*REMINDER: BALLOT CLOSES THIS SUNDAY NIGHT 15 FEBRUARY AT MIDNIGHT*

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Download this single pdf file, Media Studios Sem1_2015, for official descriptions of the eight studio themes for this coming semester..

To be eligible to ballot you have to be enrolled in COMM2626 Media 3 or COMM2628 Media 5 in semester one: these studios are only undertaken by students in these courses.

Your studio is only for the duration of one semester. There will be a new studios and a fresh ballot in June-July for those taking them in second semester.

You have until midnight Sunday 15th February to complete the online ballot form (and amend it if you change your mind about anything). We will notify you of your studio allocation (including days and times of classes) by Wed. 17th 18th February.

The google ballot form where you vote for your top three studio preferences is embedded in this post just below. Do note that you must be logged in to your RMIT gmail account for access to be granted. You can also reach the form via this url: http://goo.gl/forms/GvxLOkMVjs

It’s not ‘first in, first served’ in terms of filling individual studio places. So you don’t have to rush. Read the descriptions carefully and think about what might be a stimulating focus for your media learning this semester. Remember it is just one semester – many of you will do more  studios and those that won’t have already experienced comparable work in the courses these studios replace.

We can’t guarantee allocation to your first preference studio, or even possibly your top three (depends how everyone votes), but we are hoping the spread of interests might be diverse enough that for this round we can get everyone in to one of their three. It’s a new process and we’ll see how it goes.

Do tick ‘Send me a copy of my responses …’ at the end of the form so you know you have submitted and have the option to edit later if you need to.

Questions or problems: email brian.morris@rmit.edu.au (Studio & Course Coordinator)