ALW396 - Producing Digital Anthologies: From Concept to Publication
Unit details
Year: | 2019 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
Credit point(s): | 2 |
EFTSL value: | 0.250 |
Trimester 1 Unit Chair: | Indigo Perry |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in a Faculty of Arts and Education course or D311, D312, D313, D326, D370, D391 |
Incompatible with: | ALW321, ALW326, ALW393 |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 2 X 2 hour seminar per week |
Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online): | Cloud: Online learning independent and collaborative learning activities (2 |
Content
This unit offers students the opportunity to explore fiction and nonfiction writing to a given theme or concept, plus editing and production skills for an online anthology. In the fiction/nonfiction component, we focus on addressing a commissioned theme or concept applying innovative ideas and observations in the writing and workshop process. The editing/publishing component focuses on the compilation of content for an anthology; structuring, designing and preparing initial marketing for a publication and its specified readership; and applying legal principles to publication decisions. At the end of the unit, students will demonstrate skills in preparing fiction/nonfiction to a given theme or concept, working with a small group to edit and publish a digital anthology, and individually evaluating the process in relation to the writing/publishing industry.
Assessment
Assessment 1 (Individual) - Final draft fiction/nonfiction manuscript (3200 words or equivalent) - 40%
Assessment 2 (Group) - Group digital anthology (4000 words equivalent) - 50%
Assessment 3 (Individual) - Evaluative report on editing and publishing process (800 words or equivalent) - 10%
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