English 365 Syllabus

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Week 1	Monday, August 25 Course introduction and syllabus discussion. Information regarding UCS account. The course home page URL is http://www.ucs.ull.edu/~jwf7377/index.html .When you have opened your UCS account, e-mail me using the e-mail link found on the English 365 home page. (If you e-mail me from class, you will have to do so by using the Web Mail Log In). In your e-mail, tell me about your computer experience and expertise. Workshop: Setting up a UCS Account. Wednesday, August 27 Read Chapter One: An Introduction to Technical Writing of the online manual and the Personal Web Site project page. Workshop: Basic Home Page. Friday, August 29 Look at the Sample Home Page and read the Protocols for Creating and Setting up a Basic Home Page. Workshop: Basic Home Page.
Week 2	Monday, September 1 Labor Day Wednesday, September 3 Classes cancelled because of Gustav Friday, September 5 Read Chapter Three: Planning of the manual. Workshop: Basic Home Page. You must have your UCS account and e-mail set up by today. Read Chapter Two: Purpose and Audience of the manual. Workshop: Basic Home Page.Read Chapter Four: Stylistic Desiderata of the manual. Because classes were cancelled, we will work out how to deal with spreading out requirements. I think we'll be okay with most of the original syllabus.
Week 3	Monday, September 8 Workshop: The Basics of Technical Writing and Other Works in Progress (OWIP). Wednesday, September 10 Read Chapter Five: Document Design and Layout. OWIP Friday, September 12 Basic Home Page checkpoint (preliminary and ungraded).Your home page should be up on the UCS server. We will be reviewing each student's Web site in class. Consider it a work in progress that you can continue to tweak during the semester. Read Chapter Six: Ethical Respronsibilities of the manual.
Week 4	Monday, September 15 Read Chapter Seven: Letter of Application and Résumé of the manual and the Résumé and Letter of Application project page. OWIP Wednesday, September 17 Read Appendix I: The Mansuscript (ms) & Camera-Ready (c-r) Formats of the manual and download, read and print English 365: Document Submission Requirements. Workshop: Writing a Letter of Application and Résumé and OWIP. Friday, September 19 Read Chapter Eight: Describing a Process of the manual and the Instructions project page. Workshop: Writing Instructions and OWIP.
Week 5	Monday, September 22 Checkpoint for Letter of Application and Résumé. You must turn in hard copy of both pages and a copy of the position advertisement at the beginning of the class. Workshop: Writing Instructions and OWIP. Wednesday, September 24 Read Chapter Nine: Proposals and Chapter Ten: Reports of the manual and the Proposal project page.Workshop: Writing Memos, E-mail, and OWIP. Friday , September 26 Workshop: Writing Proposals and OWIP.
Week 6	Monday, September 29 Checkpoint for Instructions. You must turn in hard copy of your Instructions at the beginning of the class. Also, be sure to ftp a copy of your camera ready instructions to your public_html file and put a link to that file on your home page so anyone can download it. Wednesday, October 1 Read the Process Analysis project page. Workshop: Writing a Process Analysis and OWIP. Friday, October 3 Fall Holiday
Week 7	Monday, October 6 Checkpoint for Proposal memo. This checkpoint carries no credit points. You must turn in hard copy of your memo at the beginning of the class. Workshop: Writing a Process Analysis OWIP Wednesday, October 8 Read Table and Chart project page. Workshop: Writing Reports and OWIP Friday, October 10 Workshop: Writing Reports and OWIP
Week 8	Monday, October 13 Checkpoint for Process Analysis. Wednesday, October 15 Workshop: Tables and Charts and OWIP. Friday, October 17 Read Chapter 12: Online Publication. OWIP
Week 9	Monday, October 20 Chapter 14: Oral and Visual Presentations of the manual and the PowerPoint Presentation project page. Wednesday, October 22 Checkpoint for Table and Chart. You must turn in hard copy of the Table and Chart at the beginning of the class. Workshop: PowerPoint and OWIP. Friday, October 24 Read the Proposal Progress Report project page. Workshop: Progress Report and OWIP.
Week 10	Monday, October 27 Read Chapter Thirteen: Collaborative Writing of the manual and the Brochure project page. Also read Chapter Eleven: Critical Interpretations and Assessments of the manual and the Critical Report project page. Workshop: Collaborative Writing. Wednesday, October 29 Checkpoint for Proposal. You must provide hard copy of the Proposal at the beginning of the class. Workshop: Progress Reports. Friday, October 31 Workshop: Collaborative Writing.
Week 11	Monday, November 3 Begin PowerPoint Presentations. Checkpoint (first third of the class) for PowerPoint Presentations. Mandatory attendance. Wednesday, November 5 Checkpoint (second third of the class) for PowerPoint Presentations. Mandatory attendance. Friday, November 7 Checkpoint (last third of the class) for PowerPoint Presentations. Mandatory attendance
Week 12	Monday, November 10 Checkpoint for Proposal Progress Report. You must provide hard copy of the Proposal Progress Report at the beginning of the class. . Workshop: Collaborative Writing. Second in-class group meeting. Wednesday, November 12 Workshop: Collaborative Writing. Friday, November 14 Workshop: Collaborative Writing.
Week 13	Monday, November 17 Checkpoint for Brochure. You must provide hard copy of the Brochure (one for each group) at the beginning of the class. Wednesday, November 19 Workshop: Collaborative Writing. Last in-class group meeting. Friday, November 21 Read the section of the Policy Sheet dealing with the class portfolio. Workshop: Coure Portfolio.
Week 14	Monday, November 24Workshop: Course Portfolio and OWIP. Wednesday, November 26 Checkpoint for Critical Report due. You must provide hard copy of the Report (one for each group) at the beginning of the class. Workshop: Course Portfolio and OWIP. Friday, November 27 Thanksgiving Holiday
Week 15	Monday, December 1 Workshop: OWIP. Wednesday, December 3 Workshop: OWIP. Friday, December 5 Course portfolio and final examination due. Portfolios, manila envelope containing your marked and graded checkpoint drafts, and your final examination must all be turned in at the beginning of the class. None will be accepted past this deadline. Final checkpoint for Basic Home Page (graded).
Note	The Final Examination for English 365-2 is scheduled for Thursday, December 11, from 11:00 PM to 1:30 PM. I will be in my office (HLG 230) during those hours for those who wish to retrieve their portfolios and final examinations and get their final course grade.