HyperLit Term Project

As you have expected, this final project (worth 40 points) will be your main effort this semester. Since we will be working through a multi-stage process to discover and focus on your individual topics, I won't assign topics. Instead, I outline below a time-table for the stages of the project, with guidelines as appropriate. Do note, however, that the final deadline for your term project is May 5th (by 5 pm).

Stage
Guidelines
Date
Topic Gesture

Update your class website to include a couple of paragraphs indicating your ideas about the project's topic and design.
3/20/00
Précis

After consultation, draft a more formal anticipatory abstract about your project, 250-500 words. Post this on your class website, send in text form to Hyperlit, and send to me privately, named "lastname.precis.doc". Additional comments
4/3/00
Alpha version

Build your hypertext project in rough draft form on your class website in its own folder(s); concentrate on the overall structure and the opening gateways; you needn't complete all your planned nodes and links, but you should have the outer perimeter of the project well in hand by this point, and a majority of the spaces and links should be available for review and discussion by classmates.
4/17/00
Beta version

This will be the "final" version of the project that you'll be "turning in" for a term grade. At this stage everything should be completed and working, and you'll write an overview of your plans, designs, and expectations, as well as a guide for the new user, as ways of self-assessing the whole project.
      Note that the due date is not flexible--I will be leaving town for two weeks on May 10th and must turn in grades before that departure.

5/5/00