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Advocacy Website Assignment
Throughout the semester, you have learned to evaluate claims, analyze literature, and conduct research. Now it is time to advocate for social justice and share your knowledge.
An advocacy website’s purpose is to influence public opinion. It:
1. Creates awareness on an issue
2. Provides a plan of action to act on what is now known
3. Engages as a way of organizing advocacy
4. Proposes solutions and draws attention to an issue at large.
It is important, therefore, to draw from, and include the knowledge you have acquired from any previous assignments because you have established a knowledge base.
Think carefully about a topic of interest and create a website that advocates for social change. You will be presenting this website to our class.
This is an opportunity to create a discourse community in favor of your topic, and this is also as an opportunity to learn a new technological skill that can be invaluable in academic and professional settings.
Note: You are required to submit an outline for your website presentation! Keep in mind, this is not an assignment that can be completed at the last minute.
Compose: Use the templates provided in WordPress or Wix (free web authoring software) and create a website that represents how you understand and appreciate the topic/subject you have chosen.
Design:
At a minimum, the Advocacy Website should contain the following:
Homepage: with information about the topic/issue—what is the problem, what should be done, and why is advocacy needed? Provide some background, history, situation, or problem of your subject or topic. Why is this topic important?
Create a summary of what will be covered in your website.
· Provide a “call to action.” This call to action will be elaborated on in your final paper.
Photo Images that reflect the issue and advocacy promoted. Use subject-appropriate visuals to interest your audience. Pixabay offers free images online.
About Me Page: with biographical information about you and how you connect with the topic/issue you chose. Why did you select this topic? What did you learn about it? How does it relate to the other classes you are taking? How do you think it will relate to future classes/work?
Connection to any assignments, readings, or videos, each assignment should have an introduction about the topic, relation to the topic, and what was learned from that favors social change. Try to use two assignments.
Resources Page: with information and links to related research, articles, organizations, etc.
Design Plan: Keep it streamlines but creative
What typeface and colors will you use? In what order will you arrange your ideas?
How you will use logos, pathos, and ethos? What appeals will you provide?
How you will produce and test the website and its navigation?
Product Testing: Test functionality of the website and its components before submitting and presenting.
Advocate: The Advocacy Website is designed to advocate your position on a topic by providing an online forum to do so. This project helps you understand how your connection to the community begins in the classroom. Remember, that the goal is advocacy of your subject/topic.
Provide a Fair Use Statement:
I suggest something like this:
“The purpose of this page is for the viewing of the assignments for my English 106 course. All rights are reserved to (your name here), and no copying is allowed without permission. The University requires all members of its community to follow copyright and fair use requirements. You are individually and solely responsible for violations of copyright and fair use laws.
When you use images or logos on your website, they will need to be cited to give attribution as to where they come from (“Courtesy of University of Texas at El Paso,” for example, for the UTEP logo). Some images are already fair use (like clip art and many you might get from Google Images), so they may not need a citation, but make sure.
Key Elements Checklist:
· Make sure to advocate subject/topic.
· Create a new page for linking assignments (do not upload Word Documents).
· Make sure all links function.
Assessment Rubric for Advocacy Website
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Grade:
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A |
B |
C |
D |
F |
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Content
20 pts. |
The site has a clearly stated purpose and its theme advocates for something is learned from the course. Goes beyond minimum requirements for content. |
The site has a clearly stated purpose and theme advocate for something but may have one or two elements that do not seem to be related to the course. All minimum requirements for content are met. |
The purpose and theme of the site is somewhat vague.
1-2 minimum requirements for content are missing or only adequately presented. |
The site lacks a purpose and theme.
Most minimum requirements for content are missing and/or mostly inadequate presentation. |
Content is unsatisfactory and inadequate. |
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Rhetorical/ Appeals:
Ethos, Logos, Pathos
10 pts. |
Visuals and writing reflect strong rhetorical persuasion appropriate to the advocacy. |
Visuals and writing reflect reasonable rhetorical persuasion appropriate to the advocacy. |
Visuals and writing reflect adequate rhetorical persuasion.
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Visuals and writing reflect un reasonable rhetorical persuasion. |
Visuals and writing do not reflect informed rhetorical persuasion.
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Layout |
Website has |
Website has |
Website has |
Website is |
Website has |
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30 pts. |
an exceptionally attractive and usable layout. It is easy to locate all important elements. white space, graphic elements, and/or alignment are used effectively to organize material. |
an attractive and usable layout. It is easy to locate all important elements. |
a usable layout, but it may appear busy or boring. It is easy to locate most of the important elements. |
cluttered looking or confusing. It is often difficult to locate important elements. |
no usable or coherent layout. |
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Functional
10 pts. |
Very functional website. Navigation is clearly labeled, consistently placed, allows the reader to easily move from a page to related pages (forward and back), and takes the reader where s/he expects to go. A user does not become lost. |
Mostly functional website. Navigation is clearly labeled, allows the reader to easily move from a page to related pages (forward and back), and internal links take the reader where s/he expects to go. A user rarely becomes lost. |
Adequately functional website. Navigation takes the reader where s/he expects to go, but some links seem to be missing. A user sometimes gets lost. |
Marginally functional website. Navigation does not take the reader to the sites described. A user typically feels lost. |
Navigation is not functional and webpage difficult to maneuver around. |
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Writing Fluency:
Clear, Concise, Correct
20 pts. |
Demonstrates skillful writing fluency. |
Demonstrates good writing fluency. |
Demonstrate s adequate writing fluency. |
Writing fluency is lacking. |
No writing fluency-- unreadable. |
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Copyright |
Fair use guidelines are |
Fair use guidelines are |
Fair use guidelines |
Borrowed materials are |
No documentation |
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10 pts. |
followed with clear, easy- to-locate, and accurate citations for all borrowed material. No material is included from websites that state that permission is required unless permission has been obtained. |
followed with clear, easy-to- locate, and accurate citations for almost all borrowed material. No material is included from websites that state that permission is required unless permission has been obtained. |
are followed with clear, easy-to- locate, and accurate citations for most borrowed material. No material is included from websites that state that permission is required unless permission has been obtained. |
not properly documented OR material was borrowed without permission from a website that requires permission. |
found. |
*Rubric is subject to minor changes. Students will be notified if changes occur
