Progressive Blog Review

I am posting the information after talking to the 2D Animation class today. To get started building a blog, check out www.blogger.com or www.wordpress.com. Though many other free sites exist. -Jason

MAA Review of Continuing Students

“Progressive Blog” review

Goals

Build a culture of students regularly posting their work to a blog.

Increase the use of internet-based critique

Students build portfolios continually prior to Portfolio Zero class

Process

• SU09 will be a test rollout. Student participation will be voluntary
• Harry offered to create Camtasia tutorials on how to create and post to a blog
• Occurs during the 5^th quarter & 9^th quarter
• Target classes: 2D Animation (MA2203) and 2D Animation Studio (MA3313)
• Each student in that class gets reviewed by at least 2 faculty members.
• Students have until week 8 to post their work to a blog. Faculty members will post comments to the blog or email the student directly by EOQ
• Instructors will submit evaluation rubric (to be created) to AD by EOQ
• 5^th quarter portfolio should contain samples of the seven classes determined to be “portfolio”
• classes as opposed to “skills” classes
• 9^th quarter portfolio should contain samples of the eleven classes determined to be “portfolio”
• classes as opposed to “skills” classes
• MA3321 Portfolio Fundamentals new prereq will be “AD Approval”. Students need to pass their
• 9^th quarter review in order to be enrolled in MA3321

Predicted Outcomes

More critiques, more improvement of work through revisions

Students continually grow a portfolio as they complete projects beginning with their first quarter

Better quality of portfolios

Less production work in Portfolio Zero and Portfolio 1 class