Editing Building Successful Online Communities (Spring 2021) (section)

==== Community Identification====
;Maximum Length: 300 words (~1 page double spaced)
;Deliverables: Turn in [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1448701/assignments/6166059 through Canvas]
;Due Date: Friday May 7
:* <strike>Signed copy of MOU (Turn in via Canvas)</strike>
:* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1448701/assignments/6166059 Community identification essay] (Turn in to Canvas)

In this assignment, you should identify and the community you will be working with for your final project. In the essay part of this assignment, I am asking you to write several paragraphs explaining which community you will be working with and why you think it will be an fruitful site for applying the course material. If relevant or possible, it might be useful to also provide a link to any existing community or to the organization.

I am hoping that each of you will pick a community that you are intellectually interested and invested in. If you want to the community something you are involved in your personal and professional life, that's ideal.  Although I'm encouraging you to connect to your work lives, you should also keep in mind that you will be presenting this publicly to the class. If you don't know of such a community, Alex Stonehill (in his capacity as Comm Lead staff!) should be able to help connect you to businesses that are interested in advice on growing, improving, or starting an online community.

I also want to make sure that the organizations you are going to be working with are on board. I had considered asking you all to bring a signed copy of [[:File:MOU-online communities-2016-fall.pdf|this memorandum of understanding]] but I've decided that it's not necessary. You '''should''' read that document as soon as possible to get a sense of what you'll be asking organizations to agree to and you should make sure that the organization you plan to work with is on board.

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 using the concepts we have covered in the class. 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.