Rules

The sections below provide overall expectations for digital storytelling project submissions, be they video or graphics, as well as the specific criteria each project type will be judged on.

Who is eligible to submit a project?

• • • • Any MPS K-12 individual student

      • Any MPS K-12 collaborative student groups

      • Any MPS K-12 classroom group (teacher supported)

What project categories are eligible for submission?

• • • Video/Podcast Projects

      • • Narrative Digital Stories - Videos , less than 5 minutes long, telling a narrative story (examples: personal narratives, original scripted short story, retelling of established story in new way)

        • Informational Digital Stories - Videos, less than 3 minutes long, telling the story of something learned in class (examples: "how-to" videos, biographies, public services announcements)

    • Graphic Designs

      • • Telling the story of something learned in class through visual digital elements (examples: infographics, digital collage, web pages)

Content of projects

• • • All content must be appropriate and meet Student Code of Conduct standards outlined in the MPS Student Handbook. (No swearing or references drugs, alcohol, sex, violence, etc.)

Must work be completely original?

• • • The work must be completely original, but content may include non-original elements. Projects may include unoriginal content, but that content must be royalty free or have express written permission of the originator and all non-original content must be cited (citation criteria noted below).

Media Release - All students must have a current '22-'23 media release to participate kept on file at school

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