Daily Schedule- Spring 2000

Date Topic Reading Due

Week 1
M 3/6


W3/8

F 3/10


Course introduction
CCLI policies & procedures

Lab Day- Evaluate online instruction sets

Discuss memos & executive summaries/ In-class memo critique of instruction sets


In-class copies


Chapter 10

Chapters 7 & 9

 



Print document & take notes- bring to class 3/10

In-class memo of instruction set critique & revisions

Week 2
M 3/13

W 3/15


F 3/17


Discuss collaboration & proposals

Pitch Day
Form project teams

Lab Day- Conferencing software, group project planning


Ch. 15 & 11



Ch. 1 & 3

Individual proposals & presentations

Week 3
M 3/20


W 3/22


F 3/24


Lab Day- Discuss Ch. 1 & 3 online, analyze RFP on online

Work Day- Conduct audience analysis to work on proposals

Group Proposal Presentations





Ch. 1 Kostelnick


In-class written analysis of RFP

Audience analysis for project


Group Proposal
Week 4
M 3/27


W 3/29


F 3/31

Style & Design workshop


Lab Day- Website analysis


Discuss reports & online writing, look at examples

Ch. 5 & reserve (W & T Ch. 6)

W & T Ch. 7 & 8
Castro Ch. 2

Ch. 12 & 13
W & T Ch. 5

 

 

Week 5
M 4/3

W 4/5


F 4/7


Website redesign & rationale presentations

Discuss professional presentations- Demo Powerpoint

Lab Day- HTML/Software workshops? Work on group projects



Ch. 14


Castro Ch. 5 & 6

 

Website critique & redesign

Week 6
M 4/10

W 4/12

F 4/14

Job hunting, resumes, & cover letters

Lab Day- Search online job databases

Lab Day- Work on group projects

Ch. 18

Week 7
M 4/17


W 4/19

F 4/21

Discuss presenting technical information & view examples

Proof of Concept Presentations

Lab Day- Use presentation feedback to work on project

Ch. 8




Proof of Concept Report

Written feedback for another group’s project
Week 8
M 4/24


W 4/26


F 4/28


Discuss interviewing, critique resumes & cover letters

Lab- Usability Testing

Lab- Usability Testing



Resume & cover letter


Working version of project website


Working version of project website
Week 9
M 5/1

W 5/3

F 5/5

Group reports of usability testing results

Discuss ethics & liability

Lab- Project workday




Ch. 16 & 17, reserve article


Progress Report of Usability Testing results
Week 10
M 5/8

W 5/10

F 5/12

Lab- Project workday

Final project Powerpoint presentations

Final project Powerpoint presentations


Finals Week

  • Final version of website project complete

  • Memo analyzing group collaboration & rhetorical strategy of website organization & design