| Week
1 |
May
6
Monday |
Introduction
to class;
review of syllabus, schedule, academic honesty
policy;
listen to NPR on technical writing; Take me out to the ballgame |
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May
7 Tuesday |
Introduction
to Technical Communication
Before
class:
1)
Read
CG: Chapter 1;
2)
Complete
Exercise 1, p. 12 (online) or p. 14 (book) by class time;
During
class:
Notes on Gurak and Lannon Chapter 1
Spaghetti bowl military analysis
NYT and PPT |
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May
8
Wednesday |
Unit
1: Rhetorical Approaches to Job
Applications
Before class:
During class:
1) Discuss ads and Skills Checklist
2) Discuss and write on ethical concerns
3) Review Job
Application Portfolio format |
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May 9
Thursday |
Bring Laptops and CG to
class!
Before class:
Read Chapter 2 in
CG and article on writing
a
resume
During
Class:
Job Application
Activity |
|
May
10
Friday |
Application
letter workshop; meet in AML; bring CG to class!
Before
class:
1)
Read CG: p.
193-200;
2) Read Munschauer;
3)
Write a critique of the application letter that
appears on p. 195 of CG.—you
will need to analyze the following job
ad
and use specific
points from Munschauer
to
frame your critique;
have
your critique ready to hand in a
beginning of class today.
During class:
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| Week 2 |
May
13
Monday |
Discuss
Resume
Format/Application Letter Peer Review; meet in classroom
Draft
1 of Cover
Letter Due (include copy of job ad)
Before class:
1)
Read CG: p. 202-207;
2) Read
all OWL
links; if
you are applying to
graduate or professional school read the information about the Curriculum
Vitae;
3)
Read Format
choices
and select the style that will suit your application; write a brief justification
in defense of your
choice;
4)
Complete draft 1 of Cover Letter; bring 1 job ad and one
printed copy of letter to class; if
you are applying to graduate or professional school complete
Personal Statement; bring
one
copy of personal statement as well as basic information on applying to
the school.
During Class
Peer
Review of Cover
Letter/Personal Statement |
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May
14
Tuesday |
Designing
with
Type; meet in AML; bring NDDB to class
Draft 1 of Resume Due
(one copy)
Before
class:
Read NDDB: Chapters 9-11 (Designing with Type)
During Class
Resume draft workshop; OWL
Action
Verb explanation; OWL
Action
Verb list
With a partner, complete the following steps for
each of
the four linked resumes found
below.Write a brief analysis for each
step.
1)
Analyze Examples 1, 2, 3 and 4 using the concepts of
concordance,
conflict, and contrast from chapter 9 of NDDB;
2)
Identify the type faces used in the same examples based on
the
categories presented in Chapter 10 of NDDB;
3)
Critique the combinations of size, weight, structure, form,
and
direction used in the three examples based on NDDB Chapter 11.
4)
With your partner, look your resumes and critique them based
on what
you've learned in these Chapters and the analyses
you've completed.
Write a brief overview of how you will revise your resume
based on what
you've learned.
Links
for in-class
exercise: Example
1; Example 2;
Example 3; Example 4;
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May
15
Wednesday |
Letter
and
Resume Revisions Due; meet in classroom
Bring
job ad and copy of
letter and resume
During
class:
Peer Analysis
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May
16
Thursday |
Begin
Unit 2: Document Redesign Project (DRP)
Meet
in classroom
Before
class:
1) Read CG: Chapter 8 and 9;
2) Complete Exercise #1 on p. 180 of CG--bring article to
class
with
list of visuals
During
class:
1) Review Job
App Portfolio format
2) Introduce Document Redesign Project
3) Compare visuals with a partner
4) Analyze handout
via the checklist on p. 180
Links
for resume/letter
revisions
Review parallelism and
comma
use
|
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May
17
Friday |
Discuss Usability Testing; meet in AML
Before
class:
1)
Read
CG: Chapter 3 (Usability);
2) Read Jakob Nielsen
web materials;
During
class:
Read usability notes
Complete
Usability Worksheet |
| Week 3 |
May
20
Monday |
Meet
in AML; bring NDDB to class
Revised
drafts
of Job Application materials due for final evaluation
Before
class:
1)
Complete Job
Application
Portfolio
2) Read NDDB: Chapters 1-6; (pp.1-86)
During
class:
With
your DARS partner, review the following pages in the NDDB:
32, 50,
64, and 80. Once you have done that, complete the assignment
below:
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May
21
Tuesday |
Meet
in AML
During
class:
Details of DARS
Project |
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May
22
Wednesday |
Meet
in AML; Workshop day |
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May
23
Thursday |
Meet
in AML; Workshop day |
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May
24
Friday |
Meet
in AML
Draft of
DRP
report due for peer review
During
class:
peer review
information |
| Week 4 |
May
27
Monday |
Memorial
Day (No Class) |
|
May
28
Tuesday |
Meet
in AML; Workshop day |
|
May
29
Wednesday |
Meet
in Classroom
Oral
presentations of
DRP (attendance required); final
draft of materials due when
you present;
please complete a colleague
evaluation
for each member of
your team and email it to bryanfry@wsu.edu. |
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May
30
Thursday |
Meet
in Classroom
Oral
presentations of
DRP (attendance required); final
draft of materials due when
you present;
please complete a colleague
evaluation
for each member of
your team and email it to bryanfry@wsu.edu. |
|
June
31
Friday |
Meet
in Classroom
During class
Begin
Unit 3: Collaborative
Repurposing Project;
brainstroming |
| Week 5 |
June
3
Monday |
Meet
in Classroom
Before class:
Read
Chapter 6 of CG; bring your field
or discipline's code of ethics to class for discussion.
During
class
Ethics,
Copyright and
Privacy; |
|
June
4
Tuesday |
Meet in Classrooml; Pitch
Proposal
Presentations (attendance required) |
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June
5
Wednesday |
Meet in Classroom;
Pitch
Proposal
Presentations (attendance required)
Before
class:
Complete Pitch Proposal
Written Report
During
class:
Compose teams for
Research Report |
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June
6
Thursday |
Meet
in AML
During
class:
Complete Repurpose
Justification. |
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June
7
Friday |
Meet
in AML; Workshop day
|
| Week 6 |
June
10
Monday |
Meet
in AML; Memo writing
workshop
Before
class:
Reading
1; Reading
2; CG p. 189-192
During
class:
Parts
of a Memo
Format
of a Memo
Sample
Memo
Progress
memo details |
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June
11
Tuesday |
Meet
in AML; Workshop day
|
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June
12 Wednesday |
Meet
in AML; Workshop day
During
class:
Repurpose
Oral Presentation Requirements
Progress
Memo due by
midnight |
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June
13
Thursday |
Final
presentations
(attendance required)--final
draft of repuposing project
due; Please
complete a colleague
evaluation
for each member of
your team and email it to bryanfry@wsu.edu.
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June
14
Friday |
No
Class |