This is the post for the week of September 6, 2016.

Readings for the Week of September 6

For this week’s session, please read the following:

• Analysis of Writing in Your Field assignment.
• Rubric for the Analysis Project
• Example Analysis Projects:
  • Android Developer’s Example
  • Packaging Engineer’s Example
• Chapter 4 of Markel, “Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose”
• Chapter 5 of Markel, “Researching Your Subject”
• Chapter Responses Rubric (For reference only. It requires extra busy work for me to use it, and it doesn’t save your grade to the gradebook.)
• (Optional, free with VT Login) Lynda.com videos on using tables in Microsoft Word 2011 or Word 2013.

If you want to get ahead, you can also read the following:

• Chapter 6 of Markel, “Writing for Your Readers”
• Chapter 7 of Markel, “Designing Print and Online Documents”
• Chapter 8 of Markel, “Creating Graphics”

Slideshow for the Week of September 6

Get started on your project, by working through the slides in this Analysis Project Overview & Tips Slideshow:

Work for the Week of September 6

• Follow the instructions on the Participation Log page to begin tracking your participation in the course. Thanks to those of you who have already set up your logs.

• Complete the quiz or response for the week’s readings:
  • Chapter 4 Quiz or Chapter 4 Response (remember that you only do the quiz OR the response, not both).
  • Chapter 5 Quiz or Chapter 5 Response

• Begin work on your Analysis Project by following the advice in the slideshow above. Your table needs a minimum of 10 kinds of writing, but you can add more if you want to have more to choose from as you decide on the projects for the rest of the term.

• Watch the main page for our course in Canvas for additional resources as I get them online. I aim to have the major project assignments for the rest of the term online in the next week.