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Week 1: All assignments available for viewing
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Week 4: Readings & viewings related to the social aspects of online gaming
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Week 4: Discussion 4: What's a MMORPG and What's Social About It?
This discussion has two purposes: 1) to get everybody on the same page about what a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) is, how they work, how they're played, and what the most popular ones are today (hint: World of Warcraft is one); and 2) to discuss the role of social networking in these games and whether playing them can help develop communities and social skills... -
Week 5: Readings & viewings related to teamwork, collaboration and consensus.
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Week 5: Discussion 5: Group Contract & Team Name
This week you will work with just your group to develop a group contract. The group contract form is attached. Each group has 5 or 6 members. Begin by completing this week's reading/viewing assignments. Take some time to explore the Collaboration and Conferencing tools in Canvas, as well as the Group Workspace that was created in Canvas when your group was established (click on the People tab and then look for the "View User Groups" button). By Saturday of this week you will explore... -
Week 6: Readings and viewing related to mashup creation and storyboarding.
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Week 6: Discussion 6: Using Consensus to Develop a Workplan
Begin this week's discussion activity by reviewing the brief PowerPoint presentation on finding consensus (attached). Also, study the Video Mashup and Write Citations for Media pages of the Social Media Research Guide. Apply the principles of consensus building in working with your team to develop the workplan for the MMORPG MashUp/Infomercial project. Use this discussion board to develop that plan... -
Week 7: Viewing of a real MMORPG infomercial
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Week 7: Discussion 7: What Makes a Good Video Infomercial?
Viewing: Rift Planes of Telara Enter the Rift Trailer This is a group discussion. By Saturday: Your initial post will be a detailed analysis of the YouTube trailer. How effective is it? Does it give you a basic understanding of the game's premise, world, rules, and characters? Do you get a sense of how community-building and collaboration fit in? How does it achieve these things? Is it compelling...? -
Week 8: Viewings related to conflict resolution and decision making.
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Week 8: Storyboard assigned.
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Week 8: Discussion 8: Team Tuneup
You are in the middle of your major group project. In light of that, we want you to use this week's discussion to analyze how well your group has functioned so far, and, through discussion and collaboration, to determine what improvements you can make. We have provided, below, and in an attachment to this discussion, a list of elements that contribute to successful collaboration.- STEP 1: Based on your team's performance so far, comment first on how well you think you have carried out...
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Week 9: Storyboard due.
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Week 11: Video Infomercials and Team Assessment Forms due
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Week 12: Discussion 12: Infomercial/Mashup Review
Watch the MMORPG video infomercials submitted for this assignment. You will find them in the Social Media Research Guide. Review the last five criteria of the scoring rubric for the Group Infomercial/Mashup Assignment, below. For this week's discussion, comment on the Mashups. By Saturday, choose the one that you think best meets the requirements of the rubric, and write an initial post detailing the reasons why you chose it. Then, by the following Wednesday...
