Just as in a regular F2F (face-to-face) course, students enrolled will be expected to spend at least 50 minutes per day doing the equivalent of in-class learning time, plus additional homework and writing time. And, just as in F2F courses, some days there will be less and some days there will be more.
Students will be expected, at the very minimum, to:
Check in with the Moodle Course daily for lessons and assignments.
Participate in all scheduled conferences via Moodle.
Participate in collaborative communication events (via Moodle or other online medium) where messages are posted among students and teacher.
Submit assignments by due dates, and, when required, comment on other student work in peer review.
Submit questions to the class in general (via electronic means) or to the instructor in specific (via electronic or telephone) as they arise.
Course Goals:
To strengthen students' knowledge and awareness of various forms of creative writing.
To hone students' skills in conceptualizing and implementing various forms of creative writing themselves, using the writing process of prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading, and publishing.
To further skills in peer review and literary critique in a workshop setting.
Topic Overview:
Unit 1: Who Are We and Why Are We Here?!?
Weeks 1-2: Online collaboration, the writing process, nuts and bolts of using Moodle, and getting settled in.
Unit 2: Poetry is Life Distilled
Weeks 3-6: Introduction to Poetry Writing
(and, by extension, Reading)
Unit 3: The Plot Thickens...
Weeks 7-11: Elements of Fiction and Short Fiction Writing
Unit 4: The Play's the Thing
Weeks 12-14: Writing Drama and Screenplays
Unit 5: You have that limitation...of telling the truth.
Weeks 15-16: Writing creative non-fiction
Unit 6: Portfolio Culmination
Weeks 17-18: Compiling and Presenting the Final Portfolio
