WRTG 393 Advanced Technical Writing

Dates: 01/10/2024 - 03/06/2024

• 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.

• 📑 01/12: Discussion 1A, Review WA1 WA2 Sample Papers
• 📑 01/12: Discussion 1B, Personas - Getting Started

• 📑 01/19: Discussion 2A, Becoming Familiar with PARC

• 📑 01/19: Discussion 2B, Exercises on Library Tutorials

  ⚠️ 01/23 Writing Assignment 1, Personas

• 📑 01/26 Discussion 3A: Quick Start Guides

• 📑 01/26 Discussion 3B: Preparing for WA4, the Report to the Supervisor

  ⚠️ 01/30 Writing Assignment 2, Website Instructions

• 📑 02/02 Discussion 4A: Preparing for WA5, the Resume/Cover Letter/PARC Summary

• 📑 02/02 Discussion 4B: Analyzing Two Websites for PARC Concepts

  ⚠️ 02/06 Writing Assignment 3, Quick Start Guide

• 📑 02/09 Discussion 5A: Resume and Cover Letter Tips from UMGC’s Career Services Unit

• 📑 02/09 Discussion 5B: Analyzing a Set of Instructions Written by ChatGPT

  ⚠️ 02/13 Writing Assignment 4, Report to the Supervisor

• 📑 02/16 Discussion 6A: Examining PARC for Resumes
• 📑 02/16 Discussion 6B: The Gunning Fog Index

• 📑 02/23 Discussion 7A: Data Visualization

• 📑 02/23 Discussion 7B: Visual Rhetorical Figures

  ⚠️ 02/27 Writing Assignment 5, Resume and Cover Letter with Summary of PARC

• 📑 03/02 Discussion 8A: Posting a Draft of Your Resume

  ⚠️ 03/05 Final Assignment, Presentation