Create a media-based artifact (infographic, video, slideshow, audio presentation, etc) from your research and explorations of your community’s use of emerging technologies. How do they use technology to advance the community or share information? Flex your creativity with an artifact that conveys what you learned about your community’s use of technology, and share your artifact on your blog.
Getting Started
- Review the how to guide on creating a media-based artifact for INFO 200
- Review Module 13 resources.
- Research how your information community uses emerging technologies.
- Cite course resources and your own independent research.
- Take a look at the report #7 samples in the Assignment Examples.
- Consider the type of media you’d like to create and explore creation tools.
- If you are considering an infographic, this helpful site has ideas for layouts
- Review the instructions on how to add media to WordPress blogs.
Choosing a Tool
Here are some popular tools used by students. You are not limited to the tools on this list.
General Creation Tools
These tools can create infographics, presentations, videos, and more.
- You can activate your SJSU Adobe account to access more features than a free account.
Infographics
Presentations
Videos
Assignment Requirements
- Include professional literature from your own research and course materials.
- The blog report must be media-based (infographic, video, audio, etc.).
- The blog must be shared on your iSchool WordPress blog site.
- Be sure to cite your sources within the multimedia or as part of your blog post.
Grading Criteria
| Criteria | Points |
| Required Components | 1 |
| Mechanics | 1 |
| Comprehension and Analysis | 1 |
| Connections to Course Content and Information Science | 1 |
| Total | 4 |
- Required components evaluates whether the blog report has a solid organizational foundation and includes all required elements stated in the assignment. You should present a media-based artifact expanding upon research and explorations into your information community’s use of emerging technologies. The supporting research and exploration should be well developed.
- Mechanics assesses the quality of writing and technical aspects of the blog report. Your report’s media-based artifact is engaging and shows significant effort and creativity. The delivery is polished and follows a logical thought process. Images, links, or other media are included are used thoughtfully. The report is grammatically correct, lacking spelling, syntax, or punctuation errors; APA 7 referencing is technically correct in the narrative and the reference list.
- Comprehension and analysis assesses your broad understanding of the ideas and ability to integrate the ideas into your work. You should demonstrate a broad understanding of your information community’s use of emerging technologies through fully developed research and exploration of the topic; examples of the information community’s use of emerging technologies are integrated into the blog report.
- Connections to course content and information science evaluates how you use INFO 200 materials and LIS theories as a framework for your ideas. You should incorporate research and exploration focused on the information community’s use of emerging technologies especially toward advancement of the community and information sharing; foundational course materials and LIS models/theories are used to expand the breadth and depth of the blog report.
Before Submitting Your Assignment
- Spell and grammar check your work.
- Take a break from blogging and come back later to manually proofread your report. Since your reports will be shared on the open web, they should be well-organized, evidence-based, and professionally written.
- Check that any links or multimedia in your blog are working correctly.
Submitting Your Assignment
Publish your blog report on your WordPress blog. Submit the URL for blog report 7 to Canvas.
If you need technical support for your blog, please review the WordPress/Blogging Technical Support links provided in Blog Report 1.