WRA 320 Technical Writing, Fall 04
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Syllabus Sample Response Paper UA Project Guidelines More Info on UA Project in Session 13 Notes [PPT][PDF] UA Recommendation Report Structures[PPT][PDF] MSU Libraries MSU Libraries Help Page |
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UA Project Teams Unified Search: Darrow, Pomeroy, Mears Finding Special Collections: Clegg, Hall, Phillips, Saulter Using Special Collections: Chakroff, Milewski, Vanduinen Print/Copy: Cottrell, Curell, Germain, McMann PC Use: Conklin, Israetel, Heinze |
- Readings for UA project (see list below)
- Complete User and task analysis [PPT][PDF] for UA underway by 10/19
- Begin design and usability testing
- Create walkthrough presentation for 11/23
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Helpful Links
Professional Writing Online
Central Works in Technical Communication
TC Library
Readings in CWTC, by date due
Project 1: Analyzing Writing Practices
- 9/2 Ch. 4 Miller, A Humanistic Rationale for Technical Writing
- 9/7 Ch. 5 Driskill, Understanding the Writing Context in Organizations
- 9/9 Ch. 17 Harrison, Frameworks for the Study of Writing in Org. Contexts
- 9/9 Ch. 6 Rude, The Report for Decision Making
- 9/14 Ch. Winsor, Engingeering Writing/Writing Engineering
- 9/16 Ch. 11 Slack, Miller, & Doak, The Technical Communicator as Author
- 9/21 Ch. 13. Katz, The Ethic of Expediency
- 9/23 Ch. 25 Paradis, Text & Action: The Operator's Manual in Context and in Court
- 9/28 Ch. 14 Sullivan, Political-Ethical Implications of Defining Technical Communication as a Practice
- 10/5 Ch. 12 Johnson-Eilola, Relocating the Value of Work
- 10/7 Ch. 7 Johnson, Audience Involved: Toward a Participatory Model of Writing
- 10/14 Ch. 28 Bernhardt, The Shape of Texts to Come
- 10/19 Ch. 22 Doheny-Farina, Writing in an Emerging Organization
- 10/21 Ch. 10 Lay, Feminist Theory & the Redefinition of Technical Communication
- 10/28 Ch. 29 Selfe & Selfe, The Politics of the Interface
- 11/2 Ch. 26 Mirel, Writing and Database Technology
- 11/9 Ch. 19 Charney, Empiricism is not a Four-Letter Word
- 11/11 Ch. 15 Herndl, Teaching Discourse and Reproducing Culture
- 11/30 Ch. 2 Rutter, History, Rhetoric, and Humanism
- 11/30 Ch. 8 Dobrin, What's Technical about Technical Writing?
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