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Publish
an Episode
To publish an Episode, you should (1) Check the content; (2) follow the guidelines;
(3) clean-up the Episode as needed; then (4) send me an email as described below.
See also the Composer
cheat-sheet.
1. Check the Content
It is a good idea to review the requirements
for the content that must be included in each Episode.
2. Follow these guidelines for publishing each Episode:
- you must publish a page called episode1.html, episode2.html, episode3.html,
or episode4.html
- episode#.html must contain your name, and a link
to your email
- episode#.html must contain at least one image
and Image Information for that image
- episode#.html must contain a link to your project.html
page
- you must add a link on your project.html page to your new episode#.html
page
3. Clean up the Episode as needed:
- Junk Code: Don't use Word to write drafts of your Web Project
pages! See Web Project
warnings. If you were originally using Word to create your webpages, you
(or others using a different web browser) will see lots of junk code that
Word may have left behind on your pages (<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->
<!--[endif]-->). If so, you will have to retype your Episode page from
scratch.
- Links:
- Do ALL the links at your site work?
- the email links?
- the links to other people's websites?
- the links that tie all your pages together?
- Have you made every web address into an active, clickable link?
- Distinctive and unique link appearance:
- In a nearly universal web convention, links appear as underlined
text. For this reason, be sure to put titles in italics, rather than
underlining them, so that users can assume that anything that appears
underlined is a clickable link.
- On the other hand, if you mark links by some characteristic other
than underlining (e.g., bolded text of a special color), make sure
that the link style is equally distinctive and unique, so that it
won't be confused with any other form of non-linked text.
- Navigation
- Does your Web Project page (project.html) contain links to
all of your Episodes? Does each link display the TITLE of the Episode?
(i.e., not just Episode #1, #2, etc.)
- Do your Episodes all link back to the Web Project page?
- Do you want to also include a link from each Episode to the "next"
Episode? (that is optional, but it may be a really good idea to do that,
so that the reader can easily follow the connecting thread without going
back to your main Project page)
- Images
- Do you have good images illustrating your pages? That is, does each
image relate to your page in some way that adds meaning to the page?
- Do you have complete Image Information for each image you have used?
- Does the Image Information contain a link to a webpage where
you found the image? (i.e., not just a url that is unlinked;
not a link to an image file, and not a link to Google search results)
- Have you put the Image Information somewhere on the page where it does
not interfere with your overall page design?
- Are you happy with the images you are using? (this is a good chance
to look for better images if you are not happy with the ones you have
now, or if you want to add more images to your pages).
- Font
- If you are using a dark background, have you made sure that your font
color is white or yellow or some very very light color easy to read on
the dark background?
- Have you made sure that you have chosen a good color for your link text
also?
- Writing
- Are you using punctuation in a way that helps your readers? Good punctuation
and grammar are necessary to maintain the readability of your work.
- Points will be deducted for mistakes in spelling, grammar, or word count.
Please review the writing
tips for using commas, apostrophes, maintaining proper verb tense,
and other punctuation or grammatical problems, as well as citation and
paraphrasing guidelines to avoid plagiarism. Is your writing consistent
with all of the guidelines described on these pages?
- You are responsible for proofreading ALL of your pages. Please take
this week as a chance to read your stories out loud. This is the best
way to find problems with your writing.
- In future weeks, be sure to come back and revise your episode to correct
any writing errors pointed out in the comments you receive from other
students in the class.
- Project page
- Does your Project page (project.html) make a good first impression?
- Do the titles of your Episodes appear on this page? All of your Episode
titles must appear on this page. Do you have engaging titles? (Episode
#1 is not very intriguing for a reader!)
- Are the links arranged in a way on the page to get your readers' attention?
- Introduction page
- Does your Introduction still reflect what you are doing with your Web
Project? Or have you changed your approach over the past few weeks? If
you have made changes in the way you are approaching the topic, please
update your Introduction page!
- Episode pages
- Does each Episode page make a good first impression?
- Does each Episode page have a link back to your Project page?
- Does each Episode page contain all of the required
content elements (Background, Primary Source, Interpretation)?
- Does each Episode page contain all of the required
notes (Bibliography, Author's Note, Image Information)?
Don't forget to spellcheck
and proofread
every Web Project assignment! Spelling and grammar count as part of the grade;
see Writing Tips.
Really? You mean that I could lose 1 point per misspelled word per episode?
Yes. Spellcheck and proofread, and check out the writing tips!
Write the Episode 100% in your own words. Do not use the words of other websites
or sources. Above all, do not cut-and-paste, telling yourself that you will
change it later on into your own words. If you cut-and-paste, or follow your
sources sentence by sentence, this will be considered plagiarism,
which is a violation of the Honor
Code for this class.
Really? You mean that I could have my semester grade lowered by one letter
if I cut-and-paste a sentence or two from another source and forget to put
it in quotation marks or add a bibliographic citation?
Yes. Practice disciplined research and writing habits so that you will not
accidentally make such a huge mistake.
4. When you are done:
Send the instructor
an email which contains a link to your published Episode. Please give the
email a subject line that says "3013-WebProject-Week#"
(enter the correct week number).
5. How the publish episode assignments are graded:
Content points: 5 points. The most important part of the grade for
publishing an episode is getting it online. Each of the five criteria bullet-listed
above in #2 counts as 1 point.
Clean-up points: The other 5 points are earned automatically so long
as there are no problems with the web page described in the Clean-up section
on this page. If any of the listed clean-up issues are present (such as an image
problem or misspelled word), 1 clean-up point will be taken off for
each one until a maximum of 5 points off has been reached.
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones
to keep." Scott Adams
