Course Schedule
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| Dates | Topic | Assignment Due | Bring |
| January 5 | Course Requirements Introduction | ||
| January 7 | Course Concepts Introduction | ||
| January 12 | Document Design Basics (part 1) | ||
| January 14 | Document Design Basics (part 2) | ||
January 19 |
School Holiday - No class | ||
January 21 |
Workshop #1: Writing Diagnostic (Skiles 357) | ||
| January 23 | Friday - Not a class day | Submit faculty proposal presentation slides and pre-proposal |
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January 26 |
Workshop #2: Workshop faculty proposal presentation slides | ||
January 28 |
Top 5 writing issues | ||
| February 2 | Workshop #3: Pre-proposal review / Top 5 writing issues, cont. (Skiles 357) |
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February 4 |
Workshop #4: Pre-proposal review / Top 5 styling issues (Skiles 357) |
REWRITE: Pre-proposal / Read Kimball, Chs. 2 and 5 |
Kimball / Pre-proposal (Word) |
February 9 |
Report writing basics, part 1 | Read Kimball, Ch. 9 | Kimball |
February 11 |
Report writing basics, part 2 | ||
February 16 |
Workshop #5: Workshop Interim progress report drafts | submit critiques to Forum (workshop drafts submitted by 6 p.m. the previous day) |
laptops |
February 18 |
Workshop #6: Workshop Interim progress report drafts | submit critiques to Forum (workshop drafts submitted by 6 p.m. the previous day) |
laptops |
| February 19 | Thursday - Not a class day | SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSION: Interim Report (3 p.m.) |
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February 23 |
Workshop #7: Conference Table Presentation | Upload project progress presentation slides to T-Square |
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February 25 |
Workshop #8: Conference Table Presentation | Upload project progress presentation slides to T-Square |
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| March 2 | Exam #1 |
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March 4 |
Workshop #9: Top 5 organization issues (Skiles 357) |
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March 9 |
grammar and style issues | ||
March 11 |
Independent work day (no class) | O'Hair | |
March 16 |
Spring Break | ||
March 18 |
Spring Break | Read O'Hair, Part 1.4, Part 2 | |
March 23 |
Workshop #10: Top 5 graphics issues / Read Kimball, Ch. 7 |
O'Hair, Part 3 | O'Hair |
March 25 |
Presentation skills (part 1, body language) | Read O'Hair, Parts 4 and 5 | O'Hair |
March 30 |
Presentation skills (part 2, slide design) | Read O'Hair, Part 6 | O'Hair |
April 1 |
Student Conferences (please see schedule; counts for workshops #11 and #12) | ||
April 6 |
Student Conferences (please see schedule; counts for workshops #11 and #12) | ||
April 8 |
Visual Representation of Data, part 1 | ||
| April 10 | Friday - Not a class day | SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSION: Final Presentation Slides due midnight. |
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April 13 |
Visual Representation of Data, part 2 | ||
April 15 |
Final Report Checklist | ||
| April 17 | Friday - Not a class day | SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSION: Final Report |
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| April 20 | Final Report Followup | ||
| April 22 | Workshop #14 and #15: Part 2 of Diagnostic | ||
| April 24 | Friday - Not a class day | Exam #2 [T-Square window opens Friday at 12 noon and closes Monday at midnight] |