Digital Storytelling
Digital storytelling is the art of connecting narrative with digital forms of media such as imagery and sound to create a story. When approaching your project think of all the interesting and creative ways stories can be told.
Search the web for free web based tools that can be embedded into your website such as interactive presentation makers Prezi, Vuvox or timelines.
Search the web for free web based tools that can be embedded into your website such as interactive presentation makers Prezi, Vuvox or timelines.
- This is an academic research based website
- Utilize courses readings and lecture in your project
- Use photos, statistics, social media, reports, charts, youtube to link and solidify your information.
- Consider a complimentary web template theme for your project and consult with us if unsure.
- Please be creative! Our students amaze us each semester. Try to formulate an idea with your group. For those of you who need a start, take a look at the topic list to help the thought process.
- You must cite everything you use including photos either by hyperlinking to articles or original sites or create a works cited/footnotes
- Properly and equally size your photographs. There is a crop tool in Weebly and free ones online.
- Be careful not to leave gaps of white space or over due visual images (for example: collages with many pics+videos). Just use what is necessary to demonstrate your point.
- Demonstrate that you were present and engaged in the class!
Topic
Your topic should focus on Islamophobia broadly defined. Please incorporate course readings and resources and use them to guide your project.
Some topics to get you thinking are: Islamophobia and gender, politics, school, workplace, airport, media etc and efforts to push back against it through cultural production, comedy, videos, art.
Some topics to get you thinking are: Islamophobia and gender, politics, school, workplace, airport, media etc and efforts to push back against it through cultural production, comedy, videos, art.
Have a group member sign up at weekly.com and share the password with the group member so everyone can access it. Please do not connect through Facebook. Step by step direction are below.
Tutorial can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q54rdwe-9s0
Tutorial can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q54rdwe-9s0
Pick a relevant domain name for the project. Try to use key concept words in your domain to aid with Google search. Choose the bottom option, it is free.
Select a complimentary theme. It can also be changed.
You can replace and edit website banners either with stock photos or your own.
Adding pages sidebar: Make sure you are on "pages" on the top bar, on the side bar push the plus button, label the tab and it will show up on the top
At the top of your Weebly click on the word 'Pages' and add an 'About Us' page and click save, then repeat for at least three other content pages for a minimum of 5 pages total (Home, About, ____, ____, _____). As you develop your website content you can appropriately name the three extra pages. Consider using a small header or no header on the pages other than 'Home' for a nice, uniform look. Weebly tutorial on creating/adding pages here.
- 'About us' page will have a photo of each group member and a brief bio. You can answer a theme question as well for example "On rainy days I...." or "My favorite cause is..." (please have everyone in the group do it).
- Please size your photos the same and add approximately the same amount of text per person.
- Please add that this website is part of Dr.Hatem Bazian's course on Islamophobia at UC Berkeley.
Sample student "About Us" page
Click on the word "build" and drag and drop items from the side bar such as text and photos.
Begin building out each page (minimum of 5 total) with images, Youtube videos, links, reports, text. Drag from the panel on your <left and drop what element you want onto your webpage (ex. text, photo).
Remember, your websites are academic and need to be credit worthy so you must incorporate course readings, lectures, reports and information from the course in your overall topic, as well as outside sources.
The website link is submitted on bcourses on the due date and are graded.
Remember, your websites are academic and need to be credit worthy so you must incorporate course readings, lectures, reports and information from the course in your overall topic, as well as outside sources.
- Similar to a paper you will have a purpose and focus for your website, make claims and support them with information. You will determine that as a group.
- **You must refer to and cite sources (parenthetically you can hyperlink to other websites/sources, footnote) or you can add a works cited. Photos included (there is a hyperlink option upon uploading)
- Please title your website, subtitle your webpages and briefly introduce photos and videos, so people understand what you are presenting and how it is relevant.
- Some of the many considerations in writing quality and effective content for your web pages are:
- Simplicity - always strive for simplicity in your content. Readers should grasp your message immediately through use of easy to understand wording. Web readers scan pages so provide easily digestible chunks (sentences/paragraphs) of text.
- Benefits - always focus on the benefits for your reader. People are only interested in what's in it for them so you must clearly convey the reader's benefits through use of lists and well constructed bolded headlines.
- Linkage - support your text with links to other pages and articles (within your own site or elsewhere) for further details.
- Personality - try and write in a friendly manner while maintaining a professional appearance. Convey empathy in your writing by making you text less impersonal. By making your content interesting and 'connecting' with your reader, you visitor will better understand, enjoy and respond to your content.
The website link is submitted on bcourses on the due date and are graded.