| Week 1 |
Technical
Documents / Application Prep |
| May 7-11 |
Schedule |
Homework |
Examples |
Due |
| M |
Review syllabus and schedule; listen
to NPR on technical writing; The Power of Simple Words; Take Me Out to
the Legal Game |
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| T |
Discuss
Chapter 1 in Technical Communication
(TC); Analyze technical
documents
|
Read Chapter 1
in TC
Bring a technical document to class |
Technical Doc 1
Technical Doc
2 |
Technical Document |
| W |
Discuss
Job/Grad
Application Portfolio; Complete OWL
Skills Checklist Activity; Brainstorm ways to find Job ads and Graduate
School info |
Read 385-396 in TC
Skim ethical
concerns in job searches
Print out Owl Skills Checklist |
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|
Owl Skills Checklist (printout) |
| Th |
Class Meets in AML; Begin Job/School
Prep Assignment; Keep job ad, grad info, research, and Prep
Assignment for your Portfolio |
Review
385-396 in TC
Bring three job ads or three graduate
applications to class
|
Good Job Ad
Bad Job Ad
Prep
Assignment |
Three Job ads or Grad apps |
| F |
Class Meets in AML; Discuss
Resumes and formatting choices |
Read
397-411 in TC
Read format
choices and select the style that will suit your application--write
a brief justification in defense of your choice
|
Brief
Justification |
Brief Justification |
| Week 2 |
Resumes
and Cover Letters |
| May 14-18 |
Schedule |
Homework/Tutorials |
Examples |
Due |
| M |
Class Meets in AML; Discuss
Cover Letters and Personal Statements |
Read 411 and 412 in TC
Complete exercise 4 (brief memo) on 417 |
Memo Format
|
Brief Memo |
T |
Class Meets in AML; Work
on Resume Activity |
Read
250-254 and 265-272 in TC
Complete the first draft of your resume and
bring a printed copy to class |
Good
Resume
Poor Resume |
Resume Draft |
| W |
Peer Review of Cover Letter/
Personal Statement
|
Complete
the first draft of your cover letter or personal statement and bring a
printed copy to class along with your job ad or gaduate application
information |
Cover
Letter 1
Cover Letter 2
Grad
Statement |
Cover Letter/ Personal Statement |
Th |
Peer Review of
revised application materials |
Bring
revised drafts of your application materials to class along with copies
of your job ad or grad info |
- |
Letter and Resume Revisions |
| F |
Review
Job/Grad
Application Portfolio; Introduce the Menu Redesign Project;
Discuss document analysis; Break into groups for collaborative redesign
project |
Read Chapter 345-353 in TC
Locate a poorly designed menu from a
restaurant or bar in our area and bring it to class |
Food Menu
Drink Menu |
Menu |
| Week 3 |
Redesign
Project |
| May 21-25 |
Schedule |
Homework/Tutorials |
Examples |
Due |
| M |
Review usability notes and usability
worksheet; begin designing usability test with your partner. |
Read Jakob Nielsen's Usability 101
|
- |
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| T |
Class Meets in AML; Workshop day |
Read Amy
Schade's Pilot Testing;
Complete
usability testing on at
least three first-time users
|
- |
Usability
Results |
| W |
Class Meets in AML; Workshop day |
Complete
usability testing on at
least three first-time users |
- |
Usability Results |
| Th |
Discuss using graphs in the
recommendation and oral reports |
Read
Chapter 12 in TC; Present
usability results in two different kinds of graphics
|
- |
Graphs |
| F |
Job/Grad
Application Portfolio Due
Discuss
details of the recommendation
report
Schedule Presentations |
Read
Chapter 18 in TC |
- |
Job/Grad
Portfolios Due |
| Week 4 |
Redesign
Presentation / Final Report |
| 28-June1 |
Schedule |
Homework/Tutorials |
Examples |
Due |
| M |
Memorial Day: No Class
|
Read "Really Bad PPTs"
and watch the Ted
Talk: "6 speaking tips for scientists and engineers." |
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|
- |
| T |
Peer Review |
Bring orignal menu as well as a
prototype of the redesign to class
|
- |
Original Menu
Prototype |
| W |
Class meets in AML; Workshop day |
Read Chapter 21 in TC |
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- |
| Th |
Oral Presentation of the
Redesign Project (attendence is
required) |
Use the strategies in Chapter 21 to
prepare your presentation; work on report |
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|
Presentation |
| F |
Oral
Presentation of the Redesign Project (attendence
is required) |
Use the strategies in Chapter 21 to
prepare your presentation; reports
due; complete colleague
evaluation |
Report
Evaluation |
Presentaton
Report
Evaluation
|
| Week 5 |
Collaborative
Repurposing Project |
| June 4-8 |
Schedule |
Homework/Tutorials |
Examples |
Due |
| M |
Introduce
the Collaborative
Repurposing Project; Discuss Pitch
Proposal; Break
into Groups |
Read
Chapter 16 in TC |
- |
- |
| T |
Classs meets in AML; Discuss research in the
workplace; brainstorm techniques that will help yeild answers to your
workplace research questions |
Read
Chapter 6 in TC; Draft a
workplace research question for your pitch proposal and explain it's
significance to your project |
Research
Question |
Research Question |
| W |
Pitch Proposal (Attendence is required) |
Work
on pitch proposal |
- |
Pitch Proposal |
| Th |
Pitch Proposal (Attendence is required) |
Work
on pitch proposal |
Written
Proposal
Format |
Pitch Proposal
Written Prop. |
| F |
Classs meets in AML; Complete repurpose
justification; keep justification assignment for your final report |
- |
- |
Repurpose Justification |
| Week 6 |
Memo
Writing / Repurposing Presentation and Report |
| Jun 11-15 |
Schedule |
Homework/Tutorials |
Examples |
Due |
| M |
Class Meets in AML; Discuss Memo Writing:
Discuss progress memos |
Read
359-363 and 372-377 in TC |
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- |
| T |
Classs meets in AML; Workshop day |
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- |
| W |
Class Meets in AML; Workshop day |
Progress Memo due by midnight |
Memo |
Progress Memo |
| Th |
Class Meets in AML; Workshop day |
Review Oral Presentation
requirements |
- |
- |
| F |
Oral
Presentation of the Repuposing Project (attendence
is required) |
Use the
strategies in Chapter 21 to
prepare your presentation; Email your completion memo
and evalutations
to bryanfry@wsu.edu by midnight. |
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Presentation
Evaluation |