{"id":191,"date":"2020-12-22T16:07:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T23:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/565d\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2023-02-23T17:18:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T00:18:52","slug":"important-dates-office-hours","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/565d\/important-dates-office-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Dates &#038; Office Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Office Hours:<\/h2>\n<p>As course instructors we are committed to providing structured and meaningful, graduate level support for our students. We recognize that isn&#8217;t always as accessible in a large asynchronous course, however, to remediate that distance, we are committed to holding office hours at ANY TIME that is convenient for you. This could mean we jump on a chat in Slack, Zoom, Skype, Teams, Google, or whatever works best for you. Please do ask us questions and for support! We are here for you.<\/p>\n<h2>Important Dates:<\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Week of January 9, 2023:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>Syllabus Tour Online LIVE! We will be online at 5 PM, Pacific Standard Time to walk you through the syllabus (should you so choose) and answer any questions you might have. This isn\u2019t mandatory, but it would be great to see you then! We\u2019ll send the zoom link via Slack. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>January 22, 2023:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0IP #1 is due \u2013this is a \u201ccalibration exercise\u201d so you can see how we mark\/what our expectations for the intellectual productions are and how we can support you to do your best work.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Late January, 2023: <\/strong><\/span>A Zoom check in will take place to answer any questions about the course\/group project and check in on how group formation is proceeding.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>By the end of week 3 (January 23-29, 2023): <\/strong><\/span>All game groups should be determined- Each game group should set up a project channel in Slack.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>January 29, 2023:<\/strong><\/span> IP #2 (free choice between options 2-7)\u00a0 is due.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>February 5, 2023:<\/strong><\/span> IP #3 (option 8, required)\u00a0 is due \u2014 this will help you prepare for your game design work\/get you thinking about play and games.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>February 12, 2023:<\/strong><\/span> IP #4 (free choice between options 2-7)\u00a0 is due.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>February 19, 2023:<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<\/span>Collaborative GAME GROUP Exercise from FULLERTON DUE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>February 26, 2023:<\/strong><\/span> IP #5 (free choice between options 2-7)\u00a0 is due.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Late February, 2023<\/strong>:<\/span> Another \u201cCheck in\u201d \u2013 we\u2019ll be online to answer questions\/talk final projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">March 5, 2023:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>GAME GROUP DESIGN DOCUMENT DUE<\/strong>. (This is your group\u2019s game design\/development proposal, 1000-1500 words, plus images etc. as needed)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>March 12, 2023: <\/strong><\/span>Field note\/video game play exercise due.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Late March 2023: <\/strong><\/span>One final Zoom check in to answer any questions about remaining assignments, the group project, and project presentations.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Week of April 3rd 2023:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>(FINAL DATE TBD): Final Project Presentation of \u201cproof of concept\u201d game due<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>April 10, 2023:<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>All outstanding work is due.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>April 9, 2023:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Individual 2-page game project \u2018retrospective\u201d due<\/p>\n<p>Reminder &#8212; IPs and the fieldnote exercise should be posted to your own websites and the link sent via Slack to your course instructors (Keri or Sam). Please notify us when you have completed an assignment and we will do our best to get you speedy feedback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Office Hours: As course instructors we are committed to providing structured and meaningful, graduate level support for our students. We recognize that isn&#8217;t always as accessible in a large asynchronous course, however, to remediate that distance, we are committed to holding office hours at ANY TIME that is convenient for you. 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