TWC301 Class Assignments

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  • Course Introduction

    Read Chapters:
    1: Technical and Professional Communication in the Workplace
    3: Technical Writing and Electronic Technologies
    Self introduction
    Discussion Board posts
  • Period: to

    Assignments

    Timeline of assignments and due dates.

  • Due: D.B. post

    Dicussion board post and responses.

  • Due: Quiz ch. 1 & 3 and D.B. response

  • Introduction to Writing Instructions

    Read Chapters:
    2: Rhetoric and Technical Communication
    18: Technical Instructions
    Create Wiki portfolio
    Discussion Board Post
    Quiz ch. 2 & 18

  • Due: D.B post

    Discussion board post due.

  • Due: Quiz ch. 2 & 18 and D.B. response

  • Drafting Communication

    Read chapters:
    7: Organizing and Drafting Documents
    8: Visual Rhetoric and Technical Communication
    Work on Assignment 1: Instructions 1
    Discussion Board posts

  • Due: D.B post

  • Due: Quiz ch. 7 & 8 and Instructions 1

  • Multimedia Instructions

    Read:
    What is Screencasting?
    The Future of Technical Communication
    from Intercom, the Society of Technical Communication's Journal

  • Due: D.B Post

  • Due: D.B. Response

  • Other Graphical Tools

    Other Graphical Tools page
    Dicussion board posts

  • Due: D.B post

  • Due: D.B. post

  • Due: Other Graphical Tools and D.B. response

  • 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

  • Due: Instructions 2, Quiz ch. 10 & 11, and D.B. Response

  • Websites

    Read Chapters:
    9: Layout and Design
    17: Websites and Other Environments
    Dicussion board
    Instructions 3
    Quiz ch. 9 & 17

  • Due: D.B. post

  • Due: Instructions 3, Quiz ch. 9 & 17, andD.B. Response

  • 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

  • Due: Quiz ch. 4 & 5 and D.B. Response

  • Reports

    Read Chapters:
    21: Informal Reports
    22: Formal Reports
    Discussion Board posts
    Quiz ch. 21 & 22
    Website Usability

  • Due: D.B. post

  • Midterm-Website Usability due, Quiz ch. 21 & 22 and D.B. Reponse

  • Technical Writing

    Read Chapters:
    15: Technical Definitions
    16: Technical Descriptions and Specifications
    Discussion Board posts
    Quiz ch. 15 & 16

  • D.B. post due

  • Quiz ch. 15 &16 and D.B. response due

  • 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

  • Due: Website Home Page, Quiz ch. 12 & 13, and D.B. Response

  • Proposals

    Read Chapter:
    20: Proposals and Resquests for Proposals
    Discussion Board posts
    Quiz ch. 20

  • Due: D.B. post

  • Due: Feedback Memo to Teammate,Quiz ch. 20, and D.B. Response

  • Presentations

    Read Chapters:
    23: Presentations
    14: Finding and Obtaining Employment
    Discussion Board posts
    Website Homepage
    Quiz ch. 23 & 14

  • Due: D.B. post

  • Due: Quiz ch. 23 & 14, D.B. Response

  • Due: Website Home Page Revision

  • Due: Final Portfolio & Reflection ("Final Exam")