TC 310 The Computer in Technical Communication

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TC 310 The Computer in Technical Communication

• Dr. Jennifer Turns
• Week 3, Day 1 (4/14)

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Day 5

• By the end of class, students should be able to
• Identify lessons acquired from Photoshop
  assignment
• Describe assignment 4, including the concept of a
  sitemap
• Use Visio to construct a variety of diagrams

• What well do
• Discuss grading of assignment 2
• Debrief from assignment 3
• Discuss assignment 4
• Introduce/explore Visio

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Thoughts on Assignment 2

• Wow.
• High grades (3.7-4.0).
• Clear effort / reflection in learning essays and
  design rationale
• Many excellent discussions of link between
  audience and design!
• Some Thoughts
• Length lt gt Grade I gave high grades to several
  responses that were quite short. You can make it
  easy to get a high grade by make it easy for us
  to identify 2 decisions/ 2 lessons. Also, we
  want to avoid burnout for you.
• Solution grade Beyond requirements is based on
  primarily on technological requirements since
  this is a technology class.
• Learning Reflections Think back to all of the
  learning objectives of the class!
• What do you think of the feedback?
• Rhetorical questions?
• Design feedback?

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Debriefing Assignment 2 - Recall

• New Features Each of you had the opportunity to
  explore PowerPoint and to use features of
  PowerPoint that we did not discuss in class. What
  features of PowerPoint did you succeed in using
  that you think others in the class might benefit
  from learning about? Select one example from your
  team and describe it in a response to this
  message.
• Adapting to Audience In this assignment, you
  were asked to develop a presentation for a
  specific audience. It is likely that you relied
  on a variety of strategies to do this adaptation.
  What strategies did you use to adapt to the
  audience? From a technology perspective, were
  there specific features of PowerPoint that you
  manipulated to make the presentation audience
  specific? Post your team's thoughts in a response
  to this message.
• PowerPoint Cautions PowerPoint has a lot of
  functionality. While much of that functionality
  can be fun, there is also reason to use much of
  it with caution.In what ways should a
  presentation designer be cautious when using
  PowerPoint? Are there features you think you
  should not use under certain circumstances?
• Open Questions Now that you have completed two
  assignments, received one graded assignment, and
  made it to the second week -- it is a good time
  to raise open questions. What questions does your
  team have about the assignments, the class, etc?

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Debriefing Assignment 3

• Show and Tell
• Explore solutions within teams
• Select one solution to share with class
• Present the solution, along with design decisions
• Lets discuss
• Technology highlights / challenges
• Assignment completion strategies

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Looking Ahead

• Due Dates
• Assignment 4
• Monday (4/21)
• By class
• Includes
• Solution
• Key Features
• Design Rationale
• Learning Reflection

• Next Class
• More on site maps
• Also
• Background on Design
• Group Editing in Word
• Survey results
• Photoshop work
• Scanning!