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Week 14 & 15: The End

For the final weeks of this class, we’ve given you a couple of options. You should do what makes sense for you, and please let us know if there is anything we can do to support you during these final weeks of the semester.

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Weeks 12 & 13: Welcome to the Case Files

This week we’ll be taking a big turn in ds106, with each agency being assigned a case to investigate over the next two weeks. You’ll have to gather evidence, build a narrative, and share your progress. Don’t wait until the end; cases should be evolving and developing regularly between now and 4/19/15.

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Week 11: Dark Web

This week you all will be required to build out a web presence for your respective agencies . This entails creating the “dark web,” as it were, for Noir 106. While you can do this individually over the next few weeks, it will be far more work to try and do all that is expected alone. We highly recommend you work as part of a group to build out your respective agency sites, but this is not a requirement, just a recommendation.

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Week 10: Finishing Video and “Changing Over”

This week in ds106 we’ll be completing our video unit and beginning the “Changeover” that will take us through the final weeks of the course (don’t worry, we promise this won’t hurt.) Those of you who worked in groups for video during week 1 will be completing your group project; the rest of you will be completing individual video assignments. We have one last remaining video assignment everyone must do. Beyond that, you’ll all be choosing whether to organize into groups or work solo for the rest of the semester, and everyone will switch over to being their character from here on out.

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Week 9: End of Radio, Beginning of Video

This week we finish up listening to everyone’s radio shows and turn our attention to the next media genre will be exploring: video. We’ll be watching some more films and creating a close reading video essay for one of them. In addition, you’ll be starting to explore the video assignments in the Assignment Bank and continuing your Daily Creates.

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Week 8: Inspired, Radio Shows, and Inhabit Your Character

This week will be a bit of a hodge-podge of activities. We’ll be turning in starting this week (and finishing next week) to each others’ radio shows at night. We’ll be reviewing and sharing the work of others that has inspired us most, so far. And we’ll be delving even further into our characters.

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Weeks 6 & 7: Radio Days

UPDATED 2/23/15 with week 7 video! 2/16/15 – 3/1/15 This week and next we will be working on producing radio shows. The shows will be broadcast on ds106radio after Spring break. Group Radio Show Guidelines The radio show will be a group project. You will have two weeks to complete the project. These are the specifications:…

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Week 5: The Design of Noir

Week 5 will be focused on the design of noir. For this week you will be ramping up your command of image editing as well as closely considering design elements such as color, font, iconography, etc. Additionally, you will be required to reflect on questions of copyright as it relates to creative works online.

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Week Four: Audio Storytelling

This week we will dig into audio storytelling. That goes beyond the words and tone of voice to include sound effects, background noise and music. We will be asking you to consider how these subliminal elements impact the story. We are also introducing ds106 radio (an open, Web-based, community radio station)  this week, where we will be broadcasting noir-ish tales Monday – Thursday from 9-10PM.We will also begin experimenting with audio production. We strongly recommend Audacity, a free and open source audio-editing program, further details below. If you have access to and experience with a different audio editing system, you are free to use it instead.

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Week Three: Photography & Cat Noir

This week we change directions and start thinking about how we use visual elements to capture meaning and tell stories. We’ll be doing some work with photography and we’ll ask you to review some resources about improving your photography (and being more thoughtful about what you take pictures of). We’ll also be pulling the Noir thread into the week, asking you to think about how we can reflect some of the aesthetic of Noir in our visual stories. Finally, we’ll be asking you to organize your blog.

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