of the conference that you have in mind.
• A creative work, using any medium you choose, that somehow addresses the content of this course. This means you might submit short fiction, poetry, a video, a sound project, or any other medium you feel best allows you to achieve your goals.

The project proposal that is due February 24 should be no more than one page and should do the following:

• Describe the project and its goals
• Provide a roadmap for completion, including deadlines and benchmarks for drafts and revision

All final projects must be accompanied by a Statement of Goals and Choices (SOGC). This is an assignment that comes from Jody Shipka's book Toward a Composition Made Whole, and it asks you to reflect on why you built, wrote, and/or designed your project the way you did. There is no minimum or maximum number of words for the SOGC - it takes as many words as you think it takes to explain why you made certain choices and what you were trying to accomplish with the project.

The SOGC should answer the following questions:

• What, specifically, is this project trying to accomplish - above and beyond satisfying the basic requirements of the assignment? In other words, what work does, or might, this work do? For whom? In what contexts?
• What specific, rhetorical, material, methodological, and technological choices did you make in service of accomplishing the goal(s) articulated above? Catalog, as well, choices that you might not have consciously made, those that were made for you when you opted to work with certain genres, materials, and technologies.
• Why did you end up pursuing this plan as opposed to other possibilities? How did the various choices listed above allow you to accomplish things that other sets or combinations of choices would not have?

When providing feedback on your project and SOGC, I will be looking for the following:

• Does your project demonstrate detailed and in-depth research and engagement with the course material?
• Have you carefully considered the affordances and constraints of your method and/or medium?
• Is your project effectively designed? Is there evidence that you've carefully chosen your medium and that the medium is appropriate for what you're trying to communicate?
• Does your SOGC address all of the questions listed above?
• Is your SOGC (and your project, if it uses written language) generally well-written and free of grammatical errors?