Beginning with Class 5, one or more students each class (depending on the number of students enrolled in the course) will act as hyperliterature guides. A guide is a scout, explorer, map-maker, or path-blazer. Normally, the instructor will lead discussion in the first hour of each class; then, after a break, the guide will open the second hour devoted to close study of hypertext works. The guide should give a brief presentation of no more than 15 minutes that orients others to the work(s) under examination by taking up such issues as:

• What are some interesting ways to start or stop reading the work?
• What are some interesting paths to take?
• What especially should be noted in the content or interface?
• What is most interesting artistically or intellectually about the work?
• What are some interesting connections between the work and other works, whether in the course or elsewhere?

Where there are multiple works assigned for a class, a guide may choose to focus on one, though the others should be mentioned. (If there is enough advance notice, a guide can ask the instructor to put materials up on the Class Notes page for that day; or guides can prepare their own pages or other handouts when needed.)

Class 2 (Oct. 3) Be prepared to choose a class in which to be a hyperliterature guide.

Students are required to create and put on the Web a small but interesting hypertext construct. The construct can be critical, fictional, poetic, or artistic (or any combination). It is not expected that students can within a few weeks master the medium and the tools needed to create extensive, highly intricate, or gorgeous works to match some of those studied in the course. Rather, the idea is for students to try out the medium to see what it can do that is intellectually or aesthetically interesting. Something small but intriguing is better in this regard than, say, a large essay ported to the Web with rudimentary hypertext. Students may elect to team up on a project if they wish. (See the Course Technology page for information on technical resources and assistance for the project)

Class 4 (Oct. 17) In-Class Project Workshop. Students should come prepared with some initial ideas for what they might want to do for a hypertext project. No ideas need to be definitive at this time. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss ideas and then to offer initial technical guidance and an introduction to the Transcriptions studio.
(TBA) Supplementary Technical Workshop. There will be hands-on instruction on using Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, the scanner, and other tools in the Transcriptions studio for interested students. See also Graduate-Student Access to Transcriptions Studio on the Course Technology page.
(TBA) Individual Conferences with the Instructor. During the quarter, the instructor will meet individually with students on their projects.
Class 5 (Oct. 24) Open a UWeb Account. Unless you have already done so, visit the UWeb site by this date to open up a Web space for your hypertext project. (Also see UWeb on the Course Technology page)
Class 7 (Nov. 7) Show-and-Tell. Be prepared to report on your own hypertext work in progress (showing the concept, plan, or demonstration pages) and to reflect on how your work responds to some issue or work you have encountered so far
Class 11 (Dec. 5) Project Performances. Be prepared to show your project.