Assessment: Critical Remix

Distribute the assignment sheet Critical Remix Assignment. Go through the assignment and explain to students that they will be creating a critical remix. Make sure they understand that their final product does not necessarily have to be critical in the sense of being negative, or be critical specifically of the work(s) they’re using – it just has to use existing works to make a critical point.

If you have already delivered the Digital Storytelling unit, you can choose to have students make their remixes as Digital Stories.

Alternately, you can allow students to choose the medium depending on what works(s) they are remixing: a handmade collage remixing print ads or book covers, for example, a work that entirely uses media that they made themselves (such as a skit, illustation or original video game) or an annotation or mashup that uses existing video or audio content. If you choose this option, have students access the student chapter Remix Tools: Getting Media and go through it with the class.

Some students may already be familiar with video editing programs or apps, but you may wish to familiarize yourself with a few.

You can choose to have students complete the assignment individually, in pairs, or in small groups, as you prefer.