ENGL 4181/5181-090: Writing User Documents

Syllabus
Major Assignments
Student Web sites
Access to Moodle

2008-2018 Technical Writer Outlook
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

January 17th: More Introduction and Previews

January 24th: Career/Workplace Discussions
Have Cooper (Inmates) reading finished

January 31st: Planning User Doc #1
IRA-Career Essays DUE

February 7th: User Doc #1 User Test

February 14th: Human Factors Research
User Doc #1 DUE

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

February 28th: MIDTERM

Spring Break March 5-10

March 13th: A User-Centered Approach

March 20th: User Doc #2 User Test
HAL--2001 and Beyond

March 27th: HAL Ch. 3 & 4
Planning for User Doc #3
User Doc #2 DUE

April 3rd: HAL Ch. 5, 6, & 7
Rough Draft for User Document #3 (have this; you won't turn it in)
User Test for User Doc #3

April 10th: HAL Ch. 8, 9, & 10
Individual/Group User Document #3 DUE

April 17th: HAL Presentations (5181 students)
Workshop for Final Portfolios and Presentations
Bibliographic Essays Due (ENGL 5181 students only)

April 24th: Workshop for Final Portfolios and Presentations
Persona Research DUE

May 1st: Last day of class
Final Presentations
Final Portfolios DUE (requirements here)

May 8th: Final Exam at 6:30 pm
(releases on Moodle at 6:40 pm)
Make sure your webpages are finished
A note about protfolio grades