Reading 03

Kerr, C. (2016) Content Designed

Read the following sections:

• The IPPIE Process
  • Pages 10 - 11
• Listen to the following audio

Your Personal Manifesto

Purpose:

One of the COMM 315 course objectives is to "create inspiring social media that serves as a light on the hill to shine before men that they will see good works and glorify God." This course objective guides COMM 315 students and instructors, by defining what kind of social media we will create in this course and why. For this assignment, you will write a blog post (you can use any blog platform of your choice, like WordPress or Medium) and define what and why you will participate in social media.

Personal Manifesto:

Create a personal manifesto for the social identity you will be running this semester. Developing a personal manifesto is also like developing a voice statement. It guides how, what, and why you interact on social media.The videos below are examples of personal manifestos. However for this assignment, it's important for you to create your own objectives to guide your social identity you will be running this semester.

To get your juices flowing, watch Jake Parker's video, "What's Your Personal Manifesto?" and Shaun McBride's "Draw My Life: The Shonduras Story." They are both great examples of influencers in different fields talking about why they post and do what they do.

Instructions

Write a blog post which contains your own personal manifesto. The best way to start a personal manifesto is to talk about the what, how and where. The "what" is what you will be talking about. These can be things which passions, things you enjoy doing, things you want to learn, or about you. The "how" is what medium format you will use to connect with your audience. The "where" is what channels you will use.

After you have written and published your blog post, add a link to the coinciding post to your class' FACEBOOK GROUP. You will not be commenting this week on the personal manifestos of your peers so you will immediately submit it to iLearn.

Submit to iLearn

After you have posted your article to our Facebook group, collect a screenshot of your original blog post. Create a PDF to be submitted on ILearn with the following:

1. Your First and Last Name
2. Professor's Name
3. Section Number
4. A screenshot of your original blog post
5. A screenshot of the comment sharing your manifesto to your facebook group

Gantt Chart Activity

Purpose:

In two weeks, you will be starting on the project portion of the course. Each project will help you develop visual content. Creating quality content which will connect and resonate with your audience takes time and thought. The IPPIE process will help identify, plan, produce, implement and evaluate your projects.

The planning process is an essential part of the IPPIE process and when done correctly will help reduce surprises and hit deadlines. A Gantt chart is a visual graph which is widely used in project management. It shows project activities, tasks or events, displayed against time. On the left of the chart is a list of the activities, and along the top is a suitable timeline. Each activity is represented by a bar. The position and length of the bar reflects the start date, duration and end date of the activity. This allows you to see at a glance:

• What the various activities are
• When each activity begins and ends
• How long each activity is scheduled to last
• Where activities overlap with other activities, and by how much
• The start and end date of the whole project

In this activity, you will create a gantt chart for a new simulated project and submit it on Ilearn. This should help you prepare for the future projects in this course by going through this exercise.

Background and overview:

You have been asked to create an infographic for a new client. However, before you start the project they want to see your production plan. The client wants you to come up with a concept (include this activity within your gantt chart) and use original photography and icons within the graphic. The client also needs this project done within two weeks.

Submit to iLearn

Use whatever program you would like to create the timeline chart. Excel, Illustrator, Indesign, Gantt chart programs are all acceptable. After you have created the chart, produce an image and turn it into iLearn. The image should be high enough quality to see and read all the content produced.

HELPFUL HINT: Your gantt chart should include at least 10 activities for completion. Going above 10 activities shows thoughtfulness and gets your grade above the minimum.