Goals
Write optional documents that address all course goals:
- Analyze the rhetorical situation and determine the appropriate audience or users of written communication, considering the needs of global audiences and people with disabilities. [CLO 1]
- Conduct research appropriate to workplace problem solving, such as literature review, evaluation of online resources, interview, and site inspection. [CLO 2]
- Interpret research findings with understanding of ethical and human implications. [CLO 3]
- Use conventions of various workplace genres, such as proposals, instructions, correspondence, reports, and slide decks, with understanding of how the genre conventions can be used as heuristics and as principles of arrangement. [CLO 4]
- Collaborate with classmates in planning, researching, writing, revising, and presenting information. [CLO 5]
- Apply principles of effective visual design for print and electronic presentation, including hierarchical, chronological, and spatial arrangements. [CLO 6]
- Identify and apply the principles of effective style in the composing of usable, reader-centered written communications. [CLO 7]
The Task
What I Want You to Do
Write up to four optional short documents to collect points toward a grade higher than a B in the course. Additional details are included with the assignment for each optional writing activity.
Why I Want You to Do It
These additional writing opportunities allow you to expand on basic technical writing strategies and to explore the conventions of technical writing tasks that are not covered elsewhere in the course.
How You Do It
Notes on Optional Writing Activities
Remember that you can only earn points for four optional writing activities.
Ideally space your work out during the remainder of the term. Don’t wait until the last week!
- Choose up to four of the optional assignments below:
- Follow the instructions in the assignment to complete the activities you choose.
Obtaining the Points for Your Work
If you write optional activities, be sure to complete the following tasks:
- Track your work in your Weekly Work Log.
- Wait for me to give you points for your answers. Canvas cannot automatically grade written text, so I will confirm that you met the requirements of the activity and add your points manually.