562 Matching Annotations
  1. Apr 2018
    1. I argu

      Much like in a traditional essay, you need to build up to this point.

      Also, can you include some visual element here? What would your claim look like in a different mode?

    1. Toda

      This Introduction needs to be expanded considerably. In this format you have more time and space to unfold your topic and explain the various parts of it.

    2. crucial and mandatory for succeedin

      Explain this further. What do you mean by this? Either explain it here or have a digression sequence that outlines the types of digital technologies are used in higher ed...

    1. René Descartes promoted the concept of rational thought, independent from institutional thought. Martin Luther, like Descartes

      These can be individual pages on these authors. They can then path to this page...

    1. s

      citations for this section? Besides just explaining what it is, you can start to develop your claims. Perhaps bring in parts of your visual paired with Gaskell?

    1. n of text afforded by the adoption of the printing press caused notions of economic, linguistic, legal, secular, and religious liberty—and the interrelated concept of individuality—to become firmly established in the minds of the urban bourgeoisie

      How does this relate to the idea of efficiently replicating texts you mention on the previous page? Can you link these ideas together either via writing or a common visual image?

    1. r literature

      Not true. Haiku is literature. And the way you have discussed these forms suggests a similar tradition as a literature. This sort of discussion needs to be developed here and throughout these early pages. You must link the ideas in the written sections.

    1. Like many cultures, in Japan, what you wear portrays a message, especially throughout history.Your kimono (着物), which literally translates to "Wear Thing", could indicate age, gender, marital status, class, occupation and more. There were different kimono for different occasionas and some familial lines even had special patterns/ colors to indicate their members

      This is a great inclusion but needs to be explained and directly linked to written culture.

    1. These poems were usually written during the changes in season as an indication of this change

      Sources? And, again, this needs more fleshing out. Who writes haikus? How dispersed? Why is the simple form relevant to cultural communication?

    1. ally, the performers are joined on stage by musicians playing a song to help pave the story for the audience.

      This topic needs more detailing. What is the goal of kabuki in terms of message and audience? Is this a regional phenomenon?

    1. page

      Introduce an annotate this video. It is too long to just be placed in the page. Also, annotation and integration are a great way to unpack the information in your sources (i.e. the video) and use their terms and ideas to build your argument.

    1. d relay information

      This needs to be elaborated upon. You have a lot of space to thoroughly introduce your topic and the many caveats you will address throughout the book.

    2. Dance, poetry, music, clothing,

      could these and an explanation of their significance be one page and link to specific pages for each hyperlink? I think this will make for better pathing...

    3. their culture was based on many forms of expression that did not necessarily coincide with the written word

      greta point. Make sure to keep this at the forefront of your conversations.

    1. Thus, in our development as a society it is imperative to monitor how government regulation responds to technological innovation so that elected officials can be held accountable by their constituents in regard to their consolidation of power among the wealthy elites.

      This is excellent!

    1. colonial backdrop

      Interesting point of departure. Why here? Especially considering that much of the foundations of America stem from issues of religious freedom starting with the Reformation.

    1. Espionage Act of 1917 (and its ensuing court cases) as well as the Red Scare during the 1950s

      Can you explain (briefly) why these cases are important to your topic? Even gesture to this significance?

    2. string o

      This image is lost on the page this way. You can't see the information. Can you zoom in to relevant parts? Or make it larger on a separate page and path the page?

    1. Dante Alighieri and the ways in much his works spurred the shift from Latin into the vernacular.

      And why this was an important change? You don't have to state a "claim statement" but you should have a reason (or argument) as to why this is a relevant topic to our course topic.

    2. Martin Luther was described as having a large impact by mass producing a bible translated into the German vernacula

      Not to belabor the point, but this is a place in the video that you can annotate and discuss. I also think that you can have a few nesting paths to "deep dive" on these specific topics a bit more.

    3. Now that you have a basic understanding of what "vernacular"

      This is why those videos need to be broken down and discussed instead of just uploaded. You can't rely on your reader to figure out what the vernacular is and why it is important to your topic, argument, and scope of your topic.

    1. sets.

      Create a new paragraph that explains how the graphic--the very detailed--graphic animates this growth and change.

      Also, explain a bit more about this subsets idea. Perhaps through the graphic (see above) or just a bit more in the first paragraph.

    1. What e

      This is a HUGE question and one that needs to be broken down in a proper, written section. Again, can you annotate parts of the video and paraphrase others for better integration and use of the information? It's a little too hands-off to be effectively used as evidence. The video (and the previous) are great resources; they just need to be treated a bit more.

    1. In thi

      Can you make some of the content of this page paragraph? What are the specifics you want to be included in this conversation (and are important content in the video)?

      Also, in terms of evidence, this is a long video to make a reader watch (and to USE effectively). I would annotate parts of it (maybe 2 that you can include in your written description), then have a page that is pathed to the entire video.

  2. Dec 2017
    1. This changes from year to year and is approximately $182 for the fall semester and $188 for the spring semester

      Explain this change. You need to do more explanation throughout--imagine that your audience does not know any of these factors. Especially not the problems within them.

    1. This is why U.S.G. needs to rework their funding system

      Don't jump the gun here. Make sure to explain your problem in a systematic way (you haven't yet). THEN briefly posit your solutions--solutions you will get at more clearly in the second part. Also, use this introduction to explain the parts of your book a little bit (and why they are present--what will x do).

    2. (https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/twice-the-college-advice/2011/09/13/5-reasons-for-getting-involved-in-college-and-how-to-go-about-it)

      Why is this here? Discuss the article and quote from it. Then have an external hyperlink to this article.

      Throughout, you need to make better use of your sources, especially interviews. Don't just plop them into the page--integrate them and analyze them as you would in any sort of argumentative paper. If you find that you are being too verbose in a section, then cut some of the longer talk and put it on a new page.

    1. there was nothing wrong with the way things worked here, but before I arrived, everyone was used to working with older methods” (Observer Controller Article).

      explain passage.

    1. While guidelines and budgets can be passed and adopted, previous guidelines “prove to be unrealistic, unworkable and unenforceable” (1981 report).

      explicate quote.

    1. Closely related is another issue with the reimbursement process is whether or not your request would even be accepted

      A little wordy. Can you state this more clearly?

    1. ven with a budget, U.S.G. still takes time to review your purchase request to check for validity.

      Why is this an issue? How does it relate to the problem. This is something you need to explain throughout your pages.

    2. To determine your budget, there are funding guidelines posted to help estimate the costs for events as well as restrictions to your funds

      Describe them and refer to relevant ones (or problematic ones). ANALYZE YOUR EVIDENCE.

    1. One is tuition-funded and the other is donation funded. 

      Explain the difference here. And how can they be used to discuss your problem. This is why it is so important that the parameters of your problem are clearly stated--so you can refer back to them as you fill in the narrative with details (like specifics from these spreadsheets and minutes).

    1. ontinuing through the balance sheets, we can see that essentially everything has been cut by a percentage.

      show with evidence. Or, you can screenshot an example and refer to it in your analysis here. In general, you need more graphics and images. Take advantage of the medium.

    2. Will link to this

      For what? Fine. But make sure to analyze them here. Show specific parts from the balance sheets and explain how they were relevant in the 1980's and how they are relevant to the problem now.

    1. Methodology

      These interviews need to be integrated into your introduction. Also, this page needs an introduction. And no matter where these end up, these interviews need to be analyzed and discussed like the texts that they are. If they are evidence, they need to be explained.

    1. Archives

      Give this a real name--a descriptive name. And explain what this document is. You can even take screen shots of specifci parts or zoom in on what is relevant.

    1. archives, we can see that some problems

      No we can't. Again, explain the history of the problem and integrate these below pages better. They can still be their own pages, but they need to be analyzed and addressed in spaces like this one.

    1. Case Western Reserve University has many Meal Plan Options.

      Same as before. This information needs to be presented and analyzed. AND it needs to be contextualized in your problem.

    1. Bon Appetit is the current CWRU food service. 

      This is not a written section--a link DOES NOT supplement your explanation. What from this page is important? Explain who BA is , what they do, and how they relate to your problem.

    1. USA Today College,

      Specifically refer to parts of this article. It is not enough to post an entire article--you need to show us and explicate parts that are relevant. Also, these are not sound citations. Fix here and all other places.

    2. problem t

      Why is this a hyperlink? Also, the statement of the problem it links up to needs a lot more fleshing out. It is too sparse of a description. Consider: who does it impact? Who plays a part in it (set the scene)? What are dietary restrictions?

    3. Introduction

      This needs to start from your splash page (where your paths will start). Also, this section needs to explain the parts of your book and why they are there.

    1. Definitions

      This section needs to be introduced. What are these definitions of? Why are they useful to your project? How do they fit as dietary restrictions? How do they relate to your problem?

  3. Apr 2017
    1. For a better view of the background picture:

      This is out of place. If you want to refer to the picture, integrate into the text and talk about it. Making sure that these images are not just decoration is an important part of the assignment (and academic writing writ large).

    2. will also grant another perspective on how golden ages are made and what they represent.

      How? Again, what is desirable about this medium? And what makes it particularly important when discussing the golden age and pastoral? You can be a little theoretical here, too. If the golden age is a time of prosperity--a time that has never truly occurred--how does the artificial space of the video game appeal to this?

    3. videogames

      This discussion of video games needs to be more detailed and bette integrated into the above discussion. How will video games help you answer and investigate the questions and issues you have started to introduce above? How are video games usually used? Why are they a desirable medium for your topic? For your Scalar book, this may be better off as a separate page...

    4. I have found articles and multimodal media that offer ways to help define either the historical or pastoral golden age

      Again, the content of these articles is more important than knowing they exist. Replace the play-by-play with concepts--what are these definitions and how do they relate?

      Also, in this sort of medium, you can use hyperlinks or paths to take you to fuller discussions. But in the traditional final paper, you will have to include these ideas in the main body of the paper.

    5. confusion arose within me

      Here is another instance where you are replacing analysis with impression/reaction (your narrative). This is detrimental to your explanation as you are leaving out crucial pieces of information (i.e. why this discrepancy is significant or worth considering). Essentially, you are passing over your rationale.

    6. With Marinelli saying

      Is this from the passage? If so, put the direct sections in quotations (to still use his language) and indicate that you are referring back to this passage by saying so ("As the above passage suggests...").

    7. Marinelli additionally states that after the golden age, there were degenerate eras (silver, bronze, iron) which showed the degradation of men into warmongers.

      In what context does he say this? To what does he refer? Maybe a stronger transition into this idea id necessary?

    8. here also could not have been a golden age

      You're a bit off here. What you seem to be discussing here are the idiomatic ways that the idea and term the "golden age" has been used. Talking about a "golden age" of something means an idyllic time of progress and "wealth" or "richness" (this doesn't have to be monetary). What your project seems to be grappling with is how does this sort of term/usage relate to the actual, literary version of the golden age as we have been discussing in relation to the pastoral. You need to be clearer about the parameters of your scope and how the various moving parts work together.

    9. “human life [was] conceived in terms of the contemplative and the recreative rather than in terms of the active” is a myth.

      You need a citation for this quote (I'm assuming it is Marinelli). Also, explain the passage. As we have discussed in class numerous times, first explain the passage THEN contextualize it in the immediate discussion. You have not done either of these here. Please consider this comment with all other directly quoted or paraphrased passages after this one.

    10. golden age was a time when a nation was prospering in its culture and science

      See above comment about definition. Even with a more personal narrative, logically you need to state what the concept is THEN why it was so different/surprising/enlightening.

    11. always leaves a slight headache and glimmering eyes

      I know you spoke of a more narrative voice in this assignment (which is acceptable to a point). However, turns of phrase like this one are neither helpful nor illuminating. You are replacing necessary content with description. Revise for clarity.

    12. other than the one I learnt from textbooks

      Which was? Again, you can't compare an unspoken or unheard of term. Your reader/audience will not follow (even if they have read the same pieces you have).

    13. to see if they are distinct entities

      What is the benefit of doing this? Why is this a worthwhile or desirable perspective? This needs to be explained both to develop your point, but also to initially state it.

    14. pastoral versions

      What is this "pastoral version"? If you are using Gifford's terminology/timeline (as you are) refer to him in your analysis. Again, it will give you the credibility of "they say" as you are making/unfolding your argument.

    15. was comparing

      Try and keep your voice active (using active verbs). Here, "My chosen topic compares..." It is not necessarily grammatically incorrect, but active verbs often force you to keep your language concise. If you read through these sections, you can revise this by just looking for your verbs and their tenses.