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Course Schedule

Please NOTE all assignments are due before Midnight on the due date.

Late assignments will lose 5%  per day

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WEEK ONE:     Introduction and setting up Student Blogs

Objectives:

Readings:

1:1 Assignments:

DUE Sept 10 : Set up your UBC Blog and include a menu with:

  • A Home page that introduces this course of studies, based on the course description, and comments on your expectations for this course (300 words)
  • A ‘BIO’ page that outlines your academic and professional interests, please use a first person voice and be both friendly and professional, this is appropriate when writing for peers (300 words)
  • A Blog page – where you will post your reflections as instructed; be sure to categorize this page as ‘Blog’ and use ‘new post‘ when you want to compose a new blog.
  • Post the link to your blog page on our CHAT page in Canvas

Blog set up instructions:

Be sure that the blog theme you choose includes:

  • Automatic dating when you post
  • Allows comments without approval
  • Has a side bar widget that indicates recent posts and recent comments.

WEEK TWO:    Specific Documents: letters, memos, emails

Objectives:

  • Create Writing teams or four people based on your letters of introduction
  • Study and practice techniques for writing professional letters, memos and emails

Readings:

  • Technical Communications, pages 318 – 379
  • Instructor’s Blog

1: 2 Assignments:

  • Due Sept 17 : A letter of application addressed to the class to be posted on your blog [and included as word doc file linked into your blog]. Be sure to name your file appropriately: 301 Your name Application letter.
  • Due Sept 17: An email memo to your instructor providing a brief summary of your letter and an attached word doc of your letter – POSTED on your blog.
  • Due Sept 20:  An email message to your prospective writing team partners. Send the message and post on your Blog
  • Be sure to name your attached file appropriately: 301 Your name Application letter.

WEEK THREE    Definitions and Peer Review

Objectives:

  • Study writing techniques for Definitions & Peer review

Readings:

  • Technical Communications; pages 408 – 509
  • Instructor’s Blog

1: 3 Assignments:

  • Due  Sept 24: Write three definitions of the same term: a parenthetical definition, a sentence definition, and an expanded definition on your writing team forum board before midnight [late assignments will lose 5 % per day]
  • Due : Sept 27 : Peer review of definitions on your writing team forum. 
  • Due Sept 30:Unit One Reflection Blog: 
    • Edit your definition assignment according to your peer review feedback (post on original team page and rename: ‘Revised Definition’.
    • Write a Reflection Blog on both the original writing, the peer review process and the editing process: what did you learn?
    • Include a link to your edited definition
    • Post on your Blog before midnight [late assignments will lose 5% points per day]

WEEK FOUR    Formal Report Proposal writing

Objectives:

  • Study writing techniques for Proposals and Formal Reports
  • Brainstorm ideas for a formal report following the guidelines set out in 2:1

Readings:

2: 1 Assignments:

  • Due Oct 11: Formal report proposal to be posted on your Team forum and included as word doc file in an email memo to your Instructor posted on your team forum as well. Before midnight [late assignments will lose 5% points per day]
  • Due Oct 16 : Peer review of a Formal Report proposal on your Team Forum.

 

WEEK FIVE  Networking and Resume building

Objectives:

  • Study techniques for professional networking and building an online profile with resume

Readings:

2:2 Assignments:

  • Due Oct 21: Write a memo to your writing team posted on your team forum with the purpose of providing a brief summary of your research concerning best practices for professional networking on Linked In, before midnight [late assignments will lose 5 %points per day]
  •  Due Oct 25 : Set up a Linked in Profile and invite your writing team members to the page with an email memo posted on your Team forum. [late assignments will lose 5% points per day]
  • Due  Nov 1: Peer Review of Linked in Profile Page posted on your writing team forum  [late assignments will lose 5% points per day]

WEEK SIX    Outlines and Progress Reports

Objectives:

  • Study techniques for writing formal report outlines and progress reports
  • Study techniques for reflection and self-editing

Readings:

  • Technical Communications
  • Instructor’s Blog

2:3 Assignments:

  • Due Nov 8 : Formal Report Outline posted on your team forum[p. 522]  before midnight [late assignments will lose 5 points per day]
  • Due Nov 16 : An email memo to Instructor with a Progress Report on your Formal Report with word files attached, or url links to, surveys, and/or interview questions: POSTED on your team forum.before midnight [late assignments will lose 5 points per day]
  • Due Nov 18:  Unit Two Reflections Blog, before midnight [late assignments will lose 5% points per day]

 

WEEK SEVEN Writing with the Right Attitude

Objectives:

  • Study and review writing techniques
  • Learn how to write with “You Attitude”

Readings:

  • Technical Communications
  • Instructor’s Blog

3: 1 Assignments:

  • Due  Nov 22: Writing with You Attitude Memo to Evan Crisp-  before midnight posted on your team forum  [late assignments will lose 5 % per day]
  • Due Nov 24: Peer Review of Writing with Attitude assignment posted on your team Forum  before midnight  [late assignments will lose 5 % per day]
  • Due Nov 27: Business Letters: Complaint & Bad News letter posted on your team forum   before midnight   [late assignments will lose 5 % per day]

 

WEEK EIGHT   Drafting Formal Reports

Objectives:

  • Complete all necessary research for Formal Report
  • Begin the job/ volunteer or graduate school process and search jobs or international volunteer positions or graduate schools you would like to apply for; if not now, perhaps sometime in the near future.

Readings:

  • Technical Communications
  • Instructor’s Blog

3:2 Assignments:

  • Due Dec 4: Formal Report Draft  posted on your team forum with a word doc file. Please ensure that you include your reader’s name and title on your cover page. Before midnight. If you cannot post your First Draft today; please be sure to contact your team mates and make arrangements for peer reviews.

 

WEEK NINE  Review and Reflect: Reading your Formal Reports & planning for the future

Objectives:

  • Reviewing and reflecting on your formal reports
  • Research the jobs or international volunteer positions or graduate schools you would like to apply for; choose one.

Readings:

  • Technical Communications
  • Instructor’s Blog

3:3 Assignments:

  • Due Dec 10 : Peer Review of Formal Report Draft posted on your team forum [late assignments will lose 0.5 points per day].
  • Due  Dec 10: Unit Three Reflections Blog, before midnight  [late assignments will lose 5%  points per day

WEEK TEN  The Job/ International Volunteer or Graduate School Application Process & Package

Objectives:

  • Develop a strategy for social networking that will benefit your application process
  • Draft the necessary documents for your application:
    • Cover Letter for email applications
    • Letter of introduction
    • Resume: online or PDF?
    • Request for references

Readings:

  • Technical Writing
  • Instructor’s Blog

4: 1 Assignments:

  • Due Dec 12 : Rough Draft of application package attached to your team forum before midnight  [late assignments will lose 0.5 points per day]
  • Due Dec 16: Peer review of Applications package, on your team forum  midnight  [late assignments will lose 5%  points per day]

 

WEEK ELEVEN   Application Assignment

Objectives

  • Complete application package

Readings:

  • Instructor’s Blog

4:2 Assignments:

  • Due Dec 19: Job application Package posted to your Web Folio  [late assignments will lose 0.5%  points per day]

 WEEK TWELVE  Complete Formal Report

Objectives:

  • Complete Formal Report

Readings:

  • Technical Writing
  • Instructor’s Blog

4:3 Assignments:

  • Due Dec 19: Formal Report posted on your team forum as a pdf. doc  [late assignments will lose 5%  points per day].

WEEK THIRTEEN  Web Folio

Objectives::

  • Complete Web Folio

Readings:

  • Technical Communications
  • Instructor’s Blog

4:3 Assignments:

  • Due  Dec 19 :Web Folio posted on team forum before midnight  [late assignments will lose 5%  points per day]
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