One person from each group should submit a copy of your group’s completed responses to me as a Word Document via email by Friday, November 12th at 5pm. Whoever emails me, please make sure that all group members are cc’d on the email to me (not bcc’d); group members’ names are listed in the attached Word file, and that the attached file is indeed a Word document.

To be clear, do not send me a PDF, Jpeg or image file. Do not submit a Google Doc, or a file created by Pages, OneNote, or Scrivner. And please do not cut and paste your responses into the body of the email.) Responses submitted in any format other than a Word Document may be returned and/or take longer to receive feedback.

While not required, I encourage you to also post your project check-ins to the class site. Doing so might help folks get a sense of how other groups are tackling similar or related issues.

Note: Many of the below questions are similar to the ones in the Project Proposal form. Please do not cut and paste your previous response. Even if the answer is relatively the same as your proposal, you should still take the time to write out your response for this check-in. Why? 1) Because I expect that even if your general idea or answer is the same, your group should be able to provide more specific details and explanations than you did when you were submitting your proposal. 2) Because the process of having to rearticulate your thoughts and rationales can in and of itself help you to refine and clarify those ideas.

Group Members’ Names

• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________

What

1. Briefly describe how the form of your group’s final project has changed and/or developed from what you described in the first check-in.
2. How has your group addressed the feedback you received on your first check in?
3. Please list 2-3 existing models your group has in mind for your particular project. While, ideally every group will find a strong model for the form, medium, and/or organizing concept, which they can use as a kind of guide by which to construct, enact, or implement their project. However, realistically, you might not find one perfect model. You may find one text that demonstrates how you’re hoping to incorporate sound, tempo, and ideas of musical constraint in your piece, and another text that’s more illustrative of how you imagine creating an interactive performance art installation in the halls of Stokes. Make sure you describe each model (include details about what it is; what it’s doing; how it works; its constitutive elements; its audience; its authors; where it’s located; and when it was created). You should also explain why and how this text serves as a model for your group’s project? You should explain what exactly about this text you plan to use as a formal guide for your project and how. Finally please include a visual or audio and/or a link to a visual or audio of each of your models. (Please include accurate and thorough bibliographic citation for the image, audio, and/or links you provide.)

Who

1. Describe your intended audience for this project? Describe why and/or how you selected this specific audience?
2. Describe how your current articulation of your intended audience has changed and/or narrowed from what you described in the first check-in:
3. What steps have you taken thus far to reach your intended audience (i.e. sent evites, created a hashtag, developed a link to a virtual platform, etc.)
4. What do you want your audience to receive from your project? How will you know if/when your audience receives what you want them to receive from the project?

Why

1. Review the project requirements with the details of your project in mind.
2. At this stage, which of the requirements are you most confident your project will satisfy? And Why?
3. At this stage, which of the requirements are you least confident that your project will satisfy? And Why?

When

1. When do you plan for your project to take place and/or go live? (Be as specific as possible.)
2. Working backwards from when you expect to launch your project (i.e. your answer to the last question), identify your deadlines for the three most important things your group needs to accomplish between now and when you launch your project:

• (task to accomplish)_______________________________ (by) ________(deadline)
• (task to accomplish)_______________________________ (by) ________(deadline)
• (task to accomplish)_______________________________ (by) ________(deadline)

How

1. Describe the work that you have done on your project since submitting you submitted your Project Proposal.
2. What, if any, supplies or tools do you still need to acquire in order to complete your project?
3. Are there any materials or tools for which you need my help to acquire?
4. What, if any, of the project’s logistical aspects do you still need to sort out?
5. Consider the three main deadlines you listed above. For each of these deadlines, please describe the steps and/or tasks your group must complete in order to successfully meet that deadline.
   • Steps to Deadline I:
   • Steps to Deadline II:
   • Steps to Deadline III:
6. Considering the above steps, tasks, and deadline, please describe how you plan to distribute the work among your group.

List at least one question your group has for me at this point in the semester?

Please submit one completed proposal form per group by 12:00 pm (noon) on Friday, October 15th.

Note: You may email me your responses directly as a Word document (not a Google Doc or a PDF, but a Word Document), but I encourage you to post your project check-ins to the class site.* Doing so facilitates the feedback loop and also allows you to get a sense of how other groups are tackling similar or related issues.

What

1. Describe the form you intend your final project to take:
   • Notes:
     • Your description of your proposed project form should be more extensive than what you’ve already communicated in the paragraph you sent me on Monday.
     • Your description should include details about how you envision your project in terms of medium, form, and genre, but also in terms of organization, duration, size, material, featured content, accessibility, location, etc..
     • If my feedback to your group’s paragraph included questions about your form, please make sure your responses address the questions I posed.

Who

1. Describe your ideal audience/reader(s) for your project in terms of number, demographic, interest, background knowledge, and other relevant demographics.
   • Notes:
     • Your audience should not be me and/or our specific class.
     • Our class may be included in your audience, and we should be able to generally appreciate the project even if we are not included in the intended audience. However, we should not be the intended audience.
     • A big part of this project is creating something that has formal and content integrity in and of itself. If your project only makes sense in the context of our class, then you need to work on developing the project further.
     • It is okay for your ideal audience to include or be specifically directed at the BC community in some way. However you must be more specific in your description of the audience than simply saying “BC community” or “Boston community.”
2. Identify two primary outcomes you hope your project will produce for your intended audience.

Why

1. At this point, how do you imagine that your proposed project will incorporate the 10 required project elements?
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   • 10

WHERE & HOW

1. What kinds of administrative permissions or resources might you need to acquire to accomplish this project? (i.e. space reservations, flyer permission, etc.)
2. What supplies and/or materials will your group need in order to create this project?
3. What programs and/or technologies will your group need in order to create this project?
4. What skills and/or technical know-how will your group need in order to create this project?
5. Reflecting on your responses to 1-3: Please organize your lists of necessary supplies, technology, and skills into two columns. Column A – Items/Skills You have or have access to and Column B – Items/Skills you neither have nor know how to access.
6. Please break the project down into 8-12 detailed and actionable steps or tasks.
7. Indicate which group members will take the lead on each of the above 8-12 steps.
8. Using the information from 6&7, please provide a timeline (or production calendar) for your project completion.

QUESTIONS

Include at least two questions you have about either your project in particular and/or about the project assignment in general:

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