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This is the post for the week of Monday, January 30, 2017.

Notes for Today

  • Reminder: If you are taking advantage of the grace period, complete the 01/23 to 01/27 Self-Assessment in Canvas by 11:59 PM tonight (Monday, January 30).

  • My Responses in Slack: Obviously I cannot reply to every message, so I try to leave a thumbs up or happy face to indicate that I saw your post. If I skipped you, it wasn’t on purpose. Conversation will become easier once we break out into writing groups.

  • BTW Writing Assignment Collection: I’m building a site for all the project assignments for this course. Right now, there is only one assignment there. More will come, but for now, be aware that there are links that do not go anywhere yet.

  • My Work Hours This Week: As usual, I will be around in the afternoon and later evening most days. I will be mostly unavailable during the day on Thursday (helping with the weekly Girl Scout cookie delivery).

Readings for This Week

Major Project Assignment #1

The first major project is the Analysis of Writing in Your Field. Since this assignment is tied to your major or career choice, students in both Business Writing and Technical Writing will complete the same project.

Here are the critical dates for the project:

  • Week of January 30: Research and draft your project.
  • Week of February 6: Share your draft with your writing group, and provide feedback to your group members.
  • Submission Due Date: Wednesday, February 15 at 11:59 PM
  • End of Grace Period: Tuesday, February 21 at 11:59 PM (3-day grace period, excluding weekend + President’s Day holiday)

Activities for This Week

  1. Join a writing group. The feedback on Slack suggested that some of you were happy to stay with your majors or colleges. Some of you wanted to mix things up since you already spend so much time with folks in your majors. Rather than trying to decide, I am asking you to sign up for whatever you want. Go to the Google Sign-up Document, read the instructions, and add your name to a group by 11:59 PM on Friday (no grace period). I will set up your groups during the weekend.

  2. Share an audience analysis of an emoji. If you have trouble, think about how you use the emoji and how someone older might use it. Have some fun with this, but keep the explanations polite.

    • Go to the Slack channel for the course you are taking (either #_business-writing or #_technical-writing).
    • Choose an emoji that shows up in Slack (emoji help in Slack).
    • Write a post that includes the emoji and explains how different audiences might interpret the emoji.
    • Indicate whether you would use the emoji in the workplace as well. If not, explain why.
    • Once you post your analysis, read through some of the other comments and add some emoji replies to three.

  3. Read the Analysis assignment, and ask any questions you have. If you have any questions about the assignment, check in #general in Slack to see if they have already been answered. If they have not, post your question there and be sure to include #analysis-asgt so that I can find it. Asking a question is not required.

  4. Begin work on the Analysis assignment. Use the suggestions in Step 3 of the Analysis assignment (Research writing in your field) to begin work on your project.

  5. Complete the Self-Assessment for the week. Download the 01/30 to 02/03 Template and follow the instructions to share details on your work this week. Upload your completed self-assessment to the 01/30 to 02/03 Self-Assessment in Canvas by 11:59 PM on Friday, 02/03. If you need extra time, take advantage of the grace period, which ends at 11:59 PM on Monday, 02/06.

 

Total weekly activity points for 1/30 to 2/3: 8

 

[Image: Detail from Think Emoticons are NSFW? Think Again.]
 
Last updated on 30th January, 2017, 7:12 AM

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