Course Information
ENGL 421 03-01, MWF 10:30 HEAV 227
ENGL 421 04-01, MWF 11:30 HEAV 227

Course Links
Syllabus
Professional Writing Online, Version 2.0
Purdue's OWL
Center for Career Opportunities
Professional Writing Program

Instructor Information
Peg Dunkle
Office Hrs:
MWF: 12:30-1:15
and by appointment

Office: Heavilon 405
Phone: 496-1647
E-Mail: dunklem@purdue.edu

Projects and Cases
WebSite-Resume Project
Team Mini-Project

Community Web Project
Research Review Project

Additional Resources
English Department

Week

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

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12

13

14

15

16

 

Note: All class meetings are f2f and will be held during
our regular class time. You are responsible for attending
all meetings; missing or arriving late to meetings may negatively affect your course grade. Please consult
the course syllabus for additional information about attendance policies.

Date

Class Meeting

Resources

Monday

JAN. 7

Introduction to the Course

Review syllabus, course calendar, and Professional Writing Online, Version 2.0

Discuss course technologies & introduce the technoloy check list.

Introduce the Student Information Sheet.

 

Make certain that you have your login and password for accessing TLT machines (a Career Account) and an e-mail address that accommodates attachments. If you have questions about your accounts visit Stewart 068 or call 494-9944.TLT (ICS) provides help sessions.

You also can visit the Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) web page for information about campus technologies.

Purchase Professional Writing Online, Version 2.0 at Follett's or University Bookstore or online.

Wednesday

JAN. 9

Complete the Student Information Sheet and provide a print copy.

 

 

Friday

JAN. 11

Rhetorical questions

What is technical writing?
Discussion of Rhetoric

Review text

Answer Syllabus questions and send as an attachment before class on Wednesday. Syllabus Questions

Explore PWOnline, Version 2.0,

PWOnline Resources
PWOnline Site map

PWOnline:
Professional Writing
Technical Writing

WEEK TWO

Date

Class Meeting

Resources

Monday

JAN. 14

 

Discuss WebSite-Resume Project and the expectations for project one due Feb. 15.

Wednesday

JAN. 16

Discussion of Syllabus Questions

 

 

Syllabus Questions

Friday

JAN. 18

Discussion of E-mail Etiquette

Use Purdue's OWL as the resource

Company worksheet due Jan.23

Technology Checklist is due.

 

PWOnline Resources:
Memo writing

Professional e-mail messages

 

WEEK THREE

Date

Class Meeting

Resources

Monday

JAN. 21

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

NO CLASS

 

 

Wednesday

JAN. 23

Worksheet for Team Mini-project discussed. The worksheet is due Friday, February 1, for the team mini-project.

 

Step 2: Discuss skills expectation

Human Relations Worksheet due February 1. Due in print

Lafayette Human Relations Commission
Indiana Human Rights Commission
EEOC

Additional information:
Diversity Inc.
Human Relations Case:
The Case Report
An Editorial
PWOnline Resource:
Intercultural Communication


Friday

JAN. 25

Step 1: Company research memo due in print at the end of class.


 

WEEK FOUR

Date

Class Meeting

Resources

Monday

JAN. 28

Resume discussion-Please bring a copy of your current resume

PWOnline Resources
Resume Portfolios
Posting on the internet
Scannable Resume
OWL Resume Information

Wednesday

JAN. 30

Guest presenter
Workshop on creating a personal web site using your Purdue space.

Web Style Guide
PWOnline Resources
Web site grade grid

Friday

FEB. 1

Workshop on web page

Human Relations Worksheet due in print

Creating PDF Files

Open Source Web Design

 

WEEK FIVE

Date

Class Meeting

Resources

Monday

FEB. 4

Team Mini-project. Teams will be announced and work place scenarios will be assigned and discussed in class. Your team will write a recommendation memo to be sent to me by no later than Wed, 2/6.

Step Two: Skills list due in print

 

Human Relations Worksheet

Lafayette Human Relations Commission
Indiana Human Rights Commission
EEOC

Wednesday

FEB. 6

Complete team Mini-project

Step Three: Resume due in print

PWOnline: Memo writing

OWL: Memo format

Friday

FEB. 8

Complete Team strategies worksheet for Wed.

Introduction of the
Community Web Project
Project Proposal

PWOnline: Managing Projects

Teams Do's and Don'ts
First meeting

WEEK SIX

Date

Class Meeting

Resources

Monday

FEB. 11

Discuss multi-tasking.

Introduction of the

Community Web Project
Project Proposal

Client Criteria

Individual expectations: Develop five individual goals and have three potential clients to suggest for team meeting . Send me an email regarding the five goals and three client suggestions by the end of class on Wed.

Community Web Project Preview resources:

Tippecanoe County Not-for-Profit Organizations

Other Tippecanoe Agencies
United Way Agencies

Resources: PWOnline: Proposals and Reports

Project proposal expectations


Wednesday

FEB. 13

Discuss team strategies

Email regarding client possibility and goals due

PWOnline: Managing Projects

Teams Do's and Don'ts
First meeting

Friday

FEB. 15

Discussion of Resources

Complete Web-Site Resume Project:
Send me an e-mail with the URL

Teams for CWP announced

Norm goals and discuss web site choice and proposal

PWOnline:
Writing Reports
Shaping Texts
Constructing Visuals: Graphics
Professional Look


 

WEEK SEVEN

Date

Class Meeting

Resources

Monday

FEB. 18

NO CLASS

You may work in the computer lab or on line to select your web site and norm your goals.

Project proposal expectations will be due in print at the end of the class on Friday, Feb. 22.

Project proposal expectations

Team Work Log: Complete for bonus of ten points on daily activity grade.

Wednesday

FEB. 20

NO CLASS

Continue team meetings and construct proposal

 

Friday

FEB. 22

Review Community Web Project expectations

Expectations of user test

Project proposal due in print

Purdue's Library
Evaluation of Resources
Evaluating Web Pages
List of sources
Ohio State Resource Site
Critically Analyzing
Evaluating Internet Sources

WEEK EIGHT

Date

Class Meeting

Resources

Monday

FEB. 25

User test workshop

Proposals returned to each group

 

PWOnline: Usability Testing

Setting up a user test

Select a web site from PWOnline critical web sites and apply the Sample User Test individually

Wednesday

FEB. 27

 

User test workshop

Setting up a user test
Use It
Sample User Test

Friday

FEB. 29

Prepare user test for implementation on Monday.

Purdue's Online Writing Lab

Teams Do's and Don'ts

First meeting

WEEK NINE

Date

Class Meeting

Resources

Monday

MARCH 3

 

User test implemented to at least two other teams. User test copy to me in print.

 

Wednesday

MARCH 5

Workshop on user test results

 

Friday

MARCH 7

Written report expectations discussion: Annotated Bibliography


WEEK TEN

Date

Class Meeting

Resources

Monday

MARCH 10

SPRING BREAK-HAVE FUN

 

 


Wednesday

MARCH 12

SPRING BREAK  

Friday

MARCH 14

SPRING BREAK

 

 

WEEK ELEVEN

Date

Class Meeting

Resources

Monday

MARCH 17

Annotated Bibliography due on Friday to share with other teams

PWOnline: Usability Testing
Setting up a user test

Wednesday

MARCH 19

Research workshop

Proximity and Design Issues

Project Resources:
Web Style Guide
Local Web Design
Web Costs
Web Pricing

PWOnline: Web site resources
OWL: Bibliography Resources

Friday

MARCH 21

 

Annotated Bibliography due in print to share with other teams

Proximity and Design Issues

Project Resources:
Web Style Guide
Local Web Design
Web Costs
Web Pricing

PWOnline: Web site resources
OWL: Bibliography Resources

WEEK TWELVE

Date

Class Meeting

Resources

Monday

MARCH 24

 

Return bibliography and discuss visuals

Community Web Project

Samples:
Written Report One
Written Report Two

Wednesday

MARCH 26

Introduction of Research Review Project
Select a research paper from your field to present the last week of class.

Complete elements of your professional context assignment in PWOnline and turn in a print copy next Monday, March 31 and attache the research article worksheet.

Remember this is an individual project.

Resource PWOnline: elements of your professional context
Researcher article

OWL: Write with Power Point

Researcher Article and worksheet
The worksheet is due Monday, March 31.

 

Friday

MARCH 28

Workshop on Written Report due for peer review Wed. April 2, and to me for a pencil grade on Friday, April 4.

Written Report
Resource for citing online sources
Landmark Citation Machine


 

WEEK THIRTEEN

Date

Class Meeting

Resources

Monday

MARCH 31

Report workshop

Elements worksheet due
Research article worksheet due

PWOnline: Ten Tips for
Better Report Writing


Wednesday

APRIL 2

Peer Review: Must have two copies of the written report

Community Web Project

Peer Response for Written Report

Friday

APRIL 4

 

Written Report due to me by the end of class. Reports will be returned on Monday with a pencil grade.

 

Editing for style in PWOnline

PWOnline resources to read:


WEEK FOURTEEN

Date

Class Meeting

Resources

Monday

APRIL 7

Individual: Project plan memo for your Research Review in your field due in print. Step One, Project Two. Be sure to attach the document.

PWOnline:
Writing Reports
Shaping Texts
Constructing Visuals: Graphics
Professional Look

Researcher Article and worksheet

Wednesday

APRIL 9

Workshop on Written Report

Wordy Sentence Worksheet

 

Friday

APRIL 11

Final written report due in print by the end of class.

Complete the peer collaborative no later than before class next Wednesday, April 16. You may email it as an attachment or hand in a print copy.


WEEK FIFTEEN

Date

Class Meeting

Resources

Monday

APRIL 14

Research Review presentations may begin

Steps 2, 3 & 4 of:
Research Review

Wednesday

APRIL 16

Research Review presentations begin.

 

Friday

APRIL 18

Written summaries (Step 3 &4) are due after your presentation but no later than Monday. Be sure to attach your research document and the glossary.

 

 
 

Date

Class Meeting

Resources

Monday

APRIL 21

Final day for presentations.

 

 

Wednesday

APRIL 23

Research Review project will be returned.  

Friday

APRIL 25

 

Last day of class.

 

 

Finals Week

 

 FINAL WEEK

NO FINAL EXAM

 


ENGL 421--Technical Writing
Purdue University
Last Modified: 3/26/08