It’s Not Just About Convenience: Multimodality and Transmodality in the FYC Classroom

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Contents

Introduction

Defining Terms

Multimodality and Transmodality in the Classroom

Introducing Multimodality

Remixing and Revising

Providing Feedback

Equity, Time Management, and the Graduate Teaching Assistant

Affordances and Constraints of Multimodality and Transmodality

Personal Examples and Reflections

Conclusion

Works Cited

About the Author

About the Author

Tara Salvati (she/her) is a PhD student at West Virginia University, concentrating in Digital Rhetorics and Technical Communication. Tara has publications in The Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics and Screen Rant, where she’s written more than 450 articles. Tara has also presented at the American Literature Association’s annual conference on hapticity in Star Wars. Tara’s research interests include digital interfaces, experience architecture, public sphere rhetorics, and fan studies. Following her passion for editing, she also holds an MA in Publishing and Writing from Emerson College.