Content
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Midterm Project
We're almost half-way through the course! Get ready, it's Midterm Time. Over the past few weeks you've begun to establish baselines in your understanding of streaming, be it basic terms and definitions, topics of industry and history, and the tools you need to get started in streaming. So, what better time than now to assign you a streaming project? You can read more in the Assignments tab, but don't forget to check out your Discord tab as well. Discussion might be more open this week, but we still want you to participate!
This week you will...
- Create a stream to satisfy your midterm project requirements
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Loot for your mind
Not much here this week! Head on over to the Assignment tab to learn more about your midterm project. However, regarding content, it's not a bad idea to head back to earlier weeks and explore prior readings and work you've submitted. Don't forget about the Discussion tab. This week is as important as any to be bouncing ideas off of your peers, so you're still expected to take part in discussions. Good luck on your midterm!
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Discussion Requirements
In each week, you will have a Discussion assignment that will help to prepare you for that week's main assignment. You are required to:
- make an initial post answering the questions provided, and
- to respond to at least one peer.
You won't be able to see any of your peer's posts until after you have posted. Your response should be go beyond a simple "good job" or other basic complement. While there isn't a hard requirement on the length of your response, 100 words would be a good starting place.
The reason we only require a single response is that we are encouraging you to engage your instructor and peers through Blackboard Collaborate and Discord in real-time discussion. The questions presented here are to help you to form ideas for your main assignment, as well as allow you to more deeply analyze what your peers are thinking about as they prepare for their assignments. Your peers may be in-class students, or they may be remote and in an entirely different time-zone. We want to ensure that you all have the same opportunities to collaborate and learn from each other. We want you to be fully prepared and confident going into your main assignments.
Discord
Discord chats are set up by week, and are supplemental to your actual assignments. Click the icon below to access the channel. Please participate in these chats! Discord is a very popular tool used by the streaming community, so if you're not familiar with it, this is your chance! Use the Discussion assignment to help organize your interactions. It's our hope that you find people through this class that you can collaborate with, game with, and stream with in your careers; you are welcome to invite your peers to other channels that you use!
Discussion
10 Points
State the topic, medium (IRL, PC, console, etc...), and any other relevant information about your stream. Discuss the technologies you have in play and provide context around your stream.
You should make your initial post before submitting your stream for your assignment.
Submission Instructions
- Read the discussion rubric. You will be graded on this rubric!
- Make an initial post based on the assignment prompt provided.
- Reply to at least one peer with a substantial response.
- Use Discord for further discussion.
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75 Points
Complete a 15 minute stream (minimum - but please keep it under 30min!). If you do not have the ability to stream, you can upload a video to YouTube. Twitch should be your streaming platform, and video archiving should be turned on (don't accidentally lose your assignment!).
Let's refresh; what can you stream? Video games (such as by PC or console), IRL (In-Real-Life) via your personal phone or handheld device, commentary on a recorded event, an "episode" of your design, or VLOG (video blog)-like content. If you find these options too restricting, let your instructor know of your preference. Remember, the goal is simply 15 minutes (minimum) of streaming content (in this case, it will not be streamed live to your instructor). What you should NOT do is record a 15 minute PowerPoint. Not only is this more difficult (a 15min presentation requires a LOT of preparation!), it does not get at the core of what we want to see with live-streaming. Do note that a pre-recorded stream offers a lot of opportunity for editing before the stream is presented to your audience.
You will be graded on completion of the assignment, the minimum time requirement, and loosely graded on presentation. You've all seen viral videos of some pretty embarrassing content; professional production is not the end-all to streaming, nor do we want to scare you away from putting yourselves "out there". Have fun and give it your all!
Submission Requirements
You are expected to be professional and to follow student guidelines. Profanity and nudity are not acceptable. Topics of political and religious debate should be avoided
This assignment is due no later than 11:59 PM at the end of the seventh day of class.
Streaming Rubric
Before starting your Stream, please review the Streaming rubric. You will be graded using this rubric.
Click below to view the Streaming rubric.
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twitch.tv/bellevueuniversityeSports
Check out our Twitch Channel below! If you want to participate in chat, you should click the Twitch button on the video player to head to the Twitch website. You'll want to do that if you want to keep the stream open while you switch tabs to work on your assignments, as well. Also, head on over to our Video on Demand page to see a collection of all of our videos.
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