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In Production
Prerequisite: At least one of the following classes: Video Production, Web Page Design/Creation or Desktop Publishing Course Description: In this advanced level course, students will work under real life conditions, realizing timelines and meeting deadlines. Students will create video of the daily announcements and weekly calendar to run on Channel 12, print media and the school's website. Students will update and create the school's website on a daily basis. Students will create and produce a number of items to be used by the school and community including: flyers, programs, brochures, business cards, CD-ROMs, etc. Format:
Discussion, Hands-on Involvement Course Outline:
Classroom respect and appropriate behavior is expected: The rule is simple: Don’t waste Mr. Janes’ time and he won’t waste yours. If you aren’t positive as to what might be wasteful, review your student handbook. Computer Lab Rules:
Listening and Working Skills: When
doing group work, you may confer with your classmates. When doing individual
work, you need to work as an individual, by definition. Do not ask others for
the answers. Do the individual work assigned alone as it was assigned for the
purpose of mastery. Ask only Mr. Janes if you have a question regarding the
assignment. Language: You will be working in web/print/audio/video and representing the school community. The language you will use will be appropriate to the task, often business/technical language (ask Mr. Janes when in doubt). In the interest of modeling excellence, whenever your writing or speaking is part of an assignment, you will be graded for spelling, punctuation and grammar. Proofread everything you do. A suggestion: consult a dictionary and/or a peer, teacher or parent. BEWARE OF SPELL CHECK as it can suggest the wrong word or misunderstand your context. Late Work Policy: All assignments are due at
the beginning of the class period on their due date. If you’re doing the
work while the rest of the class is otherwise engaged, you’re not paying
attention and this establishes a pattern to avoid. ·
District late work policies are
in effect in case of an excused absence. o
If you are absent for any
reason, consult Mr. Janes’ website or see him to see what you missed. Mr.
Janes is not responsible for getting your make-up work to you. ·
If you don’t have an
assignment when due, it is automatically ½ credit. ·
You have until the end of school
that day to hand in the late work; an
emergency on your part does not become one on Mr. Janes’ part. o After that, it is a zero in the grade book. Network Expectations: We save some of our work to our
classroom folders on the network. Beyond making
sure you always back up your work, you will be responsible for knowledge of
file management such as: ·
Computer/network/Internet ethics
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Correct location/folder ·
Destination and retrieval of
files ·
If you cannot access the network
or Internet for any reason, you are still
responsible for that work. If this is the case, you
will be held responsible to find a solution, not Mr. Janes. Again, BACK UP
YOUR WORK. ·
See your handbook to review Internet and computer rules. If you break a rule, you
will be caught and lose your Internet/computer privileges for nine weeks,
per district policy. Again, you are responsible for your work being handed in,
even if you lose your privileges. Plagiarism: Plagiarism is copying the
intellectual work of another and presenting it as your own. This applies to all
forms of media: photographs, clip art, audio, video, etc. Regarding using
others’ writing/copy for web pages, the rule of thumb is if anything needs
sources, you must correctly cite that
source when: 1) quoting, 2) paraphrasing, and 3) summarizing. Mr. Janes will
explain this in detail at the beginning of the year. If you plagiarize, you will
be caught and will receive a zero for that assignment, at the very least. |
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