LANG 2067
Digital You: Expressing Your Perspective in Digital Spaces
Course Description
LANG2067 helps students create and share digital artifacts, such as podcasts, vlogs, and digital portfolios, and craft engaging multimodal content tailored to specific audiences. Students also reflect on the ethical implications of digital media use by critically analyzing authentic digital content and their social influence.
Highlights
- Engaging in a formative process of ideating, pitching, promoting, and creating a vlog/podcast project.
- Publishing the work through platforms dedicated to student scholarship.
- Applying effective storytelling to digital communication.
Assessments
- Assessment 1: A production pitch of the vlog/podcast project
- Assessment 2: A promotional reel to engage an audience and following
- Assessment 3: Final vlog/podcast project
- Assessment 4: Learning portfolio reflecting on learning over the course of the semester
Target Students
- Ideal for creative, collaborative, and reflective students who want to critically explore digital media and enhance their digital communication.
- This course would also appeal to students who want to showcase their work to broader audiences.
- Prerequisite(s): 1403, 1406, 1407, 1408, or 1409
Learning Experience
Course outcomes
- develop online multimodal communication skills
- create compelling digital identities that showcase their learning and enhance their digital communication
- utilize audience awareness, relevant evidence, storytelling, and multimodality to create compelling digital artifacts