ENGL 4182/5182-090: Information Design and Digital Publishing

4182 Syllabus
5182 Syllabus
Major Assignments
Student Web sites
Access to Moodle

2006-2016 Technical Writer Outlook
Technical Writer Job Posts (samples)

Career Choices by Degree
Salary Scales For English Majors
Salary Scales For Computer Science Majors

August 24th: Introduction to the class

August 31st: Document Design Ch. 1 and 2

September 7th: Non-Designer's Design Book Ch. 1, 2, and 8
Business Card and Letterhead workshop

September 14th: Let's get Visual!
Business Card and Letterhead DUE

September 21st: Midterm Exam

September 28th: The Whole Enchilada (or document)
Flyer or Advertisement workshop

October 5th: Page Design
Flyer or Advertisement DUE

Fall Break Oct. 11-12

October 19th: Typography
Tutorial workshop

October 26th: More on type
Tutorial DUE

November 2nd: Working with Graphics

November 9th: In Living Color
Brochure DUE

November 16th: Extra-textual Elements

November 23rd: Portfolio Workshop

No Class--Thanksgiving Break (11/24-11/27)

November 30th: Presentation Discussion and Wrap Up

• Presentation Discussion
• 5182 Project Presentations
• Portfolios Due

December 7th: Last Day of Regular Class

• Portfolio Presentations
• Make sure your webpages are finished

December 14th: Final Exam
More presentations, if needed.