Editing Building Successful Online Communities (Fall 2024) (section)

==== Final Project Identification ====

;Due Date: November 22
;Deliverables: Turn in [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1774897/assignments through Canvas]
;Maximum Length: 500 words (~1 page double spaced)

;(Option 1) Community & Challenge Identification:

:For students conducting a community advising project, you should identify a community you are interested in and the challenge you hope to address in your final project and report. I encourage you to choose a community in which you are a member or leader and where you could, even if only in theory, deliver your recommendations to other members/leaders and have some chance of seeing the recommendations debated or adopted. I expect you to draw on sources and evidence from the course and any additional materials you deem relevant or useful.

:For this initial assignment, I am asking you to write 1-2 paragraphs explaining what community you want to study, why you care about it, and to identify a challenge you think the community is facing or could be facing.  If relevant or possible, it might be useful to also provide a link.

:I hope each of you will pick a community that you are intellectually committed to and invested in your personal or work life. You should also remember that you will be presenting this publicly to the class. You will be successful in this assignment if you identify a community and clearly explain why you think it would be a useful community to study, if you identify a challenge that the community is facing, and if you outline why you think the conceptual tools taught in the class will give you an angle on this challenge.

;(Option 2) Abstract/proposal:

For students following the original research project path, you are also required to submit an extended abstract and/or proposal for the project. Because I understand that the most useful specific shape of this might vary, I'm happy to go back-and-forth with you on the details if you believe that a 500 word extended abstract that lays out the proposed work is not going to be sufficient or appropriate.

In either case, I will give you feedback on these write-ups and will let you each know if I think you have identified a project that might be too ambitious, too trivial, too broad, too narrow, etc.