The goals of this project are as follows.
Familiarize yourself with MLA guidelines.
Develop facility with online MLA resources.
Demonstrate how to cite sources properly.
The steps.
The MLA project module in D2L features a list of links to reputable cites that you can visit with citation questions. It features a series of activities, which you should do for homework before you begin the project.
Visit the module and complete the MLA activities/assignments. Make sure you watch the videos about why you should always cite your sources.
Find an essay on Aeon whose title interests you and a video on YouTube with an interesting title. You do not have to read/view them, but you need to collect all the relevant information.
Complete your project.
Project requirements.
Imagine that you’re explaining MLA to another student. Walk the other student through the difference between a Works Cited page and an in-text citation. Explain why they are necessary.
Pretend you are using your essay and YouTube video in an essay you’re writing. Create a correct Works Cited entry, following MLA format, for each. Attend to the punctuation. Explain to others how to do these citations.
Pull random quotes from these essays and explain to the reader how to do the in-text citations and why. Provide the rules.
Explain to your viewer the best place to find citation resources. Pretend your reader is doing a research project in which they are citing an article from a database. Explain to them where they can go – and why – to find out how to do this.
Format.
You have options. You may do one of the following; all projects must be submitted digitally and will be graded against the same rubric.
PowerPoint with voice over. You must create a slide show with the properly formatted Works Cited page and in-text citations as well as an overview of your responses to questions 1 and 4. This should be a minimum of five slides, including the title page. Record yourself explaining what is going on in the slides, addressing all the questions posed by the project.
Poster. Using something like Canva, you can create and upload a poster that addresses all the required questions/tasks.
Screencast. You can record a screencast that addresses the prompt.
Rubric
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Category |
Point Value |
Notes |
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Commentary about the necessity of citing sources |
25 |
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Works Cited Entries |
25 |
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In-text Citations |
25 |
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Commentary on how to find and use resources |
25 |
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