My final reflection for the semester allows me to look back at the course in the form of a partial recap, save the weeks remaining. The class this week detailing digital ownership was also very interesting. While I’ll dive into deeper detail in Assignment #1, the ideas of copyright preferences and how easy it is to allow an online footprint to exist and copied. Bonnie’s Stewart’s discussion on datafication was also helpful, and coming out there’s a much stronger idea of what information is being gleaned from users. The talk on Cybersecurity was also informative, and opened eyes to avenues of threats/security never even considered.

Looking at the course in the context of a review, there are some elements that functioned more effectively than others. The blog posts are a supportive tool that helps reiterate and ensure understanding of topics studied in class. Not having a set deadline also helps students learn at their own pace rather than rush through material and assignments to achieve a grade. The peer review aspect of these blog posts would also be very helpful, however two members of my group failed to ever return a message in the group chat or show up for attempted scheduled meetings. Ultimately only having one meeting with one other member of the group felt underwhelming, and became difficult to personally try to keep other students I’ve never met responsible/responsive.

Considering different disabilities when curating online content is not something I’d assessed before this week. Accommodating physical or mental disabilities seems second nature in reality, but when transitioning digitally it escapes the mind completely. Particularly creating disability-friendly graphs and other image based materials will be a goal going forward when creating film pitch decks.