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;Task: Create an account and start orientation
;Task: Create an account and start orientation
;Due: Friday April 2
;Due: Friday April 2
;Deliverables: Make contributions in Wikipedia and [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/Interpersonal_Media_(Spring_2021) the class WikiEdu dashboard]  
;Deliverables: Make contributions in Wikipedia and [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/Interpersonal_Media_(Fall_2020) the class WikiEdu dashboard]  


* Complete the [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/Building_Successful_Online_Communities_(Spring_2021) WikiEdu] training.  
* Complete the [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/Building_Successful_Online_Communities_(Spring_2021) WikiEdu] training.  
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==== Final Projects: Consultant's Report ====
==== Final Projects: Consultant's Report ====
;Final Presentation Date: June 3, 2021 (11:59pm)
;Final Presentation Date: June 1, 2021
;Paper Due Date: June 11 @ 11:59pm
;Paper Due Date: June 11 @ 11:59pm
;Maximum paper length: 4,500 words (~18 pages double spaced)
;Maximum paper length: 4,500 words (~18 pages double spaced)
;Deliverables:  
;Deliverables:  
:*Details on final presentations including due dates, instructions, and dropboxes are on [[/Final presentation]]  
:*Details on final presentations including due dates, instructions, and dropboxes are on [[/Final presentation]] {{forthcoming}}
:*Turn in copy of paper [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1448701/assignments/6166060 in Canvas]
:*Turn in copy of paper [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1448701/assignments/6166060 in Canvas]


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Each project should include: (a) the description of the community you have identified (you are welcome to borrow from your Community Identification assignment), (b) a description of how you would use the course concepts to change and improve the community.
Each project should include: (a) the description of the community you have identified (you are welcome to borrow from your Community Identification assignment), (b) a description of how you would use the course concepts to change and improve the community.
I will invite representative of client organizations that are interested to visit the final class to hear presentations. If clients cannot attend, I expect that students will give their presentation at another time after the final presentation that is convenient to the client organization.


Each report should include the description of the community you have identified (you are welcome to borrow from your Community Identification assignment), and a description of how you would use the course concepts to change and improve the community.
Each report should include the description of the community you have identified (you are welcome to borrow from your Community Identification assignment), and a description of how you would use the course concepts to change and improve the community.
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'''Plan:'''
'''Plan:'''


: In the first part of class (~6-7pm), we'll have an interview and question and answer session with graduating UW Department of Communication student Hunter Brown. Hunter Brown posted his first video to TikTok in late December 2019 and started the undergraduate version of this class (COM482) in the first week of January 2020. Over the quarter that Hunter was taking the class, he grew his followers to more than 15,500 using own creativity, intuition, and some of the concepts and techniques from the course. Hunter has since grown his TikTok community to more than 300,000 followers.
: In the first part of class (~6-7pm), we'll have an interview and question and answer session with graduating UW Department of Communication student Hunter Brown. Hunter Brown posted his first video to TikTok in late December 2019 and started the undergraduate version of this class (COM482) in the first week of January 2020. Over the quarter that Hunter was taking the class, he grew his followers to more than 15,500 using own creativity, intuition, and some of the concepts and techniques from the course. Hunter has since grown his TikTok following to more than 300,000 people a bit more than a year.


:Check out Hunter's TikTok, linked from the syllabus, and come ready to ask him any questions you have. I'll start us out by interviewing Hunter about his experience growing an online community and then we'll open up to your questions.
:Check out Hunter's TikTok, linked from the syllabus, and come ready to ask him any questions you have. I'll start us out by interviewing Hunter about his experience growing an online community. Then we'll open up to your questions.


:In the second part of the class (~7-8pm), we'll hear from Charlie Kiene (a PhD student at UW) about his research on content moderation on Discord. He'll be talking about two papers that are linked in the optional readings above. You'll probably get more of the conversation if you read the papers in advance, but doing so is not a requirement. Your first priority should be your projects. Charlie studies governance and content moderation more generally and has been doing a bunch of work on Reddit so I'm sure he'll be able to answer questions you have about that as well.
:In the second part of the class (~7-8pm), we'll hear from Charlie Kiene (a PhD student at UW) about his research on content moderation on Discord. He'll be talking about two papers that are linked in the optional readings above. You'll probably get more of the conversation if you read the papers in advanced, but doing so is not a requirement. Your first priority should be your projects. Charlie studies governance and content moderation more generally and has been doing a bunch of work on Reddit so I'm sure he'll be able to answer questions you have about that as well.


:In both cases, all I'm asking you to do is to be engaged and to ask questions.
:In both cases, all I'm asking you to do is to be engaged and to ask questions.
=== June 3-5 (Thursday-Saturday): Final Presentations ===
Recordings of final presentations will be due at 11:59pm on Thursday June 3rd. Peer feedback on your classmates presentations is due 48 hours later (11:59pm on Saturday June 5th). Details information about the assignment is in [[#Project 2: Consultant's Report]]. Detailed information on the final presentations is available in [[/Final presentation]]


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Details are on the [[#Final Projects: Consultant's Report]] section of this page.
Details are on the [[#Final Projects: Consultant's Report]] section of this page.


=== December 2 (Wednesday): Instant Messaging, Group Chat, and Synchronous Communication {{tentative}}  ===
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'''Guest Lecturers:'''
'''Guest Lecturers:'''
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* Stanford 2011 symposium: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5kQYWLtW3Y From Counterculture to Cyberculture: the Legacy of the Whole Earth Catalog]
* Stanford 2011 symposium: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5kQYWLtW3Y From Counterculture to Cyberculture: the Legacy of the Whole Earth Catalog]


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=== December 7 (Monday): Final Poster Presentations ===
=== December 7 (Monday): Final Poster Presentations ===


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* The poster content should be an overview and preview of your final project. Details on the expectations for the final project are on [[Interpersonal_Media_(Winter_2020)#Final_Projects:_Critical_Analysis_of_Online_Community|the relevant section of the syllabus]].
* The poster content should be an overview and preview of your final project. Details on the expectations for the final project are on [[Interpersonal_Media_(Winter_2020)#Final_Projects:_Critical_Analysis_of_Online_Community|the relevant section of the syllabus]].


* Giving a talk in an empty Zoom room with recording on works pretty well.
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'''No readings.''' The final classes will be devoted entirely to final presentations.
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