Daily Discussion Posts

Every Tuesday through Saturday during the course, I’ll post advice articles, how-to webpages, relevant infographics, and other resources that supplement the regular work of the course. All Daily Discussion Posts are posted in Piazza. The idea is to share additional information that will help you in the workplace. These posts meet three goals:

• to give you information that relates directly to projects you are already working on.
• to cover topics important to workplace writing that we are not covering in the major projects.
• to share resources that help with writing generally (such as writing strong sentences or techniques for document design).

What I Will Post

These Daily Discussion Posts are organized around a series of hashtags:

• #TuesdayTutorial
  These posts either demonstrate something or tell you how to do something. They may explain how to write a specific thing (like a memo) or how to revise something you have already written (like revising for concise phrasing).
• #WednesdayWrite
  Each post asks you to consider how you would handle a specific situation in the workplace or in the course. As an example, you might consider an ethical scenario and discuss the various options available.
• #ThursDataViz
  Every post will present an infographic or another data vizualization resource about communication and writing in the workplace. Some will provide information a particular kind of writing while others will offer general writing tips.
• #FridayFact
  These posts will share a specific fact about writing in the workplace, which you can compare to what you know about your field. Usually these facts have an accompanying article that supports the fact.
• #WeekendWatch
  Every weekend post (usually on Saturdays) will share a video that presents something relevant to what we are covering in class or something else related to writing in the workplace.
• #SundayShare
  These occasional posts provide resources that are timely, so I don’t want to wait to share them later in the week.

How To Respond to the Posts

Responding should be relatively easy. If you can comment on YouTube videos or Facebook posts, you will do fine responding to these posts in Piazza.

What should you write in response? Respond with significant, well-explained comments. This is not the place for “yeah, I agree” or “me too” kinds of comments. Instead, aim to contribute ideas, engage with others, and extend the conversation.

How do you respond? Just Post a followup Links to an external site., following the linked instructions from Piazza’s support page.