2025-2026 AY Project Guide by Houston H. Harte Center for Teaching and Learning https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w Explore a range of assignment formats with guidance on tools, learning goals, and possible assessment criteria. en-us 2025-07-14 16:25:36 UTC 2025-08-14 15:41:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/8.0/png/1f4a1.png 📊 Infographics hartecenter https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069213 Students create visually engaging infographics to present data, processes, or complex concepts in a simplified and easily digestible format. Infographics should emphasize clarity, accuracy, and effective visual communication.


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]]> 2025-07-14 16:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069213 ✍️ Blogging hartecenter https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069214 Students write and publish a series of blog posts over the term, each exploring a course topic, current event, or personal reflection connected to the material. Posts should demonstrate critical thinking, clear communication, and engagement with a real audience.


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]]> 2025-07-14 16:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069214 📰 Magazine hartecenter https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069216 Students collaboratively create a multi-article online magazine centered around a unifying theme related to the course. Articles may include research features, profiles, op-eds, interviews, or creative nonfiction pieces. The magazine should integrate multimedia elements, professional editorial structure, and cohesive visual design that engages broader audiences.


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]]> 2025-07-14 16:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069216 🎬 Short Film hartecenter https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069217 Students create narrative or documentary-style short films using video storytelling techniques. This project involves script writing, filming, editing, and production, requiring students to clearly express complex ideas or stories through visual media and demonstrate mastery of both technical and creative elements.


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]]> 2025-07-14 16:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069217 🎬 Digital Story / Video Essay hartecenter https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069218 Students create short, reflective, multimedia narratives or video essays combining narration, text, visuals, and video clips to illustrate a clear point of view, tell a personal or historical story, or explore and analyze a course-related topic through strategic integration of multiple media formats.


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]]> 2025-07-14 16:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069218 🌐 Website hartecenter https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069219 Students will organize, present, and creatively communicate information through WordPress, developing skills in digital literacy, web publishing, and visual communication.


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]]> 2025-07-14 16:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069219 🧭 Interactive Maps hartecenter https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069220 Students will identify and contextualize key events or locations relevant to a course theme, organize information visually using a spatial framework, and make connections, uncover patterns, or highlight complexity in place or location through geospatial analysis and multimedia storytelling.


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]]> 2025-07-14 16:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069220 📅 Digital Timelines hartecenter https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069221 Students will identify and contextualize key events or milestones, demonstrating the ability to synthesize information and present it sequentially using digital tools while developing chronological thinking skills and multimedia literacy.


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]]> 2025-07-14 16:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069221 📚 Textual Analysis hartecenter https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069222 Students will identify and analyze course-related textual content, synthesize and communicate findings about their selected text corpus to their class and wider public, and develop skills in critical thinking, close reading, computational text analysis, and data-driven literary interpretation.


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]]> 2025-07-14 16:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069222 🎧 Podcast hartecenter https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069223 Students create an audio podcast episode that explores a relevant course topic. The podcast should clearly communicate key ideas or engage in thoughtful dialogue, analysis, or debate, aimed at a defined audience through strategic use of audio storytelling techniques.


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]]> 2025-07-14 16:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069223 🎤 Oral History Interview hartecenter https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069225 Students conduct recorded interviews to capture personal narratives, firsthand experiences, or historical testimonies related to course topics. The final product is an edited oral history that clearly presents the interviewee's perspective and context, enhanced by thoughtful reflection and analytical framing.


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]]> 2025-07-14 16:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3519069225 Connect the Project to Learning Outcomes rwatson2024 https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3543504815 What should your students learn, or demonstrate proficiency in, through a project? How can you map your desired outcomes to a specific project?


Examples:

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  • Finding, evaluating, and ethically using information

    • With almost any project, students must find, analyze, synthesize and present information. To support this process, consult a librarian, integrate a library research guide into Canvas, or schedule a librarian class visit.

  • Students’ digital footprints

    • If assigning a project that will be public-facing and live online, think implications for students’ digital footprints. There are opportunities for academic portfolio building, but also the possibility of abandoned projects.

  • Students' author rights

    • Just like faculty, students are the owners of their intellectual property. How can you help them understand their rights? (Hint: a librarian can help!)

    • ]]>     2025-08-14 15:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3543506302     Consider Tech, Space, and Support Needs rwatson2024 https://padlet.com/hartecenter/w226g3lnf3t3kg1w/wish/3543517105 Once you have mapped a project to your outcome, consider your information, technological, and space needs and reach out for support early in your planning phase.


    Explore the tech capabilities of classrooms and labs to find a space that may be suitable for presentation or digital lab work.


    The following are available in the Harte Center on Leyburn Library’s Lower Level 1. Reserve these spaces via 25Live:

    • Video Recording Studio [Leyburn 101]

    • Video Editing Suites [Leyburn 123, 124, 125]

    • Presentation Practice Space [Leyburn 140]


    Email helpdesk@wlu.edu to reserve technology like projectors, camcorders, and voice recorders.

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