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PROJECT 4

Multimodal Composition: Asking a Meaningful Question

Overview (from syllabus)

For your fourth writing project, you will propose and explore a question that you want to think carefully about before you graduate from college. You will conduct independent research and identify multiple sources that address your question as you enrich and contextualize your understanding of your topic. You will present your findings in a composition that incorporates images, video, and/or other media, and you will have the option to publish your project online.

Project Details

In a way, Project 4 brings us back to where we began this course: once again, you are asking a question related to some aspect of your lived experience or interests, and treating that question as an invitation to think deeply about topics you might previously have taken for granted. Now that we’re at the end of the course, though, you’re ready to expand the scope of your exploration by: (1) drawing on your understanding of what you believe education is for; (2) putting yourself in dialogue with others who have thoughtful things to say about your question; (3) considering the complexities related to your topic; and (4) enriching your understanding by incorporating non-textual media.

Project 4 is also distinct from our first three assignments in that its projected audience is broader. While previously you have written assignments with the understanding that your classmates and instructor are your primary readers, for Project Four, you’re encouraged to imagine your essay as reaching a wider audience. (That said, whether you actually make your essay available to a broader, general audience by publishing it online will be up to you! Doing so is not a requirement of the assignment.)

Finally (and perhaps most excitingly!), you will incorporate other forms of media – images, video, audio clips, etc. – into your essay as a way of enriching and expanding your analysis. We will discuss and practice what this sort of multimodal composition entails throughout our class sessions, but know that you’ll have considerable freedom to be creative when drafting and revising your final project.

Minimum Requirements

Successful completion of this assignment will address and include the components outlined below. (Please note, the bolded requirements are followed by some suggestions on how to carry out the assignment that you may find helpful.)

● Delineate your relationship to the question / topic you have selected, describing your interest in and knowledge of the question / topic prior to beginning your research. Aim to go beyond stating, “it’s always interested me.” You might consider addressing some of the following questions as you develop this aspect of your project:

○ What led you to ask this particular question?

○ What specifically about this topic do you find fascinating?

○ Is there a specific experience or personal connection that generated your interest?

● Provide necessary contextualizing background information about your topic. You might consider addressing some of the following questions as you develop this aspect of your project:

○ What information is necessary for your reader to understand your question / topic?

○ What is the historical background related to your question / topic?

○ Is there specialized knowledge that you should explain to your reader?

● Indicate and explore 2-4 sub-questions or related issues. We have talked about complexity a lot in this class, and in this project, too, you’ll want to be sure that your project addresses the complexity of your question / topic. You might address some of the following areas of complexity:

○ Sub-questions that emerge and/or remain unresolved;

○ Contradictions and/or tensions that emerge from your research;

○ Key terms that change the scope of the intellectual conversation.

● Engage and cite at least THREE textual sources (discovered through the research process) in dialogue. These sources will be drawn from a mix of:

○ Scholarly sources;

○ Nonfiction sources intended for a general audience;

○ First-hand accounts & other primary sources.

● Describe conclusions / avenues for future thought and research. In addition to explaining how your understanding of your topic has changed, your conclusions might also do the following:

○ Explain what new questions have emerged as your understanding has changed;

○ Describe new and related areas of interest that you have discovered;

○ Indicate what actions you might take as a result of producing Project 4 (e.g., expanding your reading, taking new courses, becoming involved in new clubs or organizations, reconsidering your own habits, etc.)

● Employ multimodal composition strategies to enrich your exploration of your question / topic. Your final draft of Project 4 will be created in an online format, and you will include at least THREE non-textual modes of communication as part of your composition process. These non-textual media may include (but are not limited to):

○ Images;

○ Video;

○ Audio;

○ Graphs, maps, etc.;

○ Direct links to sources.

● Present your project in a 5-minute “flash talk,” which will take place during our final week of class. This will be an opportunity to share your project with your colleagues and for you to receive potentially valuable feedback as you revise for submission of the final draft.