WRTG 393 Advanced Technical Writing
Dates: 01/10/2024 - 03/06/2024
Assignment | Topic | Points | Due Date | Links | Example |
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WA1 | Three Personas | 50 | 01/23 | instruction_guide | example |
WA2 | Website instructions | 120 | 01/30 | instruction_guide | example |
WA3 | Quick Start Guide | 50 | 02/06 | instruction_guide | example |
WA4 | Report to Supervisor | 285 | 02/13 | instruction_guide | example, ex_scenario |
WA5 | Resume Cover Leter PARC | 150 | 02/27 | instruction_guide | example |
Final Assignment | Presentation | 105 | 03/05 | instruction_guide | |
(Total) | 705 |
- Initial posts are due on Friday of each week.
- Responses are due by Sunday of each week.
- There are 15 discussions. Two each week, except for the last week.
- Maximum score for each discussion is 16 points, total 240 points.
- ๐ 01/12: Discussion 1A, Review WA1 WA2 Sample Papers
- ๐ 01/12: Discussion 1B, Personas - Getting Started
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๐ 01/19: Discussion 2A, Becoming Familiar with PARC
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๐ 01/19: Discussion 2B, Exercises on Library Tutorials
โ ๏ธ 01/23 Writing Assignment 1, Personas
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๐ 01/26 Discussion 3A: Quick Start Guides
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๐ 01/26 Discussion 3B: Preparing for WA4, the Report to the Supervisor
โ ๏ธ 01/30 Writing Assignment 2, Website Instructions
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๐ 02/02 Discussion 4A: Preparing for WA5, the Resume/Cover Letter/PARC Summary
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๐ 02/02 Discussion 4B: Analyzing Two Websites for PARC Concepts
โ ๏ธ 02/06 Writing Assignment 3, Quick Start Guide
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๐ 02/09 Discussion 5A: Resume and Cover Letter Tips from UMGCโs Career Services Unit
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๐ 02/09 Discussion 5B: Analyzing a Set of Instructions Written by ChatGPT
โ ๏ธ 02/13 Writing Assignment 4, Report to the Supervisor
- ๐ 02/16 Discussion 6A: Examining PARC for Resumes
- ๐ 02/16 Discussion 6B: The Gunning Fog Index
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๐ 02/23 Discussion 7A: Data Visualization
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๐ 02/23 Discussion 7B: Visual Rhetorical Figures
โ ๏ธ 02/27 Writing Assignment 5, Resume and Cover Letter with Summary of PARC
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๐ 03/02 Discussion 8A: Posting a Draft of Your Resume
โ ๏ธ 03/05 Final Assignment, Presentation