A Reminder: Extra Credit Options . . .

. . . because it looks like extra credit is needed:

FOR GETTING AN OUT-OF-CLASS STORY PUBLISHED, I will replace your lowest test story grade as long as the published story grade is higher. If not, then I will replace your TWO lowest-scoring practice story grades with 4.0s.

For me to count your extra credit, you need to submit to me via email a link to your work, along with a request to have it applied to extra credit.

FOR GETTING AN OUT-OF-CLASS VIDEO OR BLOG PUBLISHED, I will replace your TWO lowest-scoring practice story grades with 4.0s for EACH video or blog that gets published.

FOR DOING A REWRITE OF THE FIRST-DAY IN-CLASS PROFILE, I will replace your three lowest-scoring practice story grades with 4.0s.

FOR DOING MULTIMEDIA AND/OR SOCIAL MEDIA RELATED TO THE FIRST-DAY PROFILE, I will replace your two lowest-scoring practice story grades with 4.0s.

FOR DOING A FIFTH OUT-OF-CLASS STORY, I will replace your lowest-scoring out-of-class story with the extra credit assignment's grade.

FOR DOING VIDEO, BLOG POSTS AND A TWEET STREAM WITH A FIFTH OUT-OF-CLASS STORY, I will replace your lowest multimedia scores with 4.0s.

FOR DOING AN OUT-OF-CLASS MINI-STORY -- which can be between 400 and 600 words, with a minimum of two human sources, in which you can cover ANY sort of event (subject t my approval) like a student group meeting or a speaker on-campus -- I will replace your lowest test story grade with the mini-story grade.

FOR GETTING THE MINI-STORY PUBLISHED, I will replace your two lowest-scoring practice stories with 4.0s.

I will also consider other extra-credit projects on a case-by-case basis. Please see me during my office hours to work out other extra-credit assignments.

THE COMMON DENOMINATOR IN ALL EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENTS is that you are demonstrating to me that you can now correctly apply skills learned in this class that at one time you did not apply as well; that you went above and beyond what we are learning in this class to further educate yourself in journalism; and/or you are demonstrating ability learned on your own prior to this class but applicable here. You can expect any ad hoc extra credit beyond the assignments listed here to include at least one of those components.

I don't care if you messed up earlier; show me you can get it right now and I'm happy to replace earlier grades with something more accurately reflecting where you are at NOW.

I just want to be clear on this one point regarding extra credit: extra credit will be applied to replace the grades of assignments you have actually done, including fataled assignments.

Extra credit will NOT be applied to assignments that you did not turn in, or in which you had a time fatal.

So if you were thinking of skipping an assignment or two toward the end of the semester since you've already turned in some extra credit, then that plan won't work.