Please note that because of the nature of the class, this schedule is moderately tentative.

We'll be providing articles on communication issues as the semester moves along, but we'll be tailoring choices to your needs for discussion as issues arise, since they are often unpredictable. Please check the schedule on a regular basis for updates.

Also note: f2f= face-to-face, v= virtual and asynchronous

august

23- f2f- introduction to course

25- f2f- technical communication overview, how to use WebBoard

30- f2f- typography choices, design issues

september

1- f2f- graphics and document layout for resume development

6- f2f- resume development (examples), resume drafts due

8- v- upload resume drafts for responses

13- f2f- overview of all documents and how they operate together

15- f2f- proposal and collaboration discussion, prepare to meet Russian participants

20- f2f- first week of EU classes, meet and begin online discussions with Russians, discuss annotated bibliography development

22- v- continue with online discussions and continue work with visual rhetoric, read Jacob Nielsen page at http://www.useit.com

27- v- final resumes due- upload, read and respond to Dragga article

29- f2f- hard copy resume due, read and discuss Barton and Barton article and tie to Nielsen; read and discuss articles treating Russian and American characteristics

october

4- v- choose collaborative groups and begin discussion approach to research

6- f2f- annotated bibliography due, discuss ethics and graphics- examine examples

11- f2f- project topic due, develop plans for proposal, determine participants' roles and duties

13- f2f- continue to develop proposal plans, work online with graphics and ethics issues

18- Holiday

20- v- (CPTSC)- continue proposal development- (determine details of methodology, participants' roles and duties, etc)

25- f2f- proposal drafts due- (note that this is the final draft of the individual proposal), group responses

27- f2f- collaborate on proposal revisions, begin analytical work

november

1- f2f- final collaborative proposals and signed group contracts due, begin analytical work

3- f2f- begin intelletual property discussion, continue with group collaboration, explain progress report

8- v- work with digital project development and continue with IP discussion

10- v- continue intellectual property and group project development, answer remaining progress report questions, and discuss presentation development

15- v- group project development, contd

17- f2f- progress report due, informal presentations of reports

22- f2f- analytical report draft due, continue group project development of analytical report

24- Thanksgiving Break

29- f2f- continue group project development of analytical report and digital product plans, review oral presentation materials

december

1- f2f- final analytical report due, group project presentations

6- f2f- digital products review (virtual) group project presentations

8- f2f- last day of class-- final digital products due, group project presentations