Digital Authoring Practicum
General
- Undergraduate; Capstone
- 25 learners; teams of 2
- 60 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Educators assign learners to projects
Preferred companies
- 12/12 project matches
- Canada
- Academic experience
- Any company type
- Any industries
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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January 8, 2024Experience start
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February 9, 2024Mid-point Evaluation
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March 29, 2024Final Evaluation
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April 1, 2024Experience end
Timeline
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January 8, 2024Experience start
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February 9, 2024Mid-point Evaluation
Mid-point evaluation on student performance/progress.
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March 29, 2024Final Evaluation
Final evaluation for student.
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April 1, 2024Experience end
Overview
- Details
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Students in Digital Authoring Practicum are digital storytellers––capable of editing, writing, and composing persuasive digital content. They know practices such as podcasting, media-rich instructional writing, and social media reels. Organizations can benefit by working with these storytellers because they can amplify campaigns, events, and internal communications and writing.
- Learner skills
- Writing, Research, Analysis
- Deliverables
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TBD by the employer. Students are familiar with file formats (video, PDF, WAV).
These experiences will help students meet the following outcomes:
- Apply rhetorical theory to the practice of digital writing in both classroom and community contexts
- Understand contemporary, professional, and ethical issues in digital writing
- Collaborate with colleagues and community partners to produce deliverables in a variety of media and genres
- Apply for positions in digital and professional writing, with traditional job materials and online platforms
Project Examples
Past projects have included:
A guide for social media best practices (specific to a company)
60-second Instagram reels on editing tips, interview excerpts
Designing and editing a digital magazine
Poster designs for explaining complex research findings
Interviewing and transcription writing for a podcast
Blogging about music, games, and more
Creating video reviews of software and publishing to YouTube
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Provide a dedicated student supervisor who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.
Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course. Depending on the project, a placement agreement might need to be signed with the Experiential Education Office prior to the student(s) starting their projects/placement.
Partners agree to sign a placement agreement with the Faculty prior to the student starting placement (sent by the EE Coordinator once a student placement is confirmed)