Module Overview for Week of April 29: User Manual, Part 2

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During this second week of working on your User Manual, you should spend your time writing, aiming to have a final, finished draft by the end of the week (5/03). At the end of this module, you will have prepared a user manual that is well-developed in terms of content, effectively organized, and designed in a user-friendly manner.


Objectives for this Module

After completing this module, you will be able to

  • 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]

Note that you can find the full text of the Course Learning Objectives on the Syllabus.


Readings for the Week of April 29

  1. Review the readings from Module 13 as needed
  2. Daily Discussion Posts (DDPs)

 

Activities for the Week of April 29

Time Required: 7–8 hours, excluding reading time
Available Points: 700
Due Dates:

  • All work is due by 11:59 PM on Friday, April 26.
  • The grace period for these activities ends at 11:59 PM on Monday, April 29.

Daily Discussion Posts Activities
(85 minutes—5 posts @ ~15 minutes each plus self-assessment @ ~10 minutes)

Writing Activities
(~6 hours, including time to research and write)

Extra Activities
(As desired, time for the extra activities)

  • Ask any questions about the course in the General Q and A Discussion (0 points) in Canvas.
    • Check the General Q and A Discussion for answers before posting.
    • Asking a question is not required. Use the Inbox tool in Canvas for questions about grades or personal information that should not be shared with the class.

 

 

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