You will work in groups of four (and two groups of three) on a project topic chosen from the project list .
The topics have been given a provisional title which you can change around slightly. Each project will have four themes which will be written about on one web page each of between 750 and 1500 words. There are four suggested themes for research already given - you may change these for a different theme of equivalent depth but you must ask me before going ahead. The themes interlink to a certain extent and the whole group will create an introduction page that introduces the topic and links the themes together. All the pages will need to reference each other by means of hypertext links and I will expect at least two specific web URLs to research material on the net per page. The more relevant resources you cite the better your grade will be. You will need to write in your own words and any material copied from another web site must be quoted and cited (by means of a URL). Material that is copied from another web site and presented without being cited so that it seems to be your own work will be counted as plagiarised and your page will receive zero marks; blatant plagiarism may well result in official action being taken. Remember, if you can copy stuff from another web site, I can easily find it!

A web site which investigates the project you have chosen in depth, in your own words:

• Project topic chosen by whole group, group can modify title and themes of individual pages with instructor's go-ahead.
• Four web pages, 1 author per page, each page will reside in the author's own web area. (for groups with three people there will be three pages). The author name and date of last edit need to be at the foot of each page.
• An introduction page that introduced the project and explains how all the individual pages fit together into a coherent whole. The Intro page can be hosted on the Blog Coordinator's web site. It should also contain the names of the group members (and maybe links to their blog sites).
• uniform page design. Uniform style-sheet used on all the pages.
• links from each page to all other pages in the site.
• At least two unique URLs per page leading directly to resources (ie 'general' URLs such as www.cnn.com don't count)
• The resources given are there to get you started - use of these does not count as one of the URLs required per page.
• Non-web, print resources need to be cited adequately.

• at least one relevant graphic image per page. All images not created by the author need to have a link to their origin.
Graphics with no link to the source (unattributed) will be marked down. "Fluff" graphics will get you nothing. Distorted graphics will also lose marks - there's no excuse.
• beaucoup de points given for original graphic images created by own group - eg excel chart, drawing, scanned art or whatever.

Groups will be graded on:

• meeting deadlines
• quality and scope of web site design. A simple design well done will fare better than a complex design that doesn't really work.
  • Links to all other pages in site?
  • author name and date on every page?
  • formatting of text
  • layout of page - design.
  • treatment of URL links
• introduction page:
  • How well is the overall topic introduced?
  • How well are the themes integrated together?
  • Names and blog links for group members

Individuals will be graded on:

• quality of their page in the overall project site :
  • number, quality and relevance of web resources and print resources
  • graphic images well displayed
  • use of English and spelling
  • depth and breadth of response to the theme