MAKE IT: PRODUCTION STUDIO
Choose the audience and the point you need to get across. Then make the evidence visible.
Audience: People who saw an inaccurate post
Purpose: Correct the claim without pretending more is known than the evidence supports
Format choices: 30-second video, carousel, notice
Must include: Corrected fact; original receipt; what remains unknown; visible source credit; captions/text equivalent.
Rubric: Accuracy 30% | Evidence/scope 25% | Audience/clarity 20% | Accessibility 15% | Revision 10%. Software polish is not scored.
Audience: Students trying to understand how a decision happened
Purpose: Show the sequence from proposal to record to implementation
Format choices: Timeline, zine, slide story
Must include: At least 4 dated records; authority at each step; one missing-link flag; source list.
Rubric: Accuracy 30% | Evidence/scope 25% | Audience/clarity 20% | Accessibility 15% | Revision 10%. Software polish is not scored.
Audience: A learner facing a confusing institutional document
Purpose: Translate structure and terms without changing the document’s meaning
Format choices: Annotated guide, screen recording, print margin notes
Must include: Original document; defined terms; deadlines; authority; exceptions; what to check locally.
Rubric: Accuracy 30% | Evidence/scope 25% | Audience/clarity 20% | Accessibility 15% | Revision 10%. Software polish is not scored.
Audience: New students/community members
Purpose: Explain who can act on one recurring real-life question
Format choices: One-page map, mini site, poster
Must include: One decision only; role descriptions; controlling policy/bylaw/source; appeal/review route if one exists.
Rubric: Accuracy 30% | Evidence/scope 25% | Audience/clarity 20% | Accessibility 15% | Revision 10%. Software polish is not scored.
Audience: An office/org whose message is confusing or inaccessible
Purpose: Create a more accurate, accessible version for the same audience
Format choices: Poster, carousel, email, short video
Must include: Same factual content; source; accessibility features; creator explains what changed and why.
Rubric: Accuracy 30% | Evidence/scope 25% | Audience/clarity 20% | Accessibility 15% | Revision 10%. Software polish is not scored.
Audience: A younger/newer learner entering an institution
Purpose: Explain one hidden process people are expected to know
Format choices: Mini zine, audio guide, campus card set
Must include: Group Chat Version; Full Version; Who Decides; Save This; local-variation note; sources/last checked.
Rubric: Accuracy 30% | Evidence/scope 25% | Audience/clarity 20% | Accessibility 15% | Revision 10%. Software polish is not scored.
