ENGL 4181/5181-090: Writing User Documents

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

January 10th: Introduction to the class (canceled)

January 17th: No Class-Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 24th: More Introduction and Previews

January 31st: Career/Workplace Discussions
Have Cooper (Inmates) reading finished

February 7th: Planning User Doc #1
IRA-Career Essays DUE

February 14th: User Doc #1 User Test

February 21st: Planning for User Doc #2
User Doc #1 DUE
Midterm Exam preview

February 28th: User Doc #1 Discussion
MIDTERM

Spring Break March 7-12

March 14th: Editing Reflections
-or-
Reflections on Editing

March 21st: User Doc #2 User Test
HAL--2001 and Beyond

March 28th: HAL Ch. 3 & 4
Planning for User Doc #3
User Doc #2 DUE

April 4th: HAL Ch. 5, 6, & 7
Rough Draft for User Document #3

April 11th: HAL Ch. 8, 9, & 10
User Test for User Doc #3

April 18th: HAL Presentations (5181 students)
Workshop for Final Portfolios and Presentations
Individual/Group User Document #3 DUE
Bibliographic Essays Due (ENGL 5181 students only)

April 25th: Workshop for Final Portfolios and Presentations
Persona Research DUE

May 2nd: Last day of class
Final Presentations
Final Portfolios DUE (requirements here)

May 9th: Final Exam at 6:30 pm
(releases on Moodle at 6:40 pm)
Make sure your webpages are finished
A note about protfolio grades