{"id":32,"date":"2026-02-09T04:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T04:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/tster013\/?p=32"},"modified":"2026-04-21T03:58:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:58:55","slug":"metacritical-self-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/tster013\/2026\/02\/09\/metacritical-self-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Metacritical Self-Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The readings throughout the semester so far have allowed me to become more informed and deliberate with my own writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve learned how to be more informed with my writing regarding the audience that I’m writing for. Of course, I’ve always written texts in some way or form, whether it’s for personal or academic reasons, but I’ve become more aware of the ways that I should format my writing based on readability. I’ve realized how important it is to maintain an eye on the aspects that would allow people to be drawn towards my writing, depending on the purpose of my texts. Whether the text is for entertaining or informing, I’ve become more informed about the tones that I need to establish within my pieces. Of course, I’ve been aware in the past of the words I need to use to appeal to my audience depending on what I’m writing, going back to persuasive and argumentative essays. For example, figuring out what textual evidence to use to prove my ideas of positions or knowing which nouns or verbs to utilize to further paint the picture that I’m trying to paint. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, learning more about web writing has allowed me to learn even more how important it is to be aware of the content and style of the text. The content and the style determine how effective the messages from the writing would be, no matter the audience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve become more deliberate with my writing in regards to using certain styles of format or organization. I’ve become more conscious of the words I choose to have at the beginning of a text that would grab attention, amount of words in each paragraph to appeal to readers’ attention spans, and the use of visuals or graphics to allow more engagement from readers so they’re not just bombarded with a bunch of words they didn’t ask for. I’ve become more conscious of the use of headings, subheadings or bullet points to effectively know how to arrange information so readers know how to compartmentalize certain areas of information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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15 March 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Usability<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this site, I believe there are strategies at use that allow for easy navigation for readers. The generally assumed pages that provide information about myself as the author and the site itself are organized in the same layout to allow readers simple access to this information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There has been the use of format strategies as well to ensure that readers are consuming the content effectively. Aspects such as headers, lists, and brief paragraphs are used in order to allow my readers to be able to digest content rather than get overwhelmed with it due to crammed content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is the use of multimedia as well to allow further engagement, rather than risking falling off the attention spans of readers with only utilizing one mode of information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I were to use only one mode, readers would get overwhelmed with all of the words being thrown at them with no other form of media to balance them out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s important to create a balance with my content by incorporating media into posts and pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve used images to accompany content to allow readers to be able to visualize content or have emotions encouraged from them that would allow them to feel more connected to the content. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Expansion in the Use of Multimedia Content<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though I’ve used images to accompany content, I have realized that the engagement that my site would provide would be improved by the use of videos as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not good to only stick to images as an additional form of media, as the lack of more media would possibly have my site not appeal to other uses of different needs who are met more effectively with the use of videos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intergetik stated, “A well-produced video that tells a compelling story about a brand, product, or service can engage users emotionally and encourage them to explore further” (Intergetik, 2024). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this, I’ve realized the importance of incorporating videos into my content rather than becoming overly dependent on images as the way to spice things up a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n

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I know it’s ironic I used an image here, but I’ll start using videos as well, okay? <\/strong>\ud83d\ude12
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Though I may be more comfortable with the handling and incorporation of images, it’s important to be able to step out of that zone and familiarize my site with videos as well to expand my site’s engagement factor through greater use of multimedia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Intergetik. (2024). “Leveraging Multimedia to Enhance Website Engagement.” https:\/\/intergetik.com\/uncategorized\/leveraging-multimedia-to-enhance-website-engagement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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20 April 2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Throughout this semester, I have been given new and extended knowledge on how to produce web content suitable for viewers. I’ve learned how to format and present content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past, I’ve been familiar with writing content, as when I’d make posts on Telegram. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I had been familiar with was presenting in a personal tone. I had made different posts that each allowed me to connect with readers in a more personal way through the perspective I used, rather than having readers feel as though they’re talking to a board member about the economic and political state of the world right now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope someone gets the reference here.<\/strong> \ud83e\udd17<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowledge of the importance of creating an atmosphere that brings readers in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this knowledge, I was able to be more informed and intentional with the language I’d use with my content. For example, it’s been taught to not use jargon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the use of jargon, we may be using terms that our audience may not be too familiar with and become confused. If the audience becomes confused about the content, they could become confused about the content and the message within it. This would in of itself cause a failure to connect with the audience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve learned to establish a connection with the audience with a jovial, casual tone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve learned to use different modes more effectively, such as how to incorporate images more effectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Writing for the Web<\/em> textbook it is expressed that we should always have in mind the messages we try to convey with images. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has allowed me to learn how to use images in ways that would add relevant emotion to what I was trying to convey in its text counterparts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve learned to use content in a way that is suitable for readability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


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