Sketch of Chinatown ©Merlyna Lim

As the final project of the course, you will work in a group to create a multimedia essay presented in a form of a website that you create together on one of the issues we discuss in the course. Multimedia is a hybrid digital platform to communicate information with the aid of textual and (photo)graphic, and audio-visual technologies. The assignment requires you to bring together academic research skills and digital technology skills such as creating and posting on blogs, creating and embedding audio/visual materials to make a multimedia project. The overarching theme of the project will be “digital NYC” and each group will work together to decide what specific aspect of the theme they want to focus on. The group will then conduct research together, gather data, analyze, and present the findings collaboratively in their website. Make sure to attend the in-class workshops on multimedia literacy to become familiar with the craft. The groups will present their websites to the class at the end of the semester.