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Sunday 11:55 |
Assignment Due (Percentage of Grade) |
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1 |
1/24
(5%) |
Autobiography
– write a one or two page autobiography telling
me about yourself - where are you from, what are you studying,
what are your favorite hobbies, what do you hate the most, and
what plans you have for your career, etc. This is my best opportunity
to get to know you. Submit to assignments and post in the Introduction
Forum. 4-5 paragraphs. |
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2 |
1/31
(5%) |
Technical
Communication Video and Mini-essay – Listen to
the "What is Technical Communication" video on the Tutorials
and Resources webpage (http://web.njit.edu/~cjohnson/tutorials.htm)
or from iTunes U / Universities & Colleges / NJIT / Open Courseware
/ English 352 Technical Writing. Then write one or two paragraphs
on your experiences with writing - do you like to write? Do you
hate it? Have you ever written technical communication before?
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3 |
2/7
(5%)
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Textbook
Reading and Exercises – read Chapter 1 in FUEL
and do the online learning styles survey in Figure 1.3. Answer
questions 1 & 4 on Page 12 and upload to Moodle. |
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4 |
2/14
(10%) |
Found
Object Procedure (FOP) 1st Draft – At home,
using ordinary, common objects (such as paper, pencils, cardboard,
paperclips, tape, etc.) make an object. NO paper airplanes, origami,
or any other thing you can find instructions for on the internet
are allowed. You MUST use objects that everybody can find so that
your classmates can test your procedure (remember many students
live in dorms and don't have access to things like construction
paper or ribbon). See
sample objects. See
sample first draft. See 2010 Results.
While you are making the object, take notes on how you do it.
Expand the notes into a 1 or 2 page numbered procedure that can
be understood by others. DO NOT include any images in this first
draft – use words only. Also, don't use descriptive words
(i.e., How to Make a Boat).
Take a photograph of your object (you will use it later). Upload
your procedure to Moodle and I will distribute it to three of
your classmates for testing. |
| 5
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2/21
(10%) |
Found
Object Procedure Peer Review – I will distribute
3 FOPs to you to test (you will see them in the grade portion
of the first draft FOP). Do your best to make the 3 objects -
if you become impossibly lost, write in the instructions, with
Word's Tools/Track Changes turned on, where you
got lost and take a picture of the results anyway.
While you are trying to make the objects, write comments about
confusing steps with Word's Tools/Track Changes
turned on. Submit 3 Word documents (with your UCID first and then
the UCID of the author in the filename). Also upload 3 photos
of the objects (with your UCID first and then the UCID of the
author in the filename). |
| 6
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2/28
(10%) |
Found
Object Procedure Final Draft – Create a fully-formatted
final draft of the FOP with a title page, table of contents, a
reflection on what you learned from the testing, heading levels
and photographs of your object and those of your testers. It should
be error-free. 5-7 pages with illustrations. Use the images from
the 2010 slide show - right click
on the larger image to download the higher resolution. |
| 7
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3/7
(5%) |
Textbook
Reading and Exercises – read pages 85-95 and 107-111
in FUEL. Create resume using page 126 as your model/template and
upload to Moodle. |
| 8
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3/21
(5%) |
PowerPoint
on Technical Communication Analysis (TCA) Idea –
Create a PowerPoint with mostly pictures showing your idea for
the Technical Communication Analysis project. 4-7 slides. |
| 9
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3/28
(5%) |
Textbook
Reading and TCA Annotated Bibliography – Read pages
95-107 and 111-116 in FUEL. Research the type of technical communication
you have chosen in the library (or wherever necessary) to gather
data for your analysis. List at least three sources in a Word
document and write a brief description of each. Describe your
idea at the top of the page and give your topic a tentative title.
1-2 pages. |
| 10
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4/4
(10%) |
Technical
Communication Analysis (TCA) 1st Draft – This first
draft should be fairly complete because it is going to be reviewed
by three class members. See http://web.njit.edu/~cjohnson/teaching/tca.htm
for a complete description of the project. |
| 11
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4/11
(5%) |
TCA
Peer Review – each student will receive three TCAs
to review. Fill in the review sheet and make comments and changes
directly in the TCA with Word’s Tools/Track Changes feature
turned on. |
| 12
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4/18
(15%) |
TCA
Final Draft – This is our major assignment for
the semester. There are many types of technical communication
in the world. You can use manuals, magazine articles, instructions
from manufacturers, textbooks, etc. If it’s technical and
it’s communication, you can use it. This paper will be reviewed
once by me and revised. 6-8 pages with illustrations. |
| 13
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4/25
(5%) |
Oral
Presentation, Part 1 –Read FUEL pages 118-120 and
watch video “Fear
is Your Friend” on iTunes U or on U-Tube. Log onto Moodle
and write Mini-essay. |
| 14 |
5/2
(5%) |
Oral
Presentation, Part 2 – Choose any topic –
your favorite hobby, your area of expertise, etc. Make a PowerPoint.
Then download Camtasia Relay
and use it to make a presentation with voice-overs. Alternately,
you can make a presentation with a webcam and upload it to YouTube.
You must submit a URL so we can see it. Each presentation should
be 5 minutes maximum (5%). |
* Assignments highlighted in yellow are time-sensitive – if
you miss these deadlines, your grade for this project will go down.