Term 2 Project 2 Schedule and interim deadlines

29th April is the deadline for all T2 modules

Project form notes: First of all, if you haven't printed and read through the Project / Story Form for T2 & T3 notes you need to do that immediately. If you do not follow the guidance carefully you will run into problems. Secondly, to try to help you manage your time I am making some interim deadlines and letting you know where you should be at week by week during Term 2 Project 2. It’s essential that you plan each week well, remember you have a weekly 40 hour time commitment and we expect nothing less in the research and reporting weeks.

Missed deadlines and / or tutorials: will be taken seriously and final grades will be penalised for late or incomplete submissions.

Resubmissions: Any student facing resubmission deadlines for prior Adres — AdPrac modules, your dates are here and we will not be reminding you further, it’s your responsibility to hand work in on time. If you would like to hand work in a week earlier to get feedback before final submission you simply need to contact either Sharron for AdPrac or David for AdRes — be aware it may take tutors 4 to 5 days to turn around feedback so you will need to negotiate this before. If you are unclear about anything speak directly with the module leader. Feel free to set up a Facetime call with David Cambell if needed. Take note failing a module twice means failing the entire programme with no further chances for resubmission. If you need to negotiate an extended deadline that needs to be done well in advance of the deadline.

We-chat updates: We expect daily (Mon to Fri) We-chat updates. If you are out of Beijing we’ll need your location. We also want to know exactly what you are doing that day. For example ‘I’m researching today’ is too vague, we want to know what you are researching. Are you researching for an infographic? Are you working on your web platform are you contacting or doing background interviews to find characters, are you shooting? Let us know with a brief but specific update.

Submitting work for interim deadlines: Project forms and ongoing work on your stories is to be submitted by dropbox / vimeo (or youtube or Youku)/ digital research page:

I have made a dedicated folder for each story. See below:

Inside each folder, you will see 6 folders to place your content or links:

• Text (for text drafts — coached by Michael Jordan)
• Interview transcribes (interview to be transcribed word for word in native language — but must be readable in english — MUST have timecode).
• Project form — for Proj forms
• Video edit links — Do not upload video to DB — instead paste a vimeo or youtube or Youku link onto a word doc.
• Pictures — you may submit images — if you do you MUST make them very small web size images — otherwise you will block the folder and I will delete your work. We have gone through images resizing previously but if you get stuck try http://webresizer.com
• Infographics — with links or still images, again images MUST be resized for web so as not to block folder
• For projects on platforms and digital research, your story URL + digital research page URL should be clearly written on project form. In the first section.

Final Project submissions: Will be submitted via your project forms via dropbox on clear working URL’s by midnight 29th April. We accept no other form of submission and late submissions will automatically fail. No late submissions will be accepted unleass an extended deadline is negotiated well in advance and for a suitable reason.

Week 1

• 14/03: Mon- Presentations
• 15/03: Tues- Repeated presentations due to poor performance on Monday
• 18/03: Fri- Project/Story form submission deadline to dropbox folder. DO NOT EMAIL OR UPLOAD FORMS ANY OTHER WAY. ONLY DROPBOX SUBMISSIONS IN THE EXISTING DEDICATED FOLDER WILL BE ACCEPTED. Label your forms like this: project2_form_name for example: project2_form_sharron or project2_form_sharron-sean (for partner stories). Fill in ALL AdPrac Sections relevant to presentation 1 — they are clearly labeled on the form and include; Production Plan; Production Methodology. Also, fill in the AdRes sections as completely as possible this stage, include; Sources and Draft Research Questions. You should have already started your digital research page. So please include the link at the top of your project form.

Week 2

• 21/03: Mon am: News Literacy & Sourcing experts. Pm: Presentation 2: Production Plan & Production Methodology 2: 6–8 mins (for pairs 10–12 mins). (Include your own tests of style / methodology / platforms etc).
• 22/03: Tues 9.30am: Writing Workshop. Pm: colour & sound correction workshop plus working on Project/Story form sections; Sources & Research questions in focus groups.
• 25/03: Fri- Project Form draft deadline. Project forms to be submitted to dropbox folder. All relevant AdPrac sections, this means all sections relevant to presentations 1 & 2. They are clearly labeled and include: Production Plan; Production Methodology. Also, fill in the AdRes sections you can, include: Sources (should be added to and refined); Research Questions (should be fully refined this week) and Research Abstract now needs to be complete. Your digital research page will be further developed.

Week 3

• 28/03: Mon- am: Risk & Ethical assessment seminar. Pm: working on project forms Risk & Ethical Assesment sections with tutor guidance. Pm: Colour and audio works shop — bring your CCTV projects. Also a brief Infographics workshop focusing on Premiere and FCPX plugins for animated graphics. Students using FCPX must come prepared to class having downloaded a trial version of: https://fxfactory.com/info/datapop/ all students must have signed up for a thinglink account. https://www.thinglink.com
• If time an evening session looking at some of the tips and tricks on the shorthand insights blog.
• 29/03: Tues- am: Writing Workshop. Pm (3–4) discuss Social Engagement strategies (to be presented in project forms on the Friday of week 3). Evening-(5–7pm)Presentation 3: Ethical Assessment / Risk Assessment / NO NEED TO PRESENT Engagement Plan. Students do not need to present Social engagement unless they already have strong ideas or it is an integral part of their project.
• 01/04: Project forms to be submitted to dropbox, all sections to be complete and as developed and refined as possible. Important new updates will include the AdRes Research Proposal (1500 words) and AdPrac sections Ethical Assessment; Risk Assessment and Engagement Plan.

Week 4

• 03/04- Resubmission deadline for any failed previous modules. To be submitted by email with a link to all tutors. Sharron will send an email and you simply need to reply to that link with your URL. Your project for is to be submitted to the existing dropbox folder. Do not forget your diary entries.
• 04/04: Reporting week 1: 40 hours per week per student
• 07/ 04: Face to Face Tutorials with Sharron (in class) assessing first weeks progress. Sharron will want to see some concrete reporting, you should not still be researching at this stage and should have already done 2 or 3 days reporting. For students not in Beijing, We-chat tutorials will be available. I will want to SEE work, not just hear ideas. That means possibly seeing interview transcribes, (with time code). Seeing video clips or still images. Knowing what progress you are making with sources etc. For those participating in remote We-chat tutorials students will need to upload content according to online submission instructions above:

Week 5

• 11/04: Reporting week 2: 40 hours per week per student.
• 15/04: Revised content to be submitted online via online dropbox folders for Sharron to feedback (within 3 days). Project forms updated and updated diary sections.
• If you would like David Campbell to review your project forms before final submission you should do that this week, to give him a week to turn around feedback and yourself a final week to revise.

Week 6

• 18/04: Reporting week 3: 40 hours per week per student.
• 21/04: Text submission deadline for Michael Jordan to feedback (within 3 days). Also Project forms updated and updated diary sections.

Week 7

• 25/04: Polish Editing week: 40 hours per week per student.
• 25/04: Good quality rough drafts of projects online on working URL’s and ready for tutors to review for polish editing feedback.
• 25/04: am Writing feedback from Michael Jordan in class. Pm: Sean to give face-to-face tutorials in class. All students MUST be present. All students must have working story drafts online. If we are to help polish edit we need to see quality rough cuts and draft projects.
• 29/04: Final deadlines. All projects online by midnight to be submitted via clearly identified links on Project forms uploaded to dropbox. Final submission for Project forms, all AdPrac & Adres sections to be complete.