Part 1. Posting and Commenting
As stated in the course syllabus, you are asked to create four titled blog posts containing 2-3 paragraphs (the posting schedule is here) as well as to comment twice on blog posts about plays which you are not assigned to post about. To contribute your own post, do the following:
1. Go to the Blogs at Baruch website (https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/) and enter your username and password (they are the same as the username and password you enter to log in to your Baruch email).
2. Place your cursor over “My Sites” at the top of the screen, and click on “english renaissance drama.” You will see the site Dashboard–this is the back end of the site. To view the front end of the site, place your cursor over “english renaissance drama” and click on “Visit Site.” To create your own post, place your cursor over “+ New,” and click on “Post.” You may need to enter your username and password again, and then you will be in the post composition window. Write your post–remember, it should have a point of view and textual evidence. To publish your post, click on the “Publish” button on the right.
3. To comment on another student’s post, you should log in to the blog as described above and again hover over “english renaissance drama” and click on “Visit Site.” When you see a post that you would like to comment on, click on “Leave a Comment” or “X Comment(s)” at the bottom of the post and enter your comment in the box.
Part 2. Creating and Posting Scene Videos on the Blog
Later on in the semester, you will work in groups to videotape an interpretive reading of a scene from a Renaissance play. These videos should be uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo and posted on the course blog. You will follow these basics steps to complete this assignment:
1. Work as a group to determine how you will stage and interpret your scene–closely follow the preparation instructions here. Film the scene using a phone videocamera, regular videocamera, or other videorecording device (such as an iPad).
2. Load your video onto your PC or Mac and edit as needed using a basic video editor, such as iMovie for Mac or Windows Live Movie Maker for PC (http://windows-live-movie-maker.en.softonic.com/).
3. Save the final version of your scene and then upload the file using YouTube or Vimeo (for both sites, simply log in or register, click on the Upload button, and follow the instructions to upload your video).
4. Start a new blog post (see 1-2 in Part 1 above). Copy and paste the YouTube URL into your blog post and hit “Publish.” For Vimeo, you can also simply copy and paste the URL, though you may need to change https:// to http://
Your video should appear and play within the published blog post. Here is an example from last semester:
Here is the link to the course website from last semester’s Shakespearean Scene Studies course: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/eng4140fall2012/
5. If you have any technical questions or run into trouble along the way, please feel free to contact me at [email protected]. Please don’t wait until the last minute to complete these assignments. You can expect me to respond to your email within 24 hours.
