In Digital Studies, "Modules" are unstructured, self-guided units of content focused on a particular skill or content area. Each module has instructions and resources on DGST101.net.
This page is a generic description of how to complete one of these assignments, which you'll do three times this Summer semester at different points in the term. The first of these takes place in the first week of class, and it should be drawn from the modules tagged with "creativity".
For each of these modules, you'll find a short introduction, a list of links and resources, and some suggested tasks. Use the resources and suggested tasks as your starting point for thinking about what you want to do, but choose a goal and tasks that make sense for you. For example, in some cases, the tasks will involve different skill levels or experience that you may not have, so in those cases, it's perfectly fine to select a task that is at or just beyond your skill level. Now, having said that, the point of these modules is to learn something new, so make sure you're stretching yourself.
For this online version of the class, the logistics of these modules will be somewhat different than the face-to-face experience. There, students have two weeks to work on their modules, working alongside a cohort of other students working in the same module. At the end of those two weeks, the group gives a brief presentation on what each of them did. For the online version, this will happen over just a few days, but the intellectual process and outcome should be similar. I think of this process in three steps or phases.
After you've browsed the available modules and made your choice, think about why you made that choice and why that topic or skill you've chosen is or could be important beyond simply something that you do for a grade. Write a short blog entry about why you think this thing matters: why it matters to you or why it could matter to other people.
Share that blog entry in the Slack channel for your module, where you'll join a cohort of similarly-minded students working on the same module as you.
As a working group, you'll each be working on your own projects, but if you share your work as you go, you'll help each other when you get stuck and share in each other's triumphs when you succeed.
If you find a useful tool that helped you understand your project, share it in your Slack channel! If you can't figure out how to get some software working, ask for help in your Slack channel! If you can't decide if the thing you made is done enough, ask your Slack channel what they think!
When you've completed your work, share your work with the rest of us and/or the world. Instead of a presentation, create a short video (60 - 90 seconds) in which you explain three things:
You can create this video in any number ways following any number of formats. You could talk to a webcam (if you do, try and follow a script so you don't go on for too long). You could record a screencast of your project and talk over that. You could even create a slide deck describing your project and record a screencast of that slide deck with you talking over it.
Write a final blog entry describing and reflecting on your work for this module, and share that in Slack. If you want, embed your video in that blog post. If you'd rather not put your video out in the public, at least share it with us in our Slack. We're a supportive community, and we want to congratulate you on your success!