Description Video Assignment 1 Due: Sun Mar 23, 2025 11:59pmDue: Sun Mar 23, 2025 11:59pm Ungrade ...
Description Video Assignment 1 Due: Sun Mar 23, 2025 11:59pmDue: Sun Mar 23, 2025 11:59pm Ungraded, 50 Possible Points50 Points Possible Attempt In Progress NEXT UP: Submit Assignment Add Comment 2 Attempts Allowed Available: Jan 13, 2025 8:00am until Mar 23, 2025 11:59pmAvailable: Jan 13, 2025 8:00am until Mar 23, 2025 11:59pm Details General Rubric with Video Assignments NOTE: This one video assignment is worth 50 points. This lowers the stakes and allows you to get feedback on this first video assignment so that you do better on the next two which are both worth 100 points (higher stakes). After this assignment is graded, please take the feedback you get to learn about yourself as a writer and to gauge your ability to follow directions and adjust your next assignments accordingly. Video assignments should be: 12-point font Double spaced Written in essay format. Cite lectures or the readings based on ASA format. Include a reference page and include in-text citations. You must cite so I know where you are pulling your information. Use only lecture or reading sources. Be at least 350 words; there is no penalty for going over. Be in a doc, docx, or pdf file format. Paraphrasing from the lecture or readings and not directly copying/pasting. You should not be direct quoting. Students may not claim to have turned a video assignment by attaching a word doc or pdf in the comments section, which is also time stamped. Late video assignments are not accepted without a valid UNT approved excuse with documentation (see above in Late Work). In text citations from lectures would look like (Kwon 2024). In text citations from readings would look like (Weeks 2016). Because you are not directly quoting and paraphrasing, there is no page number. In the reference page, the Weeks books can be cited as above under textbooks. The reference page would look like the following for lectures: Kwon, Ronald. 2024. “[Insert lecture name”]. University of North Texas. World Population Trends and Problems, Summer 2024. AI Content According to UNT Policy 06.003, Student Academic Integrity Links to an external site., academic dishonesty occurs when students engage in behaviors including, but not limited to: cheating, fabrication, facilitating academic dishonesty, forgery, plagiarism, and sabotage. A finding of academic dishonesty may result in a range of academic penalties or sanctions ranging from admonition to expulsion from the University. These assignments require original work from students and cannot be content that is AI generated, from another class assignment, or paid for through a third-party service. You may not use sources external to the course. Due to how AI is becoming more sophisticated: You may not use external sources. All the conceptual tools to adequately complete the video assignments are in lectures and the readings. You may not use Grammerly even to edit your papers. Grammerly has AI generated tools that are picked up by Turnitin. Turnitin generates an AI matching score that is 98% accurate. I will also run your paper through additional AI matching programs. If your paper is flagged, you will meet with me. The assignment will receive a zero. A second offense will lead to a zero in the course. Video Assignment 1 The Water Crisis in South Africa water crisis documentary Closed captioning is available on the video. The CC button is typically on the lower right hand side. While you are viewing a video, think about and write down the following: Please upload your response as a doc, docx, or pdf file. You will have only two attempts to upload. Video assignment uploads open on Monday and should be completed by the Sunday midnight deadline. Heavy points will be taken off for the following. Please proofread your paper before submissions. Please use an essay format and not bullet points. The essay is less than the minimum of 350 words Please adhere to academic writing standards. No colloquialisms, contractions, etc. For example, use cannot or do not instead of can’t, don’t doesn’t etc. While you are viewing a video, think about and write down the following: What do you think are the most important points or ideas in the video? Please identify at least 2 distinct points (10 points) Relate these important points to the content of the course. Directly make connections from the video to the readings or the lectures. Please use your own words here and DO NOT cut and paste from lecture slides. Try your best to tie your view/ideas to assigned readings or lectures and identify at least 2 distinct connections. For this assignment, you should be drawing from lectures and readings surrounding Malthus or Marx’s theory on scarcity and environmental resources, or Neo-Malthusian insights from the tragedy of the commons (20 points). Write a brief response to what you think are viable solutions to the demographic problem presented besides the solution(s) presented in the short documentary? Explain why? (10 points) Did you find anything problematic with HOW the documentary portrayed the demographic issue. Please do not write, “I have no criticism” as this will elicit 0 points for this section if you write this. There is no documentary or arguments that do not have counterpoint arguments. Explain thoroughly. Be critical and be skeptical. It is an important skill to develop as you pass through college courses. (10 points)
