On-Line Extra Credit is the perfect way to improve your final grade. An extra 10-15 points can make a substantial difference in the outcome of your final grade. These easy to use, on-line projects rely on innovative web based programs that are designed to stretch your thinking beyond the conventional classroom experience.

Not including extra credit generated from submitted quiz and discussion questions, and mystery quotations, the amount of earned extra credit is limited to a maximum of 15 points.

Just as the name suggests, the idea of this project is to find two links that in your estimation would be valuable to future Theat145 students. Add your new links, and then turn in a half page typed explanation as to why these would be a useful links for this course. This project may be repeated only once. Worth up to 5 points.

Make a minimum of four thought provoking annotations relating to Jeff Hitchcock's and Charley Flint's Whiteness and the Mainstream (see Packet pp. 58-62). Identify parallels between specific points of the article with specific plays we have read in this class. Some of your annotations might also amplify a point made in the article, or might clarify why you agree or disagree with a particular issue, but in doing so, the more you integrate specific plays into the discussion, the better. Worth up to 10 points.

Exactly the same as Project #2, only in this case the primary reference is an excerpt from Franz Fanon's The Fact of Blackness (see Packet p. 63-66). Worth up to 10 points.

Begin by watching the films Nell and Instinct (available locally at VideoQuest, etc.). You'll need to be familiar with both films in order to meaningfully contribute to the online discussion. The postings you make are similar to the TALK OF THE CLASS project in that you both write new threads and respond to other postings. The difference is that in this project, there are two interrelated Discussion Boards functioning at the same time. The program gives you the option to easily link your posting to both boards, or to keep the posting bound to a single board. The overall objective of the project is to discuss parallels between the films and various plays we have read this semester. The more you dive into the "discussion" the better, as long as you keep in mind that your contributions should be a balanced mix of new threads and responses to others. This project doesn't culminate in a final paper, but you should aim on writing a minimum of three, single spaced typed pages. Lots of wild characters have crossed our paths in this class; think of Dream on Monkey Mountain, The Golden Age, and The Ik to name just a few of the plays that conjure forth the theme of the wild. This is not a formal paper, but more of a discussion board type activity. To receive full credit for this project, you'll need to have written the equivalent of three single spaced pages. Worth up to 15 points.