Welcome to our first class meeting; I’m using this post to share several resources for our work during the first week.
Discord
We’ll talk about this during our first class, but I will be using this Discord for a large portion of activities and communication this semester (minus grades and graded-oriented feedback). Please join the following Discord server for the class that you’re taking with me. Create a Discord account using your KSU email. Unfortunately, this may require some people to build a separate Discord account than the one they already have (we’ll talk about why this is a good thing).
WRIT 3152: Digital Community Engagement, discord link
Email me if you have a question (pete@kennesaw.edu). I do not use D2L email/messaging.
Syllabus
Due to University System of Georgia syllabus posting guidelines, the syllabus for this course must be placed in a standardized format within our D2L environment. You can find it there.
Media
Please read the following text by Thursday (8/21), and be ready for an activity on them that will be due by Sunday (8/24).
- Read “Chapter 1: What is Rhetorical Theory” in Atilla Hallsby’s The Rhetoric UnTextbook;
- Listen to “The Inside Story of How Silicon Valley Rewired Our Brains” on the Offline podcast (also, here’s a video version of the the conversation).
Activities
- Read the syllabus. Take careful notes on anything that seems important or that you don’t understand.
- Join Discord. Use your KSU email address when you do that. Select to receive email notifications for the #Announcements channel. If you’re new to Discord, see this guide for notification settings. Make sure that your Discord username for this server clearly identifies either your first name, your last name, or some combination of them for attendance purposes and so that everyone knows who they are talking to. (Discord allows you to change your username for different servers, so this should not affect your username in other communities.)
- Complete an introduction in the #introductions channel on Discord (guidelines at the top of the channel).
- Use the first thread in the #announcements channel to verify that you have read the syllabus. Answer within the thread, not using the “reply” feature (this keeps the #announcements channel clean and easier to read).
- Familiarize yourself with the Week Two activities on this blog; they will also be announced on Discord.
During our first day of class this week, I will discuss the regular flow of our in-class and hybrid work.
If you miss the first day of class, contact me via email to indicate to me that you have completed all of the above activities. If you have questions or feel that you need a phone call or video meeting with me, indicate that in your email and give me date/time options with your availability. You can always schedule time with me during office hours on my Bookings page.
