All CRWR Winter Term 1 (September-December) courses/sections will be held online. This particular course will be synchronous: Friday, Sept 11, 2020 - Friday, Nov 27, 2020, 1-3 pm Pacific Standard Time. There are online (asynchronous) screening costs: up to $25 TOTAL for specific shows on iTunes, Apple, or free trials on Amazon Prime, CBC Gem. Let the instructor know if this cost presents a challenge. Class will be held on Zoom, UBC and FIPPA compliant, and currently the industry-standard for TV writers rooms and academic film programs. It will not be necessary to download the Zoom appstudents will be invited by email ten minutes before the synchronous session. Sessions will not be recorded; If a student does not choose to share their video image or prefers to be muted, it may be possib and ~

le to work-around with Zoom chat (in lieu of your audio feedback). All means necessary to protect privacy will be taken while also striving to build the community and trust of a writers room. A working microphone and web camera are essential, as is decent bandwidth. Advance notice is essential for closed-captioning.