p4 – Technical Writing

Turning In Project 4 Memos

traci — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 02:41:57 +0000

Today, Friday, 4/18

By the end of the day, your group should email me the Google Share Links to your Group Work Statement, Audience Analysis, and Website Analysis Checklist, which will be worth 3 in-class writing credits. Just one of you needs to email for the group, but please do include all your names and CC all group members. Refer to the assignment and to the examples in the blog post for last class for more information.

If you finish your three documents before the end of class, I suggest you move on to evaluating the information that you find on your section of the Career Services website. You can gather your first impressions of the section, and then move on to using your checklist as you make a thorough review of the site’s strengths and weaknesses.

Monday, 4/21

On Monday, I’ll talk about the sections I will expect to see in your group report, and I will have some example reports for you to look at. After I present that information, you will have the rest of the session to work on your reports. You will need to plan how you will work together for our independent work day on 4/23.

Wednesday, 4/23

April 23 will be an independent work day. We will not meet in the classroom. Your group may connect online or choose an alternative meeting place. You might also choose to work on sections of the report independently that day. I will be on campus this day and will hold office hours as usual.

Friday, 4/25

By the end of the day, your group should email me the Google Share Links to your Progress Report. The report should include all your accomplishments through Friday. More details and some examples will be available in class. In addition to writing a progress report, you will continue working on the recommendation report and presentation during this session.

Week of 4/28

You will have all the class sessions this week to continue and finalize your recommendation report as well as plan and practice your oral report. Your group will be able to sign up for an oral presentation time slot on Monday, 4/28 in class.

Getting Started on Project 4

traci — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 04:57:41 +0000

You and your group will work on Project 4 together from today through May 2. This week, I expect you to be reading the resources listed on the Project page, exploring your section of the website, and working on the three documents that are due on Friday, April 18.

Examples for Project 4

These examples were written by students who took Technical Writing in the Fall. They are uncorrected student work. Some are better than others. Use them to get a general idea of the kinds of information that you should include in your group documents.

Group Work Statement

Website Audience Analysis

Website Analysis Checklist

Work This Week

The readings for this project are Chapter 13 (“Writing Recommendation Reports”) and the section on “Designing Web Sites” in Chapter 7 (pp. 169–174 of “Designing Documents and Web Sites”). You will also use Chapter 15 (“Making Oral Presentations”).

By the end of the week, your group should email me the Google Share Links to your Group Work Statement, Audience Analysis, and Website Analysis Checklist due, which will be worth 3 in-class writing credits. Just one of you needs to email for the group, but please do include all your names and CC all group members.

If you finish work on your three documents for the week, I suggest you move on to evaluating the information that you find on your section of the Career Services website. You can gather your first impressions of the section, and then move on to using your checklist as you make a thorough review of the site’s strengths and weaknesses.

On Monday, I’ll talk about the sections I will expect to see in your group report, and I will have some example reports for you to look at.

Intro to Project 4

traci — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 04:32:04 +0000

Today, we begin Project 4: Web Analysis Report. In this project, you will work with your group to analyze some online resources and write a recommendation report. Your group will present your findings to the class in an oral presentation during the last week of classes.

Daily Class Work and the Schedule

From this point on in the term, your group sets the schedule for what you work on in class. The remaining sessions in the course (from 4/14 to 5/2) will be in-class work sessions. The final week of classes will be dedicated to the oral presentations.

April 16, the 9:05 class will dismiss at 9:30 so that you have time to walk to the April 16 Memorial in front of Burruss in time for the Moment of Silence at 9:43 if you wish.