English 365 Syllabus

	Please note that all checkpoints are marked with the following graphic: For a Summary of Due Dates and Checkpoints click here
Week 1	Wednesday, January 14. Course introduction and syllabus discussion. Information regarding UCS account. The course home page URL is <http://www.ucs.ull.edu/~jwf7377/index.html>. When you have opened your UCS account, e-mail me using the e-mail link found on the English 365 home page. In this e-mail, give me a litle of your computing background and expertise (or lack thereof). If you e-mail me from class, you will have to do so by using the Web Mail Log In. Friday, January 16. No class
Week 2	Monday, January 19. Martin Luther King Day. Wednesday, January 21. You must have your UCS account and e-mail set up by today. Read Chapter One: An Introduction to Technical Witing Workshop: Basic Home Page. Friday, January 23. Read Chapter Two: Purpose and Audience. Workshop: Basic Home Page.
Week 3	Monday, January 26. Workshop: Basic Home Page Wednesday, January 28. Read Chapter Three: Planning. Workshop: Basic Home Page. 28 Friday, January 30.. Read Chapter Four: Stylistic Desiderata.
Week 4	Monday, February 2. Workshop: The Basics of Technical Writing and Other Works in Progress (OWIP). Wednesday, February 4. Ceckpoint for Basic Home Page (preliminary and ungraded).Your home page should be up on the UCS server. If time permits, I will be reviewing each student's Web site in class; if it does not, I will look at them from home. Consider it a work in progress that you can continue to tweak during the semester. Read Chapter Five: Document Design and Layout and Chapter Six: Ethical Responsibilities of the manual. Friday, February 6. Read Chapter Seven: Letter of Application and Résumé of the manual and the Résumé and Letter of Application project page. Workshop: The Basics of Technical Writing and Other Works in Progress (OWIP).
Week 5	Monday, February 9. Read and print both Appendix I: The Manuscript (ms) & Camera-Ready (c-r) Formats of the manual and the English 365: Document Submission Requirements. Workshop: Writing a Letter of Application and Résumé and OWIP. Wednesday, February 11. Read Chapter Eight: Describing a Process of the manual and the Instructions project page. Workshop: Writing Instructions and OWIP. Friday, February 13. Checkpoint for Letter of Application and Résumé. You must turn in hard copy of both pages and a copy of the position advertisement at the beginning of the class. Workshop: Writing Instructions and OWIP.
Week 6	Monday, February 16. Read Chapter Nine: Proposals and Chapter Ten: Reports of the manual and the Proposal project page. Workshop: Writing Memos, E-mail, and OWIP. Wednesday, February 18. Workshop: Writing Proposals and OWIP. Friday, February 20. Checkpoint for Instructions. You must turn in hard copy of your Instructions at the beginning of the class. Also, after you have made appropriate changes (if necessary), be sure to ftp a copy of your camera-ready instructions to your public_html file and put a link to that file on your home page so anyone can download the file.
Week 7	Monday, February 23-Wednesday February 25: Mardi Gras Friday, February 27. Read the Process Analysis project page. Workshop: Writing a Process Analysis and OWIP. Workshop: Writing Reports and OWIP.
Week 8	Monday, March 2. Checkpoint for Proposal memo. This checkpoint carries no credit points. You must turn in hard copy of your memo at the beginning of the class. Workshop: Writing a Process Analysis and OWIP. Wednesday, March 4. Workshop: Writing Reports and OWIP. Friday, March 6. Read Table and Chart project page.. Workshop: Writing Reports and OWIP.
Week 9	Monday, March 9. Workshop Tables and Charts and OWIP. Wednesday, March 11. Checkpoint for Process Analysis. Workshop: Table and Chart and OWIP Read Chapter 11: Chapter 12: Online Publication and Chapter 14: Oral and Visual Presentations and the PowerPoint Presentation project page. Workshop: OWIP. Friday, March 13. Checkpoint for Table and Chart. You must turn in hard copy of the Table and Chart at the beginnig of class. Workshop: PowerPoint and OWIP.
Week 10	Monday, March 16. Begin PowerPoint Presentations. Checkpoint for PowerPoint presentations. Mandatory attendance. Wednesday, March 18. Checkpoint for PowerPoint presentations. Mandatory attendance. Friday, March 20. Checkpoint for PowerPoint presentations. Mandatory attendance.
Week 11	Monday, March 23. Checkpoint for Proposal. You must provide ard copy of the Proposal at the beginning of the class. Read Chapter Thirteen: Collaborative Writing of the manual and the Brochure project page. Read Chapter Eleven: Critical Interpretations and Assessments and the Critical Report project page. Workshop: Collaborative Writing. Division of the class into collaborative groups. Workshop: Brochures and critical interpretations and assessments.Workshop: collaborative Writing: Division of class into collaborative groups. Wednesday, March 25. Workshop: Proposal Progress Report, collaborative writing, and OWIP. Friday, March 27. Workshop: Proposal Progress Report, collaborative writing, and OWIP.
Week 12	Monday, March 30. Checkpoint for Proposal Progress Report. You must provide hard copy of the Proposal Progress Report at the beginning of the class. Read Chapter Eleven: Critical Interpretations and Assessments of the manual and the Critical Report project page. Workshop: Collaborative Writing. Wednesday, April 1. Workshop: Collaborative Writing. Friday, April 3. Workshop: Collaborative Writing.
Week 13	Monday, April 6. Continue working on the collaborative projects. Workshop: Collaborative Writing and OWIP. Wednesday, April 8. .Read the section of the Policy Sheet dealing with the class portfolio. Workshop: Collaborative projects and course Portfolio. Friday, April 10. The Easter Holiday/Spring Break begins.
Week 14	Easter Holiday/Spring Break
Week 15	Monday, April 20. Workshop: Collaborative writing and OWIP Wednesday, April 22. Checkpoint for Brochure. You must provide hard copy of the Brochure (one for each group) at the beginning of the class. Workshop: Course Portfolio and OWIP. Friday, April 24.. Checkpoint for Critical Report. You must provide hard copy of the Report (one for each group) at the beginning of the class. Workshop: Course Portfolio and OWIP.
Week 16	Monday, April 27. Workshop: OWIP Wednesday, April 29. Workshop: OWIP Friday, May 1. Course portfolio and final examination due. Portfolios, manila envelope containing your marked and graded checkpoint drafts, and your final examination must all be turned in at the beginning of the class. None will be accepted past this deadline. Final checkpoint for Basic Home Page (graded).
Note	The Final Examination for English 365-4 is scheduled for Monday, May 5, from 2:00 p.m until 4:30 p.m.. I will be in my office (HLG 230) during those hours.You may retrieve your portfolio and final examination and get your final course grade.