Week 1: Assignment 1a: Explore & Photograph
- Watch: Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke
- Photo walk with observation sketch, or audio notes
- Post Project 1a:
- Gather 4-6 images from 2-3 story locations (one might be a favorite walk/hike)
- Update image files names to “yourname-project1-01” then -02, etc, then upload
- Add captions, alt text for each
- Using notes, add descriptive short paragraph for each location and reason it matters to you
- Title: “Project 1a-yourname”
- Use featured image & add short excerpt and category “Project 1”
Week 2: Assignment 1b: Update Photos
- Watch Nausicaa & do readings
- Based on feedback, photo tips & class discussion, explore the same and/or different places and take a new/revised set of photos
- Post Project 1b:
- Gather dozens of photos & pick the best 5-10
- Use files names “yourname-project1-01” then -02, etc, then upload
- Add captions, alt text for each
- Using notes, add descriptive short paragraph for each location and reason it matters to you
- Title: “Project 1b-yourname”
- Use featured image & add short excerpt and category “Project 1”
Week 3: Assignment 1c: Design & Layout
- Read/view materials
- Create a storyboard, or draft (in Canva, Adobe or Storymap) for your story
- Post Project 1b:
- Use the best 5-10 images, correct filenames, with captions & alt text
- Add text to introduce the story and provide context. Use text only to specify what can’t be gleaned from images
- Title: “Project 1c-yourname”
- Use featured image & add short excerpt and category “Project 1”
- Review 2 other student stories before class next week
Week 4: Assignment: Project 1 Photo Story
- Read/view materials
- Post Project 1 final:
- Use the best 5-10 images, correct filenames, with captions & alt text
- Based on class feedback, revise design, layout & text/narrative
- Post the embed URL for your project
- Title: “Project 1 final-yourname”
- Add a 2-3 paragraph text reflection in the post (not in the story) : “What I Saw and What I Missed”
