Online Media 1:30 section Kelly Anderson Tara Boyd Caitlin Cruz Harmony Huskison Olivia Khiel Leila O’Hara Torunn Sinclair Preston Sotelo Cassie Strauss Online Media 4:30 section Erin O’Connor Charissa Heckard Charles J. Hall Mohamud Ali Vanja Veric Haley Madden Ali Lasch Haley Buntrock Hayden Packwood Osej Serratos Sonya Chavez Hannah Shive Devin McIntyre Samantha Koukoulas [...]

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Students must know how to cultivate community. It is becoming more common to expect that they secure a social media following prior to graduation. As an example, the Klout score is the new the press pass. A high Klout score suggests that you have influence among your followers. The number of people using social networking [...]

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My Online Media students published their first posts today. The assignment requires them to focus on a niche area. The most difficult part often is trying to think of an idea for a blog topic. For example, food blogs were attractive to students this semester. It would be difficult to develop community and authority with [...]

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My students are required to create and design original content in my Online Media class. In some cases, they are allowed to include other creators’ work on their sites. I lecture briefly on copyright. This semester I decided to dedicate more time to the topic. Much misinformation exists about copyright. Mark S. Luckie lists common [...]

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Students are required to create a WordPress blog for their first assignment in my Online Media class. A blog is beneficial because it can help students establish themselves as an expert on a topic. As a learning tool, it teaches my students how to publish and connect information online. My hope is that they will [...]

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I teach sophomore-level students how to create website portfolios. I believe that some of these portfolios are very well-designed. One of the most trying parts of teaching students to create a site from scratch is that they love to paint their favorite color (pink, purple, green, etc.) all over their site. I love color, but… [...]

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I spent a few hours learning how to create a Twitter background in Photoshop for my Twitter page. I don’t have much free time, and playing with technology is one way I stay sane. Plus, a very active Twitter user and my student, Paige Soucie, requested to learn. Fortunately, I ran into my friend Nancie [...]

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Online Journalism Review aggregated syllabi in 2004, however this list needs to be updated. In an attempt to aggregate this information, I have begun a list of syllabi dedicated to online journalism, online communication and social media. I found that results from Google do not showcase all of the best available syllabi online. This section [...]

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Every semester I struggle with the grading of my students’ blog posts. For most of my students in my Online Media class, it is the first time that they have blogged. It takes awhile for students to adjust to online communication and how the blogosphere plays a part. I just finished grading their first two [...]

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It is a new semester. I have decided to rejoin the social media sphere (at least on a professional level) again. I am teaching online media this semester. If you would like to view my syllabus, please do. I break the semester into three parts: social media, visual communication and site creation. Feedback is always [...]

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