Multimedia Writing -- Plan Website Text

B Manage Text
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Once you complete your inventory, you need to manage text.

1. Where will text come from?

  • Will it be newly created or repurposed?
  • Will it be taken from another source?

2. Do you have legal rights to the material?

  • Do you need to get special permissions to use it?
  • Do you need to properly cite it (using quotes, references, etc.)?
  • Do not copy and paste content from someone else's website (or anywhere else) without giving him/her credit.

Plagiarism is a crime!

3. Who will be in charge of keeping content up-to-date?

  • Who will write it?
  • Who will edit it?
  • Who will decide what needs updates?
  • Who will post updates?

4. How often will various topics need to be updated?

Unlike a book, a website needs frequent updates.
You've only just begun to write!

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Answer the four questions for EACH topic on EACH webpage.

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(Ten spaces are provided on the form, but you don't need to have ten topics.)

Use this form to complete the exercises on this webpage.

Go to File>Print. Copy as many forms as you need. Use the back button -- the arrow pointing left on the browser toolbar -- to return here.

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“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
-- Rudyard Kipling