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Course Introduction
Read Chapters:
1: Technical and Professional Communication in the Workplace
3: Technical Writing and Electronic Technologies
Self introduction
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Assignments
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Due: D.B. post
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Due: Quiz ch. 1 & 3 and D.B. response
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Introduction to Writing Instructions
Read Chapters:
2: Rhetoric and Technical Communication
18: Technical Instructions
Create Wiki portfolio
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Quiz ch. 2 & 18 -
Due: D.B post
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Due: Quiz ch. 2 & 18 and D.B. response
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Drafting Communication
Read chapters:
7: Organizing and Drafting Documents
8: Visual Rhetoric and Technical Communication
Work on Assignment 1: Instructions 1
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Due: D.B post
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Due: Quiz ch. 7 & 8 and Instructions 1
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Multimedia Instructions
Read:
What is Screencasting?
The Future of Technical Communication
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Due: D.B Post
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Due: D.B. Response
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Other Graphical Tools
Other Graphical Tools page
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Due: D.B post
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Due: D.B. post
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Due: Other Graphical Tools and D.B. response
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Editing and Usability of Documents
Read Chapters:
10: Revising, Rewriting, and Editing
11: Usability
Dicussion board posts
Quiz ch. 10 & 11
Instructions 2 -
Due: D.B. post
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Due: Instructions 2, Quiz ch. 10 & 11, and D.B. Response
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Websites
Read Chapters:
9: Layout and Design
17: Websites and Other Environments
Dicussion board
Instructions 3
Quiz ch. 9 & 17 -
Due: D.B. post
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Due: Instructions 3, Quiz ch. 9 & 17, andD.B. Response
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Ethics and the Transnational Environment
Read Chapters:
4: Ehtics and the Workplace Writer
5: Technical Communication in a Transnational World
Disucssion Board
Quiz ch. 4 & 5 -
Spring Break March 13-19
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Due: Quiz ch. 4 & 5 and D.B. Response
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Reports
Read Chapters:
21: Informal Reports
22: Formal Reports
Discussion Board posts
Quiz ch. 21 & 22
Website Usability -
Due: D.B. post
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Midterm-Website Usability due, Quiz ch. 21 & 22 and D.B. Reponse
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Technical Writing
Read Chapters:
15: Technical Definitions
16: Technical Descriptions and Specifications
Discussion Board posts
Quiz ch. 15 & 16 -
D.B. post due
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Quiz ch. 15 &16 and D.B. response due
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Correspondence
Read Chapters:
12: E-Mail, E-Messages, and Memos
13: Letters
Discussion Board posts
Quiz ch. 12 & 13
Website Home Page -
D.B. posts due
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Due: Website Home Page, Quiz ch. 12 & 13, and D.B. Response
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Proposals
Read Chapter:
20: Proposals and Resquests for Proposals
Discussion Board posts
Quiz ch. 20 -
Due: D.B. post
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Due: Feedback Memo to Teammate,Quiz ch. 20, and D.B. Response
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Presentations
Read Chapters:
23: Presentations
14: Finding and Obtaining Employment
Discussion Board posts
Website Homepage
Quiz ch. 23 & 14 -
Due: D.B. post
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Due: Quiz ch. 23 & 14, D.B. Response
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Due: Website Home Page Revision
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Due: Final Portfolio & Reflection ("Final Exam")