Week 1 (Aug 27): Technical Writing and
Its Audiences
CGTC chapters 1-2
Week 2 (Sept 3): Usability
CGTC chapter 3 (ppt
notes), chapter 10 (Letter, Résumé)
Week 3 (Sept 10): Document Design
CGTC chapters 8-9
Customer Letter due Sept 10
Week 4 (Sept 17):Short Reports
CGTC 10 (Email, Memos, Short Reports), 11 (Instructions and Procedures)
Résumé due Sept 17
Week 5 (Sept 24): Proposals
CGTC chapter 12 (Definitions, Descriptions, Proposals)
Usability test of Short Report
Week 6 (Oct 1):Conducting Research
CGTC chapter 4
CGTC chapter 4 exercise 1
Short Report due Oct 1
Week 7 (Oct 8): Digital Communication
CGTC chapter 5
Wikipedia
Week 8 (Oct 15): Ethical and Legal Issues
CGTC chapter 6
Proposal due Oct 15
Week 9 (Oct 22): Ethical and Legal Issues
CGTC chapter 7 (ppt notes)
CGTC chapter 7, exercise 3
Wikipedia Assignment due
Week 10 (Oct 29): Complex Reports
CGTC chapter 12
Citation and Document Format
CGTC Appendix B (ppt
notes)
Week 11 (Nov 5): Presentations
CGTC chapter 10, 215-222
Progress Report due
Nov 5
Week 12 (Nov 12):Editing
CGTC Appendix A
Grammar exercises
Week 13 (Nov 19): Presentations
All revisions due by Nov 20
Week 14 (Nov 26): No Class (Thanksgiving)
Week 15 (Dec 3): Class Presentations Dec
3
Analytical Reports due Dec 3
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