This assignment is designed to culminate your learning in this class. I urge you to explore a topic that interests you, but don't forget to demonstrate your grasp of specific classroom objectives, conversations, and readings. Assuming that you've met the basic requirements for this project, full credit requires excellence in these areas: composition, argumentation, and design. Some specific elements of these criteria are listed below:

Composition

* Select a topic with a strong "need-to-know" component; ensure that your thesis engages the readers' attention.

* Specifically cite at least five separate resources to support your analysis. Notes provided in this class should offer background to your research, but do not count as cited evidence. Use in-text citation and link each citation to a references page in APA or MLA format.

* Ensure that your paragraphs are well structured, logically organized, and packed with information. Think of the topic and conclusion sentences as pieces of homemade bread for a sandwich. We need lots of meat (or veggies, or whatever) between the bread to make a tasty paragraph. Pay very close attention to your topic sentences, ensuring that they relate to your thesis and provide an overview for your paragraphs. Avoid USA-Today style paragraphs that are too short to be properly developed. Similarly, excessively long paragraphs lasting a manuscript page or more risk the appearance of being poorly developed.

* Edit carefully to avoid errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Use a word processor that offers spell and grammar check.

Argumentation

* Provide a well developed background into your chosen topic. Set the scene with history and precedent.

* Build at least three credible and thoughtful arguments to support your thesis. This is not merely an informative presentation; it should be persuasive.

* Outline at least two specific and insightful implications of the approach you bring to your topic.

Design

* Design an efficient overview of your materials on the introduction page - providing the reader several potential orientations to your project.

* Develop a clean, elegant set of web-pages that demonstrates a user-friendly interface. Graphics are a nice touch, but are optional.

* Demonstrate three-dimensional narrative - exploit the multi-directional opportunities of hypertext by offering internal and external links.

Here is a template you may wish to use that features the ten grading criteria.

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