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An Apology for Audio Assignments in First-Year Writing Classrooms
Harley Ferris & Ryan TraumanUniversity of Louisville
11 April 2013
Have you, yourself, ever produced an audio text?
Why? Why not? How’d that go?
Have you ever assigned an audio text in your class?
Why? Why not? How’d that go?
Why an audio assignment?
Distribution.
Necessary.Consumption.
Assignment Design Considerations
Context, Outcomes, Resources
Context
How does the assignment fit into the rest of your course?
Outcomes
How does the assignment fit into the rest of your course?
Resources
How does the assignment fit into the rest of your course?
Example Audio Assignment
• Three Stages:– Preparation– Production– Distribution
Example Audio Assignment
• Production– Stock elements– Scripts– Recording– Editing
Example Audio Assignment
• Preparation– Topic drawn from other
class work.– Genre awareness gleaned
from examples.– Discussions of audio
affordances.
Example Audio Assignment
• Distribution– Soundcloud– Facebook– Twitter– Email
Questions?
Thanks.