Discussion: Industry News
This assignment measures Module Objective 4.3, which supports Course Competency 1.
Objectives
- 4.3 Summarize one current development in your creative field and explain how it affects your career plan. (Course Competency 1)
Overview
The creative industry changes quickly: new tools, new platforms, shifting budgets and studio consolidations all affect your prospects. Following industry news is part of being a professional.
5 points, Exercises. About 1 hours.
Discussion Prompt
What is one development in your field from the past 30 days that every student in this class should know about, and how does it affect your own career plan?
Instructions
- Read an article, watch a video or listen to a podcast from the past 30 days about your field. Good sources include Animation World Network, Cartoon Brew, Motionographer, 80 Level and AIGA.
- Write your post: the source, a three or four sentence summary, and one or two sentences on how it affects your own plan.
- Post in #avc248-design-self-promotion on the Digital Media Discord. Posting a day or two before the deadline gives classmates time to reply.
- By the deadline, comment on three classmates’ posts. Each comment names a specific detail in their post (a skill, a line, a project or a requirement) and adds a question, a resource or an observation.
- Submit screenshots of your post and your three comments, or links to the messages, in Canvas.
Accessibility
Add alt text to every image you post in Discord: click the pencil icon on the attachment before you send it and write one or two sentences on what matters in the image. Do not begin with “image of.”
Submission
Submit screenshots of your post and three comments, or links to the Discord messages.
Rubric (5 points)
| Criterion | Points |
|---|---|
| Post answers every part of the prompt (Objective 4.3) | 2 |
| Post gives specific evidence: a link, a screenshot, or a named project, skill or requirement (Objective 4.3) | 1 |
| Three comments, each naming a specific detail in the classmate’s post (a skill, a line, a project or a requirement) (Objective 4.3) | 1.5 |
| Accessibility: alt text on every image posted | 0.5 |
| Total | 5 |
Due
All times are Arizona time.
- Due in Canvas: Thursday, March 11, 12:00 p.m.
- Hard close: Friday, March 12, 12:00 p.m. Work submitted after the deadline and before the hard close loses 10%. Nothing is accepted after the hard close.