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Advocacy Website Assignment
Throughout the semester, you have learned to evaluate claims, analyze literature, and conduct research. Now it is time to advocate for social justice and share your knowledge.
An advocacy website's purpose is to influence public opinion. It:
1. Creates awareness on an issue
2. Provides a plan of action to act on what isnow known
3. Engages as a way of organizing advocacy
4. Proposes solutions and draws attention to an issue at large.
It is important, therefore, to draw from, and include the knowledge you have acquired from any previous assignments because you haveestablished a knowledge base.
Think carefully about a topic of interest and create a website that advocates for social change. You will be presenting this website to our class.
This is an opportunity to create a discourse community in favor of your topic, and this is also as an opportunity to learn a new technological skill that can be invaluable in academic and professional settings.
Note:You are required to submit an outline for your website presentation! Keep in mind, this is not an assignment that can be completed at the last minute.
Compose: Use the templates provided in WordPress or Wix(free web authoring software) and create a website that represents how you understand and appreciate the topic/subject you have chosen.
Design:
At a minimum, the Advocacy Website should contain the following:
Homepage: with information about the topic/issue-what is the problem, what should be done, and why is advocacy needed? Provide some background, history, situation, or problem of your subject or topic. Why is this topic important?
Create a summary of what will be covered in your website.
• Provide a "call to action." This call to action will be elaborated on in your final paper.
Photo Images that reflect the issue and advocacy promoted. Use subject-appropriate visuals to interest your audience. Pixabay offers free images online.
About Me Page: with biographical information about you and how you connect with the topic/issue you chose. Why did you select this topic? What did you learn about it? How does it relate to the other classes you are taking? How do you think it will relate to future classes/work?
Connection to any assignments, readings, or videos, each assignment should have an introduction about the topic, relation to the topic, and what was learned from that favors social change.Try to use two assignments.
Resources Page: with information and links to related research, articles, organizations, etc.
Design Plan: Keep it streamlines but creative
What typeface and colors will you use? In what order will you arrange your ideas?
How you will use logos, pathos, and ethos? What appeals will you provide?
How you will produce and test the website and its navigation?
Product Testing: Test functionality of the website and its components before submitting and presenting.
Advocate: The Advocacy Website is designed to advocate your position on a topic by providing an online forum to do so. This project helps you understand how your connection to the community begins in the classroom. Remember, that the goal is advocacy of your subject/topic.
Provide a Fair Use Statement:
I suggest something like this:
"The purpose of this page is for the viewing of the assignments for my English 106 course. All rights are reserved to (your name here), and no copying is allowed without permission. The University requires all members of its community to follow copyright and fair use requirements. You are individually and solely responsible for violations of copyright and fair use laws.
When you use images or logos on your website, they will need to be cited to give attribution as to where they come from ("Courtesy of University of Texas at El Paso," for example, for the UTEP logo). Some images are already fair use (like clip art and many you might get from Google Images), so they may not need a citation, but make sure.