TC 310 The Computer in Technical Communication

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TC 310 The Computer in Technical Communication

• Dr. Jennifer Turns
• Week 1, Day 1

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Day 3

• By the end of class, students should be able to
• Critically discuss the process of designing
  presentations and posters, and the use of
  PowerPoint for that goal
• Describe the goals for the assignment 2.
• Anticipate formatting and editing decisions
  related to assignment 2.

• What well do
• Share presentation/poster solutions (40)
• Unpack decisions/professional activity (30)
• Move to assignment 2 (30)

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Admin

• Questions about syllabus, in general
• Your expectations of us (teachers).
• Scribe for today.. Volunteers
• Publishing course portfolio

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Working in your team

• Share your presentations and posters
• Share your design rationale
• Share your professional activity statement

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Unpacking decisions/prof activities

• Concerning the Decision
• What alternatives exist?
• Considerations in choosing among alternatives?
• Why hard?
• Concerning the Professional Activity
• Strategies for completing professional activity
• Time/resources required
• Why hard?

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Wrapping up PowerPoint

• What have we done? Goal?
• What did we learn? What was surprising?
• Questions?

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Moving to Assignment 2 (Word)

• Read the assignment / develop questions..
• Discussion topics
• Why so much time on Word, PowerPoint?
• What considerations in formatting?
• What considerations in editing?
• What to be learned from
• Dayton, D. (2003). Electronic Editing in TC A
  survey of practices and attitudes, Technical
  Communication, 50(2), pp. 192-205.