Spring Semester 2023 – Course Schedule:

Weekly Assignments!

**All course work must be completed and published no later than Tuesday May 23rd at 6pm – that is the absolute deadline for both CT101 sections** Everyone should be focused on this information —————> Final Semester Submission Info <– READ ME

Week #15 – Tuesday 5/16 – 10am – 12pm

Tuesday Section – 5/9 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 -> This class session will be used as a troubleshooting space where students can bring any pending technical issues, website questions / help or relatedness to finishing up our semester. This is the official last day of regular classes before final exams begin. This class in not mandatory to attend but I encourage you to join us if you need help.

Everyone should be focused on this -> Final Semester Submission Info <– READ ME

Week #14 – Tuesday Section – 5/9 @10am & Thursday Section 5/11 @10am

Tuesday Section – 5/9 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 -> We will begin discussing the information, criteria & submission details to complete our semester. Please read the blog post in the link below (an e-mail will also be sent to you with the same info later this week.)

Final Semester Submission Info <– READ ME

This week our class session will serve as a platform for those who have specific assignment, blogging & website building questions. Bring your troubleshooting / customizing websites questions to class – and or questions that would be helping to clarify anything to best complete the semester. Emphasis will be placed on website design and our final blog post.

Thursday Section – 5/11 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 -> We will begin discussing the information, criteria & submission details to complete our semester. Please read the blog post in the link below (an e-mail will also be sent to you with the same info later this week.)

Final Semester Submission Info <– READ ME

Week #13 – Tuesday Section – 5/2 @10am & Thursday Section 5/4 @10am

Tuesday Section – 5/2 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 -> Getting specific with WordPress – Part II <- Read – Last week we started setting up our new websites by discussing the potentials of the websites front end design – we began creating new pages and discussing their purposes, navigation menus, working with widgets, installing and adding plug-ins and the differences between pages, posts & categories. This takes practice and a little bit of experimentation. Let’s continue forward. More techniques and applications – Cross posting content and more!

Thursday Section – 5/4 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 -> Getting specific with WordPress <- Read Part II – Last week we started setting up our new websites by discussing the potentials of the websites front end design – we began creating new pages and discussing their purposes, navigation menus, working with widgets, installing and adding plug-ins and the differences between pages, posts & categories. This takes practice and a little bit of experimentation. Let’s continue forward. More techniques and applications – Cross posting content and more!

Week #12 – Tuesday Section – 4/25 @10am & Thursday Section 4/27 @10am

Thursday Section – 4/20 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 -> This content updates on 4/27 @ 10am

Exciting Times! Let’s start customizing our new websites! Let’s talk about pages, posts, categories, navigation menus, working with widgets, installing and adding plug-ins, and much more! Let’s also get specific about how we are going to use our websites! I will be sharing a series of extensive demonstrations in and from our class this week. Assignment #10 < — details here

Tuesday Section – 4/18 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 ->

Week #11 – Tuesday Section – 4/18 @10am & Thursday Section 4/20 @10am

Thursday Section – 4/20 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 -> Assignment #9 – Domain Name Registration, Hosting Set Up & WordPress Installation! <– Read This! Let’s follow along in our class session and then publish a blog post about the experience of registering your own domain, and setting up your web hosting account. (A video recording of the class session will be added to the bottom of the blog post link above.) Coupon codes for the domain / hosting set up will be e-mailed to you this week – be sure to check your York e-mail during class-time (or ask me for the code in sign language 🙂

Tuesday Section – 4/18 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 -> Assignment #9 – Domain Name Registration, Hosting Set Up & WordPress Installation! <– Read This! Let’s follow along in our class session and then publish a blog post about the experience of registering your own domain, and setting up your web hosting account. (A video recording of the class session will be added to the bottom of the blog post link above.) Coupon codes for the domain / hosting set up will be e-mailed to you this week – be sure to check your York e-mail during class-time (or ask me for the code in sign language 🙂

Week #10 – Tuesday Section – 4/4 @10am – SPRING BREAK!

Tuesday Section – 4/4 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 -> Assignment #8 – Picking a domain name and discussing the process. What is a domain name? Read this for the assignment prompt <– ITS DOMAIN NAME TIME!

Week #9 – Tuesday Section – 3/28 @10am & Thursday Section 3/30 @10am

Thursday Section – 3/30 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 -> Assignment #8 – Picking a domain name and discussing the process. What is a domain name? Read this for the assignment prompt <– ITS DOMAIN NAME TIME!

Tuesday Section – 3/28 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 -> Its Mid-Semester Reflection time! This week, let us take stock, recap, catch up and take a deep look into our learning experience continuum- Let us now share and discuss where we began, and where we have expanded to and beyond! –—-> Assignment #7 <– Read This

Week #8 – Tuesday Section – 3/21 @10am & Thursday Section 3/23 @10am

Thursday Section – 3/23 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 -> Its Mid-Semester Reflection time! This week, let us take stock, recap, catch up and take a deep look into our learning experience continuum- Let us now share and discuss where we began, and where we have expanded to and beyond! –—-> Assignment #7 <– Read This

Tuesday Section – 3/21 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 – We have an exciting assignment this week and the introduction of a new tool to work with. Let’s dig in to this new post that prof. Ryan wrote to get us inspired – Lets talk a little bit about Creativity, Immediacy and Intuition. In this new post below, lets learn how this formula of words can inspire your storytelling: (this will likely be a 2 week project) –>. Assignment #6 <– READ THIS to dig in!

Week #7 – Tuesday Section – 3/14 @10am & Thursday Section 3/16 @10am

Thursday Section – 3/16 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 – Welcome back! We have an exciting assignment this week and the introduction of a new tool to work with. Let’s dig in to this new post that prof. Ryan wrote to get us inspired – Lets talk a little bit about Creativity, Immediacy and Intuition. In this new post below, lets learn how this formula of words can inspire your storytelling: (this will likely be a 2 week project) –>. Assignment #6 <– READ THIS to dig in!

***Tuesday Section – 3/14 – @10am – we will work with the DS106 / Daily Create prompts – Exciting times – > We will dig into this new assignment via the link below – it is chock full of useful and creative information / inspiration – lets get busy working with the DS106 Assignment Repository!

Assignment #5 – Read this –> Digital Storytelling Project Flexibility <—

Week #6 – Tuesday Section – 3/7 @10am & Thursday Section 3/9 @10am-

Thursday Section – 3/9 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 – we will continue to work with the DS106 / Daily Create prompts – Exciting times – > We will dig into this new assignment via the link below – it is chock full of useful and creative information / inspiration – lets get busy working with the DS106 Assignment Repository!

Assignment #5 – Read this –> Digital Storytelling Project Flexibility <—

Tuesday Section – 3/7 – @10am – Digital Storytelling & Blogging History, continued practice, examples and exploring what you are passionate about! —> Assignment #4 – please read this <– follow along 🙂

Week #5 – Tuesday Section – 2/28 @10am & Thursday Section 3/2 @10am –

Thursday Section – 3/2 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03

Exciting times – > We will dig into this new assignment via the link below – it is chock full of useful and creative information / inspiration – lets get busy working with the DS106 Assignment Repository!

Assignment #5 – Read this –> Digital Storytelling Project Flexibility <—

Tuesday Section – 2/28 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 –

OK, here is another great Internet culture-based assignment to get your creative juices flowing for a new blog post! You all have published some nice posts last week utilizing animated GIFs, but now…. what about MEMEs? Are Memes Art? What do you think? Will you respond by making a series of Memes to share your feelings about CT101 and the state of the world that we live in?

Assignment #3 – Let’s learn a few new skills using Meme making applications in our class session and get working on a new post. —-> Go Here for Assignment #3 <—–

Week #4 – Thursday Section – 2/23 @10am

Thursday Section – 2/23 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 – Digital Storytelling & Blogging History, continued practice, examples and exploring what you are passionate about! —> Assignment #4 – please read this <– follow along 🙂

****The TUESDAY section does not Meet this week (See the CUNY academic calendar for holiday schedule info) Tuesday students should focus on completing Assignment #2 only– Making our first GIFs & GIF narratives –> Read This for the Assignment Details! <—

Week #3 – Tuesday Section – 2/14 @10am & Thursday Section 2/16 @10am

Thursday Section – 2/16 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 –

Assignment #3 – Let’s learn a few new skills using Meme making applications in our class session and get working on a new post. —-> Go Here for Assignment #3 <—–

Tuesday Section – 2/14 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 –

Let’s dig into a quick “how to blog on CT101 recap” and then jump into the Assignment #2 tutorial. Assignment #2 – Making our first GIFs & GIF narratives –> Read This for the Assignment Details! <—

Week #2 – Tuesday Section – 2/7 @10am & Thursday Section 2/9 @10am

Thursday Section – 2/9 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 – This content updates on 2/9 @10am

Tuesday Section – 2/7 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 –

(please don’t start anything until our class-time meets on this :))

1. Assignment #1 – Read This <— Getting Started with blogging! Let’s explore the wordpress blogging interface, adding content and making great posts! (A video tutorial from our class will be posted inside of the blog post below after our class time.) Be sure to read the entirety of each post or anything hyperlinked 🙂 –

2. Check out Ryan’s example of Assignment #1 after reading the specifications above (click the blue hyperlink to open the link)

Week #1 Continued – Tuesday Section – 1/31 @10am & Thursday Section 2/2 @10am

Thursday Section – 2/2 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 –

(please don’t start anything until our class-time meets on this :))

2. Check out Ryan’s example of Assignment #1 after reading the specifications above (click the blue hyperlink to open the link)

Tuesday Section – 1/31 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 –

Welcome to CT101 Digital Storytelling! Introductions, learning about each other and our class potentials! We will discuss the Sign up process for the Commons & CT101 website – Please read both blog posts below and complete the tasks listed in each post. (the links will activate on 1/26 at 10am)

1. CT 101 Welcome Post & Introduction Prompt <– read this

2. Getting Signed Up for the Academic Commons & the CT 101 Website <– read this one too

Week #1 – Starting – 1/26 @10am (the Thursday section meets)

Thursday Section – 1/26 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 –

1. CT 101 Welcome Post & Introduction Prompt <– read this

2. Getting Signed Up for the Academic Commons & the CT 101 Website <– read this one too

Tuesday Section – 1/31 – @10am – Academic Core Building Room 4m03 – There is nothing that you need to do in advance of our first class time on 1/31 – please wait until we meet – thank you.

Have a question? E-mail me here – rseslow@york.cuny.edu

***If you are a student from a recent CT-101 semester and need access to the previous course schedules, e-mail me for the link -> rseslow@york.cuny.edu

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