Module 4: Accessibility and Revision of Multimodal Works
Composition I by Tiffani Tijerina and Magnus Florini is licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International
Composition I by Tiffani Tijerina and Magnus Florini is licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International
Analyze digital artifacts through an accessibility lens, treating inclusive design choices--such as alternative text, transcripts, closed captions, and color contrast--as foundational rhetorical tools that expand audience engagement rather than post-production add-ons.
Implement structural, visual, and auditory revisions based on peer feedback, re-pacing audio transitions, resequencing visual assets, and refining narrative scripts to build a cohesive narrative arc.
Correct sentence-level errors in final prose and spoken scripts, applying precise noun choices and proper verb complements to maintain clear narrative flow.
Did you know that fan fiction, video edits, and sound remixes are composition? That's right! Taking an existing narrative and reimagining it through a new lens or medium is pure revision. It demonstrates how writers enter an existing conversation, adapt genre rules, and rewrite stories for new audiences. Just pay attention to copyright!
Craft a response (around 250-300 words) addressing the following three parts:
Reflecting on Reflection: In the section "A Writer's Experience" or Reflective Writing and the Revision Process: What Were You Thinking? (pp. 191-193), Giles describes their relationship with reflective writing. Look through the text and identify some of the ways Giles described feeling about reflective writing. Can you relate to this? If you do, explain how the idea presented in the section changes your relationship with reflective writing and relate it back to the text. If you don't, explain what you already think of reflective writing and how you use it already. If it's a mixture, explain that. Part of reflection, as stated by the author, is to help "you develop more insight into and control over composing and revising processes" (pp. 193). Practice that here.
Accessibility Helps Me Too: In The Rhetorical Possibilities of Accessibility, Donegan talks about how creating accessible writing can actually enhance your skills as a rhetor. Apply the concepts from this reading to your own work. This work can be something you've done in the past, something you're working on right now, or even an idea for the future. To do this, 1) describe the work as it is currently, 2) describe the changes you would make based on the text, and 3) describe how that accessibility had helped you sharpen your skills as a rhetor.
Effect on the Audience: Donegan talks about being intentional with pictures. They say that the process of creating an alt text caption for an image requires you "examine both your motives and what you're hoping to communicate to the reader with that image" (pp. 112). Think about some pictures you might use in your Digital Literacy Narrative (this is an opportunity to brainstorm ideas if you haven't started yet). Describe one picture (alternative: upload it if you're set on using it so you don't have to describe it!). What are you trying to communicate, but more accurately, what effect are you trying to have on the audience, and why? Give relevant context as needed.
Reply to at least two classmates considering the following:
Considering Our Experience: Referring to Step 1.3, describe the effect the description of the picture (or the picture itself) had on you in your own words.
Considering the Intention: After doing Step 2.1, explain how the effect matches up with the student's intended effect on you. What is a reason for that match or mismatch? Answering this is more difficult if they match, so think hard about the rhetorical situation.
Feedback Helps Me Too: Giving feedback is just as valuable (if not, more valuable) than receiving feedback. Considering the whole response of the student, give feedback on the clarity of their ideas (What was unclear? What could they have made shorter? What could they have developed more?), then describe how you might apply your own advice to your own work.